On January 15, the 27th Warsaw Film Festival, which will take place October 7-16, 2011, starts accepting submissions for this year's edition.
The festival operates since 1985 and belongs to the elite group of 13 most important competitive international film festivals in the world. Cash awards amount to over 40,000 Euro. In the International Competition, the priority is given to world, international and European premieres.

The films in the WFF's program must be absolute Polish premieres. The organizers make two exceptions:
a/ for Polish films presented earlier at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia,
b/ for Polish debuts presented earlier at the "Young and Cinema" Debut Films Festival in Koszalin

Competitive sections:
1. International Competition – for feature films from all over the world,
2. Competition 1-2 – for directors' first and second feature films,
3. Free Spirit Competition – for  independent, innovative, rebellious films,
4. Documentary Competition – for feature-length documentaries from all over the world (over 60 min),
5. Short Films Competition – for narrative and documentary short films from all over the world (under 30 min).

Non-competitive sections:
6. Gala Screenings,
7. Discoveries – visions of contemporary world,
8. Family Cinema Weekend – films for children and their parents.

Before making a submission please review the WFF's Rules and Regulations on the WFF website: www.wff.pl

Submission deadlines:
- feature films (narrative and documentary): June 15, 2011
- short films: August 1, 2011

Please send your submission to:
WFF, PO Box 816, 00-950 Warsaw 1, Poland

CentEast Market Warsaw is an industry event which accompanies the Warsaw Film Festival. The aim of the project is to promote Eastern European cinema. Previous editions brought together sales agents, distributors, festival programmers and producers from Poland, Europe, and all over the world. This year’s 7th edition of CentEast Market Warsaw will be held between October 14-16. The selection of works-in-progress from Eastern Europe will start in
August 2011. For more information please visit: www.centeast.eu.

Agnieszka Krawczyk, WFF’s media department, media@wff.pl