From the 15th to 23th September the Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival (SIEFF), will be held in Nuoro, This Festival is organised by the Istituto Superiore Etnografico of Sardinia.
This edition, which marks the event’s thirtieth anniversary, besides the competition with its usual four prizes, proposes a series of events dedicated to the manifestation’s history accompanied by the presence of the most important film makers who through the years have taken part in and illuminated the Festival.
Since the 2006 edition the Festival has changed its previously traditional characteristic of focusing on a single theme, concentrating its programme instead on a selection of recently made documentary films with an ethno-anthropological prospective, special attention being given to those works principally concerned with themes that inevitably bring us back to the representation of contemporary life.
The works chosen for the official programme of the Festival will compete for the following awards:
A.“Grazia Deledda” Prize for the Best Film;
B.Prize for Best Film, set and produced in a Mediterranean country;
C.Prize for Best Film by a Sardinian director;
D.Prize for Most Innovative Film.
Apart from films in competition the Festival will also present films out of competition.
The films will be accompanied by a brief presentation and, as a general rule, commented on and discussed with their directors.
The projections, talks, conferences and discussions will be served by simultaneous translations in Italian and English.
To participate in the selection it is necessary to fill in and transmit on line the appropriate entry form available in this site.
The entry form should be printed, signed and sent to the following address: SIEFF 2012, Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico, Via Papandrea, 6 – 08100 Nuoro.
The entry form should be accompanied by:
- three DVD copies of the film
-two photographs from the film:
- a photograph of the film maker
(all the photographs must be in the either TIFF or JPG format with the longest border being at least 13 cm long and having a resolution of 300 dpi);
- a biography/filmography in file format Word of 10/15 lines.
-the dialogue a/o commentary of the film in one of the languages where simultaneous translation is provided in file format Word
- all other useful material will be gratefully received.
The Angers Workshops, in conjunction with Premiers Plans Festival, was launched in July 2005. It is now organizing its 8th edition which will take place in Summer 2012.
Jeanne Moreau is planning the 8th edition of the Angers Workshops!
These Workshops are directed toward young European filmmakers with one or two short films to their credit and a first feature fiction film in the works.
The filmmakers will have the opportunity to develop their artistic projects during a week of hands-on classes concentrating on the artistic, technical and financial aspects of making a first film.
The Workshops will focus on directorial skills, filming, editing and post-production, music and sound…
For last year’s Workshops, Jeanne Moreau and Premiers Plans brought together the following «instructors» Delphine Gleize, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Vincent Poymiro, Karl Baumgartner, François Quiqueré.
New call for entries for emerging filmmakers from Southeast Europe to participate in Sarajevo Talent Campus held within the framework of the 18th Sarajevo Film Festival is open from the 15th of March 2012.
Application deadline is the 8th of May, 2012.
Sarajevo Talent Campus, the educational and networking platform for emerging filmmakers from Southeast Europe, was launched in 2007 in cooperation with Berlin International Film Festival and Berlinale Talent Campus. The programme offers inspiring lectures, panel discussions, and active critical debates, complemented by workshops, practical tutorials, screenings and inter-festival excursions for participants.
The 6th Sarajevo Talent Campus, taking place from the 8th to the 14th of July, will be inviting scriptwriters, directors, actors and producers. Moreover, for the first time, Sarajevo Talent Campus will introduce a training program for young film critics. As of this year, the participation in Sarajevo Talent Campus is open to candidates from four more countries from the wider region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldavia in addition to: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey.
CINEMA AND POSSIBLE FUTURES will be the underlying focus of the 6th STC. The creators of today’s world of cinema will talk the future to emerging filmmakers, not only from the aspect of social and technological changes happening so rapidly right before our eyes, but the myriad of possibilities that those changes bring with them.
The 6th edition of the Sarajevo Talent Campus will gather up-and-coming film professionals from the “ever burning” and vibrant region of South-East Europe. Prominent filmmakers and emerging talents from this region will meet to discuss, analyze and explore film language novelties and different practices. They will come to terms with the changing, dynamic times, and possible futures within, as they will reach a better understanding of the medium of film.
Independent Film Centre “Filmart” would like to invite young filmmakers to apply for 7th International Student Film Camp “INTERaction 2012” and International Documentary Masterclass “INTERdoc 2012”.
7th INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM CAMP “INTERAction 2012”
Pozega (Serbia), from 7th to 25th August 2012
During the camp 20 students of film production, directing, cinematography, sound design and editing from all over the world divided into 4 crews are going to shoot 4 documentaries on the theme “Arrivals / Departures”.
Competition eligibility – Your application will be taken into consideration if you:
- study film production, directing, cinematography, sound design or editing
- have taken part in production of at least one documentary film
- speak English fluently
- complete and submit the online application form
- upload a film (participated in its production during your studies) on some of the online services (youtube, vimeo) and place the link in your online application form.
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY MASTERCLASS “INTERdoc 2012”
Pozega (Serbia) / from 15th to 24th August 2012
IDM “INTERdoc 2012″, led by eminent directors – Zelimir Zilnik and MA Dragan Elcic, will be organized along with the second phase of the camp “INTERaction”. Through lectures and film screenings, the lecturers will pass their knowledge and experience to the participants of the masterclass on the topic “Creative documentary film”.
Students of film schools, film professionals and up-and-coming filmmakers have the right to apply for this competition and they should:
- be experienced in film production
- speak English fluently
- complete and submit the online application form
The 20th Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival, taking place from 7 to 15 of July 2012, announces the call for entries for new short films produced in 2011 or 2012, within the duration limit of 60 minutes, in film (35 or 16 mm) or video.
You can submit your new films in the following competitions:
- INTERNATIONAL (fiction, documentary and animation);
- PORTUGUESE (fiction, documentary and animation);
- EXPERIMENTAL;
- MUSIC VIDEOS;
- CURTINHAS (dedicated to kid’s films);
- TAKE ONE! (Portuguese film schools; this competition has its own regulation)
Applicants must ensure reception of the films at the festival before the deadlines:
- 11th April 2012 – International, Experimental, Music Videos and Curtinhas Competitions;
- 23rd May 2012 – Portuguese and Take One! Competitions.
“With its fresh design and new technical features, daazo.com has become one of the most relevant places on the web for short film makers who want to upload their films in hd (either in public, private or password protected versions), to build their own professional portfolio and to submit their work for film contests (right now, the Berlin edition of the impossible film contest is up and running); to enter them for “challenges” (which are funky online games to gather films around a certain topic or motive, like long shots).”
The encouraging story of the website Daazo.com started back in 2006, when two slightly naive university students, Zoltán Aprily and Dániel Deák wanted to see their and others’ films on the Internet. Every filmmaker knows those scratched, unplayable DVDs very well (oh yes, the bloody -RW format), not to say that you run out of them at the most important moment when you have to burn one ASAP for the potential producer of your first feature film.
Uploading the films to the Internet seemed to be the solution for all these problems at that time; your shorts are online, available anytime, anyplace, anywhere. When this idea was being discussed by Dániel and Zoltán, YouTube appeared and achieved exactly what they wanted. This proved that the concept was good – in fact, good enough to set up a billion dollar company in Silicon Valley – so they continued planning and made the idea a bit more specific. Instead of a video sharing site, Daazo.com started as a short film sharing portal: on this platform, quality beats quantity: your film won’t get lost in the crowd of viral or karaoke videos. Friends, and then the friends of friends started using the site. But still, it was a hobby project, a kind of a B-plan.
Things all changed when the MEDIA Programme of the EU got involved and decided to support the project. Naivety started to turn into reality, with numbers and plans. The idealistic goal, however, stayed the same: building the ultimate platform for short films.
That’s what Daazo.com hopes to achieve this year, releasing the new, redesigned version of the website.
With its fresh design and new technical features, Daazo.com has become one of the most relevant places on the Web for short film makers who want to upload their films in HD (either in public, private or password protected versions), to build their own professional portfolio and to submit their work for film contests (right now, the Berlin Edition of the Impossible Film Contest is up and running); to enter them for “challenges” (which are funky online games to gather films around a certain topic or motive, like long shots); and to get the most relevant news and info about the world of short films. These features are combined with the additional platforms of Daazo.com: its films and news are now available on iPhones, mobile browsers, and on Samsung Smart TVs. Other applications (Android and iPad among others) are coming later this year.
Besides giving the opportunity for filmmakers to show their talent online, Daazo.com continues to present unique, award winning shorts from the past – Academy Award, Palm d’Or and Silver Bear winning artworks are available to watch for free.
Using the latest technology (for example full HD uploading and HTML5 player) is necessary but not sufficient for a website nowadays. That is why Daazo.com is organising several projects in 2012 to improve community life (both real and virtual) for short film buffs. Several online film contests are going to be launched and there will be a short film tour in the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) combined with an online competition. Daazo’s short film projections are coming up in various European cities to screen fresh and unique works on the one hand, and to offer a networking opportunity for young filmmakers on the other. Also, the next issues of the World of Shorts magazine will be available at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Sarejevo IFF. Don’t miss anything, connect your Facebook account to Daazo.com and you will be updated about all these projects.
Year by year, the team at Daazo.com (since it’s not just Dániel and Zoltán any more, but a superb team of short film enthusiasts) is busier and busier realising their seemingly idealistic plans. Hopefully many filmmakers and film lovers will be able to enjoy the fruit of this labour.
The Cinéfondation was created to inspire and support the next generation of filmmakers: besides selecting short films from film schools all over the world and presenting them at the Cannes Film Festival, the Cinéfondation has developed complementary programmes to help achieve its goal – to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers. Let’s meet the Résidence programme and the Atelier!
RÉSIDENCE
Every year, a dozen young directors working on their first or second feature film move to the heart of Paris – that is what the Résidence is all about. To ease their life to the maximum, a monthly 800 euro grant is given to them, and they can access a large number of Paris cinemas as well. There are two sessions a year, each lasting four and a half months (from October 1st to mid February, and from the end of February to mid July) – the next open Résidence programme starts on 1st October 2012 and lasts till February 2013. The application for the Résidence is still open until 6th April – go and apply now!
The Résidence programme also contains two festival invitations – film projects are presented in a booklet distributed through the framework of the Locarno and the Rotterdam Film Festivals, and participants visit the Cannes International Film Festival where they meet each other and other industry people. At the end of the Résidence programme, the best screenplay is awarded the Opening Shot Prize of 20 000 euros, presented by the Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema.
Since its creation in 2000, the Résidence has welcomed more than seventy filmmakers from more than forty different countries.
Over the years, directors like Rebecca Daly (with her project The Other Side of Sleep), Adrian Sitaru (with his project For Love with Best Intentions) Alexis Dos Santos (with his project Unmade Beds) and Kornél Mundruczó (with his project Delta) have enjoyed the hospitality of the Résidence programme.
Festival de Cannes – Cinéfondation
3, rue Amélie – 75007 Paris – France
Tel: 33 (0) 1 53 59 61 20
Résidence@festival-cannes.fr
L’ ATELIER
Since 2005, L’Atelier has also been about the next big thing: the creators of fifteen feature length projects from all around the world are invited to the framework of the Cannes Film Festival, where they can meet everyone who matters in the film industry.
L’Atelier has no call for applications and no application forms – the Cinéfondation is responsible for selecting the projects according to the quality of their creators’ present project and that of their previous films, as well as based on the state of progress of their finance plan.
Among many very important things, L’Atelier issues a Livre des Projets (Project Brochure) in order to promote the film projects and the directors, and more importantly, organises appointments with producers, distributors and grant distribution managers in the L’Atelier pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival. Directors like Catalin Mitulescu (with project A Heart Shaped Balloon / Loverboy), Ming-Li-ang Tsai (with project Salome), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (with project Utopia), and Benedek Fliegauf (with project Womb) have been part of L’Atelier in recent years.
Opuzen Film Festival announced a call for participation in the second edition of the festival, which will be held from 18th to 25th of August 2012. Films for selection, with a completed registration form, must be submitted no later than June 15th 2012.
In the competition of the festival feature, short feature and documentary films are eligible from all European countries and co-productions.
Each author, in the official competition, may have two films registered that should not be older than 24 months. Films must be translated into English and sent to the festival address in DVD format.
Applications for the festival program can be found at the following LINK. Before completing the application form please read the Festival Regulations.
Prizes are awarded in the following categories:
- Audience Award for best feature, documentary and short film
- PRESS-Award for best feature, documentary and short film
- Award for the film that promotes Culture of Human Rights
Here is the call for participants for Nisimazine Cannes 2012! This will already be our 7th year covering this legendary cinema event taking place on the French Riviera!
NisiMasa are currently looking for:
- 6 young film critics;
- 2 photographers;
- 1 graphic designer.
Candidates should be citizens and/or residents of Estonia, France and Turkey!
Selected applicants will be invited to attend one week of the Cannes Film Festival in order to form an international editorial team motivated to make innovative and fresh festival coverage. As always, it will be a unique opportunity to gain practical, hands on experience in film journalism and meet colleagues from different countries.
The team will create a 96-page e-book covering the Camera d’Or Competition (open to 1st feature films only) and the shorts of the festival!
About Nisimazine Workshops
NISI MASA has 7 years of experience in publishing a free daily gazette during the Cannes Film Festival. The magazine is made in the frame of a film journalism workshop for young aspiring film journalists.
Nisimazine film journalism workshops have taken place during many international film festivals since the first edition in Cannes in 2006, notably: Torino Film Festival (Italy), DocPoint Helsinki (Finland), Alba Intl Film Festival (Italy), Cannes Film Festival (France), Iran Intl Documentary Film Festival (Tehran), Festival on Wheels (Turkey), IDFA – Intl Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Netherlands), Festival de Lima (Peru), Festival do Rio (Brazil), Abu Dhabi Film Festival (United Arab Emirates), Tallinn Black Nights (Estonia).
Since 2006 over 150 young critics from all over the world have benefited from developing their skills in a stimulating international environment.
Nisimazine Cannes 2012 Workshop
The Magazine
Nisimazine Cannes will be published online and spread through a network of thousands of contacts in the cinema industry. The gazette will have the format of our ‘Nisimazine Special’ editions, and will contain film reviews, interviews, thematic articles, news, pictures from the festival, etc. Coverage will be extended on the website www.nisimazine.eu with extra articles, picture galleries and a blog.
Editorial Team
The editorial team will be headed by staff who have been running the magazine together
for many years and all over the world:
- Director of Publication – Matthieu Darras
- Graphic Designer/Editor – Maartje Alders
- Project Manager – Giovanni Vimercati
Participants will also have the opportunity to work on a daily basis with renowned journalists from the field, to discuss their articles and photographs one on one. Attending journalists for this year will be (amongst others): Paolo Bertolin (Italy) film critic & correspondent of Venice Film Festival, Jay Weissberg (USA) Variety.
The Schedule
As of the announcement of selected participants, the essential preparation period will begin. Participants will be required to begin researching, making interviews, taking part in online meetings to brainstorm the magazine’s content, and of course writing the first articles!
20th of February – 10th of March
- Application period
15th of March
- Announcement of selected participants
15th of March – 15th of May
- Preparation period
15th of May – 27th of May
- Workshop
Application Guidelines
The final application deadline for candidates is the 10th of March 2012 at midnight. All
application material must be sent via email to giovanni@nisimasa.com
Candidates must be aged between 18 and 30 on the 15th of May 2012, and citizens and/or resident of Estonia, France or Turkey.
Filling in the application form is a prerequisite. Applicants should choose either to apply as film critic, photographer, or graphic designer.
Providing evidence of previous works is compulsory for all positions.
- Journalists: 3 articles originally written in or translated into English
- Photographers: a set of 10 photographs
- Graphic designer: CV, a portfolio and one example of a magazine/page design.
One passport-style photo is also required with each application (this is needed for your accreditation).
By filling in the application form, candidates confirm their availability to attend the entire duration of the workshop, and their motivation to actively take part in necessary preparation meetings and activities in advance. There will be mandatory Skype chat meetings (dates to be confirmed).
Participation Rules
Participants will come to Cannes in 2 teams:
- one team for the first week (Tuesday 15th to Monday 21st of May 2012);
- another team for the second week (Monday 21st to Monday 28th of May 2012).
Each team will consist of 3 writers and 1 photographer. The graphic designer will join the
team for the second week.
Accommodation will be provided for the week of the festival the participant is invited for. Participants will be sharing an apartment with the editorial staff.
Food costs will be on charge of the participants (possibility to cook in the apartment kitchen). 50% of travel costs will be reimbursed upon presentation of the travel documents.
There is a participation fee of 165 Euros. Participants who are not listed members of a national NISI MASA association will be asked to pay an additional registration fee of 35 Euros. The fee will have to be paid to NISI MASA before 31st of March 2012.
If, for any reason, a participant is unable to attend the workshop, they must inform the organisers immediately. Participation fee will not be refunded.
Participants will be asked to bring their own necessary equipment (e.g. laptop, camera, video camera). If this is not possible, please inform us in your application form so that we can make necessary arrangements.
The Official Competitive section of the festival is aimed at directors up to 30 years of age. Filmmakers are invited to submit their works now. Final deadline: 6th March – no entry fee.
Daazo.com is the online center of European short Films. Beside of our weekly film premieres it is also a collection of short films made by you. Visit Daazo now!
This edition, which marks the event’s thirtieth anniversary, besides the competition with its usual four prizes, proposes a series of events dedicated to the manifestation’s history accompanied by the presence of the most important film makers who through the years have taken part in and illuminated the Festival.
