The competition intends to bring out how much the nativity scene is still widespread and appreciated in Friuli Venezia Giulia: a symbol of religion and tradition, a concrete representation of the union within the families and communities that make it during the Christmas period.

The Pro Loco Regional Committee has mapped thousands of nativity scenes in recent years in various locations thanks to its Giro Presepi, but many others will be known thanks to the competition.

It will also be a way to give credit, with the right visibility in the major Friuli Venezia Giulia newspaper, to the efforts of individuals and associations who, perhaps working on it for twelve months, every Christmas give many people the thrill of admiring cribs living, monumental, mechanical or made with alternative materials.

A real photographic tour which in the end sees the best photos with the subject of a nativity scene made in Friuli Venezia Giulia for Christmas 2022 selected by the technical jury.

The theme of this edition will be “The Nativity scene as a sign of peace: discovering the local Nativity scenes of Friuli Venezia Giulia”: competitors are invited to participate both with photographs of their private and public nativity scenes, provided they are easily recognizable and placed in Friuli Venezia Giulia.

The authors of the 4 best photos, which will be chosen weekly for 4 weeks by the quality jury, will receive as many prizes offered by the world of the regional Pro Loco and the publication of their photo in the paper edition of Messaggero Veneto, while a selection of the photos received will be also published on the website www.messaggeroveneto.it. In addition, this year at the end of the competition the photos will be re-evaluated again by the jury for a final prize.

Regulation

• Art. 1 The competition is reserved for photographs of the nativity scenes taken in Friuli Venezia Giulia during Christmas 2022-2023: therefore the jury will evaluate not the characteristics of the nativity scene but the qualities of the photograph itself.
• Art. 2 The competition will last from 1 December 2022 at 00.01 to 6 January 2023 at 24.00. Participation in the competition is open to all and free.
• Art. 3 The photos were sent within these dates only in this way:
• – digital file – send to [email protected]
• Art. 4 The theme of the competition is: “The Nativity scene as a sign of peace: discovering the local Nativity scenes of Friuli Venezia Giulia”.
• Art. 5 The photographs participating in the competition must report the place and data of the shot, the author of the photograph and whether it is a private or public nativity scene. They must necessarily depict a nativity scene or part of it set in Friuli Venezia Giulia locations that are recognizable in the photo (for example because the nativity scenes are set up in specific churches, squares, streets, natural places, etc.) or a nativity scene set up in a private residence Friuli Venezia Giulia.
• Art. 6 Each competitor can participate with a photo for each crib. The recorded photos are unedited and have never participated in other photography competitions.

By December 12th the jury will evaluate the winner of the first week among the photos received in the period between December 1st and 9th at midnight.

By December 19, the jury will evaluate the winner of the second week among the photos received in the period between December 1 and 16 at midnight (excluding the one already proclaimed winner, whose author cannot win further times).

By December 26th the jury will evaluate the winner of the third week among the photos received in the period between December 1st and 22nd at midnight (excluding those already proclaimed winners, whose authors will not be able to win further times).

By 2 January 2023, the jury will evaluate the winner of the fourth week among the photos received in the period between 1 December and 29 December 2022 at midnight (excluding those already proclaimed winners, whose authors will not be able to win further times).

The photos that will be sent by midnight on January 6, 2023 will compete together with all the other non-winners of the weekly prizes for the final prize, which will be proclaimed by the end of January unless otherwise communicated.

The winners will be notified via email and the photograph will be published on the first day in the Messaggero Veneto.

• Art. 7 Each competitor, by sending the photos in the manner described above, automatically declares to be the author of all the works presented and to hold all the rights. Likewise, each competitor automatically declares that he has fulfilled all the obligations established by the legislation on the protection of the right to the image of any subjects portrayed. The organizers of the competition are not held responsible for disputes relating to the authorship of the images or any other consequence related to the images object of the competition.
• Art. 8 By participating in the contest, the contestants assign all rights of use, reproduction and eventual reworking of the works presented to the organizers of the contest who will be able to display them or use them free of charge for their own purposes, also via the internet, reporting the name of the Author and year of creation of the work.
• Art. 9 The personal data provided will be treated according to the privacy law. In any case, sensitive data such as name and surname, residence, telephone contact and the like will only be requested directly from the competitors who win prizes.
• Art. 10 The works presented have been free from digital manipulation (with the exception of cropping works and/or slight modification of parameters such as contrast, brightness, etc.)
• Art 11. The most beautiful photographs will be published in the Messaggero Veneto newspaper in spaces dedicated to the competition, on the website messaggeroveneto.it. on the social channels of Messaggero Veneto and the Unpli Fvg Committee. It is possible that not all the photos sent will be published, but this does not affect their participation in the competition: all the photos received and meeting the above criteria will be evaluated by the jury.
• Art. 12 The photos will be examined by the jury of experts (or their delegates) composed of:
  Director Messaggero Veneto Paolo Mosanghini
  President Unpli Fvg Valter Pezzarini
  Vice President of Unpli Fvg Anna Lisa Ballandini
  University professor of photography at the Iuav of Venice Andrea Pertoldeo
  Professional photographer Diego Petrussi
  Secretary Unpli Fvg Marco Specia

The official communication of the winnings will be published on the messengeroveneto.it website, in the paper edition of the newspaper and with an email notification. The jury’s decision is final and unquestionable. The prizes will be sent to those directly involved in the manner and data that will be communicated.

• Art. 13 Participation in the photo contest implies full acceptance of these regulations.
• Art 14. The 4 winners of the weekly prizes will receive: a book from the Pro Loco world of Friuli Venezia Giulia; the publication of one’s photograph in the paper edition of Messaggero Veneto; a Pro Loco Bonus to participate as a guest in spring/summer/autumn 2023 in an event organized in Friuli Venezia Giulia by a Pro Loco.

The winner of the final prize will receive: a book from the Pro Loco world of Friuli Venezia Giulia; the publication of one’s photograph in the paper edition of Messaggero Veneto; a Pro Loco Bonus of photographic material.