[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-3303":3},{"festival":4,"years":23,"news":26,"about":27},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":13,"logoAppearance":14,"logoOg":20,"about":21,"isManaged":22},3303,"corto-e-a-capo-premio-mario-puzo","open","Mario Puzo Film Festival - Corto e a capo","",[11,12],"Corto e a capo - Premio Mario Puzo","MAPUFF","https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002F0cfyv5m7.webp?v=848df1c3",{"mode":15,"edge":16,"edgeLight":17,"plateLight":18,"plateDark":18,"crop":19,"og":19},"mono-light","#ffffff",true,"none",null,"\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F2159.jpg?v=848df1c3","Mario Puzo Film Festival - Corto e a capo takes cinema into the inland towns of Irpinia and Sannio in Campania, Italy. Organised by Associazione Daena APS, it uses squares, courtyards and other community spaces around Venticano for screenings and conversations. Its competitions include short fiction, animation, documentaries and music videos, alongside independent feature films and longer documentaries. Separate sections address social issues, school filmmaking and environmental sustainability. The 12th edition dates are 19–24 August 2026. Its theme, “Inversione di tendenza”, examines ways to counter depopulation and decline in inland communities. The programme combines competitions with filmmaker encounters, workshops, exhibitions and activities exploring cinema and the territory.",false,[24],{"year":25,"hasAwards":22,"hasSelection":17},"2018",[],{"aboutHtml":28,"countries":29,"focus":31,"categories":32,"nextDates":19,"awardsPrizes":38,"rules":39,"website":40,"contacts":41,"editDate":46},"\u003Cp>Mario Puzo Film Festival - Corto e a capo takes cinema into the inland towns of Irpinia and Sannio in Campania, Italy. Organised by Associazione Daena APS, it uses squares, courtyards and other community spaces around Venticano for screenings and conversations. Its competitions include short fiction, animation, documentaries and music videos, alongside independent feature films and longer documentaries. Separate sections address social issues, school filmmaking and environmental sustainability.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The 12th edition dates are 19–24 August 2026. Its theme, “Inversione di tendenza”, examines ways to counter depopulation and decline in inland communities. The programme combines competitions with filmmaker encounters, workshops, exhibitions and activities exploring cinema and the territory.\u003C\u002Fp>",[30],"Italy",[],[33,34,35,36,37],"Animation","Documentary","Feature","Music Video","Short","2026 competition awards: Best Short \u002F Premio Corto e a capo — trophy and EUR 500, with trophies for second and third place; “Inversione di tendenza” theme prize — trophy and EUR 200; Best Social Short \u002F L’immaginale — trophy and EUR 100; Best School Short \u002F School days; Environmental Sustainability — selected works receive a paid contract for the Educational Goal programme through the partnership with Officine Sostenibili; “Dettagli che fanno la differenza” — Slow Food award; DAENA fiction feature award — trophy and EUR 200; special DAENA documentary award — trophy and EUR 200; Mario Puzo screenplay trophy, awarded to a film for its narrative structure and writing. The programme also includes an audience award. No cash amount is specified for School days, the Slow Food award or the audience award.","2026 competition regulations\n\nShort films: animation, fiction, documentaries and music videos up to 15 minutes, in Italian or with Italian subtitles. Sections cover open-theme shorts, the edition theme “Inversione di tendenza”, social or psychological subjects (L’immaginale), school productions or youth\u002Fchildhood themes (School days), environmental sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the Slow Food section “Dettagli che fanno la differenza”.\n\nIndependent fiction features must exceed 52 minutes; documentaries in the special DAENA competition must exceed 20 minutes. The 2026 regulations require these longer works to be produced from 2025 onwards and to be in Italian or have Italian subtitles. Works submitted to previous editions are ineligible.\n\nEntries are accepted only through FilmFreeway. An active download link is required. The published entry fee is EUR 7 in the early period ending 15 February and EUR 14 from 16 February to 6 April 2026. School days is free; schools can request a waiver code. The regulations publish a common fee schedule rather than separate fees for individual categories.\n\nParticipants pay delivery costs. The organisers disclaim liability for loss or damage despite taking care of the works. Selection is final and made by the organisers; a qualified appointed jury decides the section awards. The organisers may move works between sections and may withhold an award if participation is insufficient. Physical prizes are collected at the closing ceremony by the director or a delegate and are not shipped. The English regulations require a regular bank account for cash prizes. Festival management has the final decision on disputes and matters not covered by the regulations.\n\nEntrants are responsible for their works and authorise screenings at the festival and related cultural\u002Fpromotional initiatives. Short extracts and frames may be used for non-profit festival promotion. Non-compliant entries are excluded. If needed, part of the festival may stream online after notification to entrants. Related screenings must be non-profit and appropriate to their context. Participant data is used only for competition administration and is not transferred to third parties. Official communications appear on the festival website.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cortoeacapo.it\u002F",[42],{"type":43,"value":44,"note":45},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfreeway.com\u002FCortoeacapo","Film submissions",1792511427]