5ª ed. 2017 BABEL FILM FESTIVAL (Contest dedicated to movies in minority languages)

Call for the 5th edition 2017 BABEL FILM FESTIVAL.

The fifth edition of Babel Film Festival will take place in Cagliari from 4 to 9 December 2017.

The Festival is sponsored by the Humane Society - Sardinian Film Archive, in collaboration with the Association Babel, Terra de Punt and Areavisuale and eith the support of national and international institutions of great prestige. Babel Film Festival is part of the path that Sardinia, the region, and the local authorities, Babel Film Festival is part of the path that Sardinia, the region, and the local authorities, are making for years in the preservation of the minority linguistic heritage.

Babel is the only international competition in the world dedicated exclusively to movies in minority languages, dialects, slang or "dead" languages ​​and sign languages.

Thanks to the many partners and Filmmaker who believed in the project, the competition has had significant findings at national and international level, quickly becoming an opportunity for discussion and exchange between different minority populations. In 2016 the Festival was presented in Malta, the Netherlands, Germany and at several Italian festival's partners. Important was the renewal, also this year, of the patronage of the President of the European Parliament, recognition of great prestige for the organizers of the Festival.

As always, the new call is open to feature films, short films and documentaries in minority languages ​​spoken in the world.

To download the rules and complete the registration you can visit the Festival page http://www.babelfilmfestival.com/it/