The 25th edition of the "L'Isola del Cinema" Festival renews its appointment with the short film contest "MAMMA ROMA" with the will to give it a national importance that fits ideally into the institutional territory of the 14 Italian Metropolitan Cities1 and calls it MAMMA ROME and the Metropolitan Cities.
Arrived in 2019 at the 8th edition, the Competition is organized by L'Isola del Cinema, in collaboration with Maiora Film and is aimed at young filmmakers (under 35 years) and film schools who intend to participate with a short film that has as central theme a of the 14 metropolitan cities of Italy. A Cinema of Reality, from the Center to the Suburbs, to which young filmmakers and videomakers are invited to participate, who with their short film recount places, people and emotions, like so many digital pieces of a great and extraordinary mosaic of Italian cities.
Through the audiovisual works the authors will discover and narrate the territory interpreting and representing the urban scenarios made significant by the gaze of those who focus on them to return them to the attention of the general public.
The national contest MAMMA ROMA and the Metropolitan Cities will also aim to involve the authors in the project of the Web TV "METROPOLIS" 2 both with the inclusion of the finalist works in the programming of the Web TV, both with a direct involvement in the Editorial.
The competition is hosted within the Film Island, a film and cultural festival whose XXV edition will take place on the Tiber Island from June 13th to September 1st 2019.
Participation in the competition is free of charge.
