The Festival “Ecran Mobile” has been set up in 2004 by a group of young filmmakers in order to celebrate new talents in filmmaking and provide a platform for emerging directors. The event takes place every year in Geneva (Switzerland) in mid-January. The Festival is always looking innovative projects and aims to present both Swiss and international short films that capture today’s world artistry. Our mission statement revolves around three key elements: great films, solid organization and fun!

the Indie Fest announces its Call for Entries for filmmakers, television producers and videographers.  

The Indie Fest is an independent, top-tier international film awards competition. Our goal is to help independent filmmakers gain publicity and, when appropriate, exposure to distributors. The Indie Fest has been very successful in introducing winners to distributors who can sell licensing rights around the world.

Please take a look at the Indie Fest website, www.TheIndieFest.com, so you’ll better understand the Competition. On the website you’ll find lots of original content of interest to independent filmmakers including articles about indie-friendly distributors.

Go to www.TheIndieFest.com for rules and entry form.

The Indie Fest

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Email: info@theindiefest.com

Telephone: 858-454-9787

Website: www.TheIndieFest.com

 

VOICES Festival (VOlogda Independent Cinema from European Screens)

 

The first edition of VOICES Festival will take place from July 4th to 9th, 2010 in Vologda, Russia. This event aims at taking an interested and investigative look at current European cinema, and will be an opportunity to discover new talents.

The particularity of this festival is its concept: it is a Workshop-Festival combining both competition and workshops.

 

The Competition:

The competition features first and second full-length films by European directors.

Moreover, each year VOICES Festival highlights a European country; the first edition will celebrate French cinema which goes hand in hand with the ‘Year of France' program in Russia.

 

The Workshop:

The festival campus will be a platform for knowledge and exchange on diverse subjects thanks to the organisation of master-classes held by film professionals. Such round-table discussions will be opened to the public.

 

VOICES Festival is an official event of the ‘Year of France' program in Russia, and is supported by the Governor of the Region of Vologda, the city of Vologda, the French Embassy in Russia and the Russian Ministry of Culture.

CALL FOR ENTRY: Pontino Short Film Festival - jackpot euro 4.000ENTER YOUR SHORTS FOR THE VII COMPETITIONDOWNLOAD THE RULES DOCUMENT AND SUBMIT YOUR SHORTS...VII PONTINO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – JACKPOT 4.000 EURO - NO FEEFICTION, ANIMATION, SHORT DOCUMENTARY, SOCIAL ADVERTISING,FREE THEME OR CONCERNING THE AFRICA TOPIC.DOWNLOAD THE RULES DOCUMENT AND SUBMIT YOUR SHORTS...http://www.fpdc.itHope to hear from you soon.All the best,the Staff

The Taos Shortz Film Fest is dedicated to showing quality short films from around the world, by screening submissions and jury selections. Our mission is to provide indie filmmakers a venue
and public exposure of their work, as well as a place for filmmakers to network. TSFF also provides
an educational and cultural opportunity for the general public to see and discuss these films.

STTP Projects Short to the Point is an international distribution link, broadcasting and promoting short films. Starting from 2009, Short to the Point's objective is to constatly promote this side of cinema. 1. Short Film Factory- With the motto "Don't let your movie get dusty on the shelf!", SPS offers proffesionals the possibility of signing up their films, older than 5 years, that will later on be projected in over 20 citys in Romania and abroad. 2. STTP LOW/NO BUDGET OSFF- " Any story can be made into a film" is the division with whom STTP attracts film amateurs (unproffesionals) to test their creativity, directing films low/no budget for the short film contest Short to the point Low/No Budget Online Short Film Festival. 3. STTP Talent Camp- STTP Talent Camp wishes to promote romanian film at national and international level. STTP Talent Camp also wants to discover and promote young cinema talents, by offering colaboration opportunities, exchange of experience and ideas or by participating in the thematic workshops presented by wellknown proffesionals. STTP Talent Camp reunites young romanian cinema talents within the interactive workshop that takes place each year in Raciu, Mures County 4. Walls tell stories- Every two years, STTP goes thrue the longest tour of a Romanian Short Film Festival. The caravan lasts 45 days and includes 29 cities:Buzau, Slobozia, Galati, Ramnicu Sarat, Focsani, Bacau, Iasi, Piatra Neamt, Suceava, Bistrita, Borsa, Baia Mare, Satu Mare, Oradea, Caransebes, Resita, Timisoara, Hunedoara, Deva, Alba iulia, Cluj, Targu Mures, Sighisoara, Sibiu, Valcea, Pitesti, Ploiesti, Brasov, Fagaras. 5. Kara Film Fest- The only Short Film Festival for children in Romania. It's being held anually,in several cities in Romania. 6. BUCHAREST INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FILM FESTIVAL – Tourism is the essential element in a city's life and film is the perfect mecanism for promoting such a product. Combining the two, a proffesional environment is created, perfect for cultural-tourism evolution of Bucharest. BITFF is taking place every two years, in March and October, in Bucharest. Distribution, broadcasting and promoting Short films don't have a long life. In theory, a filmmaker can make is work known just within short film festivals. Short to the Point comes with many promoting opportunities , broadcasting and distribution of the films signed up in the festival. SPS offers proffesionals and amateurs the possibility of watching their work on tv, cinemas, unconventional spaces, online and on DVD. Contest Every year, in May, Short to the point organizes a short film contest, wich takes place online and is recomended especially to amateurs. The participant films are made within the sistem low/no budget and can be made even with the mobile phone. Education Short to the point has launched the first film school for kids in Romania. The classes take place periodly,as a workshop in wich young people can experiment with video techniques,montage, directing or scenografy, sound and film, makeup etc.

The Festival of ambitious and daring cinema.
FIRST FILMS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: from 1st to 3rd film (shorts and features, fiction, documentary, animation and experimental).
RETROSPECTIVES, tributes, meetings.
POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT [Films en cours]: Color grading, sound mixing, subtitling, mastering DCP, post-production manager for first, second and third features.

 

 

Krakow Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest events dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films. During 7 festival days viewers have an opportunity to watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad. Films are presented in competitions and in special sections like retrospectives, thematic cycles, archive screenings. Festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, open air screenings and meetings with the filmmakers. Every year Krakow Film Festival hosts about 600 Polish and international guests: directors, producers, film festival programmers and numerous audience from Krakow. http://www.kff.com.pl/en/

International Competiton in Animation, Documentary and Fiction. National Competition. Special programms: Work in progress Special Programmes and Retrospectives

Go Short is an annual new, refreshing film festival for European short films. It is a unique event in The Netherlands at which the audience is treated to short films. The festival's main location is the local multifunctional arthouse LUX.

Go Short is the Dutch festival for short film. For five days, around 300 short films are screened in Nijmegen. Besides screenings there are exhibitions, workshops, performances, parties and more!
Established in 2008 Go Short shows a wide variation of short films, most of them made by young, talented filmmakers from all over Europe. The festival's main program contains national, international, student and online competitions (containing fiction, animation, documentary and art film). The student competition, Breaking Shorts, is selected by the student film platform Breaking Ground. Competitions are judged by multiple professional juries. Go Short also presents multiple out-of-competition-programs.

"Kurzsuechtig - das Leipziger Kurzfilmfestival" zeigt Animations-, Dokumentar- und fiktionale Filme von Filmemachern aus Leipzig und der Region Mitteldeutschland. Regularien, Anmeldeformulare und alle Infos rund um das Festival -> www.kurzsuechtig.de !

"Kurzsuechtig" is a short film festival specifically for Middle Germany, i.e. for the states Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. "Kurzsuechtig" shows on three days short films from the categories animation, documentation and fiction. For more information check www.kurzsuechtig.de !