1 . THEME 2023 "Versi di Luce 2023" central theme is "Poetry" (poetry as language, poetry as theme, poetry - even a specific poetry as a source of inspiration, poetry in its true-meaning. 2 . WORKS ADMITTED The works that can partecipate to the competition: • SECTION FOR SHORT VIDEOPOETRY AND VIDEO ART – videopoetry or video art (published or unpublished ), which have as reference to any published or unpublished piece of poetry of any author (video or still images, with sounds and words), with a maximum permitted duration of 5 minutes. • SECTION FOR SHORT FICTION – short film (published or unpublished) on the stories and events inspired to the theme specified in the first point (THEME 2023) of this announcement, with a maximum permitted duration of 20 minutes. • SECTION FOR THE VIDEOCLIPS – videoclip (published or unpublished ), which have as their reference songs published or unpublished, with a maximum duration of 5 minutes. • SECTION FOR FEATURE FILM – film (published or unpublished) on the stories and events inspired to the theme specified in the first point (THEME 2023) of this announcement; • SECTION FOR YOUNG – film (published or unpublished) on the stories and events inspired to the theme specified in the first point (THEME 2023) of this announcement. For school students (16 - 24 years) 3 . FORMAT All entries must be sent in DVD format or online submit. 4 . DEADLINE Deadline is October30th, 2023. 5 . SELECTION AND FINAL EVENT The final results of the selection will be communicated to the participants by e-mail and posted on the website. Date and time of the projections to the festival will be notified in the same way. 6 . EXCLUSION The organization reserves the right to deny the works which don't respect the professionalism of the Festival and the works already submitted to the past editions of the Festival "Versi di Luce". 7 . CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION TERMS All works must be sent no later than September 30th 2022 (the postmark will attest it) . The DVD OR FILES must have these attachments: - a card with the following information: title, section (videopoetry and vide art, fiction, feature film or videoclips), duration, title of the poetry/song reference (only for section videopoetry and video art and video clips), director's name; production company (if there's any), address of the director and the production (street, city, phone, fax, phone, e-mail), a short video presentation (max. 500 characters including spaces); - a statement, with date and signature, where the partecipant declares that: - I have read and subscribe to the entire Regulation of "VERSI DI LUCE 2023"; - I authorize, in accordance with law 675 /96 and Leg. 196/03 on the protection of personal data, the use of personal data for any purpose connected with the Festival and the dissemination of data relating to the authors of the works to the press only for promotional purposes related to the competition ; - I authorize the screening of the works , the diffusion (TV, on-line) of the same for the purposes promotional contest, giving up in this case to copyright; - A self- certified statement signed by the parents regarding the granting of broadcasting rights for minors who may appear in the video. Preprinted forms of attachments can be downloaded from  WARNING: THE WORKS SENT WITH NO ATTACHMENTS WON'T BE CONSIDERED. The shipping costs will be at the expense of the participant. There is not any reimbursement of travel for participants for day of screening. The copies sent to participation in the contest will not be returned and will become part of the archive video of the "VERSI DI LUCE 2023" hosted by CINETECA MODICANA. 8 . LIABILITY "CINECLUB 262 decline any liability for loss or damage of the material submitted.The organization decline, in addition, any liability in relation to any theft or loss of the works in their offices. It is the responsibility of the authors, if they use text, music and images covered by copyright for their video footage to obtain the release. "CINECLUB 262", decline any responsibility.The authors assume full responsibility for the material shot and edited (audio and video) for the realization of works and for the truthfulness of the statements. 9 . CHANGES TO THE REGULATION The Festival reserves the possibility of change this regulation for reasons of force majeure or for the improvement of the same, any changes will be promptly communicated to participants. 10 . ACCEPTANCE OF RULES Participation in the competition implies full acceptance of these rules.