Toronto – The Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) welcomes until March 3 applications to send in short films for the fifth edition of the event, scheduled for June 9-19. The Festival will touch upon the most important Canadian cities, including Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Hamilton, Niagara, Mississauga and Vaughan. The Italian Contemporary Film Festival is one of the most important celebrations of the Italian culture in North America, presenting the best international cinema of Italian origin or with Italian content, be it in the form of a narrative feature film, documentary, or short film. All works should be sent from the Festhome and Filmfreeway platforms no later than March 31. The duration of the works must be 10 minutes, with subtitles in English and / or French for short films in Italian. All selected films will enter the competition for the award “Best Short Award ICFF,” which includes a financial reward of €1,000. A jury of Canadian artists and industry figures will choose the winning short. In the 2015 edition, the jury included Eli Glasner, CBC journalist, Bruce Elder, director and Sarah Gadon, actress. (9Colonne)
