REQUIRED TABLE OF CRISIS AND THE SURVEY BY THE FESTIVALS

AFIC – Association of Italian Film Festival has prepared a formal request for the establishment of a crisis desk to support the promotion of the cinema sector to address this unprecedented situation due to the emergency COVID-19.

"Film festivals are a source of cultural and civic contribution at a time of restarting the country will be important to enhance" – He explains the President AFIC Chiara Valenti Omero – "In this difficult time for the current health emergency we believe that the first thing is to give economic security to all the film festivals workers, the organization of which - lest we forget - lasts all year. The situation will be untenable for many festivals, if not all - it continues - then ask the Ministry of things very simple but effective to address the emergency and even after, when you will be back to normal with the subsequent festivals and exhibitions crowding ".

These requests also briefly shared with CNA Cinema and Audiovisual:

• The closure of the accounts 2019 quickly with the disbursement of the funds provided to the associations that have already Accounted to ensure liquidity;
• Establishment of a weekly crisis talks between DG Cinema and Afic;
• A share of the 2% the special fund for the emergency to be allocated to festivals;
• The call occurs 2020 and its publication by mid-April with the confirmation of the subjects in 2019 participated in the tender and obtained funding;
• A flexible schedule at least three months of delays that could allow you to move the edition 2020 some festival until the first quarter 2021;
• The activation of a coordination with the regions to address the emergency, including at regional / local level;
• The possibility of a deviation of 40% than the estimate for the necessary downsizing of many festival programs, for example, the impossibility of having foreign guests;
• The inclusion of a form of art or external tax credit bonus for organizers.

AFIC, Furthermore, through Cinecittà News is spreading at this time a questionnaire that will allow to gather more data on the current situation that is experiencing the coveted festival, rebuilding a more precise mapping to date of what is going on in every region of Italy. The questionnaire is available at this link.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJISE3HdyrETKVjS3q5Ek0orMtOIkwdAy10YF6SNfmZ-iFzg/viewform

AFIC – Association Festival of Italian Cinema

founded in 2003, AFIC – Association of Italian Film Festival is an aggregator of those Italian film events that recognize the importance and value of being part of an information network that is also a place of exchange and project development. The association was founded to promote and develop initiatives which aim to improve the artistic quality and the effective communication of the Italian film festivals. The aim of AFIC is to enhance and qualify the cultural activities and study of the Association's members, to date 73 the Italian film festival.