the world of film in Devon and Cornwall

Calls for short films - July 2009 deadlines

If you know of a call for entry not listed here, please email me (robinwhenary<at>yahoo.co.uk) and I will add it to the list.

Festivals and competitions arranged in chronological order by deadline.

Note: unless specified otherwise, the deadline is probably the date by which the entries must have arrived. Check the entry requirements etc on the festival websites.

01 July 3^rd Pentedattilo Film Festival – Italy

http://www.pentedattilofilmfestival.net/

01 July 3^rd OFF: Oblo Film Festival – Lausanne, Switzerland (4-6 Sept. 2009)

http://off.oblo.ch/

Independent short movies

15m max

Experimental, animation, new media, fiction

01 July 16^th L’Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival

– Spain (13-21 Nov. 2009)

http://alternativa.cccb.org/

Shorts: fiction, animation, documentary

Completed after 1^st Jan. 2008

01 July (postmark) Schnit Short Film Festival

– Berne, Switzerland & Cologne, Germany (7-11 Oct. 2009)

http://www.shnit.ch/

15m max

03 July 19^th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema

– Brazil (29 Oct – 8 Nov)

http://www.curtacinema.com/br/

03 July Darklight Festival – Dublin, Ireland (8-11 Oct. 2009)

http://www.darklight.ie/

Animation, film and art

07 July Sedicicorto: 6^th International Film Festival Forli – Italy (5-11 Oct. 2009)

http://www.sedicicorto.it/

10 July 7^th Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival – Arizona, US (8-11 Oct. 2009)

http://www.flagstaffmountainfilms.com/

Preview: NTSC DVD; projection: NTSC Mini-DV, DVCAM or Beta SP

No entry fee

10 July 6^th International Audiovisual Festival of Biodiversity

– Rome, Italy (17-18 Oct. 2009)

http://www.mediatecadelleterre.it/festival-della-biodiversita/

10 July 4^th NociCortinfestival – Noci, Italy (2^nd half of Aug. 2009)

http://www.nocicinema.it/

11 July Tehran 14^th International Short Film Festival – Iran (12-16 Nov. 2009)

Entry via http://www.shortfilmdepot.com/pre_index.html

14 July 8^th Cornwall Film Festival – Falmouth (12-15 Nov. 2009)

http://www.cornwallfilmfestival.com/

Films completed since 1^st Jan. 2008

15 July Bornshorts Film Festival – Denmark (28-29 Aug.)

http://www.bornshorts.com/

2008/2009 productions

Short fiction, animation, music video

15 July 3^rd Toronto Urban Film Festival – Canada

http://www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com/

Silent one-minute films, all genres

15 July Festival Tous Courts – International Short Film Competition

- Aix-en-Provence, France (30 Nov. – 5 Dec. 2009) http://www.festivaltouscourts.com/

30m max

Completed after 1^st Jan. 2008

Projection formats: 35mm, 16mm, Beta SP, Digi Beta

2 DVD preview copies

Entry via:

http://www.le-court.com/films_platform/index.php?%E2%8C%A9=_en%E2%8C%A9=_en&lang=_en

15 July Cinema Verite – 3^rd Iran Int. Documentary Film Festival

– Tehran, Iran (15-19 Oct. 2009)

Organized by DEFC – Documentary & Experimental Film Centre

Entry via: http://www.reelport.com/

15 July 4^th Overlook Film Festival – Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio et del Documentario

- Finale Ligure, Italy (9-13 Sept. 2009)

http://www.festivalfocus.org/festival_view.php?uid=1426

15 July Luksuz Short Film Festival – Slovenia (4-5 Sept. 2009)

http://www.drustvo-dzmp.si/festival/

Films completed in 2008-2009

18 July Umbrella Festival – Northampton, UK

http://www.talentcircle.org/umbrella-festival-497-CFE-details.aspx

Annual free community arts festival

The Cinema Tent run by The Film Lab

‘To supplement this year’s show we are looking further afield for short films of any genre with either a green theme or preferably a revolutionary message’

Post DVDs to: 103 Bailiff St, Northampton, NN1 3EA

20 July 2^nd PerSe Visioni – Visual Art Exhibition – Polignano, Italy (30 Aug. 2009)

http://www.festivalfocus.org/festival_view.php?uid=1412

‘It wants to analyze the relationship between young people and their life's context, and to understand where they direct their attention to and finally to analyze different observation's techniques.’

DVD, 10m max

20 July 26^th Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest – Germany (10-15 Nov. 2009)

http://www.filmladen.de/dokfest/

22 July Fringe Arts at Trowbridge Pump Festival (23-26 July 2009)

http://www.talentcircle.org/fringe-arts-at-trowbridge-pump-481-CFE-details.aspx

All genres, short films. 30 seconds to 10 minutes in length.

24 July Nobody’s Perfect – Short Film Competition for the charity Get Connected

http://www.nobodys-perfect.co.uk/

Upload film(s) onto website

‘Get Connected, the charity that provides a helpline for young people, are launching Nobody’s Perfect, a new website for young writers, actors and directors to showcase their talents to professional writers, producers and directors.’

‘Young people between 16 and 25 can submit film, scripts and music to win the chance to produce six short films that address issues like self-harm, sexuality and bullying.’

31 July 5^th ‘Il Giardino dei Corti’ International Competition of Short Films

- Italy (4-5 Sept. 2009)

http://www.ilpettirosso.eu/ilgiardinodeicorti/?module=index

15m max

All genres

Made from 2007 onwards

2 PAL DVD copies

31 July Whitby in Shorts International Short Film Festival

– Yorkshire (5-13 Sept. 2009)

http://www.whitby-in-shorts.org.uk/

12 genres, 4 additional categories

Entry fees: £3 registration + £2 per genre + (optional) £2 per category

Awards

URLs accepted for submission

3-15m

Films made in the last 50 yrs

31 July (early) 3^rd Waterford Film Festival – Ireland (6-8 Nov. 2009)

http://www.waterfordfilmfestival.com/

All genres (shorts under 20m, features over 45m)

2006 onwards

10 Euro entry fee (shorts)

31 July Going Underground 8 – 8^th International Subway Film Festival Berlin

- Germany (9-15 Sept. 2009)

www.goingunderground.de

http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=996#more-996

90 sec. max, may be silent

31 July 3^rd AZA International Short Film Festival – Thessaloniki, Greece

(23-30 Sept. 2009)

http://www.azafestival.com/

“film does not equal cinema”

20m max

‘Although the festival concentrates on fiction films we are flexible to accept documentaries and animation films of exceptional quality! Films shot with cell phones are especially welcome!’

2 DVDs + photos of the director + 2 photos from the film

31 July 8^th International Pantheon Xperimental Film & Animation Festival

– Nicosia, Cyprus (10-12 Nov. 2009)

http://www.pantheonculture.org/

http://www.pantheonxperimental.org/ (last year’s fest)

http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1009.ann&showimages=

31 July (postmark) A.RE.S. Short Film Festival – Siracuse, Sicily, Italy (18-27 Sept. 2009)

http://www.ergoform.it/progetti/ares_en.htm

A.rte e RE.sponsabilita S.ociale

‘International contest of short films and workshop for social videomaking’

All video categories except fiction

2 sections: - Free Topic (2 age ranges: 18-30, 30 or more)