dokumentART - Films & Future
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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
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dokART // dokumentART - Films & Future
27th edition
Oct 17 - Oct 21, 2018
Neubrandenburg, Germany
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Any type, Docu-feature, Documentary, Experimental, Hybrids, Multimedia, Narrative fiction, Student
Film length Mid-length, Short
Genre
Art, Avantgarde, Environmental, Human rights, Independent, Mockumentary, Nature, , Social issues
Mission / description
Innovative film makers from all over Europe meet up in Neubrandenburg every year. The films tackle under an bigger scope the topic "future" and deal with changing realities. They test a…nd transcend the boundaries of their genre in exciting frontier region between tradition and avant-garde.
We especially welcome entries from young filmmakers who have not yet etablished themselves. Films and videos should have a mp4 or AVI be no more than sixty minutes in length and should have been completed after 1st of January 2017. The film has to be subtitled in English. We accept all formats. Preference will be given to films which have not previously been shown elsewhere. although we will accept those which have.
Every year a different European film school will introduce itself as part of the festival's international programme. As well as our European programme, dokumenART also offers a special forum for Eastern European films. The aim of this forum is to promote encounters between youn filmmakers from Eatsern and Western Europe within the newly expanded Europe. Our international programme is further supplemented by Specials, Retrospectives and regional features.
full text
Festival website http://www.dokumentart.org/
Class
Founded: 1991
Festival category: B (international relevance, international player)
Dates
Open call: Mar 05, 2018
Regular deadline: Jun 15, 2018
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2018
Notification date: Aug 01, 2018
Favorite this festival or add it to one of your lists to be alerted about open call, deadlines and notification date.
Awards
Total prize money: 9,000.00 USD
Other prizes: Findling: Tour through the county of Mecklenburg Vorpommern
Festival sections
Eastern BlocSpecial on films from or on Eastern European countries with a max. length of 60 minutes.European CompetitionIn the competion films are shown which deal with changing realities; films which test and even transcend the boundaries of their genre in the exciting frontier region between tradition and avantgarde.Film School ProgrammEvery year we present a European film school and its recent documentary films by its students.Fims from MVFilms are presented that were produced and funded recent in the state of Mecklenburg VorpommernNDR Special Our TV partner NDR is presenting productions developed within the last year, mostly with a historical or political focus.
General rules
General rules European Competition
- Only films with a max. length of 60 minutes are eligible
- At least 1 European production country must be attached to the project
- We accept releases from after January 1 2017 or later
- One member of the film crew is experted to attend the festival.
- By handing in a fim, the filmmakers accepts that no fees will be paid for screening at the festivals, neither after the festival on occasion of dokumentART programm presentations.
- By handing in a film to the festival, the filmmakers accepts that the film might be seletected for competition as well as the Eastern Block Program.
Location & Organization
The festival is organized by the Latücht Film & Medien e.V. association
in Neubrandenburg. Selected films are also screened
in various different towns in the region.
Panel, Jury, Prizes
An independent selection commitee will select the films
to be shown at the festival. Prizes will be distributed by
an independent jury consisting of international experts chosen by the
organisers. The total value of the prizes is 9,000 Euros.
Registration, Deadline
Submission deadline is June 15, 2018. Please supply a short summary of the film, and a dialogue list of all narratives and dialogues used in the film in English.
The film must be subtitled in English.
Please also supply the film maker‘s biography and filmography,
the latter giving the original film titles. Film submissions
recieved later than the deadline will not be included in
the program.
Please complete the submission tool via FFL carefully.
Ensure you give your full address, post code, telephone
number, fax number, and email address. If desired, preview
videos will be returned, at the film maker’s expense.
Alternatively, they will be kept in the festival archives.
The festival does not cover any screening fees for competition
entries.
Festival Deadline, Instructions on Posting and Insurance
If a film has been selected for inclusion in the festival, it
is the film maker’s responsibility to ensure that the film
to be screened at the festival reaches us two weeks before the
festival starts. The address for screening copies is:
dokumentART – European Film Festival for Documentaries
Festivalbuero
Grosse Krauthoeferstrasse 16
17033 Neubrandenburg /Germany
Additionally to the screening copy we request a DVD with
the screening version of the film (without preview fade-in),
created in improved quality and desired image ratio
(please specify). This DVD will remain in the festival‘s
stock for later screenings in the region.
We solicit all film makers to give technical details as
precise as possible, otherwise a smooth screening in the
highest quality cannot be guaranteed. ? 1 film + DVD
Film copies received later than deadline will be
screened from DVD.
Please notify us if films are to be sent on from another
festival. Shipping happens on sender‘s risk only. Any
entries arriving with insufficient postage will be returned.
Return shall be sent at organiser‘s cost.
When sending an entry from abroad, please mark the
package, “For cultural purposes only. Not for commercial
use. Receiver is declaring the own customs charge.”.
Please ensure that you obtain the necessary re-importation
forms from customs before posting your entry. Films
are insured for the duration of the festival.
Attendance at the Festival
What makes our festival special is the presence of the
film makers, so we would really like at least one member
of each film team to be present at the festival. Talks and
discussions with the film makers are an important part of
the festival. Please note that entering a film will be taken
as indicating that a member of the film team is willing to
attend the festival and to take part in a public discussion.
If invited to take part in the festival, costs of accommodation
in the festival hotel will be accepted by the organizers for 3 nights. The organizers will also pay part of
the costs of travel to Neubrandenburg.
Agreements
By the submission of my film I agree to the festival regulations and the following:
I agree that extracts of the film can be used for publicity purposes.
Should my film not be selected for the competition, I am happy for it to be shown as part of the Festival’s Special Programmes,
if the organisers wish to do so.
This also means that a member of the film team is prepared to attend the screening of the film and
to take part in discussions at the festival.
The dokumentART prizes are awarded to the films' directors.
The films nominated for the festival programme, can be shown in regional sequels.
I hereby declare that my film is free of third parties rights.
Entering a film signifies acceptance of “dokumentART” 2018’s regulations.
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.
dokART // dokumentART - Films & Future
27th edition
Oct 17 - Oct 21, 2018
Neubrandenburg, Germany
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Any type, Docu-feature, Documentary, Experimental, Hybrids, Multimedia, Narrative fiction, Student
Film length Mid-length, Short
Genre
Art, Avantgarde, Environmental, Human rights, Independent, Mockumentary, Nature, , Social issues
Mission / description
Innovative film makers from all over Europe meet up in Neubrandenburg every year. The films tackle under an bigger scope the topic "future" and deal with changing realities. They test a…nd transcend the boundaries of their genre in exciting frontier region between tradition and avant-garde.
We especially welcome entries from young filmmakers who have not yet etablished themselves. Films and videos should have a mp4 or AVI be no more than sixty minutes in length and should have been completed after 1st of January 2017. The film has to be subtitled in English. We accept all formats. Preference will be given to films which have not previously been shown elsewhere. although we will accept those which have.
Every year a different European film school will introduce itself as part of the festival's international programme. As well as our European programme, dokumenART also offers a special forum for Eastern European films. The aim of this forum is to promote encounters between youn filmmakers from Eatsern and Western Europe within the newly expanded Europe. Our international programme is further supplemented by Specials, Retrospectives and regional features.
full text
Festival website http://www.dokumentart.org/
| Class |
Founded: 1991 Festival category: B (international relevance, international player) |
| Dates |
Open call: Mar 05, 2018 Regular deadline: Jun 15, 2018 Late deadline: Jun 15, 2018 Notification date: Aug 01, 2018 Favorite this festival or add it to one of your lists to be alerted about open call, deadlines and notification date. |
| Awards |
Total prize money: 9,000.00 USD
Other prizes: Findling: Tour through the county of Mecklenburg Vorpommern |
| Festival sections |
Eastern Bloc Special on films from or on Eastern European countries with a max. length of 60 minutes. European Competition In the competion films are shown which deal with changing realities; films which test and even transcend the boundaries of their genre in the exciting frontier region between tradition and avantgarde. Film School Programm Every year we present a European film school and its recent documentary films by its students. Fims from MV Films are presented that were produced and funded recent in the state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern NDR Special Our TV partner NDR is presenting productions developed within the last year, mostly with a historical or political focus.
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| General rules |
General rules European Competition - Only films with a max. length of 60 minutes are eligible - At least 1 European production country must be attached to the project - We accept releases from after January 1 2017 or later - One member of the film crew is experted to attend the festival. - By handing in a fim, the filmmakers accepts that no fees will be paid for screening at the festivals, neither after the festival on occasion of dokumentART programm presentations. - By handing in a film to the festival, the filmmakers accepts that the film might be seletected for competition as well as the Eastern Block Program. Location & Organization The festival is organized by the Latücht Film & Medien e.V. association in Neubrandenburg. Selected films are also screened in various different towns in the region. Panel, Jury, Prizes An independent selection commitee will select the films to be shown at the festival. Prizes will be distributed by an independent jury consisting of international experts chosen by the organisers. The total value of the prizes is 9,000 Euros. Registration, Deadline Submission deadline is June 15, 2018. Please supply a short summary of the film, and a dialogue list of all narratives and dialogues used in the film in English. The film must be subtitled in English. Please also supply the film maker‘s biography and filmography, the latter giving the original film titles. Film submissions recieved later than the deadline will not be included in the program. Please complete the submission tool via FFL carefully. Ensure you give your full address, post code, telephone number, fax number, and email address. If desired, preview videos will be returned, at the film maker’s expense. Alternatively, they will be kept in the festival archives. The festival does not cover any screening fees for competition entries. Festival Deadline, Instructions on Posting and Insurance If a film has been selected for inclusion in the festival, it is the film maker’s responsibility to ensure that the film to be screened at the festival reaches us two weeks before the festival starts. The address for screening copies is: dokumentART – European Film Festival for Documentaries Festivalbuero Grosse Krauthoeferstrasse 16 17033 Neubrandenburg /Germany Additionally to the screening copy we request a DVD with the screening version of the film (without preview fade-in), created in improved quality and desired image ratio (please specify). This DVD will remain in the festival‘s stock for later screenings in the region. We solicit all film makers to give technical details as precise as possible, otherwise a smooth screening in the highest quality cannot be guaranteed. ? 1 film + DVD Film copies received later than deadline will be screened from DVD. Please notify us if films are to be sent on from another festival. Shipping happens on sender‘s risk only. Any entries arriving with insufficient postage will be returned. Return shall be sent at organiser‘s cost. When sending an entry from abroad, please mark the package, “For cultural purposes only. Not for commercial use. Receiver is declaring the own customs charge.”. Please ensure that you obtain the necessary re-importation forms from customs before posting your entry. Films are insured for the duration of the festival. Attendance at the Festival What makes our festival special is the presence of the film makers, so we would really like at least one member of each film team to be present at the festival. Talks and discussions with the film makers are an important part of the festival. Please note that entering a film will be taken as indicating that a member of the film team is willing to attend the festival and to take part in a public discussion. If invited to take part in the festival, costs of accommodation in the festival hotel will be accepted by the organizers for 3 nights. The organizers will also pay part of the costs of travel to Neubrandenburg. Agreements By the submission of my film I agree to the festival regulations and the following: I agree that extracts of the film can be used for publicity purposes. Should my film not be selected for the competition, I am happy for it to be shown as part of the Festival’s Special Programmes, if the organisers wish to do so. This also means that a member of the film team is prepared to attend the screening of the film and to take part in discussions at the festival. The dokumentART prizes are awarded to the films' directors. The films nominated for the festival programme, can be shown in regional sequels. I hereby declare that my film is free of third parties rights. Entering a film signifies acceptance of “dokumentART” 2018’s regulations. |