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CineLink – Call for Entries

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Sarajevo Film Festival is proud to once again announce that call for entries for filmmakers from Southeast Europe to participate in the CineLink Project Development Workshop and Co-Production Market is open from 1st of December, 2011.

Deadline for project submissions is 27th of February, 2012.

CineLink project, the backbone of the Sarajevo Film Festival’s Industry Section, is a development and financing platform for carefully selected local feature projects destined for European co-production.

With average conversion rate of its selected projects from development to production of over 60% in the past 9 years, CineLink grew into one of the most successful development and financing platforms in Europe. Selection and diversification in development are central to this success, while focus on local productions with international potential, emerging talent and contemporary cinematic language proved essential to the program’s raising profile in the film industry.

Most promising projects from Southeast Europe are selected every year by the selection committee focusing on authentic stories with international potential, emerging talent and modern cinematic language, for a series of tailor-made development workshops culminating in a financing event taking place during the last three days of the Sarajevo Film Festival (from the 11th to the 14th of July, 2012). This event, the CineLink Co-production Market, totals more than 500 participants from all spheres of the film business ready to network, discover talent, co-produce or commission new projects, while creating an annual hub for regional professionals and adding international industry relevance to the Festival.

CineLink is open for feature-length fiction film projects with potential for theatrical distribution, created by authors from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and UNMI Kosovo.

Selected projects compete for the CineLink awards:
- 30 000 EUR Eurimages CineLink award
- 10 000 EUR CNC CineLink award
- 6 000 EUR Arte International Relations CineLink award

Also, all selected projects compete for
- Living Pictures Service CineLink Award – in kind support up to 10.000 EUR
- 3 x Synchro Film Vienna CineLink Award – in kind support up to 2.500 EUR
- EAVE Scholarship

For further information:
CineLink Co-Production Market 2012

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BuSho Film Festival Calls for Entries!

Friday, April 1st, 2011

About the festival
This year’s Busho Film Festival will take place from 30th August to 3rd September 2011. The festival was established in 2004 by a group of young Hungarian filmmakers in order to fill a gap in the category of short film, but during the years it became clear that it was about much more. The name “BuSho” has come from a pun (Budapest Short), but it refers to a traditional popular custom of winter-send-of from Southern Hungary called “busójárás”.
To get some ideas about the types of shorts that usually compete in BuSho we have a collection of the last years best films from the festival on Daazo.com. It’s worth checking them out: http://daazo.com/bushofestival/

This year’s call for entries is now open!

You can submit your films on-line.

Preview format: Upload your film in MPEG4 format, 720×576. File size limit is 150MB.

Entry deadline: 30th April 2011.
After the pre-jury decision the online filled and signed entry form has to be sent with the screening copy to the following adress:
BuSho Film Festival, Gombolyag Foundation,
1141, Budapest, Szugló u. 83. Hungary

This materials will not be returned!
The date on the stamp is decisive in case of postal delivery.
For more information, visit the festival’s official website.

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“City in My Mind” Regional Short Film Contest Calls For Entries

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

The place where I live. The town where I grew up. The city where you always return. The city that I call my home.

We can adjust to the center of our community and the city in countless ways. With the digital technology gaining momentum in popularity, almost everyone can create their own movie. Movies became part of our lives, they can express our simplest or deepest feelings or thoughts, and they can connect different cultures.

Hungarofest Ltd., in cooperation with Daazo.com, the European Short Film Centre, invited entries for a competition for short films with duration of 3 minutes maximum. The City in My Mind project focuses on seven chosen cities, the film entries must be connected to the cities mentioned before, in a particular or an associative way.

The seven cities are the following: Sepsiszentgyörgy (Sfântu Gheorghe), Eszék (Osijek), Magyarkanizsa (Kaniža), Nagyszőlős (Vynohradiv), Lendva (Lendava), Párkány (Štúrovo), Alsóőr-Felsőőr (Unterwart-Oberwart) – in other words the places that give home to the “European Day” held on 8 May 2011.

The City in My Mind film contest is free for anyone: for those who have just got acquainted with the camera and for the professionals as well. Crews consisting of one or more contenders (families, classes, schools, clubs, friends etc.) can upload their movies. Citizens of any country or nationality may apply.

The genre of the short film is the choice of its creator: fictional films, creative documentaries, even classic genres are acceptable (sci-fi, horror, musical) in case they can be connected to the above-mentioned locations.

Technical and other terms and conditions

The movies can be shot by any device (mobile phones, cameras, HD cameras). The final versions have to be cut, and shall be maximum 3 minutes long, with English subtitles. The end product is to be uploaded on www.daazo.com. For more information and technical details please visit daazo.com/inside/tutorial)

An applicant/candidate/participant may upload/submit only one film per city; in other words, one person can submit seven short films, not more.

The entries will be judged by a group of 8 professionals, the president of the jury being: Ferenc Cakó, Berlinale winner animation director.

Each of the seven cities count as a different category, and the jury will declare a winner for each of them. The best films will be awarded with a Samsung Galaxy Tab  touch-screen tablet device provided by Hungarofest. In addition, the most popular film, the audience favorite, which collects the most “likes” on Daazo.com will be awarded with a special prize.

The short films should be uploaded to daazo.com until 29 April 00:00. The awards will be declared on the “European Day” 8 May by the jury.

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Call for Entries for the Festival of European Animated Feature Films!

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

KAFF 2011
7th Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV-Specials
June 15-19, 2011, Kecskemét, Hungary

Qualification for Entries

The following qualifications are required for entry works in the Festival:
- The entered works – features (min. 52 minutes) and TV-Special (min.24 minutes) – shall be made “frame by frame”, including computer graphics animation.
- For the pre-selection procedure entry works shall be either on DVD or Blu-ray.
- Works shall be those that have been completed after 1 February, 2009.
- For festival screening 35 mm film, BETACAM SP, DIGITAL BETACAM, Blu-ray and DVD to European specification are accepted.
- The works entered in the Festival must be in European ownership of at least 50%.
- Copyrighted characters, scripts, music, etc., cannot be used in the works without the copyright owner’s agreement. Failure to obtain such agreement will result in the disqualification of the work from the competition.

Entry Procedures

- The online entry form is available at www.kaff.hu. Printed and signed entry forms must be sent together with DVDs to the Festival Office no later than 11th March 2011.
- For works with narration or dialogue, the script must be enclosed. If any narration or dialogue is spoken in a language other than the official languages of the Festival, an English translation must be attached to the script. It is desired that the films have English subtitles.
- One entry form is required for each work.
- No entry fee is required.

Selections and Competition

- The Organizing Committee will select the members of the International Selection Committee and the International Jury in accordance with ASIFA regulations.
- The selection will take place at the end of  March 2011.
- If the work is selected the screening copy must arrive till 13th May 2011.
- The official competition will be from June 15 to 19, 2011.
- The decisions of the International Selection Committee and the International Jury will be considered final, and no questions regarding the decisions will be accepted.
- Each film/videotape/DVD shall contains one work. Works shall be sent as follows:

Films:
- Films will be presented in 35mm (optical sound) projection format, should have a 3 minutes leader. Each 35mm film containing one work shall be wound around a core.
-  The film shall have the title of the work clearly printed on the leader.
- Each film shall be sent in a canister inside an adequate shipping container.

Videotapes:
-  Betacam SP and Digital Betacam are acceptable for the screening but only in PAL format.
- Videotapes shall start with a colour bar for 3 minutes and 5 seconds black. Each videotape shall have the title clearly written on it.
- Each film shall be sent in a canister inside an adequate shipping container.

DVD:
- Each DVD shall contain one work.
- DVDs shall have the title clearly written on them.
- DVDs shall be sent in an adequate shipping container.
- All films/videotapes/DVD-s will be sent at the sender’s risk. Any works sent collect on delivery will be refused.

Festival Prizes and Cash Awards

The official prizes of the jury are:
- KECSKEMÉT PRIZE – 2500 €
- BEST FEATURE FILM – 2000 €
- BEST TV SPECIAL – 2000 €

Other prizes:
AWARD OF THE HUNGARIAN STUDENT JURY

The Organizing Committee also welcomes certain organizations wishing to present their own special prizes and cash awards.

Entry materials should be addressed to:

KECSKEMÉTI ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL
Liszt Ferenc u. 21.
H-6000 Kecskemét
Hungary
Tel/fax: (36 76) 481-788, (36 76) 481-787
E-mail: kfilm@kecskemetfilm.hu
Web: www.kaff.hu

Find more information and the detailed rules on the official website.

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Call For Entries for the Film Contest of Budapest Film and TEDxDanubia

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

“The Power of Imagination”

How powerful is your imagination? Do you already know how to use this power? It’s time to show us!

Budapest Film and TEDxDanubia invite entries for their film contest entitled “The Power of Imagination”.

The film as a medium stands on the borderline of reality and imagination that is why it is specifically suited for representing this very topic in a dynamic, creative and innovative way. Budapest Film and TEDxDanubia offer an opportunity for every filmmaker to showcase their personal visions for a broader audience using the creative platform of moving pictures.

Mission
“The core topic of the third TEDxDanubia hold on 25th March at the Urania Film Theatre in Budapest is “The Power of Imagination”. Our goal with this conference is to discover and experience the power of imagination and to answer the following questions. What exactly is the imagination? How does it work? And why is it so important and valuable for us? Everything can be of high value and interesting that concerns the power of imagination regardless of the field of Because neither art nor science or innovation can live without innovation. We could not walk into the secret streets of the atomic and the universal things. Without imagination there is no empathy. We could not feel or understand any other ‘realities’ different from our world view. Without imagination creation and reform are impossible, too. Because we need this ability to exceed what we already have. Imagination is also needed to get a vision and to identify new connections between already existing things. Without imagination there is no hope either and we cannot imagine a life that is worth living witout it.“ – Csaba Mányai and Zoltán Szénási, chief organizers of TEDxDanubia.

Rules and Guidelines:
We are expecting filmic works without genre limitations that meet the following criteria:
- funny and/or inspiring and spectacular.
- connected partly or in full to the core topic of the conference
- maximum length: 2 minutes

We are expecting your works to experience together the power of imagination as part of a very special day!

Submission Deadline: 24:00, 10th March, 2011.

Submit Your Film Here via E-mail: palyazat@tedxdanubia.com

Prizes: Our competition consists of two categories and a single winner is going to be rewarded in both of them.
- Audience Prize
- Professional Prize

The winner of each category can take part free of charge in the TEDxDanubia conference hold on 25th March. Furthermore the winning short films for a whole month are going to be showcased as supporting films in the cinemas before the feature films distributed by Budapest Film. As an extra prize one of the winning films is going to be chosen by the organizers to be screened on the TEDxDanubia conference.

Announcement of Results: 18th March, 2011

Jury:
- The professional jury chosen by Budapest Film is going to decide the winner of the Professional Prize.
- All the submitted films are going to be available for the the community of TEDxDanubia and for the broader public on Daazo.com from 11th March. The film that collects most “likes” on daazo.com/tedxdanubia until 24:00, 17th March is going to win the Audience Prize.

Technical Details of the Submitted Film:
ATTENTION! WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR FILM VIA E-MAIL SEND A CONVERTED, SMALLER VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL ONE WHICH IS SUITED TO INTERNET DOWNLOAD! (Later on in the competition we will expect the original version as well which should be filmed exclusively in full HD.)

Technical Details of the Finally Expected Film:
For the screenings we expect works that were filmed exclusively with HD technique.

Accepted formats:
- 1920×1080i
- 25 fps
- Screen format: 16:9
- Audio: mixed stereo .wav file
or
- Video: MPEG2
- File extension: *.mpg
- 1920×1080i
- Screen format: 16:9
- Upper Field
- Bitrate= CBR 18 Mbps
- GOP: M Frames= 3 / N Frames= 12 (in case of PAL v. 24 fps)
- Audio: Layer= MPEG-1, layer II Audio
- Mode= Stereo
- Sample Size= 16 bit / 48 kHz
- Bitrate= 224-384 kbps
- Multiplexer: Multiplexing= MPEG2

Would you have any questions about the rules of the contest, contact:
Zsuzsanna Répássy
zsuzsa.repassy@gmail.com

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Open for Entries: ALCINE – Alcalá de Henares

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The European Short Film Competition is now open for entries to any short film made in Europe; i.e.produced or co-produced in one of the following countries: European Union members, Iceland, Norway or Switzerland, completed after January the 1st 2009 and with a maximum running time of 30 minutes.

Spanish short films must be submitted to the National Short Film Competition. The selection committee will choose some of these to participate in the European Competition as well.

“ALCINE” Awards
First Prize: 6,000 Euros.
Second Prize: 4,000 Euros.
Third Prize: 2,000 Euros.

The “ALCINE” awards will be divided in equal parts between the producer and director of the award-winning film. The sum is subject to regulations determined by applicable legislation.

Deadline: July 16th 2010

How to submit a film, just click here:
http://www.alcine.org/inscripcion/europeanshortfilm.php

More info: www.alcine.org

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