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CALL FOR ENTRIES // Submit now for the 39th DOK.fest München 2024!

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DOK.fest München // Calls for Entries 2024     The submission for the 39th DOK.fest München (1 to 12 May 2024 @cinemas, 6 to 20 May @home) is open! We are looking for stirring, moving, curious, impressive and relevant documentary films. From now on, filmmakers, producers, distributors and composers are invited to submit their latest films for the various programme sections of DOK.fest München. With our third dual edition, we will continue to combin...

CALL FOR ENTRIES // Submit now for the 39th DOK.fest München 2024!

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Calls for Entries 2024     The submission for the 39th DOK.fest München (1 to 12 May 2024 @cinemas, 6 to 20 May @home) is open! We are looking for stirring, moving, curious, impressive and relevant documentary films. From now on, filmmakers, producers, distributors and composers are invited to submit their latest films for the various programme sections of DOK.fest München. With our third dual edition, we will continue to combine the best of both worlds...

Call For Entries For MWFIFF - Deadline ENDS ON - 2nd August 2020!!!

Anup Jalota Presents 3rd- MWFIFF 2020 Late Deadline ENDING 02nd AUGUST 2020 Event Date 7th & 8th of Nov 2020 Submit your Films & Music Videos NOW Submissions Link: http://mwfiff.com http://filmfreeway.com/MWFIFF http://festhome.com/f/4015 https://www.wfcn.co/festival/mwfiff  

CALL FOR ENTRIES: TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES International Animation Filmfestival

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You can now submit your films for the international competition of TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES 2020. The 17th festival edition will take place from March 11 - 15 in Vienna. The Submission is free of charge and will close on October 4, 2019. We are looking forward to subversive, powerful and expressive animations with a unique visual style! We are looking forward to your entries in the following categories: International competition (animated shorts finished after January 1st, 2018) ...

First Annual French Riviera Film Festival Celebrating Short Form Film Content Announces Jury

Cloud21 International (www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (www.kulturapr.com) are pleased to announce the preliminary judges panel for the first annual French Riviera Film Festival www.frenchrivierafilmfestival.com (FRFF) that will be held on May 18 and 19, 2019 in Cannes, France at Eden Hôtel & Spa (www.eden-hotel-cannes.com).   The jury for the inaugural festival includes:   Lena Basse, journalist, Hollywood Foreign Press Michael Benaroya, founder, Indepen...

TRIESTE SCIENCE+FICTION FESTIVAL 2018 – CALL FOR ENTRIES

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The 18th Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, which will run October 30 - November 4, 2018, is open for entries. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, July 31, 2018.   Trieste Science+Fiction Festival admits to its pre-selection procedures feature-length films (running time: 59 minutes min.) and short films (running time: 25 minutes max.) that have not been released in Italy yet and that have been completed in the 18 months prior to the Festiva...

Call for entries: Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF) 27.-29.04.18

Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF), taking place from 27th to 29th of April 2018, is the “one and only stop” for the genre hungry in the Baltics. Held in the unique setting of the city of Haapsalu - once a renown summer retreat of the Russian Czars, now a picturesque town, and the home of an infamous Baltic ghost - the White Lady, haunting the medieval castle on the the western coast of Estonia.   Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival ...

East Doc Platform introduces new program features – now with short documentaries

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The EAST DOC PLATFORM, the largest international platform for Central and East European documentaries, takes place March 3 – 9, 2018 in Prague. Its 7th edition will introduce a number of new program features. In addition to its established sessions, the EDP will also host a pitch for interactive projects and, for the first time, for short documentaries. “We’d really like the East Doc Platform to be an event that reflects on some of the challenges that have emerged in the f...

Call for Entries: Early Bird Deadline approaches for 13th Zurich Film Festival!

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  Dear filmmakers, the festival season officially starts with the Call for Entries, which began February 15th. Early Bird submissions end on March 31st! Films can be submitted via the platform Withoutabox. Competition categories The competition comprises of the following three categories:   International Feature Film Competition International Documentary Film Competition Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria (Feature Films and Documentary Films) ...

CALL FOR ENTRIES - just 7 days to the regular deadline

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UK, US, Canada, France, Brazil, Italy, Spain, India, Turkey, Russian Federation, Bulgaria, Poland, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway and the Philippines are all the nations who have submitted to the Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival so far. Our Selection Committee feels blessed to be able to view so many movies from so many diverse cultures. Keep those films coming by submitting to https://filmfreeway.com/festival/RamsgateInternationalFilmTVFestival ...

13th Verzio Film Festival / Submissions are welcome for 2016

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Verzio 13 welcomes documentary films in two categories: International and Hungarian Panorama – feature-length & short documentary films International Student Panorama – DEBUT and DIPLOMA documentary films The application form is available here or at www.verzio.org. Deadline: June 30, 2016 no entry fee no restrictions on the production date no resubmissions, please The program will be finalized late September. All applicants will be notified. ...

Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Festival

Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is the only human rights documentary film festival in Hungary, organized yearly since 2004. Verzio aims to promote open society, democratic values, rule-of-law, freedom of expression, political and cultural pluralism as well as to expose abuse and human rights violations throughout the world by presenting quality, creative documentaries.

For the last 12 years Verzio grew dynamically, has screened more than 600 documentaries attracting altogether over 70,000 visitors. The program includes creative, exceptional documentary films which undertake important issues such as poverty, civil wars, war crimes, terrorism, crisis zones, political oppression, freedom of press, minorities, nationalism, xenophobia, racism, discrimination, migration, integration, equal rights, women’s rights, feminism, gender roles, sexual diversity, socialization of children and young people, drug abuse, corruption, domestic violence, people living in the margins of society, exclusion of the disabled and the sick or stereotypes.

Verzio invites everyone to the 13th festival edition between 8-13 November, 2016!

FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL- WIN 5 LAKH RUPEES

UnCensor your thoughts…Claim your Freedom…Join the Movement of making “freedomfilms”!

OneTree Fest of FreedomFilms is a big, pan-India online film festival open to all young persons under30 years of age.

There is no entry fee of any kind. Winners to get attractive cash awards, trophies, internship opportunities with production houses and a large exposure in the digital space.

What’s a “freedom film”?

You have the freedom to choose any subject under the Sun. Freedom to use any kind of approach or style or treatment of the subject. Freedom to choose the kind of language demanded by your subject as in the digital world there is no censorship. You have the freedom from the tyranny of technology as you can use any camera that you can get your hands on!

 

Guidelines & Rules

Categories of films you can submit

  • “Nano” film: Between 1 and 7 minutes including titles etc fiction or non-fiction.
  • “Shrt” film: Between 7 and 25 minutes including titles etc fiction or non-fiction.

 

How does it work?

 

After the film submission deadline, a Panel of Jury will select 40 films from each category. These shortlisted films will be put up on the FreedomFilms Channel on YouTube for a period of 1 month. The top 7 films from each category will be selected based on the online views/”likes” and assessment of Jury of Industry Celebrities. You can invite your friends, family and relatives to watch and like them and increase your chances of making it to the top 7 films. The prize distribution will be an on ground event where Panel of Jury consisting of film personalities will talk about the selected 7 films and announce the winners. The whole event will be streaming live on the internet too! Thereafter, the 40 selected movies in each category will continue to be shown on the FreedomFilms Channel for a year..

Who can participate?

  • Any person under 30 years on the first day of the Festival.
  • There is no entry fee for participating in the Competition.
  • A person can send up to 3 entries per category.
  • There is no restriction on the number of students participating from one institute.
  • The Director, Camera-person and Editor of a film necessarily have to be under 30. If needed, older actors and other crewmembers can be used.


Production Guidelines

  • OneTree believes that the contents of a film, originality and innovativeness are important dimensions of a young person’s film.
  • Participants are free to use any camera/ technology available to them.
  • While participants have complete freedom in selecting a film’s theme, story, approach and style, all laws of the land need to be respected (incl those relating to obscenity, defamation, copyright and inciting communal disharmony).

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