September 1 - 7, 2006. Made in Italy (?) Short Films at Venice International University on San Servolo Island

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The new Made in Italy: young creative professionals re-think the Italian productive tradition. Venice International University and Circuito Off Venice International Short Film Festival launch a competition for movie directors, film makers and video creatives from all over the world, inviting them to reflect on what Made in Italy means.

The aim of the Made in Italy (?) competition is to create a link between young creatives and firms, offering to the latter new ideas and means to reflect upon their image and the way in which they approach the market. Emerging film makers meanwhile will benefit from new professional opportunities, perhaps even outside of the film-making sphere.

Is there still today a specific or original characteristic that distinguishes the Made in Italy brand? How is the brand preceived in Italy and abroad? Currently in Italy there are companies that are proponents of the brand, but which are the means and ways to express Italian creativity and innovation? How can the quality and value of the Made in Italy brand be communicated on a international level?

For Venice International University the competition is an integral part of its research activities on new forms of innovation for Italian small and medium enterprises. Creativity and design are important factors in determining the competitiveness of firms. The way these "immaterial assets" are and will be used by companies in innovation processes is not so obvious.

The competition aims to explore, through the combination of new digital technologies and young creative talent, original ways to imagine and look at Made in Italy. The ability to master these means of communication is nowadays a crucial element when presenting to an international audience the complexity of Italian products as an original mix of tradition and innovation.

01.09 > 07.09
Circuito Off
7. Venice International Short Film festival

Circuito Off is produced by Associazione Artecolica
Tel. + 39 041 2446979 / 041 5282944
Fax. + 39 041 2446925

A selection of international short films from all over the world, of every genre or format, will be screened during the festival, including films produced using mobile phones.
Venice International University offers a €5000 prize for the best film in the competition. The movies will be adjudicated by an international panel featuring Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Jukka Pekka, Marco Giusti, Nick Morris, and Stefano Micell, Dean of VIU.

New technologies, retrospectives, films: five competitions including one for shorts made with mobile phones. The seventh edition of Circuito Off, Venice International Short Film Festival Seventh Edition, will take place on San Servolo island, located in front of Lido, where the 63rd Venice Film Festival will take place.

A shuttle service will connect Venice with San Servolo island so that visitors can visit the Short Films Citadel, screenings, meetings with the authors and parties with international djs and vjs.

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