British Animation Film Festival
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BAFF // British Animation Film Festival
9th edition
Jul 10 - Jul 10, 2020
London, United Kingdom
Open Call
May 16, 2019 - Jun 05, 2020
Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Genre
Action, Adventure, Alternative, Art, Avantgarde, B-Movie, Biography, Burlesque, Classics, Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Culture, Dance, Dark comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Environmental, Family, Fantastic, Fantasy, Film noir, Flash, Foreign, Health, Hip Hop, History, Horror, Human rights, Independent, Kids, LGBT, Live Action, Medical, Melodrama, Microcinema, Mockumentary, Music, Musical, Mystery, Nature, News, Parody, Post modern, Realism, Reality, Religious, Road Trip, Romance, Romantic comedy, Satire, Science, Science fiction, Silent movie, Social issues, Spiritual, Sports, Surreal, Thriller, Transgender, Underground, Urban, War, Western
Mission / description
This festival aims to highlight the best in British and International animated entertainment. This will be an incredible opportunity to see some of the brightest up and coming animators… in the world and the work they are producing. The festival will be screening a diverse selection of animation throughout the day, from short films, to music videos to new TV pilots!
We are now also working with the incredible script services company ScriptUp who are sponsoring some new awards! The Best Unproduced Screenplay will take home the coveted title of "ScriptUp Select" while 4 lucky runners up will receive a full ScriptUp service for their script worth £150! full text
Festival website http://thefilmfestivalguild.com
Class
Founded: 2011
Festival category: B (international relevance, international player)
Dates
Open call: May 16, 2019
Early bird deadline: Sep 20, 2019
Regular deadline: Dec 20, 2019
Late deadline: Jun 05, 2020
Notification date: Jun 12, 2020
Favorite this festival or add it to one of your lists to be alerted about open call, deadlines and notification date.
Fees
Fees range from 9.15 to 64.05 USD . See submission categories for details about fees.
Submission through FFL is up to 5.95 USD cheaper than on other submission platforms for Film Plan subscribers.
Awards
Total prize money: 0.00 USD
General rules
British Animation Film Festival
Rules for Participation
1. Dates and Venue
Please refer to the individual film festival dates and times. The absolute final deadlines are as dictated on FilmFestivalLife. Category winners (see 8.) are announced after the festival.
2. Competition
The festival reserves the right to place entries into alternative categories if they feel it is to the benefit of the title. Each submission must be entered separately. Entries will be assessed and successful submissions will be programmed for screening and enter the festival competition. Failure to submit a screener copy four weeks prior to the festival will rule out eligibility for an award and may lead to the cancellation of your screening. If your film is selected we reserve the right to show your film at a date and time of our choosing.
3. Subtitles
Any foreign language films must have english subtitles.
4. Formats
For the selection process a digital screener must be submitted via FilmFestivalLife. Screenplays must be submitted as a digital .PDF via FilmFestivalLife.
Successful submissions that are granted a screening must submit a DCP.
*Please note we do not accept films shot in 4:3 unless the filmmaker has reformatted it to 16:9.
5. Selection
Festivals are organized by the Film Festival Guild. The festival directors reserve the right to invite films for the competition and programme. The screening schedule will be announced after the final submission deadline. The final award winning entries will be selected by a festival jury and audience votes. Award winners will be notified within 14 days of the festival screenings.
6. Entry Returns
DCPs supplied with self-addressed and postaged envelopes will be returned via post. Any DCPs remaining with the Film Festival Guild 6 weeks after the event will be destroyed.
7. Screenings
It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that films for screening are deposited with the festival organisers at least 28 days before any scheduled screening.
8. Publicity
We reserve the right to use extracts from submissions for festival publicity and marketing purposes. Press kits are not required, but are useful, so please feel free to send these with your submissions.
9. Categories
Animated Feature Film
Animated Short Film
Animated TV Episode (Over 15 Minutes)
Animated TV Episode (Under 15 Minutes)
Animated Games Trailers
Unproduced Screenplays
Music Videos
Student Animation
*Please note that if we do not receive enough acceptable submissions for each category, we will merge them e.g. Student Films will be moved into Short or Feature Films.
10. Awards
Best Animation
Best Animated Short
Best Student Animation
Best Music Video
Best Sound Design
Best Music
Best Unproduced Screenplay
11. Submission, Selection for Screening, Awards and Voting
There are 3 distinct stages. Submission, screening and awards. The administrators' decision is final.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
By submitting to our festival, we will utilise any personal data that you submit to us as part of the details of your submission, to evaluate your submission for the purposes of the festival. We will store your data to contact you about future festivals and events that you may be interested in from either ourselves or third parties.
We will also use your data as part of our internal surveys to assess the number of submissions for the festival and where submissions came from and from what category.
You are in control of your data and should you wish to delete your data, you may request us to do this at anytime.
Asking us to delete your data before the end of the festival, will delete your submission from the festival and no refunds will be given.
To withdraw consent to use your data and delete it from our systems, please email us with your request.
Data Consent.
The only way to enter our film festival is by submission. It is not possible to enter the festival without a submission. Therefore by submitting to our festival you are giving us consent to utilise your data.
It is impossible for our festival to manage your submission and your involvement in our festival without using your data.
If you do not consent to this and would like us to delete your data entirely after the festival, please contact us. By making a submission to our festival you are giving your consent for us to use your data in the ways listed in point 12 of our rules and conditions. By making a submission to our festival you are allowing us to use your data and agreeing to abide by our festival rules, terms and conditions.
Third Parties that we may share your data with are other film festivals, competitions and/or film festival submission websites.
Freedom Of Information
Under the Freedom of Information Act all client information kept by us is available to claim. This can include personal data, any saved emails, course attendance or mail.
A request must be filed by the person in question in an email. This must include the full name and address and any details of what kinds of information would be kept (eg: if there are emails – and to who they would have been addressed) so as to assist full investigation of the claim.
We will also charge a £10 administrative fee payable by PayPal. Any further claims will subsequently be charged £10 at every instance. In the cases where data contain private information concerning other clients or staff, such instances exempt from FOI claims, we may refuse to deliver such data alternatively explaining why this would not be available.
If you are dissatisfied with our response comments must be sent to:
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
FFL's Festival Validation
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
BAFF // British Animation Film Festival
9th edition
Jul 10 - Jul 10, 2020
London, United Kingdom
Open Call
May 16, 2019 - Jun 05, 2020
Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Genre
Action, Adventure, Alternative, Art, Avantgarde, B-Movie, Biography, Burlesque, Classics, Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Culture, Dance, Dark comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Environmental, Family, Fantastic, Fantasy, Film noir, Flash, Foreign, Health, Hip Hop, History, Horror, Human rights, Independent, Kids, LGBT, Live Action, Medical, Melodrama, Microcinema, Mockumentary, Music, Musical, Mystery, Nature, News, Parody, Post modern, Realism, Reality, Religious, Road Trip, Romance, Romantic comedy, Satire, Science, Science fiction, Silent movie, Social issues, Spiritual, Sports, Surreal, Thriller, Transgender, Underground, Urban, War, Western
Mission / description
This festival aims to highlight the best in British and International animated entertainment. This will be an incredible opportunity to see some of the brightest up and coming animators… in the world and the work they are producing. The festival will be screening a diverse selection of animation throughout the day, from short films, to music videos to new TV pilots!
We are now also working with the incredible script services company ScriptUp who are sponsoring some new awards! The Best Unproduced Screenplay will take home the coveted title of "ScriptUp Select" while 4 lucky runners up will receive a full ScriptUp service for their script worth £150! full text
Festival website http://thefilmfestivalguild.com
| Class |
Founded: 2011 Festival category: B (international relevance, international player) |
| Dates |
Open call: May 16, 2019 Early bird deadline: Sep 20, 2019 Regular deadline: Dec 20, 2019 Late deadline: Jun 05, 2020 Notification date: Jun 12, 2020 Favorite this festival or add it to one of your lists to be alerted about open call, deadlines and notification date. |
| Fees | Fees range from 9.15 to 64.05 USD . See submission categories for details about fees. Submission through FFL is up to 5.95 USD cheaper than on other submission platforms for Film Plan subscribers. |
| Awards | Total prize money: 0.00 USD |
| General rules |
British Animation Film Festival Rules for Participation 1. Dates and Venue Please refer to the individual film festival dates and times. The absolute final deadlines are as dictated on FilmFestivalLife. Category winners (see 8.) are announced after the festival. 2. Competition The festival reserves the right to place entries into alternative categories if they feel it is to the benefit of the title. Each submission must be entered separately. Entries will be assessed and successful submissions will be programmed for screening and enter the festival competition. Failure to submit a screener copy four weeks prior to the festival will rule out eligibility for an award and may lead to the cancellation of your screening. If your film is selected we reserve the right to show your film at a date and time of our choosing. 3. Subtitles Any foreign language films must have english subtitles. 4. Formats For the selection process a digital screener must be submitted via FilmFestivalLife. Screenplays must be submitted as a digital .PDF via FilmFestivalLife. Successful submissions that are granted a screening must submit a DCP. *Please note we do not accept films shot in 4:3 unless the filmmaker has reformatted it to 16:9. 5. Selection Festivals are organized by the Film Festival Guild. The festival directors reserve the right to invite films for the competition and programme. The screening schedule will be announced after the final submission deadline. The final award winning entries will be selected by a festival jury and audience votes. Award winners will be notified within 14 days of the festival screenings. 6. Entry Returns DCPs supplied with self-addressed and postaged envelopes will be returned via post. Any DCPs remaining with the Film Festival Guild 6 weeks after the event will be destroyed. 7. Screenings It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that films for screening are deposited with the festival organisers at least 28 days before any scheduled screening. 8. Publicity We reserve the right to use extracts from submissions for festival publicity and marketing purposes. Press kits are not required, but are useful, so please feel free to send these with your submissions. 9. Categories Animated Feature Film Animated Short Film Animated TV Episode (Over 15 Minutes) Animated TV Episode (Under 15 Minutes) Animated Games Trailers Unproduced Screenplays Music Videos Student Animation *Please note that if we do not receive enough acceptable submissions for each category, we will merge them e.g. Student Films will be moved into Short or Feature Films. 10. Awards Best Animation Best Animated Short Best Student Animation Best Music Video Best Sound Design Best Music Best Unproduced Screenplay 11. Submission, Selection for Screening, Awards and Voting There are 3 distinct stages. Submission, screening and awards. The administrators' decision is final. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) By submitting to our festival, we will utilise any personal data that you submit to us as part of the details of your submission, to evaluate your submission for the purposes of the festival. We will store your data to contact you about future festivals and events that you may be interested in from either ourselves or third parties. We will also use your data as part of our internal surveys to assess the number of submissions for the festival and where submissions came from and from what category. You are in control of your data and should you wish to delete your data, you may request us to do this at anytime. Asking us to delete your data before the end of the festival, will delete your submission from the festival and no refunds will be given. To withdraw consent to use your data and delete it from our systems, please email us with your request. Data Consent. The only way to enter our film festival is by submission. It is not possible to enter the festival without a submission. Therefore by submitting to our festival you are giving us consent to utilise your data. It is impossible for our festival to manage your submission and your involvement in our festival without using your data. If you do not consent to this and would like us to delete your data entirely after the festival, please contact us. By making a submission to our festival you are giving your consent for us to use your data in the ways listed in point 12 of our rules and conditions. By making a submission to our festival you are allowing us to use your data and agreeing to abide by our festival rules, terms and conditions. Third Parties that we may share your data with are other film festivals, competitions and/or film festival submission websites. Freedom Of Information Under the Freedom of Information Act all client information kept by us is available to claim. This can include personal data, any saved emails, course attendance or mail. A request must be filed by the person in question in an email. This must include the full name and address and any details of what kinds of information would be kept (eg: if there are emails – and to who they would have been addressed) so as to assist full investigation of the claim. We will also charge a £10 administrative fee payable by PayPal. Any further claims will subsequently be charged £10 at every instance. In the cases where data contain private information concerning other clients or staff, such instances exempt from FOI claims, we may refuse to deliver such data alternatively explaining why this would not be available. If you are dissatisfied with our response comments must be sent to: Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF |