I. Approaching Deadlines
SFF-RATED ATHENS – INT. SCI-FI & FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL (Greece)
04th – 10th March 2010 – deadline: 30th November 2009
Competitions: – Int. Competition
Science Fiction & Fantasy is where Imagination doesn’t just play the game –it makes the rules. Join us. 1.”SFF” stands for “Science-Fiction & Fantasy”. 2. We mean it. 3. We will screen Shorts & Not-Shorts, meaning: 4.To qualify for submission as a “short film”, a work of moving images must be longer than 3 minutes and less than 20 minutes. 5. Anything below 3 minutes may screen with us, out of competition, if it makes us laugh. Or cry. Or something intense. 6. Anything above 20 minutes will be considered in the “Not-Short Film” category.
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22nd MINIMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Norway)
05th – 09th March 2010 – deadline: 1st December 2009
Competitions: – International Panorama (max. running time: 30 minutes)
- National competition
- Nordic competition
Minimalen is an annual, independent short film event, covering new international releases and retrospectives, as well as premiere screenings of new Nordic and Norwegian shorts. Other international contributions are screened in panoramas, with an Audience Award of 500 Euro.
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TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL (Finland)
10th – 14th March 2010 – deadline: Int. Compt. 1st December 2009
please note deadline National Competition 15th December 2009
Competitions: – Int. Competition
- National Competition
All films and videos of all genres not exceeding a length of 30 minutes are admitted. Films must have been completed on January 1st, 2008 or after. The festival reserves the right to accept films of longer duration. An International Short Film Market for accredited professionals will be open during the Festival. All the preview copies are automatically entered in the film market selection.
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17th STUTTGART INT. FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILM (Germany)
04 – 09 May 2010 – deadline: 1st Dec 2009
Competitions:
1. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (up to 35 minutes running time)
2. TRICKS FOR KIDS (Animated children film competition)
3. YOUNG ANIMATION (Student film competition)
4. UNDER COMMISSION (Commerical Spot / Music Video / TV Trailer – deadline: 15th January 2010
Any animated commissioned film of the categories commercial spot, music video and TV idents including computer generated animation and combinations of life action and animation completed after October 01, 2008 may participate. The selection will be made on completed films only. Any borderline questions that may arise shall be decided by the preselection committee.
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II. New Calls for Submissions
8th INT. FESTIAL SIGNES DU NUIT / Paris 2010 (France)
31. March – 11. April 2010 – deadline: 28. February 2010
Competitions: – allowed genres: fiction, documentary, experimental, video art
- 30 minutes max. lenght for shorts
- full lenght for documentaries
- films must have been completed on January 1st, 2008 or after
- screen ratio for 35 mm / 16:9 or 4:3 for DV / Sound/Son: PAL or NTSC
- language sequences should have English or French subtitles
« Signes de Nuit » is an independent, international festival of short, experimental and documentary films, organized by the Association SIGNES DE NUIT in Paris. The main festival takes place in different central places and cinemas in Paris in April. During the year, the festival is invited to present selections of its program in festivals, cultural institutions and film schools on a worldwide base. Beside the international selections the festival presents programs from guest festivals and schools.
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INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DETMOLD 2010 (Germany)
10th – 13th June 2010 – deadline: 28th February 2010
Competitions: – Int. Competition
From 10th to 13th June the INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DETMOLD 2010 is going to show apprx. 300 short films from all over the world in Hangar 21, Detmold. The programs is accompanied by video installations, workshops, concerts and parties.
The festival wants to offer cultural exchange, enabling all participants to deepen their experience of life.
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III. Open Festival Calls
5th ECU – THE EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (France)
12th – 14th March 2010 – deadline: 14th December 2009
late deadline: 4th January 2010
Competitions: – European shorts and features sections
- Non European shorts and features sections
- Student Films
- News and Current Affairs Reportage
- Ecology Now!
- Made on Mobile Telephones
The audiences and judges for your films will be very international and to enhance their viewing / judging experiences ALL films that are nominated as part of The Official Selection need to be subtitled.
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ROMA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)
08 – 16 April 2010 – deadline: 15th Dec 2009
Competitions: – Int. Competition
1) RIFF Awards – if selected your film will be automatically listed in our FILMMARKET SECTION , an online catalogue listing RIFF participants. Allows Distributors, Agents, Web Content Buyers and other industry professionals to contact you directly
2) RIFF On Tour – The RIFF takes our hottest films on a non-stop trip to film festivals, screenings, and events around the world.* Monthly Screening Series – audience elected monthly winners will be entered into the annual RIFF Audience Award competition.
3) become an automatic member of “Associazione Culturale Roma Independent Film Festival”
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KURZFILMWETTBEWERB im Rahmen des Brechtfestival Augsburg 2010 (Germany)
29 Januar – 10 Februar 2010 – deadline: 21st December 2009
Competitions: – National Competition (German speaking)
Bertolt Brecht gilt als einflussreichster deutscher Dramatiker und Lyriker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Da Brecht auch selbst ein bedeutender Filmschaffender war und wichtige theoretische Überlegungen zum Film vorgelegt hat, die heute noch aktuell sind, sollte sein Einfluss auf den Film auch vielschichtig auf dem Brechtfestival Augsburg 2010 (29. Januar – 10. Februar 2010), das unter dem Motto Brecht und Film steht, untersucht werden. In diesem Rahmen soll auch der Einfluss Brechts auf den zeitgenössischen Kurzfilm untersucht werden. Das Kulturamt der Stadt Augsburg ruft daher einen Kurzfilmwettbewerb aus, der mit einem Preis von € 1000,- für den ersten Platz dotiert ist.
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26th EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL OF LILLE 2010 (France)
27th February – 5th March 2010 – deadline: 31st December 2009
Competitions: – European competition programme of short films (all types of films are allowed: fiction, animation, documentary…)
- National competition programme of French short films (all types of films are allowed: fiction, animation, documentary…)
- Non-competitive film programmes, retrospectives and special presentations
- Completed in 2008 or 2009. Films already presented on selection last year cannot be presented again: a film can only be submitted once to the
committee.
- The format is 35mm and Beta Sp only. The double tape system will not be accepted.
- The short film does not exceed 30 minutes.
- The director or producer is European.
This Festival aims at promoting the short film in its diversity and also first films. The 26th Festival will therefore offer in its program several competition screenings (about 80 short will be presented in competition and 10 feature films out of competition).
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56th INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN (Germany)
29 April – 4 Mai 2010 – deadline: 05th January 2010
Competitions: – International
- German
- Children s and Youth Film
- Films from NRW
- MuVi Award for the best German music video, with its own set of regulations
Every year Oberhausen attracts filmmakers, festival representatives, curators, buyers, journalists, distributors and, last but not least, an enthusiastic short-film audience. For filmmakers around the globe, the festival is a platform where they can present their work to the public, learn different cinematic vocabularies, get to know like- minded individuals from all over the world, and network with buyers, other festivals and distributors.
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7th GREEN FILM FESTIVAL IN SEOUL (South Korea)
20 – 26 May 2010 – deadline: 31st January 2010
Competitions: – Int. Competition
- Films completed after January 1, 2006,
- never been submitted to the GFFIS before.
- Films that deal with environmental issues regardless of genre or contain
- environment-related topics at large.
- Offical languages: Korean, English
The Green Film Festival in Seoul(GFFIS) is the first film festival in Korea to highlight environment issues. First established in 2004 by Korea Green Foundation, the GFFIS is a festival that seeks to share the hope for a better world where all the lives can be in harmony with environment and nature.
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MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival 2010 (Germany)
17th – 23th June 2010 – deadline: 28th February 2010
Competitions: – only Int. Competition
- Films must not exceed a length of 15 minutes. The Selection Committee can allow exceptions to this rule.
- Films must not have German dialogues. No exceptions will be made either. As the festival language is English, all films must have either no dialogue,
English dialogue or English subtitles.
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DAAZO.COM – European Shortfilms (Hungary)
Online Network – deadline: 1st July 2010
Competitions: – short fiction films
user-uploaded videos
Daazo.com is a Hungarian-based online network for hosting professional short fiction films and user-uploaded videos. In collaboration with many film studios, festivals, schools and associations, Daazo presents several movies weekly from the past years’ best short films, setting up a growing online collection of short films which – we hope – motivate users to upload more quality content to its database.
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EUROPEAN SHORT FILM INTERNET EXHIBITION – EUROPE IN SHORTS (Germany)
1st November 2009 (launch) – deadline: 31st July 2010
Competitions: – International competition
The organiser will present two European films each week in the Internet in the period from 1 November 2009 to 31 October 2010. The films will be accompanied by extensive background information and will remain online as part of the gallery until 31 December 2010. Consideration is taken to achieving a balance between the countries entitled to take part, for the aim is to reflect European short film production as representatively as possible.
EUROPE IN SHORTS is an initiative by the film magazine »Schnitt« and a project for RUHR.2010 European Capital of Culture.
