The A.I.T.S. Award was unveiled in 2005 as an accolade to honour the best sound in Italian motion pictures and television films running no longer then 4 episodes.

The award is granted to the Directors as well as to the following professionals: production sound mixers, boom operators, sound editors, foley artists, sound re-recording mixers.

In order to be eligible for the A.I.T.S. Award, motion pictures and TV films must have been publicly played in movie theaters or broadcasted during primetime within the calendar year.

Screening committee consisting of Sergio BASSETTI, Flavio DE BERNARDINIS, Giorgio DE VINCENTI, Riccardo GIAGNI, Giulio LATINI and one member of A.I.T.S. (Alessandro ZANON) will choose a list of five motion pictures and five tv films that subsequently will be voted by the Jury.

The Jury is composed of all A.I.T.S. members and external members.

The External Members are:
Gianfranco ALBANO, Aldo ALLEGRINI, Alessandro ANGELINI, Luca ANZELLOTTI, Luca BANDIRALI, Angelo BARBAGALLO, Gianluca BASILI, Marco BELLOCCHIO, Daniela BENDONI, Alberto BERNARDI, Davide BERTONI, Luca BIGAZZI, Marta BILLINGSLEY, Paola BONELLI, Gianfranco CABIDDU, Esmeralda CALABRIA, Francesca CALVELLI, Roberto CAPPANNELLI, Enzo CARPINETA, Andrea CAUCCI, Giorgia CECERE, Stefano CHIERCHE', Gianpaolo CHIRIACO', Francesca CIMA, Alessandro CIPRIANI, Emanuela DI GIUNTA, Giovanni DI GREGORIO, Marta DONZELLI, Ilaria FRAIOLI, Giuseppe FRANCHINI, Virgilio Paolo FRATI, Mimmo GRANATA, Valentina LODOVINI, Gabriele LUCCI, Giulio MANFREDONIA, Alina MARAZZI, Antonio MEDICI, Alessia MORETTI, Nanni MORETTI, Simona PAGGI, Gregorio PAONESSA, Andrea PORPORATI, Veronica PRAVADELLI, Daniele QUADROLI, Edoardo RE, Marco SAITTA, Gianfranco SALVATORE, Paola SANGIOVANNI, Claudio SANTAMARIA, Federico SAVINA, Paolo SEGAT, Alberto SIRONI, Giovanni SPAGNOLETTI, Paolo SORRENTINO, Gianluca Maria TAVARELLI, Marco TURCO, Daniele VICARI, Maurizio ZACCARO, Fabio ZAMARION.

The right to vote has also been extended to certain Film Schools (2 votes for each course):
The International Academy of Image Arts and Sciences of L'Aquila - Sound engineering course.
Experimental Cinematography Centre / National Film School of Rome - Sound engineering course.
The "Licinio Recife" Music Conservatory of Frosinone - Electronic Music Course.
European Design Institute of Rome - Sound Designer Course.
"Link Academy" European Academy of Dramatcic Arts - Performing Arts Course.
University of Salento, "Tito Schipa" Music Conservatory of Lecce - Master in music and audiovisual comunication.
Roma Tre University - PhD "Cinema in its interrelation with Theatre and other arts"
University of Rome "Tor Vergata" - History and Criticism of cinema

Sergio Bassetti, Flavio De Bernardinis, Giorgio De Vincenti, Riccardo Giagni, Giulio Latini have the authority to grant, if appropriate, a Special Award. Their decision is final.

For further information please contact:
aits@aits.it
Alessandro Palmerini 347 6636821
Alessandro Zanon 347 1157570