Call for short film projects
Application deadline – 30th of September 2015
European Short Pitch is an initiative aimed at promoting the European coproduction of short films. It combines a scriptwriting workshop in residency and a coproduction forum bringing together scriptwriters, directors and industry professionals from all over Europe.
Selected on the basis of their short film projects, 20 European talents gather to discuss, rewrite, and learn to promote their stories on a European level with the support of 5 tutors. They eventually pitch their projects in front of a panel of 55 producers, financiers, buyers, and distributors.
European Short Pitch aims to bring young European talents into the spotlight, give them a high-end promotion opportunity, and develop short film coproduction in Europe. This initiative is about enhanced economic viability and European visibility for short film projects.
From the previous editions (2007-2015), around 200 projects were presented that have resulted so far in the making of 75 short films – many of them having a very successful international career.
Who can apply?
European Short Pitch is open to creative teams developing international short film projects. It is therefore open to writers, directors, and producers.
Writer-directors developing a project on their own are very welcome to participate in the programme. Yet it is strongly advised to already have nationally a production company interested or attached to the project, especially at the time of the coproduction forum (2nd -6th March 2016).
The author(s) of the script has to be between 18 and 35 years of age on the closing date of the call for projects (30th of September 2015). His/her nationality or country of residence should be one of the member countries of the Creative Europe Programme (European Union + Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Iceland, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway and Turkey). European Short Pitch will also select up to 3 projects from non-member countries of the Creative Europe Programme where NISI MASA has a member organisation: Kosovo, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.
Applicants must confirm their availability for the different sessions. The working language of European Short Pitch is English; thus, a good knowledge of English is essential in order to participate.
Scriptwriting workshop, coproduction forum & on-line session
European Short Pitch is composed of a scriptwriting workshop in residency, a coproduction forum, and an on-line session in between.
The scriptwriting workshop in residency will take place from the 11th till the 17th of January 2016 in Vilnius, Lithuania, in partnership with the Lithuanian Film Centre. Participants will be in groups of four projects, with a tutor heading the process. For five days, they will work intensively on their projects, also giving feedback on other participants’ projects, alternating collective & group sessions, one to one sessions with the tutor, and a lecture on an initiation to pitching. One session with a guest producer will introduce participants to European short film coproduction.
The aim of this first session is to enhance the quality of the script and to prepare participants to promote their projects in an international context.
The on-line session (from 18th of January till 22nd of February 2016) represents an opportunity for participants to rewrite their scripts following the scriptwriting workshop, and to get up to two feedback sessions from their tutors. In parallel, participants will prepare materials for the Book of Projects, and suggest names of professionals they would like European Short Pitch to invite for the coproduction forum.
The aim of this second session is to have a final script ready for the coproduction forum. On the 22nd of February 2016 at the latest, participants have to submit their final script, so that it can be made available – along with the Book of Projects – to invited professionals ten days prior to the coproduction forum.
The coproduction forum will take place from the 2nd till the 6th of March 2016 in Luxembourg as part of Luxembourg City Film Festival in partnership with LARS. Participants will have one day to prepare and rehearse their pitching with their tutors. The pitching, in the presence of invited professionals, will take place on the 4th of March, in two sessions of two hours each, each project having 7 minutes – questions included. One-to-one meetings (25 minutes long) with professionals will start in the afternoon of the 4th, and will continue the morning after. On the evening of the 4th an award ceremony will take place, with three prizes of 1000 Euros each for the Best Pitches (based on the votes of invited professionals) and for the second year in a row, two in kind post-production awards offered by Espera Productions, one for 3500€ and one for 7500€, will be handed out by a jury headed by the representatives of the Luxembourgish postproduction house, Espera Productions.
The aim of this third session is to create a platform of promotion for the projects selected, to encourage encounters and collaborations between film professionals and to initiate short film coproductions.
Participation fees
The participation fee for each project is 500 Euros. The fee covers the tutorship costs, the travel costs, the accommodation and subsistence for both on-location sessions. One person per project is covered by European Short Pitch. However, upon prior agreement, an extra person per project shall be admitted – he/she will have to cover his/her own travel, accommodation and subsistence costs.
How to apply?
Before the application deadline (30th of September 2015, midnight C.E.T.), applicants have to send a zip file (named after the title of the project) to europeanshortpitch@nisimasa.com and aleksandra@nisimasa.com containing:
– The completed Application Form;
– The script in English (there’s no word-count limitation – however European Short Pitch is designed for short film projects of an estimated length inferior to 30 minutes);
– The script in the original language (many languages being read and understood by our preselecting reading committee & jury, we may consider the original version as well);
– CVs of the people involved creatively in the project (author/writer, director & producer);
– A presentation of the production company attached (if applicable).
Applicants may present audiovisual works for consideration (either previous ones of the creative team or preparatory work made for the project presented). Only works available online will be considered (link to be provided in the application form).
The scripts must be entirely original; borrowing, in any way whatsoever, of any pre-existing work protected by copyright or any other legal protection, or violating the rights of third parties is not permitted.
Read more:
http://www.nisimasa.com/esp-call-2016/
esmaspäev, 21. september 2015
Tartu Tudengifilm 2015
Tudengifilm on Tartu Sügispäevade raames toimuv üliõpilaste filmikonkurss, mille raames tunnustatakse parimaid noori filmitegijaid ja tuuakse vaatajateni mitmekesine valik tudengite tehtud filmidest.
Konkursile on oodatud osalema nii filmitudengid kui filmientusiastid.
Filmitudengi kategooriasse kuuluvad teosed, mille autorid on filmindust õppivad üliõpilased (BFM, EKA animatsioon jt). Filmientusiasti kategooria autorid on filmindusega omal käel tegelevad tudengid. Võistlejate eelnev kogemus ja tehnilised võimalused ei ole konkursil esmatähtsad, sellest
olulisem on hea idee ja ettevõtlikkus.
Ainus eeldus on, et filmi autor oleks sel õppeaastal mõne kõrg- või kutsekooli nimekirjas. Üks autor võib esitada maksimaalselt kaks filmi.
Oodatud on nii mängu- kui ka dokumentaalfilmid, žanripiiranguid ei ole seatud. Lisaks tuleb lühifilmiga kaasa panna ka 10-sekundiline treiler.
Maksimaalne võistlustöö pikkus võib olla 20 minutit. Filmide esitamise tähtaeg on 7. oktoober 2015.
Võistlustöö esitamiseks täida registreerimisankeet ja saada koos treileriga aadressile: Ülikooli Kultuuriklubi, Kalevi 24, 51010, Tartu või osalen@studentdays.ee. Sobib ka allalaetava faili link.
Finaali pääsenud võistlustööd linastuvad Tudengifilmi finaalüritusel 16. oktoobril kell 18:30 Cinamoni suures saalis. Asjatundlik žürii kuulutab välja Tudengifilm 2015 laureaadi kahes kategoorias, nii filmisõprade kui filmitudengite seast.
Peaauhinna, suuruses 2 x 1000 eurot, paneb välja Swedbank. Lisaks lähevad jagamisele mitmed eriauhinnad ja selgub publikulemmik.
Tartu Sügispäevade nädalal saab Tudengifilmi eelürituse raames Cinamoni kinos jälgida ka tudengifilmide kinoprogrammi. Esmaspäevast reedeni vältav eriprogramm tutvustab hubases kinos rahvale nii kohalike kui rahvusvaheliste autorite vändatud tudengifilme.
Tudengifilmi konkursist on oodatud osa võtma kõik kõrgkoolide õpilased. Publikusse on loomulikult oodatud kõik filmikunsti hindavad inimesed, kes soovivad kätt pulsil hoida noorte tegijate mõtte-ja filmimaailmal.
Küsimuste korral pöördu julgelt Elina poole elina@studentdays.ee või +372 51 15 420.
Ootame Teid osa võtma!
Tudengifilmi Facebooki üritus on leitav siit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1023352231029617/
Konkursile on oodatud osalema nii filmitudengid kui filmientusiastid.
Filmitudengi kategooriasse kuuluvad teosed, mille autorid on filmindust õppivad üliõpilased (BFM, EKA animatsioon jt). Filmientusiasti kategooria autorid on filmindusega omal käel tegelevad tudengid. Võistlejate eelnev kogemus ja tehnilised võimalused ei ole konkursil esmatähtsad, sellest
olulisem on hea idee ja ettevõtlikkus.
Ainus eeldus on, et filmi autor oleks sel õppeaastal mõne kõrg- või kutsekooli nimekirjas. Üks autor võib esitada maksimaalselt kaks filmi.
Oodatud on nii mängu- kui ka dokumentaalfilmid, žanripiiranguid ei ole seatud. Lisaks tuleb lühifilmiga kaasa panna ka 10-sekundiline treiler.
Maksimaalne võistlustöö pikkus võib olla 20 minutit. Filmide esitamise tähtaeg on 7. oktoober 2015.
Võistlustöö esitamiseks täida registreerimisankeet ja saada koos treileriga aadressile: Ülikooli Kultuuriklubi, Kalevi 24, 51010, Tartu või osalen@studentdays.ee. Sobib ka allalaetava faili link.
Finaali pääsenud võistlustööd linastuvad Tudengifilmi finaalüritusel 16. oktoobril kell 18:30 Cinamoni suures saalis. Asjatundlik žürii kuulutab välja Tudengifilm 2015 laureaadi kahes kategoorias, nii filmisõprade kui filmitudengite seast.
Peaauhinna, suuruses 2 x 1000 eurot, paneb välja Swedbank. Lisaks lähevad jagamisele mitmed eriauhinnad ja selgub publikulemmik.
Tartu Sügispäevade nädalal saab Tudengifilmi eelürituse raames Cinamoni kinos jälgida ka tudengifilmide kinoprogrammi. Esmaspäevast reedeni vältav eriprogramm tutvustab hubases kinos rahvale nii kohalike kui rahvusvaheliste autorite vändatud tudengifilme.
Tudengifilmi konkursist on oodatud osa võtma kõik kõrgkoolide õpilased. Publikusse on loomulikult oodatud kõik filmikunsti hindavad inimesed, kes soovivad kätt pulsil hoida noorte tegijate mõtte-ja filmimaailmal.
Küsimuste korral pöördu julgelt Elina poole elina@studentdays.ee või +372 51 15 420.
Ootame Teid osa võtma!
Tudengifilmi Facebooki üritus on leitav siit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1023352231029617/
neljapäev, 10. september 2015
Call for ALTER-NATIVE 23
ALTER-NATIVE 23
Targu Mures, Romania
4 – 8th November 2015.
The deadline for receipt of applications and the films is 15 September 2015.
There is no registration fee for films entered for the festival.
Films submitted to the festival must be completed on or after January 1, 2013.
There are no genre limitations.
Works that can be submitted to the competition are original audiovisual works (short fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films) whose running time does not exceed 30 minutes.
Films can only be submitted once. Films previously submitted to ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival are not eligible.
Films which have been exhibited on the Internet will not be accepted.
Each work requires a separat entry form.
Please read the Festival Regulations carefully, and fill in the online form.
Targu Mures, Romania
4 – 8th November 2015.
The deadline for receipt of applications and the films is 15 September 2015.
There is no registration fee for films entered for the festival.
Films submitted to the festival must be completed on or after January 1, 2013.
There are no genre limitations.
Works that can be submitted to the competition are original audiovisual works (short fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films) whose running time does not exceed 30 minutes.
Films can only be submitted once. Films previously submitted to ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival are not eligible.
Films which have been exhibited on the Internet will not be accepted.
Each work requires a separat entry form.
Please read the Festival Regulations carefully, and fill in the online form.
kolmapäev, 9. september 2015
X AAAI Video Competition
AAAI is pleased to announce the continuation of the AAAI Video Competition, now entering its tenth year. The video competition will be held in conjunction with the AAAI-16 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, February 12-17, 2016: http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/aaai16.php.
At the award ceremony, authors of award-winning videos will be presented with “Shakeys", trophies named in honour of SRI's Shakey robot and its pioneering video. Top videos will be screened during the award ceremony and throughout the conference.
The goal of the competition is to show the world how much fun AI is by documenting exciting artificial intelligence advances in research, education, and application. View previous entries and award winners at http://www.aaaivideos.org/past_competitions or watch last year’s videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aaaivideocompetition.
The rules are simple: Compose a short video about an exciting AI project, and narrate it so that it is accessible to a broad online audience. We strongly encourage student participation.
To increase reach, select videos will be uploaded to YouTube and promoted through social media (twitter, facebook, g+) and major blogs in AI and robotics. Last year’s videos were viewed over 1 million times!
We will also be running a "People’s Choice Award" where viewers on internet can vote for their favorite AI video.
The AAAI Video Competition is also an ideal opportunity to give further visibility to contributions presented at AAAI-16. We therefore welcome videos associated with manuscripts submitted to AAAI-16, and will make sure to publicize your paper in the video proceedings and during the award ceremony.
Deadline is October 15
http://www.aaaivideos.org/
At the award ceremony, authors of award-winning videos will be presented with “Shakeys", trophies named in honour of SRI's Shakey robot and its pioneering video. Top videos will be screened during the award ceremony and throughout the conference.
The goal of the competition is to show the world how much fun AI is by documenting exciting artificial intelligence advances in research, education, and application. View previous entries and award winners at http://www.aaaivideos.org/past_competitions or watch last year’s videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aaaivideocompetition.
The rules are simple: Compose a short video about an exciting AI project, and narrate it so that it is accessible to a broad online audience. We strongly encourage student participation.
To increase reach, select videos will be uploaded to YouTube and promoted through social media (twitter, facebook, g+) and major blogs in AI and robotics. Last year’s videos were viewed over 1 million times!
We will also be running a "People’s Choice Award" where viewers on internet can vote for their favorite AI video.
The AAAI Video Competition is also an ideal opportunity to give further visibility to contributions presented at AAAI-16. We therefore welcome videos associated with manuscripts submitted to AAAI-16, and will make sure to publicize your paper in the video proceedings and during the award ceremony.
Deadline is October 15
http://www.aaaivideos.org/
Ideas Powered video contest
Your ideas make you. You can win a trip for 2, to ANY European destination.
Make a short video showing us who you are and what makes you un-replicable.
Why? To stand a chance to win the weekend of a lifetime for two people to any European destination!
The rules are simple. Simply send us a video (up to three minutes long) related to one of the following three themes:
Arts (music, graphics, literature, performing arts)
Innovation & entrepreneurship
Design or style
Do you act? Or play an instrument that no one else does? Maybe you are a singer, a songwriter… or even a fire juggler. You don’t have to appear in the video; it could simply showcase your artistic work or your journey home. The video must be original and let everybody know why you are ‘Ideas Powered’ – why you are one of a kind.
You must be an EU resident, and between the ages of 15 – 24, but other than that, the page is blank!
Good luck!
http://www.ideaspowered.eu/en/competition
Make a short video showing us who you are and what makes you un-replicable.
Why? To stand a chance to win the weekend of a lifetime for two people to any European destination!
The rules are simple. Simply send us a video (up to three minutes long) related to one of the following three themes:
Arts (music, graphics, literature, performing arts)
Innovation & entrepreneurship
Design or style
Do you act? Or play an instrument that no one else does? Maybe you are a singer, a songwriter… or even a fire juggler. You don’t have to appear in the video; it could simply showcase your artistic work or your journey home. The video must be original and let everybody know why you are ‘Ideas Powered’ – why you are one of a kind.
You must be an EU resident, and between the ages of 15 – 24, but other than that, the page is blank!
Good luck!
http://www.ideaspowered.eu/en/competition
Communicate Your Science Video Competition
Want to communicate your research to a wider audience and try your hand at video production? Now’s your chance! Early career scientists pre-registered for the EGU General Assembly are invited to take part in the EGU’s Communicate Your Science Video Competition!
What we’re looking for?
The aim is to produce a video up-to-three-minutes long to share your research with the general public. Your video can include scenes of you out in the field and explaining an outcrop, or at the lab bench showing how to work out water chemistry; entries can also contain cartoons, animations (including stop motion), or music videos – you name it! As long as you’re explaining concepts in the Earth, planetary and space sciences in a language suitable for a general audience, you can be as creative as you like.
How to enter?
Once the call for entries opens, usually in early January, video files should be sent to Laura Roberts Artal (roberts@egu.eu) by early to mid March, together with proof of online pre-registration to the EGU General Assembly. Videos must be submitted in one of the file formats supported by YouTube (.MOV, .MPEG4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS .FLV, 3GPP and WebM) and be no longer than 3 minutes! The aim is to be creative, concise, and to communicate geoscience effectively. Video files can be quite large, so we recommend sending them using Dropbox, Wetransfer, or an alternative file-sharing service.
Selecting finalists
The judging panel will select up to 10 shortlisted videos which will be showcased on the EGU YouTube Channel for public voting in April 2016. In the run up to the General Assembly and during the conference, viewers can vote for their favourite film by clicking on the video’s ‘like’ button. The winning video will be the one with the most likes by the end of the General Assembly.
What you can win?
The winning entry will be announced during the conference and the winner will receive a free registration to the General Assembly in 2017.
What are you waiting for? Take the chance to showcase your research and spread great geoscientific facts with the world!
http://www.egu.eu/ecs/at-the-assembly/competition/
What we’re looking for?
The aim is to produce a video up-to-three-minutes long to share your research with the general public. Your video can include scenes of you out in the field and explaining an outcrop, or at the lab bench showing how to work out water chemistry; entries can also contain cartoons, animations (including stop motion), or music videos – you name it! As long as you’re explaining concepts in the Earth, planetary and space sciences in a language suitable for a general audience, you can be as creative as you like.
How to enter?
Once the call for entries opens, usually in early January, video files should be sent to Laura Roberts Artal (roberts@egu.eu) by early to mid March, together with proof of online pre-registration to the EGU General Assembly. Videos must be submitted in one of the file formats supported by YouTube (.MOV, .MPEG4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS .FLV, 3GPP and WebM) and be no longer than 3 minutes! The aim is to be creative, concise, and to communicate geoscience effectively. Video files can be quite large, so we recommend sending them using Dropbox, Wetransfer, or an alternative file-sharing service.
Selecting finalists
The judging panel will select up to 10 shortlisted videos which will be showcased on the EGU YouTube Channel for public voting in April 2016. In the run up to the General Assembly and during the conference, viewers can vote for their favourite film by clicking on the video’s ‘like’ button. The winning video will be the one with the most likes by the end of the General Assembly.
What you can win?
The winning entry will be announced during the conference and the winner will receive a free registration to the General Assembly in 2017.
What are you waiting for? Take the chance to showcase your research and spread great geoscientific facts with the world!
http://www.egu.eu/ecs/at-the-assembly/competition/
5th Green-Go short film contest
Are you concerned to hear of children risking their health and lives working in gold mines?
Is it shocking for you to see that once blooming nature is not here anymore?
You can't agree that fair trade is just a short-lived fashion?
SHOOT A SHORT FILM AND MAKE A CHANGE!
CATEGORIES:
OUR FOOTPRINT ON EARTH
Do you want to show that overconsumption is a pressing problem? Have you made changes in your life to consume less or
more ethically? Love fair trade? Prefer buying local?
Make a film about overconsumption or the innovative ways to change or reduce it! Raise awareness and inspire others!
TWO FACES OF EXPLOITATION
Do you see the dark side of raw material extraction, like mining or oil drilling? Are you aware that one million children work in
mines all over the world? Do you think that such mining is not worth the social or environmental price?
Shoot a film and raise your voice for protection of people and nature!
YOU ARE PART OF NATURE. LIVE WITH IT!
Let's imagine there is a court process to decide whether to keep European nature or to get rid of it. The only evidence in favour
of nature would be three short films. One of them would be yours. What film would that be? One filled with beautiful memories
or one with arguments on creating green jobs and generating other benefits for people? Or do you have better ideas?
Make your stance for European nature!
FILM REQUIREMENTS
max. 4 minutes, but 60-90 seconds preferably
any genre (cartoon, animation, puppet film, documentary, interviews, etc.)
any film format, high resolution films (at least 720 px wide)
films that can make an impact!
The winners of each of the three categories will be decided by a jury by 15 October.
The winning and other selected films will be showed to the public in high level events.
TESTIMONIES
You do not want to shoot a film, but would like to voice your opinion on the above issues? Talk to te camera and send your video recorded message to us and we will make sure that it reaches those whom it concerns!
Video recorded messages shall be maximum 30 seconds long.
Our aim is to screen the winning and other selected films to decision makers and the public in order to make an impact.
A collage film will be made from the testimonies and your voice will be heard.
Co-organisers of the You are part of nature. Live with it!
Category winners: gift voucher worth 700 EUR in an acclaimed online store
One public award for the film collecting the most votes on the Green-Go website: gift voucher worth 500 EUR in an acclaimed online store
DEADLINE: 15 September 2015
More information, the terms and conditions and the application form:
www.greengofest.eu
FOR ETHICAL MINING AND RESOURCE CONSUMPTION
The short film contest is realised with the assistance of the European Union.
The contents of this call are the sole responsibility of CEEweb, and the contents of the films are the sole responsibility of the film makers and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.
http://greengofest.eu/
Is it shocking for you to see that once blooming nature is not here anymore?
You can't agree that fair trade is just a short-lived fashion?
SHOOT A SHORT FILM AND MAKE A CHANGE!
CATEGORIES:
OUR FOOTPRINT ON EARTH
Do you want to show that overconsumption is a pressing problem? Have you made changes in your life to consume less or
more ethically? Love fair trade? Prefer buying local?
Make a film about overconsumption or the innovative ways to change or reduce it! Raise awareness and inspire others!
TWO FACES OF EXPLOITATION
Do you see the dark side of raw material extraction, like mining or oil drilling? Are you aware that one million children work in
mines all over the world? Do you think that such mining is not worth the social or environmental price?
Shoot a film and raise your voice for protection of people and nature!
YOU ARE PART OF NATURE. LIVE WITH IT!
Let's imagine there is a court process to decide whether to keep European nature or to get rid of it. The only evidence in favour
of nature would be three short films. One of them would be yours. What film would that be? One filled with beautiful memories
or one with arguments on creating green jobs and generating other benefits for people? Or do you have better ideas?
Make your stance for European nature!
FILM REQUIREMENTS
max. 4 minutes, but 60-90 seconds preferably
any genre (cartoon, animation, puppet film, documentary, interviews, etc.)
any film format, high resolution films (at least 720 px wide)
films that can make an impact!
The winners of each of the three categories will be decided by a jury by 15 October.
The winning and other selected films will be showed to the public in high level events.
TESTIMONIES
You do not want to shoot a film, but would like to voice your opinion on the above issues? Talk to te camera and send your video recorded message to us and we will make sure that it reaches those whom it concerns!
Video recorded messages shall be maximum 30 seconds long.
Our aim is to screen the winning and other selected films to decision makers and the public in order to make an impact.
A collage film will be made from the testimonies and your voice will be heard.
Co-organisers of the You are part of nature. Live with it!
Category winners: gift voucher worth 700 EUR in an acclaimed online store
One public award for the film collecting the most votes on the Green-Go website: gift voucher worth 500 EUR in an acclaimed online store
DEADLINE: 15 September 2015
More information, the terms and conditions and the application form:
www.greengofest.eu
FOR ETHICAL MINING AND RESOURCE CONSUMPTION
The short film contest is realised with the assistance of the European Union.
The contents of this call are the sole responsibility of CEEweb, and the contents of the films are the sole responsibility of the film makers and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.
http://greengofest.eu/
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