41st International Film Festival Rotterdam

Call for Short and Feature length films

The International Film Festival Rotterdam aims to offer a quality

selection of worldwide independent, innovative and experimental cinema

and visual arts. Devoted to offering a platform to and actively

supporting independent filmmaking from around the globe, The

International Film Festival Rotterdam is the essential hub for

discovering film talent and for catching the early buzz on many world

and international premiers.

Eligibility

Submission to the Festival is open to feature films, creative

documentaries, experimental films, short films and innovative visual

productions for digital media completed after January 1, 2011. Student

films (with the exception of post-graduate works) are excluded from

submission to the festival.

The Festival gives priority to world and international premiers; films

that have already been shown in The Netherlands are not admitted.

Films previously submitted to the Festival and not programmed will not

be considered for the 2012 Festival.

As a non-profit festival the International Film Festival does not

charge an entry fee.

Competition sections

As part of the official programme the Festival includes two

competitions to promote talented new filmmakers:

the Tiger Awards Competition (for feature length films)

the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films.

For both competitions the selection of films which will compete is

made by the Festival Programme Committee.

Submission Guidelines and Materials

The film should be entered online

The submission deadlines for selection purposes, which means the

deadline for the Festival’s office to receive all required submission

materials, are:

Short films (up to 60 min.) completed before 1 July 2011: 1 September 2011

Short films (up to 60 min.) completed after 1 July 2011: 1 October 2011

Feature length films (60+ min.): 1 November 2011

The applicant is requested to send:

One DVD (region 0 or 2) your DVD must be labeled with the title,

director’s name, production company address and telephone number,

length, subtitling (if any). Please clearly indicate if the submitted

DVD is the final version or a work-in-progress.

Available press notes and publicity materials requested in the online

entry form such as:

Synopsis of the film (in English),

A statement of the director on the film,

Biography and filmography of the director,

Full cast and credits list. In case an item is not available at the

time of submission, it will be requested immediately upon selection.

Contact

International Film Festival Rotterdam

Attn: Programme Department

P.O.box 21696

3001 AR Rotterdam

The Netherlands

DEADLINE: 1 November 2011

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/nl/^[1]

References

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