10° Milano Film Festival
Milan, 16 - 25 September 2005
Piccolo Teatro Strehler, Moats of the Castello Sforzesco

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Ten days are left to submit a film to Milano Film Festival
The competition collects and selects short and feature films from all over the world and is open to films of any genre, running time, language and format, provided that they have been produced after January 1st 2004. The selected directors will be invited to Milan (information and rules on the web site www.milanofilmfestival.it). The submission deadline is May 31, 2005, one month earlier than in the past last year the selection jury received the amazing number of 2000 films. This is just the first change introduced for the tenth edition, for the first of 10 and more editions to come.

THE ARTISTIC PROGRAMME
The film project will be further enhanced, as a result of a year of commitment in the search for and distribution of films from all over the world. Special consideration will be paid to filmmakers depicting unknown stories and cultures, to independent productions that are usually ignored by commercial circuits. In particular, the aim is to focus on those countries that manage to produce films despite their economic, political and social difficulties, such as the Middle East. Furthermore, larger participation of feature films will be encouraged.

A FESTIVAL FOR THE CITY.
The artistic project is complemented by activities aiming to favour the participation of the festival in the life of the city and to interact with all the citizens not only of film buffs. Peculiar urban installations will transform public space the real venue for collective events. Beside the Teatro Strehler and the moats of the Castello Sforzesco, new prestigious spaces will be involved.

A WIDE-RANGING EVENT.
Once again the festival will feature a large number of side events, as a further proof of its ability in gathering art, celebration, culture and public participation: retrospectives, seminars, out-of-competition screenings, non-stop events, workshops, meetings, concerts, exhibitions and activities for students, children and elders. From early in the morning to late at night, hundreds of events within the event, including those specially organised to celebrate the tenth edition, will contribute to create a festival that is not an occasion limited to film buffs and members of the film industry, but a place where cinema merges with other contemporary forms of expression and becomes part of a lively and universal language.

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