Rules and regulations for participation locarno festival. Aug 19, 2019 short films invited to participate in tff20 will be shown in the section determined most appropriate by festival programmers, in their sole discretion. The festival screens films in various competitive and noncompetitive sections, including featurelength narrative and documentary, short, avantgarde, and. Welcome to the most complete film festival database in the world with more than 12555 festivals. Dokufest my darling quarantine short film festival. The film festival locarno is an international film festival held annually in august in the city of locarno, switzerland since 1946. Beautiful but unfulfilled ashley has her eyes opened to the tantalizing possibilities of bdsm when she discovers the popular erotic novel slave by nolan keats. Raindance film festival is the largest independent film festival in the uk, currently rated top 10 international film festival for filmmakers to consider, according to studiobinder. Submit your film digitally filmfreeway, or post a dvd screener and submissions form to our submissions team. Starting from february 1st, a total of 23 short films included in locarno film festivals 2018 lineup is presented in the scheme of a new film every day, each one being available for streaming for free in the online platform for a week.
Short films 40 mins or less friday 14 june 2019, 17. On short of the week, your film takes front page on the internets number one destination. A selection of our favorites of the short films screened at the 2016 locarno international film festival. The locarno film festival is recognized by the international federa. The fuori concorso selection offers recent work feature films and shorts, film.
Calling for short works of all forms and genre, international and homegrown. Click here for full submissions rules and regulations. May 09, 2017 as you browse through the coding, you will find a submission number and film festival a few lines a part. Open doors locarno, via franchino rusca 1, locarno 2020. From 27 march to 14 may the entry fees is for fulllength features over 41 minutes and 50 chf for short subjects up to 40 minutes. The prize, which is offered by the studio pianifica, goes to a short film made by a european director, presented in one of the two competitions. We screen films from around the world across a wide variety of competitions and programs. You will need a copy of your student id to qualify. How to make sure film festivals actually watch your movie. If you want to access to the list of 559 festivals whose call for entries closes within the next 30 days create an account.
Submissions for the 69th festival del film locarno are now closed. If your project is delayed and this deadline is too early, you can still enter last minute, from 15 may through 1 june. Festival del film locarno sfc shortfilm connection. An email will be sent to all those who registered a fulllength feature for the 73rd edition of the locarno film festival, giving details of the procedure for reimbursement. The locarno international film festival takes place every year, usually in august. Production of films and videos selected must have been completed within the 12 months preceding their festival screening.
The 71st locarno film festival has come to a close, with singaporean director yeo siew huas a land imagined taking home the coveted golden leopard. Every august the town of locarno becomes the world capital of auteur cinema for eleven days with the locarno film festival. I can now easily track what festival is watching my film. Category documentary, feature, first feature, short. The deadline for the submission of entries was on june 15, 2018. Submissions for the 2020 sxsw film festival are now closed. Short of the week is the top destination for short films, a trusted source by fans and industry since 2007, showcasing work from the next generation of storytellers. Contrary to the theme of this article, i was actually very impressed by several festivals on how thoroughly they watched my short film submission. Short films between 1 and 35 minutes can be registered for the short film corner.
The call for entries for this years locarno international film festival is already closed. The festival screens films in various competitive and noncompetitive sections, including featurelength narrative and documentary, short. An eventual cancellation of the 73rd edition of the locarno film festival by effect of law, decree or regulation issued by local, cantonal, federal or international authorities in the context of a situation of force majeure or emergency such as that resulting from. Open doors locarno we want to inform everyone that the far east film. It shows abused women, with koran texts on their bodies that validate their mistreatment. Submission is a 2004 englishlanguage dutch short drama film produced and directed by theo van gogh, and written by ayaan hirsi ali a former member of the dutch house of representatives for the peoples party for freedom and democracy. Presented by cinemachicago, we are north americas longestrunning competitive film festival. The candidates are selected on the strength of the short films or the 1st feature that. Shortstv india coming soon shortstv will soon be launching a dedicated 247 short movie channel in india. Van gogh was killed over this movie in november 2004, by a muslim.
Submissions now open for the 55th chicago international film. Pardino doro for the best swiss short film premio swiss life chf 10,000. After cannes and venice and together with karlovy vary, locarno is the film. Established in 1985, the warsaw film festival joined in 2009 the elite group of events recognized by the international federation of film producers associations. Submit film to festivals ask for our help if you need assistance for the festival strategy for your film. Production of films and videos selected must have been. If youve completed a feature film, short film, or screenplay in any horror or crime subgenre, from zombies and vampires to. Projects and initiatives for short films as part of locarno 2020 for the future of films. We have several packages fasttrack, film showcase, submission booster designed to help you with smarter decisions. Swiss animation submit your animated short film for the.
The locarno film festivals new artistic director, lili hinstin, tells the hollywood reporter why she wants more dangerous and risky cinema, and more female directors, at the swiss event. The festival accepts short films of any genre that were completed in the previous or current year. Film festivals upcoming international film festivals. Submit your animated short film for the pardo di domani online competition of locarno film festival 2020.
Premiere your film in front of press, film industry, and film lovers at the 2020 sxsw film festival from march 21. Love is blind official trailer 2019 chloe sevigny, aidan turner movie hd duration. Our 74th edition takes place in edinburgh from 17 to 28 june 2020, and submissions are now open. Celebrating our 55th anniversary in 2019, the chicago international film festival is now accepting entries for feature length, documentary, and short films. Locarno film festival, via franchino rusca 1, locarno 2020. Thousands of film fans and industry professionals meet here every summer to share their thirst for new discoveries and a passion for cinema in all its diversity. Alepou, by jacqueline lentzou greece old, luxurious flat located in an ultracentral, desirable neighborhood, by sebastian mihailescu romania. Festival type real venue festival types of films any type, documentary, narrative fiction. Before you submit, be sure to take a look at our guidelines below to ensure your film is eligible for sxsw and check out the film submissions page for deadlines and fees. Alepou, by jacqueline lentzou greece old, luxurious flat located in an ultracentral. This is the correct number that correlates the film festival, submission, and vimeo stats. Short films guide to 2019 sxsw film festival submissions. The locarno film festival is an annual film festival held every august in locarno, switzerland. Be seen at the largest and most highly attended festival in the u.
The locarno shorts weeks continue and today you can discover hamza bangashs short film dia pakistanunited kingdom, directly from the 2018 open doors program. If youre submitting a student film, please submit via the tribeca extranet form to get a discount on your submission. Filmfreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events. But film b has great packaging that leads to a 10 percent clickthrough rate. The debut feature by italian directorproducer ginevra elkann s magari will open the festival, and kiyoshi kurosawa s to the ends of the earth will be screened as closing film. Over the years, the locarno international film festival has presented short. Final deadline for receipt of online submission forms and film screeners. Registrations are open for the selection of films for the 72nd edition of the locarno film festival. In order to submit a film to the berlinale you have to send the film and the completed film entry form to the festival before the given deadline. Cork international film festival is accredited by the following awards academies. Amazon studios now accepting short film submissions for. The 72nd annual locarno festival is scheduled to be held from 7 august to 17 august 2019. This years initiative has expanded from the pardi di domani, locarno film. Apr 21, 2008 a short movie by theo van gogh which depicts the life that women under islamic societies go through.
If you believe that your experimental film qualifies for the new frontier films program at the festival, you may indicate this within the cover letter of your filmfreeway submission. The film festival locarno is an international film festival held annually in. The total watch time for film b is 50 minutes 5minute audience retention x 10 percent clickthrough rate. With ashlynn yennie, justin berti, raylin joy, victoria levine. The submission of short films for the international and swiss competition are open for the upcoming 24th edition. In the highly competitive age of cinema mumbai shorts international film festival is the platform for short filmmakers to put their work forward among the league of professional. I created a separate sheet where i put the film festival and its correct submission number. Locarno film festival august 515, 2020 has occupied a unique position in the landscape of the major film festivals. The submission and participation of a film in the festival imply acceptance of the rules and. The waterford film festival has teamed up with inktip and they are offering the below prize for our winners. The award includes an automatic nomination in the short film category of the european film awards.
The 73rd locarno film festival will take place in locarno from 515 august 2020. Their basic service is free for filmmakers and has listings for more than 5,000 festivals worldwide. Short film on the mistreatment of women in the islam. The foyle film festival, now in its 33rd year, delivers a year round programme of feature films, workshops, short films, competition screenings, outreach and special events. This years initiative has expanded from the pardi di domani, locarno film festivals main shorts. Fiction documentary submissions open feebased money prizes fiapfaccredited debut online submissions.
Cleverly oscillating between iphone footage and movie shot, dia documents the thin limit between reality and fiction. New locarno boss outlines revolutionary plans for swiss. It is based in the heart of londons buzzing west end film district. The storytelling of film a is better as measured by how long viewers watch but film b actually has the higher total watch time due to better packaging. Aug 07, 2019 thirtyseven percent of the directors submitting short films were female and 42 percent of the directors in the short film competition are women. I just spent a couple hours going through my stats and learning how many times each festival actually watched my assorted submissions. I find it hard to believe that a festival of this kind can actually exist in the world. The submission of films for the 2019 locarno film festival will begin in march 2019, so stay tuned and check the official website for updates. Features, shorts and student films april 15th to july 1st no early or late submissions can be accepted. Founded in 1946, it is one of the longestrunning film festivals, and is also known for being a prestigious platform for art house films. Festival del film locarno locarno, switzerland august every august since 1946, for eleven days the swissitalian town of locarno, right in the heart of europe, becomes the world capital of auteur cinema. Call for entries seattle international film festival. The festival began in 1946 and over the years, it turned to be the name and home of artistic films, full length films. Dokufest joins the international short film community for my darling quarantine, an online short film festival designed to raise money in light of coronavirus.
International short film festival in drama filmfreeway. In light of the current covid19 situation that is unfolding across the world, the film. From 27 march to 14 may the entry fees is for fulllength features over 41 minutes and 50 chf for short. Youve worked tirelessly on your filmit deserves an audience. Siff is accepting featurelength and short film submissions for the 46th seattle international film festival beginning august 1, 2019. Prize for winners of the script and film competition from inktip is a script listing. In any case, we ask you to carefully read the festivals general guidelines for submission and participation as well as the how to berlinale short guide to film submission.
Sxsw provides the gamechanging buzz every filmmaker dreams about for the premiere of their feature film, short. Feature length films more than 40 mins friday 14 june 2019, 17. Enter the worlds best film festivals and screenplay contests. Short films are the new scripts at amazon studios, which is opening its content development factory to shorts and concept videos for optioning into feature films. Interested in submitting a short film to the 2019 sxsw film festival. One of the biggest advantages to withoutabox is that with most festival entries, you automatically get an imdb listing for your film. Deadlines of top 20 film festivals in 2018 filmmakers fans. This is how to get accepted into film festivals videomaker. Jun 27, 20 short films are the new scripts at amazon studios, which is opening its content development factory to shorts and concept videos for optioning into feature films. If youre submitting a student film, please submit via the tribeca extranet form to get a discount on your submission fee. Wednesday, august 5, 2020 saturday, august 15, 2020.
For the promotion of short films and the development of a spirit of friendship and cooperation among filmmakers from all over the world, the 26th international short film festival in drama will be held from the 20th to the 26th of september 2020, in the city of drama, in the district of macedonia, northern greece. The real prize in telluride is to be accepted from hundreds of entries as one of approximately 25 shorts and 30 features that will be showcased at the festival. Locarno short film nominee for the european film awards pianifica prize. May 15, 2020 locarno film festival 05aug2020 to 15aug2020 locarno, switzerland. Out of the thousands of film submissions that locarno receives each year, the lucky. Short films invited to participate in tff20 will be shown in the section determined most appropriate by festival programmers, in their sole discretion. Film festivals, screenplay contests, submissions filmfreeway. We are always looking for new talent and short films to broadcast on our tv channel and beyond. Youve worked tirelessly on your film it deserves an audience. Submissions open for the selection of films for the 72nd locarno. Locarno 2020 for the future of films locarno festival. Submissions for the 63rd bfi london film festival in partnership.
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