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Monday, March 13, 2023

Teatri Riflessi International Short Play Festival ~ 8th edition

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Deadline: March 23, 2023 MIDNIGHT (Italian time)

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Teatri Riflessi International Short Play Festival is a festival centred on a core event: a short play competition, no matter the genre: theatre, dance, or performance. The competition aims at promoting the expression of contemporary languages, hinging on the form of short plays—playlets and short pieces—encouraging dialogues and exchange between the performing arts and various participants—geographically, culturally, and artistically diverse.

The event takes place at the public park in Zafferana Etnea, in the Amphitheatre ‘Falcone & Borsellino’ from 13 to 15 July 2023. The artistic committee of the festival will select 10 short plays, lasting around 15 minutes. The selected participants will perform as semifinalists on Thursday, 13, and Friday, 14 July. The announced finalists will perform again on Saturday, 15 July 2023. The deadline for submissions is on 23 March 2023 at midnight (Italian time).

Teatri Riflessi 8 is a festival focused on short plays: live performances lasting around 15 minutes, with no distinction in terms of dramaturgy and genre. Each short play ought to have its completeness and needs to last approximately 15 minutes, being 20 minutes the maximum length within which the play must be presented, prepared, set up, performed, removed, and people eventually thanked. Therefore, the participants need to manage their time on stage in order not to exceed the compulsory threshold of 20 minutes, even when the actual duration of the piece might be longer than 15 minutes. Based on the materials submitted and the programme of the evenings, 10 short plays will be selected and will receive a cachet of € 500.00 and a potential additional reimbursement for travel expenses both issued by the Municipality of Zafferana Etnea (cf. Art. 4, Art. 5.1, and Art. 6.3).

ART. 2.2 THEME OF THE FESTIVAL

The theme selected by the IterCuture for Teatri Riflessi 8 is OTHERNESS: it will be the common thread for the cultural and artistic activities of the festival. Adherence to the theme, as personally interpreted by each author and performer, will be taken into account for the selection. Participants can tackle and deal with the theme as they wish and are asked to clarify the connection in the participation form.

ART. 2.3 UNFOLDING OF THE COMPETITION

The competition consists of two semifinals (on Thursday, 13, and Friday, 14 July 2023) and a final (on Saturday, 15 July 2023) held at the Amphitheatre ‘Falcone e Borsellino’ in the Public Park in Zafferana Etnea (CT). The finalists will be determined thanks to the assessment of the Technical Jury of the Semifinals. The Best Short Play ⁠– Teatri Riflessi 8 will be determined by the votes of the Technical Jury of the Final, the Press Jury, the Jury of Cultural Operators, and the Youth Jury. The evaluation expressed will be weighted as follows: 50% Technical Jury, 20% Press, 15% Cultural Operators, and 15% Youth Jury. All evaluations take place on a digital platform.

The competition is the core event of Teatri Riflessi 8: many are the activities and events that will take place during the festival such as forums and round table discussions, workshops, exhibitions, and installations.

Entrance to Teatri Riflessi 8 is free of charge.


ART. 3 – PRIZES

PRIZES APPOINTED BY THE TECHNICAL BOARDS

Determined during the semifinals by the Boards and awarded at the end of the final, the winning short plays will receive a contribution of €400.00 for each category. The Technical Jury of the Semifinals will consist of experts, artists, and theatre and festival directors assessing the semifinalists to award the prizes listed below. The decision of the Jury is incontestable.

3 ‘GIOVANNI DI BELLA’ PRIZES FOR DRAMATURGY – TEATRI RIFLESSI 8

The Artistic Direction has established three optional prizes for the Best Original Script in Italian, the Best Original Script in a Foreign Language, and the Best Dance Dramaturgy. Each prize consists of a reimbursement of €400.00 for the best author or authors of an original script or dramaturgy. Each of these prizes is proclaimed by a specific Board consisting of experts in the sector. An author can compete for the prize only if regularly registered for the competition. Mendacious or incomplete communications might determine the disqualification of the contestant from the optional prizes. These three prizes will be awarded if at least three short plays are competing in the same category. Nevertheless, the Boards can decide to proclaim a prize even with less than three competing short plays if a script or dramaturgy appears to be particularly deserving.

‘GIOVANNI DI BELLA’ BEST DIRECTION ⁠– TEATRI RIFLESSI 

IterCulture has established an award for Best Direction consisting of a reimbursement of €400.00 for the short play with the most deserving direction and manifesting exquisite originality, immediacy, and eloquence.

‘VALENTINA NICOSIA’ BEST INTERPRETATION ⁠– TEATRI RIFLESSI 

IterCulture has established an award for the Best Interpretation consisting of a reimbursement of €400.00 for the performer or cast, whose interpretation is considered the most deserving. All performers are evaluated during the semifinals. The award is dedicated to a friend and former member of IterCulture, Valentina Nicosia: cheerful, energetic, and irreplaceable point of reference for the artists until 2015.

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