DOC EAT 2011

The tradition wants that only Italians discuss food while eating. Could there be a better venue than Doc Eat to transpose this worrisome and abiding custom to film? Here food turns into an ultimate topic of conversation that can only be treated conveniently by documentaries, formally as well as in content.

Doc Eat is more than a documentary festival entirely dedicated to food. For if the notion of food includes what is drinkable, Doc Eat does indeed extend its interest to Bacchus, the god of wine. Doc Eat is founded on the established experience of Doc Fest, an important international venue in the realm of film and documentaries.

Doc Fest is a cultural association that has dealt with documentary festivals and related events for many years. Among them: Festival di Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Milano Doc Festival, Sole e Luna Doc Fest in Palermo, “Modos de intender l’arquitectura” at the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao, and many others.

The ultimate goal of Doc Eat is to build a cultural and visual archive from all over the world. A great film festival that will call for an internationally voracious and gluttonous “meal” made of images, colors, and sounds.

Doc Eat is not edible, but should be watched, and it extends an invitation to the largest and finest feasts in the world.

Doc Eat is sponsored by Doc Fest in collaboration with the Fondazione  
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Sede Lombardia, the Museo  
Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci” of  
Milan and Gambero Rosso.

COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Doc Eat features three categories:

  • FOOD-AND-WINE TRADITIONS:
    This category will feature the most important and recent documentaries dedicated to the world’s food culture in relation to popular traditions, history and society.

  • FOOD AND MODERNITY
    This category will feature the most important and recent documentaries dedicated to food in relation to “diet,” food production, preservation and presentation. As well as films dedicated to the relationship of food to conservation, science, environment, medicine, politics, etc.

  • FOOD AND MEDIA
    This category will feature documentaries dedicated to the popularization of food through TV and other media, so as to offer a consideration of the relationship between food and comunication, including food’s presence on the web and food commercials.
Documentaries will be gathered by the call for entry and they will be stored and safeguarded in the Doc Fest archive.

Documentaries are selected by a committee of experts in the field among the best documentaries produced between 2007-2010.
The best works will be nominated for a series of “food awards”  
originating from Italy.

The first edition of Doc Eat will take place in Rome, during Spring  
2011.
The festival also establishes an award for the 5 best food commercials produced anywhere in the world since 2008.

Every evening the most interesting documentaries will be presented publicly and commented on by their authors and other eminent figures working in the field. Roundtables and banquets will be part and parcel of the event.
The entrance is free of charge.

RULES OF PARTICIPATION.

Any documentary produced between 2007-2010 and having a pertinent topic can participate to the festival.
Documentaries should be subtitled in either Italian or English. If in English, the script should be sent along with the film.

The submission deadline is march 31 2011. The following materials should be submitted along with the application:

A copy of the film in either of the following formats: Standard Pal, Betacam Sp, Digital Betacam, DVD.

A hard copy of the application form filled out and signed in compliance with requirements.

Please forward all materials to:

Doc Eat
Doc Eat c/o Doc Fest
Via Tarvisio, 2
00198 Roma - Italia

Please also forward a copy of the application by email to info@doceat.it, along with two pictures related to your work (jpeg300 dpi)

By applying to the festival every individual author or producer declares himself responsible for his work and authorizes Doc Eat/Doc Fest to use his or her material to sponsor the event. Doc Fest/Doc Eat will also have the right to use this material for other events related to the same topic.

Doc Fest/Doc Eat is allowed to use excerpts of our work for promotional reasons on TV shows and any form of News Cast.

By signing the application you also declare that the information you submit is true and publishable on the event’s catalogue, website and through any other form of communication.

Doc Fest will not return any material submitted with the application. Materials will be stored and safeguarded in the Doc Eat/Doc Fest archives for use in any future event related to the theme of the Festival.

Your signature implies your acceptance of all the above terms. These rules are an integral part of the application.

Rome’s law court will respond to any grievance. Your personal information will be treated according to the following law: 31/12/1996 n° 675.

Please address any question or concerns to:

Doc Eat
Doc Eat c/o Doc Fest
Via Tarvisio, 2
00198 Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 06 8840341

info@doceat.it
www.doceat.it