Filmini is committed to showcasing international short films. The Festival’s primary goal is to present young cinema of the world and independent films, and to become a platform for short filmmakers.

A special focus of the festival is films coming from the Balkans.

The term for film submissions for the festival programs is now OPEN!

AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS:
-       The grand prix prize € 1,200
-       Best animation film award € 500
-       Best Balkan film award € 1,000
-       Kodak award for Best film from the national competition
-       Audience award

DEADLINE for submissions: July 31, 2009

Regulations and entry form can be downloaded from www.filmini.org
For any further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at submit@filmini.org
We’ll be looking for your films!

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We know how hard it is to sell your screen stories. We’ll try to make it easier. If it is as good as you feel it is, convince your peers of the fact and get some cash too while you are at it.

It’s easy as pie – just upload your feature screenplay and get people to read and vote for it.

* The top voted screenplay at the closing of the competition will receive one thousand euro cash.
* Two runners up will receive complimentary script consulting.
* All three winning scripts can get into the Premium Section of Scriptbase, thus getting an opportunity to land on the desk of producers, directors and other film industry decision makers.

The competition opens on 15 June and closes at midnight 30th September 2009.

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Spanish short films must be submitted to the National Short Film Competition. The selection committee will choose some of these to participate in the European Competition as well.

Awards:
First Prize:  6000 Euros
Second Prize: 4000 Euros
Third Prize: 2000 Euros

The Deadline is June 30th 2009!

Just click here to submit your film!

Karchi Perlmann’s short film, The Dinner received international recognition once again. The jury of the Brooklyn Int’ Film Festival rewarded the film with the Spirit Award.

The 12th Brooklyn International Film Festival ended on Sunday. Karchi Perlmann’s American-Hungarian short film coproduction, The Dinner, was presented in the competition program, selected over 2700 submissions sent from 111 countries. The 26 minutes grotesque film was rewarded with the Short Films’ Spirit Award by the Brooklyn showcase.

(via Magyar Filmunió)

Stort’ - by Joris Hoebe, The Netherlands

Silent Consent - by Alessandro Bianco, Italy

Tripe and Onions - by Márton Szirmai, Hungary

Brei Brumm Bumm (Mash goes Splash) – by Elise Klement, Germany

A film From my Parish – by Tony Donoghue, Ireland

For All the Tea in England - Kerry Mcleod, UK

Pogacha – by Balint Mark Turi, Hungary

Pasta Day – by Elizabeth Rocha Salgado, The Netherlands

Fish Eye – by Margot Buff, Czech Republic

Semolina Halva – by Ezgi Kaplan, Turkey

Cum Pane – by Anne Linder, Sweden

Tropezones – by David Macian & Eduardo Molinari, Spain

Devouring Reality – Melissa Suarez del Real, Spain

Sa Cage – by Luz Diaz, Belguim

The Market – by Ana Husman, Croatia

Cravings – by Andreas Lindergard, Sweden

Ma petite cuisine – by Maryline Poux, France

La Torta – by Stefan Archetti, Italy

Mc Russia – by Andrei Tanase, Georgy Groshkov & Florian Krebs (Romania, Bulgaria and Germany)

Apple & Ei – by Ahmet Tas, Germany

Congratulation! For more information about the Matter of Taste project visit its official website: www.matteroftaste.eu

The Hamburg showcase kicked off for the 25th time, in the first week of June, lining up 400 shorts from 40 countries. The prestigious Hamburg Short Film Festival’s Main Prize went to a Hungarian filmmaker – for the first time in the festival’s quarter century history. The international jury rewarded Gyula Nemes’ 20 minutes documentary, Lost World, with the Main Prize.

Jury statement:

Within the flow of a repetitive rehearsal we pass through many layers. A local community is washed away by a tide of change. The rhythm of life correlates to the rhythm of the editing and the grain of the film. The director’s use of his cameras’ mechanical flaws adds to the texture of the images, evoking passing worlds being replaced by the new.

Lost World by Gyula Nemes – who finished the famous FAMU in Praha – not only was the first Hungarian to win a main prize in Hamburg, but last July - also as first Hungarian - the Crystal Globe Award, given to the Best Short Documentary Film collected at the 43rd Karlovy Vary IFF. Lost World was coproduced by Absolut Film and Duna Műhely in 2008, and since then has won festival prizes in Bucharest, Houston, Pamplona, Ravenna and also in Nicosia.

(via Magyar Filmunió)

For this year’s edition of the competition there will be chosen the films made in 2007- 2009 and they shall not exceed 30 minutes of duration.

The films will compete for the following Prizes -Grand Prix — Golden Jabberwocky, Silver Jabberwocky, Bronze Jabberwocky; the students’ films will also compete for a Special Golden Jabberwocky for the Best Animated Student Etude of the Festival.

As the organizers we also hope to have a support of sponsors what might also give an opportunity to hand in the financial award (last year we have 2,000 Euro)

Filled in forms and the DVD will be collected until of 30th
July 2008.

We would be glad if your newest film was sent to the preselection. We will finally inform you about a decision of accepting the film to the competition in the second half of September 2008.

The registration form and rules of entry are at: www.etiudaandanima.com

It is hoped that through its workshops and sessions, which will contrast funding, marketing and distribution across the four countries, it will have an impact on policy and practice across Europe.

The London Film School (LFS) works in partnership with La Femis, the National Film School of Denmark and Budapest Academy of Drama and Film, theUrania Cinema and The Budapest Academy of Drama and Film.

LFS director Ben Gibson said: “Recent events all around the world remind us how much the creative community needs to build value. Every new Euro gets you more of a film, but loses you some freedom too. Learning to work within the numbers is a spur to creativity and helps new film-makers build careers in which the deal follows the film, rather than the other way about.”

(via Screen International)

a competition of students’ short films (etudes), excluding animated films (these can take part in the second competition which is held during our festival – ANIMA competition).

The films shall not exceed 30 minutes of duration, their production date shall be between year 2007 – 2009, and they shall be made on 35mm, 16mm (with optical sound), Betacam SP (magnetic tape) and DVD.

The films will compete for the following prizes – Grand Prix – Golden Dinosaur; Silver Dinosaur and Bronze Dinosaur as well as Special Golden Dinosaur for the Best Set of Films (at least three films in the competition), submitted by one of the Film Schools. The Jury also reserves a right to award Honorary Diplomas. As the organizers we also hope to have a support of sponsors what might also give an opportunity  to hand in the financial award.

Filled in forms and DVD will be collected until 17th of September, 2009.

We would be glad if your newest film was sent to the preselection. We will finally inform you about a decision of accepting the film to the competition in the second half of October 2009.

Regulation and the Application Form of the competition, also all information about festival “Etiuda&Anima 2009” you can get on our official website www.etiudaandanima.com .

The Silver Dragon for the Director of the Best Documentary Film to the film “Poste Restante” directed by Marcel Łoziński (Poland)

The Silver Dragon for the Director of the Best Animated Film to the film “Ten” /“Dix” directed by BIF (Fabrice le Nezet, Francois Roisin, Jules Janaud), France

The Silver Dragon for the Director of the Best Fiction Film to the film “Leaving” directed by Richard Penfold, Samuel Hearn (United Kingdom)

The EFA Nomination Krakow 2009  – a nomination for the European Film Award in the short film category to the film “Poste Restante” directed by Marcel Łoziński (Poland)

The Special Mention to the films:

“Wagah”, directed by Supriyo Sen (Germany)

“Hugo Rey y su Doncella” (“Hugo King and his Damsel”), directed by Franco do Peña (Poland/Venezuela)

“Shesh Vahesti Dakot Betel Aviv”/ “Six and Half Minutes in Tel Aviv” directed by Mirey Brantz (Israel),

The FIPRESCI (International Film Critics) Jury at 49th Krakow Film Festival consisting of: Vladimir Ignatovski (Bulgaria), Saskia Legein (The Netherlands), Tadeusz Szczepański (Poland) decided to award the film “Poste restante” directed by Marcel Łoziński (Poland).

Having watched all the competitive films the FICC (International Federation of Film Discussion Clubs) Jury at 49th Krakow Film Festival consisting of: Marta Chwałek (Poland), Carl Henrik Eilertsen (Norway) i Andrea Pócsik (Hungary) has decided to grant the Don Quichote Award to the film “Goleshovo” directed by Ilian Metev (Bulgaria/United Kingdom). The director’s easy approach on this seemingly simple subject gives the audience the opportunity to get involved in the efforts of a disappearing community, sharing with the viewers their irony, strength and life wisdom in a deliberating way.

Special mention goes to the short fiction film titled “Leaving”, directed by Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn (United Kingdom).

The Student Jury consisting of: Grzegorz Lis, Michał Gulik, Anna Fac-Biedziuk has decided to award ex equo the films: „My amulet” directed by Leah Thorn (United Kingdom ) for a brave, fresh and  artistic interference into political correctness and “Skhizein” directed by Jérémy Clapin (France) for a subtle and brilliant study of a misfit.