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Call for Entries - 3rd Annual Sol e Luna Documentary Festival

The 'Sol e Luna' Documentary Festival is now accepting submissions for its 2008 edition.  The festival will take place from 20th - 27th July 2008 in Palermo, Sicily.

The festival, which aims to "narrate the history and the stories of the civilizations of the Mediterranean and Islamic countries both from the western and the eastern point of view", is seeking documentaries for its second edition.

Taking place in July in Sicily, the festival will then tour to venues in Italy and around Europe.

The festival awards in two categories:
    •    Islam - This section includes the most important international productions dealing with Islam produced in the last six years. Documentaries, tv series, surveys, documentaries on scientific, ethnographic and socio-cultural researches about customs and traditions of any country/area in the world are accepted, with a focus on Muslim countries.
    •    Mediterranean - This section includes the most important international production in the last six years dealing with the sea and the Mediterranean coast: fauna, flora, and sea ecosystems. Stories of sea voyages, journeys to the Mediterranean countries, their customs, traditions, culture and civilization of coastal populations. Surveys, reportages, studies dealing with the Mediterranean Sea and landscape of the coast, in its whole and broader environment.  

Deadline for Submissions is 30th March 2008.

For more details see DFGDocs/Festivals


More information:

See also: www.soleelunadocfest.com/hom...