Luna Fest

Short films by, for, about women.

CALLING ALL WOMEN DIRECTORS

We’ve got a director’s chair with your name on it. We want to share your story. We want to hear your voice. Submit your must-see film for a chance to share it with the world.

If your film is selected, you’ll be awarded $2,500 and your film will be screened at more than 175 LUNAFEST events throughout The United States and Canada.


https://www.lunafest.org/submit

POWR 2017 stsenaristide töötuba

Noored filmistsenaristid on oodatud kandideerima 27.- 29. novembril  Tallinnas Baltic Event kaastootmisturu raames toimuvasse POWR – Baltic Stories Exchange stsenaristide töötuppa. Osalema valitakse 7 stsenaristi koos varases staadiumis filmistsenaariumiga, millel puudub veel produtsent.

Kahepäevasel koolitusel saavad Põhjamaade, Baltikumi ning Belgia Flandria piirkonna stsenaristid võimaluse vabas õhkkonnas pitching tehnikaid õppida, oma projekte arendada ja esitleda. Projekte arendatakse pitchingute ja grupisessioonide kaudu. Vaba ja inspireeriva atmosfääri loovad tuutorid Valeria Richter (Taani/TFL) ning Helene Granqvist (Rootsi). Koolitus lõppeb iga projekti 5-minutilise avaliku esitlusega, millele järgneb kohtumissessioon valitud produtsentide ja teiste valdkonna spetsialistidega, kes annavad projektidele tagasisidet ja omapoolseid soovitusi.

Töötuba korraldavad Baltic Event, TorinoFilmLab ning Baltikumi ja Põhjamaade Loov Euroopa MEDIA kontaktpunktid.

Avalduste esitamise tähtaeg on 15. august 2017.  Osalema valitud stsenaristide nimed avaldatakse septembris.

Täpsem info: http://be.poff.ee/project-entry/.

Call for Scriptwriting workshop at FUFF

FINNO_UGRIC FILM FESTIVAL IV. ESTONIA, TSIITRE 2017

Call for the Scriptwriting workshop (deadline – 15 MARCH 2017).

The Finno-Ugric Film Festival (FUFF) announces its Scriptwriting workshop, to be held during the Festival in Tsiistre, Estonia, 28 June - 01 July 2017.

We invite 12 applications from filmmakers who wish to participate in this workshop.

Those selected will receive assistance as follows:

• For applicants from the Finno-Ugric small nations (Komi, Udmurt, Khanty, Mansy,
Nenets, Enets, etc.) FUFF will reimburse travel expenses from Moscow or Saint-
Petersburg as well as providing accommodation and food during the festival.
For other applicants we provide accommodation and food.
The participation fee for European participants is 50 EUR.

The workshop will be held by two well-known film professionals/scriptwriters/directors who will help to develop your synopsis into a short film script during the festival.
We would like to receive a one-page (A4) synopsis of a short fiction, experimental or documentary film and a motivation letter by 15 March 2017. Please send these by email to: finnougricfilmfond@gmail.com.

Selection will be made by the end of March 2017 and all applicants will receive a reply by email. The language of participation is English; we accept Russian language synopses from the territory of Russia.

Read more: fuff.ee

ALTER-NATIVE IFF - Call for Submissions

24 ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival 2-6 November 2016 – Targu Mures, Romania Submissions for the International Competition are open! Works that can be submitted to the competition are original audiovisual works - fiction, non-fiction, animation and experimental films - whose running time does not exceed 30 minutes. The festival has no participation fee. Films submitted to the festival are to be completed in the last 3 years. 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. Shorts shall only be entered online via www.alternativeiff.ro The entry is valid if all the required fields are filled out, additional data is only necessary if the organizers of the Festival ask for such. Please read carefully the Festival Regulations before you submit. Deadline for submissions is September 15th, 2016. We are looking forward to receiving your films! The ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival team

International Script Pitch 2016 | Call for Scripts

We're looking for captivating screenplays and pitches for short films that
blow us away!

International Script Pitch 2016 | Call for Scripts
14.11.-18.11.2016. Berlin

interforum, the fringe programme for professional visitors and film enthusiasts at the International Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin is now accepting entries for our international Script Pitch competition.

All script writers and interested filmmakers are welcome to apply with their script. Eight contestants will be selected to participate in the Script Pitch competition.

Download the application form (pdf) here:
http://www.interfilm.de/fileadmin/OrdnerRedakteure/if32_script-pitch_application_final.pdf

More information on the International Script Pitch here:
http://www.interfilm.de/en/festival2016/interforum/script-pitch.html


Three fabulous awards await you!

BEST PITCH / €1000 cash from 25p MEDIA GROUP and the opportunity to be presented at WO YC Issue , Cannes 2017

ESP JURY AWARD / a stipend to participate in the European Short Pitch 2017 by NISI MASA

daazo Award / a one-on-one session of individual festival strategy consulting provided by daazo


Programme

In addition to the Script Pitch competition all participants are provided with a four-days Script Lab to accompany the competition from 14 September until 17 September 2016. Within the practical and stimulating workshop programme there will be both a seminar on script development to sharpen the
participants' creative skills with NISI MASA experts and a pitch training with Gabriele Brunnenmeyer (script consultant, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, coach, DE) to evaluate the live performance of each contestant.

Script Pitch participants will be given the opportunity to meet international filmmakers, writers and industry experts at exclusive networking events at the International Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin.

On 18 November 2016 the eight finalists will have 5 minutes to pitch their projects and convince the international jury consisting of amongst others Wouter Jansen (Programme Director, ISSF GO Shorts, NL) and Julian Windisch (Managing Editor, Arte Creative, DE) of their idea.

To maximize the interlinking of creative and industry professionals in an open forum - and to party on - the competitors, the jury and the audience are invited for our interforum Drinks on the night of the competition!

The entire competition will we held in English.

More on the International Script Pitch here:
http://www.interfilm.de/en/festival2016/interforum/script-pitch.html

More on interforum here:
http://www.interfilm.de/en/festival2016/interforum.html

Contact:

Nele Fritzsche

nele.f@interfilm.de

GoDebut Film Festival 2016

GoDebut Film Festival 2016

Cinema of Baltic and Nordic countries has brought a sufficient contribution into development of cinema art.

However, it does not always receive necessary attention from an international audience. Especially this attention and support from a cinema industry is being lacked for young debuting cinema creators of that region and their works. The aim of the cinema debut festival GoDebut of Baltic and Nordic countries – to promote the activities of young and debuting cinema creators of the countries of this region, to boost their creativity, increase their prominence, and strengthen international cooperation. The festival is being organised in a Lithuanian port city Klaipėda and in one of the most beautiful resorts, included into UNESCO natural heritage object list – Neringa, on September 23-25, 2016.


-    All entries must be postmarked by the deadline date. All entries must be received by 15/0716

-    Acceptable formats for submission: DVD or password protected online screener.
-    All films that are not in English must have English language subtitles.

-    Only submissions with completed entry forms will be accepted.
-    E-Mail your entry in godebut@mediaport.lt 
-    If you have listed a valid email address we will verify that we have received your entry.

-    Exhibition prints must be sent to the GoDebut Film Festival online into info@mediaport.lt

-    For Features and Documentaries please include two screener copies for judging.
-    All Short Films must be no longer than 25 minutes in length.

-    Releases for music and talent must be obtained by the filmmaker. GoDebut Film Festival is not liable for copyright infringement or unauthorized use.

-    If your film has been selected to be screened at the festival we will request you send a press kit to include: stills, posters, postcards, a DVD of the trailer, and other publicity materials to maximize exposure for your film. These materials will not be returned.

-    If your film has been selected to be screened at the festival we ask that it not be viewable in its entirety online on sites like YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook before the festival screening. Trailers or clips from the film are acceptable.

-    GoDebut Film Festival does not assume any liability for damage to films, videos, or publicity materials.

-    Film must have been completed after October 1, 2014.
-    Filmmakers will be notified of festival acceptance by approximately July 10, 2016.

https://docs.google.com/a/smk.lt/forms/d/17wtOxybh9lM1WbrxtyXyCWP6Fb0G5R1UPPuc2eh4iz4/viewform?c=0&w=1


GoDebut Film Festival 2016


September 22-25, 2016
godebut@mediaport.lt  www.mediaport.lt

Short Riga Tudengifilmide ja muusikavideo konkursid

Short Riga Baltic Student Competition

Here’s to new film talent in the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Participants not only compete, they embark on a journey of in-depth analysis of their work and get not only the glory of being part of the Riga IFF – film students are able gain hands-on constructive feedback from film professionals on an international level.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE
15.07.2016.

Short Riga Baltic Music Video Competition
The music video, much like the short film, is a playground for experimentation in form, structure and style. This competition is aimed at exploring advancements of artistic expression in moving picture set to moving music (or vice versa?).

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE
01. 06. 2016.

http://www.rigaiff.lv/2016/en/short-riga-2016/

Cinedans – Dance on Screen Festival 2017

The entry-call for the Cinedans – Dance on Screen Festival 2017 opens May 1.
Deadline: 1 October 2016

You can submit your film three categories:
– short film competition (< 30min)
– student competition (< 30min)
– outside of competition (documentary, performance-relay, installation work a.o.)

Submissions page:
https://cinedans.filmchief.com/

Make sure to read our terms and conditions.

Not sure if your film is eligible for Cinedans or do you have any questions regarding your submission?
Please do not hesitate to contact us via: entry@cinedans.nl.

http://cinedans.nl/en/

interfilm 32nd International Short Film Festival Berlin 2016

15 - 20 November 2016

Entry deadline: 24 June 2016

The coming interfilm festival will present more than 500 films during six festival days in seven competitions and numerous special programmes. International juries will confer 'interfilm Short Awards' with prizes totalling EUR 40,000.

Competitions:
International Competition
Documentary Competition
Confrontations Competition - films with a conscience
German Competition
Eject - The Long Night of Weird Shorts
Green Film Award - Environmental Shorts

Special Programmes:
Focus on China and Italy
Mockumentaries
Experimental Films
Animation
Metropolis Mexico City
Dance Films
Queer Films
Shocking Films
Music Films
Music Videos
Berlin Films
Bike Shorts
and more

http://www.interfilm.de/en/festival2016/home.html

Enter your films:

Please submit your films with a maximum duration of 20 minutes at www.shortsfilmdepot.com.

More info and regulations here:
http://www.interfilm.de/en/festival2016/submit-films.html

KUKI - 9th International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin 2016

Shorts for Kids / TeenScreen
13 - 20 November 2016

Entry deadline: 27 May 2016

The coming KUKI Festival will present approximately 100 short films during eight festival days in various competition categories and special programmes. Films selected for competition will compete for a total cash prize pool of €6500.

Juries of children and teens will confer four awards in two sections:

Competitions
• International Films for Children
• International Films for Youth

Plus
• Audience Award for Best Documentary
• SPARK Media Education Award

Special Programmes
• Environmental films
• English, French & Spanish Foreign Language Programmes
• Workshops

http://www.interfilm.de/en/kuki2016/home.html

Enter your films:

Please submit your films with a maximum duration of 20 minutes at www.shortsfilmdepot.com.

More info and regulations here:
http://www.interfilm.de/en/kuki2016/submit-films.html

EV100 Välisprogrammi taotlusvoor sündmustele

Taotlusvooru abil soovitakse leida sündmusi 2018. aastal välisriikides toimuva programmi sisustamiseks. Taotlusvooru eesmärk on aidata kaasa professionaalse suunitlusega, kõrgetasemeliste ning olulise kõlapinnaga valdkondlike või valdkondi ühendavate sündmuste toimumisele välisriikides 2017 aasta sügisest kuni 2018 aasta lõpuni. 

Taotlusvooru kaudu toetatakse:

- Eesti Vabariigi 100. aastapäevale või Eesti Euroopa Liidu Nõukogu eesistumisele pühendatud professionaalse suunitluse, kõrgetasemeliste ning olulise kõlapinnaga valdkondlike või erinevaid valdkondi siduvate ürituste korraldamisega seotud kulude katmist;
- ürituste korraldamise või läbiviimisega seotud inimeste kulude katmist;
- Eesti Vabariigi 100. aastapäeva ja Eesti Euroopa Liidu Nõukogu eesistumise teemade nähtavuse suurendamist ürituste kaudu, mis kuuluvad rahvusvaheliste messide, festivalide, foorumite jt samalaadsete ürituste programmi.

Toetusega saab katta järgmisi kulusid:

- kulud, mis tehakse taotluses kinnitatud toetuse kasutamise ajavahemikul;
- tegevused ja kulutused, mis on vajalikud otseselt ürituse elluviimiseks, sh reisi- ja majutuskulu, materjalide, instrumentide ja muu sündmuse toimumiseks vajalik transpordikulu, päevaraha, kindlustus, viisade vormistamine, osavõtumakse jms;
- täiendava honorari, töötasu ning nendega seotud sotsiaalmaksu, tulumaksu, töötuskindlustusmaksu ja pensionikindlustuse maksete tasumine;
- reklaamikulu ja sündmusega otseselt seotud trükiste koostamise, toimetamise ja trükkimisega seotud ja muud tugitegevuste  kulud, sh veebilahenduste kulud;
- heli- ja valgustehnika rendiga seotud kulud;
- käibemaksukulu  juhul kui taotleja ei ole käibemaksukohustuslane.

Taotluste hindamisel võetakse arvesse:

- ürituse vastavust välisprogrammi eesmärkidega;
- ürituse üldist mõju Eesti tutvustamisel;
- üritusega kaasnevat võimekust siduda erinevate valdkondade tugevusi ja luua koosmõju;
- korraldajate professionaalsust, varasemat kogemust ja mainet (sh välispartnerid);
- kaasatud esinejate taset;
- ürituse sihtrühma ning toimumise asukohaga (riik, linn) seonduvat;
- ürituse kommunikatsiooni- ja meediakajastuste plaani;
- sihtriigis paikneva välisesinduse arvamust;
- ürituse teostamise ja eelarve realistlikkust ning Eesti poole kulude põhjendatust;
- ürituse innovaatilisust ning pikemaajalist mõju valdkonna rahvusvahelistes suhetes;
- toetuse maksimaalne määr on 80% eelarvest;
- taotluse eelarve peab olema vähemalt 5 000 eurot;
- minimaalne toetussumma ühe taotluse kohta on 4 000 eurot;

Taotlusvooru kaudu ei toetata:

- üritusi, mis on toimunud enne taotluste esitamise tähtaega;
- üritusi, mis toimuvad pärast 31.12.2018;
- harrastuskollektiivide välissõite;
- tehnika, töövahendite jms soetamist;
- organisatsioonide liikmemakse;
- erisoodustusmaksu tasumist;
- muid sündmuse elluviimise seisukohast põhjendamatuid ja ebaolulisi kulusid.

Info:
https://ev100.ee/et/v%C3%A4lisprogrammi-taotlusvoor-s%C3%BCndmustele
Jorma Sarv
EV 100 ja EL eesistumise rahvusvahelise programmi juht
jorma@ev100.ee
tel: +372 502 3343

Pitching Contest at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

Theme

Under the theme "Thrilling, Exciting, Moving", we are looking for pitches for short films that will stir the emotions, with the ability to thrill, excite or move audiences.

Entry period

December 1 (Tue), 2015 ~ February 29 (Mon), 2016

How to Enter

1.Please upload your short film pitch in addition to completing the designated entry form in order to be considered for the primary selection. All elements listed below must be included in the pitch. Please note that the projected run time must be less than 25 minutes.

♦ Plot (250 words max.）
♦ One line that sums up what kind of film this is
♦ Photographic images of the world you envisage
♦ Entrant profile
♦ Link to a showreel or individual links to past works

2.We will notify entrants about the results of the primary selection in March 2016. Successful entrants will be required to submit the following materials (by a specific date yet to be confirmed) for the next stage of the competition.

    Screenplay for pitch selected
    Proposed cast
    Proposed location
    Estimated budget

Other information

For inquiries relating to the entry guidelines, please contact us by the following email address.

pitch@shortshorts.org

Read more:
http://www.shortshorts.org/shortfilm_pitch/index-en.html

5th CYCLOP International Videopoetry Contest

The 5th CYCLOP International Videopoetry Festival will take place on November, 20th and 22th, 2015 in Ukraine (Kyiv). The festival programme features video poetry-related lectures, workshops, round tables, discussions, presentations of international contests and festivals, as well as a demonstration of the best examples of Ukrainian and world videopoetry, a competitive program, an awards ceremony and other related projects.

One of the projects is a new Contest for International Poetry films within the framework of CYCLOP festival. The list of international jury: Alastair Cook (Filmpoem Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland), Zata Banks (PoetryFilm, London, United Kingdom), Javier Robledo (VideoBardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina), John Bennet (videopoet, USA),  Alice Lyons (Videopoet, Sligo, Ireland), Sigrun Hoellrigl (Art Visuals & Poetry, Vienna, Austria), Lucy English (Liberated Words, Bristol, United Kingdom), Polina Horodyska (CYCLOP Videopoetry Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine) and Thomas Zandegiacomo (ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Berlin, Germany).

Rules and regulations:
Films of up to 10 minutes duration that are no more than two years old (January 2013) may be entered.
There are no limitation about subject and language restrictions. All films that are not in English must have English subtitles.
Video can be performed in any techniques using any necessary equipment (video, animation, flash etc).
By sending your film, you confirm that the film may be shown at the CYCLOP Videopoetry Festival. The artist must have all property and screening rights.
Each artist can send more than one work.
All videos must be sent with the following characteristics:
File format: .MOV or .AVI.
Standard: PAL. Codec: H264.
Resolution: HD — 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720 (16:9) / SD — 640 x 480 (4:3) or 640 x 360 (16:9)
The closing date for entries is 30 September 2015.
All entrants will be informed by e-mail of the results of the call for entries from Oktober 2015 on. Please make sure that your e-mail address is correct.

cyclop.in.ua
http://facebook.com/CYCLOP.in.ua

European Short Pitch 2016 - 10th edition

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/

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.

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

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/

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/

Power of Compost: Video Competition

What is so great about compost?

Compost is an incredibly powerful tool in the zero waste tool box. Organic waste is often one of the most challenging waste streams in urban areas, as it’s usually the largest waste stream of household waste and the most problematic in environmental terms. With separation at source and proper treatment through composting however, it can be an amazing opportunity to help create a genuinely circular economy. Composting organic waste can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and avoid hazardous disposal systems such as landfilling and incineration. As a natural soil improver, it replaces the need for chemical-based fertilisers (contributors to climate change), and it has amazing rejuvenating qualities for soil, increasing the capacity of the land to act as a ‘carbon sink’ and reducing the amount of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.

Across Europe millions of people are involved in composting, both on an individual level and as part of neighbourhood or community schemes. These actions are preventing vast amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, and providing vital nutrients for soils. We want to hear your composting stories, and learn more about the inspirational ways that you and your communities are taking action to reduce organic waste.

That is why we have decided to launch a competition to celebrate composting, with some fantastic rewards.


Our competition…

Are you part of a fantastic composting project that doesn’t get enough attention? Do you need some added funds to expand your community composting scheme? Or are you just passionate about composting and want to promote your own creative organic waste solution? We want to know about it!

Submit your video to win

We have 3 huge prizes up for grabs, in our composting video competition, and all you have to do is submit a video or animation showing off your composting project, explaining why composting is so great, or highlighting a creative solution. We are particularly encouraging home-made and amateur video contributions, so remember the content is more important than the camera quality, and get out your smart-phones, and video-cameras and get stuck into a bit of compost.

The competition is divided into three categories, with different criteria and prizes, and will be judged by our panel of experts including experts from the European Compost Network (ECN), The Organic Stream, and Zero Waste Europe so if you want to participate, make sure you take a look at the different categories. You don’t have to specify which category your video comes under during the application process, so don’t worry if you aren’t sure, or feel that your video might fit more than one category, as our judges will assess which award the video would be most suited for.


The categories:

Community Solutions Award — Prize 500eur

In this category we are looking for the best community solution, so if you are part of a neighbourhood composting project or work with other local composters to collect all that food-waste, or just want to talk about community solutions make sure that you send us a video.

Creative Composter Award — Prize 500eur

This category will choose the most creative composting solution, we want to see your innovative and unusual composting efforts, as well as any creative attempts to promote composting of organic waste.

Compost Education Award — Prize 500eur

In the final category we are looking for the most effective and inspiring educational video about compost. This could be about the benefits of compost, or how to start your own compost project, or anything else really, so long as it is educational and espouses composting!


Tips & hints

We know that not everyone out there is a master in creating videos, there may not even be a direct correlation between video-editors and composters at all! But there is no need to worry, as we have put together some simple tips and hints to make sure your video is in with the best chance of winning!

There are so many more benefits of compost which we wrote about in depth for International Compost Week. We recommend that you give the article a read over before making your video to help ensure that you cover the kind of advantages of composting we are looking for.

* Keep your video relatively short and to the point. We would expect videos to be around the 1.5 minute mark, and if videos are longer than 3 minutes we will not be able to include them in our competition.
* If you are filming on a smartphone make sure to have your phone rotated in landscape (we find that makes a much better film!)
* Try and move the camera as smoothly as possible to help avoid a film which could be difficult to watch
* If your computer doesn’t come with any, there are plenty of free video editing and animation software options available, which you should be able to find with a quick internet search.
* If video isn’t your thing, then you are also free to submit animations or other ‘video’ forms. Be creative, and surprise us!

The rules

This is the short version of the rules, for the legal stuff have a look at our full rules.
* All entries must be received by midnight (GMT) on the 1st of November.
* Entries should be uploaded to Youtube and set as unlisted, the link should then be sent to competition@zerowasteeurope.eu
* The judges will be looking for the best projects, ideas and composting solutions, not the most polished, professional videos.
* The video should reflect the benefits of compost as explained above and the core values of Zero Waste Europe.
* We are afraid that we will not be able to accept videos which are not either in English, or have English subtitles.
* All entries must consist of original or previously unreleased content, by entering the competition you give Zero Waste Europe the right to host your video on our Youtube channel, and share it through social media.
* Winners will be contacted by email.

http://www.zerowasteeurope.eu/2015/08/power-of-compost-video-competition/

eSkills for Jobs 2015 European Video Competition

Participate in the eSkills for Jobs 2015 European Video Competition!

The eSkills for Jobs 2015 European video competition, organised within the context of the eSkills for Jobs awareness raising campaign, is an opportunity to highlight and reward persons with a high level of digital skills and literacy at a European level.

The competition focuses on identifying concrete successful initiatives made possible by the use of ICT and the mastery of eSkills. The aim is to reach out to motivated and talented young people (aged 16 and over), business leaders, policymakers, ICT practitioners, NGOs, educators, job seekers and entrepreneurs.

The eSkills video competition is open to all European citizens. Videos could be submitted in the following three categories: (For more details on how to participate select one of the competition categories.)

.    Digital Citizenship (target: business leaders, ICT practitioners, NGOs)
.    Digital Entrepreneurship (target: entrepreneurs)
.    Most inspirational career campaigner (target: job seekers and career changers)

The deadline for submission of entries is Saturday 31 October 2015.

A winner and a runner-up will be selected per category. The winner and runner-up will be invited to attend the award winning ceremony on 14-15 December 2015 during the eSkills high-level conference organised under the auspices of the European Council Luxembourg Presidency. The flight and accommodation will be covered by the eSkills for Jobs Campaign.