CRASHFEST

(http://crashfest.blogspot.com/)

General  Information

CRASHFEST is an International Short Film Festival,which is organized for the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Film Department,School of Fine Arts) by Phonema (Non ProfitOrganisation).

Any person, up to the age of thirty five, cantake part in the festival.

Professionals (or non professionals), students(and non students) alike.

Audiovisual culture and communication is prominent inmodern society, especially in between the younger people, who need new ways ofexperimentation and expression; the CRASHFEST would like to fill those needs.

Among the festival’s aspirations is to create aplatform where young people can express their creativity, discuss the issuesthat preoccupy them and find fellow collaborators.

The Competition Section is international and open toapplicants up to the age of thirty five.

The nominee movies are separated in the following fourcategories:

-         Fiction films

-         Documentary films

-         Animation films &

-         Experimental films (Video Art etc)

and are competing for one of the following six prices:

-         Best Movie of the Festival

-         Best Student film

-         Best Fiction film

-         Best Documentary

-         Best Animation &

-         Best Experimental Film

Crashfest includes two more sections (apart from thecompetition ones):

1. Competitive Script Section. This department refers only to scripts written from Greeks. This is due to the fact that the prize is given from the Greek Film Center (GFC) and concerns financing its production.
2. Competitive TV Spot Section (Theme : Advertising Crashfest)

The nominee TV Spotscompeting for the Best TV Spot.

Please seethe rules of entry for the awards given.

http://crashfest.blogspot.com/search/label/6th%20CRASHFEST

The Juryare well-known Filmmakers and Artists from Greece and from abroad.

Sense 2006  five consecoutive Crashfests took place in Thessaloniki

CRASHFESTtakes place in April or May and each of the five previous Crashfests screened anaverage of 90 films.

The 6thCrashfest will take place in Thessaloniki,Greece, 27-28-29May, 2011.

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