British Documentary Film Festival
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BDFF // British Documentary Film Festival
7th edition
Apr 30 - Apr 30, 2020
London, United Kingdom
Open Call
May 16, 2019 - Apr 03, 2020
Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Docu-feature, Documentary
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
So you'd like to submit your film to our festival? Great idea!
For six years we have been growing the British Documentary Film Festival and are proud of the dynamic, important and cr…eative documentaries we have had the opportunity to screen in London’s prestigious Cineworld Cinema, Leicester Square.
We accept documentaries from all around the world, all lengths and all budgets. We’re looking for passionate stories, well told that need to be seen.
London has a thriving festival scene and we invite distributors, press, sales agents and financiers to each screening, so if you’re looking for ways to promote your film further, we’re here to help.
We have several awards up for grabs, to celebrate the very best of the submissions we receive, curated from our Official Selection. We look forward to supporting your work, so submit today! full text
Festival website https://www.festivalreel.org/british-documentary-film-festival
Class
Founded: 2014
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: Apr 03, 2020
Notification date: Apr 03, 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 54.90 EUR (0.00 to 0.00 USD) . See submission categories for details about fees.
Awards
Total prize money: 0.00 USD
Other prizes: The Environmental Award, The Life Changing Award, The Wild Animal Award, The Heritage Award, & Best Short Documentary
General rules
British Documentary Film Festival
Rules for Participation
1. Dates and Venue
The absolute final deadlines are as dictated on FilmFreeway. Category winners (see 8.) are announced after the festival. The venue for the festival will be the Cineworld in London, Leicester Square.
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. 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 FilmFreeway. Screenplays must be submitted as a digital .PDF via the FilmFreeway.
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. 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
We do not return submission entries.
7. Screenings
It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that films for screening are deposited with the festival organizers at least 7 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
Feature Length Documentaries
Short Documentaries
Student Documentaries
10. Awards
The Environmental Award
The Wild Animal Award
The Heritage Award
Best Documentary
Best International Short
Best British Short
Best Student Film
11. Submission, Selection for Screening, Awards and Voting
There are 3 distinct stages. Submission, screening and awards. The administrators' decision is final.
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.
BDFF // British Documentary Film Festival
7th edition
Apr 30 - Apr 30, 2020
London, United Kingdom
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Docu-feature, Documentary
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
So you'd like to submit your film to our festival? Great idea!
For six years we have been growing the British Documentary Film Festival and are proud of the dynamic, important and cr…eative documentaries we have had the opportunity to screen in London’s prestigious Cineworld Cinema, Leicester Square.
We accept documentaries from all around the world, all lengths and all budgets. We’re looking for passionate stories, well told that need to be seen.
London has a thriving festival scene and we invite distributors, press, sales agents and financiers to each screening, so if you’re looking for ways to promote your film further, we’re here to help.
We have several awards up for grabs, to celebrate the very best of the submissions we receive, curated from our Official Selection. We look forward to supporting your work, so submit today! full text
Festival website https://www.festivalreel.org/british-documentary-film-festival
| Class |
Founded: 2014 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: Apr 03, 2020 Notification date: Apr 03, 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 54.90 EUR (0.00 to 0.00 USD) . See submission categories for details about fees. |
| Awards |
Total prize money: 0.00 USD
Other prizes: The Environmental Award, The Life Changing Award, The Wild Animal Award, The Heritage Award, & Best Short Documentary |
| General rules |
British Documentary Film Festival Rules for Participation 1. Dates and Venue The absolute final deadlines are as dictated on FilmFreeway. Category winners (see 8.) are announced after the festival. The venue for the festival will be the Cineworld in London, Leicester Square. 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. 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 FilmFreeway. Screenplays must be submitted as a digital .PDF via the FilmFreeway. 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. 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 We do not return submission entries. 7. Screenings It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that films for screening are deposited with the festival organizers at least 7 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 Feature Length Documentaries Short Documentaries Student Documentaries 10. Awards The Environmental Award The Wild Animal Award The Heritage Award Best Documentary Best International Short Best British Short Best Student Film 11. Submission, Selection for Screening, Awards and Voting There are 3 distinct stages. Submission, screening and awards. The administrators' decision is final. |