PROPOSITIONS
rules and terms for FILMAY 2021 international short film festival Kumanovo Applications for FILMAY 2021 are accepted for following films:
- - feature or documentary short film. Applications for experimental film (excluding animated ones) also accepted
- - duration up to 20 minutes
- - made after 01.01.2018
- - films should have an opening/closing credits with production information (applications will be accepted for films that are without this intro/outro info, if the aesthetic and artistic presentation of the film demands exclusion of these elements)
- - audio and video quality are prefered to be of high quality satisfactory for screening as cinema projections (applications will be accepted for films that follow the film-makers intent and vision to have a varying and different sound and visual presentation of the film work)
- - english captions/subtitle must be included (hard-coded in the video of the film itself, or as a separate subtitle file)
- - films that have been previously competing on other festivals can also apply.
Applications are accepted by submitting through FilmFreeway on the address: https://filmfreeway.com/FILMAY .
Films can enter the contest in 2 competition groups.
First group is the international competition group.
This is the main intended contest body of FILMAY international short film festival.
Fee for submitting for international competition is 10 EUR.
Internationl competition entrants are considered for the following prizes:
- - `Lazar Gjorgjevikј` award for best direction
- - `Radislav Ristevski` award for best photography/cinematography
- - `Kozjak` award for best screenplay
Second group is the macedonian (domestic) competition group.
It is intended to engage and inspire production of macedonian short films.
Films can apply this competiton group free of charge (without payment fee).
Macedonian (domestic) competition entrants are considered for the following prize:
- Award for best macedonian (domestic) short film
Note: Macedonian (domestic) films can apply in the international competition by paying a fee of 10 EUR, thus entering the contest for the 3 international awards.
A single applicant can submit up to 2 (two) entries in each of the groups.
Submissions are accepted from December 14, 2020 until March 15, 2021.
Festival results will be announced on May 3, 2021.
FILMAY 2021 international short film festival Kumanovo is planned to be held in second half od May 2021.
The applicant submitting the film gives their permission for projecting the film free of charge (requesting no screening fee) during the main festival evening, if the film is chosen in the festival selection as an awarded or exceptional film by the jury.
The applicant agrees to allow the festival organizer to use elements (film poster, photo still, short video with 3-5 seconds duration) from the submitted film in materials intended for promoting the festival in the time period preceding the festival, during the festival and after the festival.
The applicant should have secured all rights for the submitted film, as well as elements contained within or associated with the film (music, literary work, intelectual property and similar).
The applicant will have to send a digital copy to the festival organizer, in case the jury decides to have the film awarded or officially selected for the festival. The digital copy is necessary for on-time preparations for the festival projections.
The awarded and selected films will be projected at least once during the festival event. Possible additional (repeated) projections will be additionally be discussed for mutual agreement between the applicants and the festival organizer.
All the awarded and selected films will include macedonian subtitles (besides the english ones) in the projections. The macedonian subtitles will be ensured by the organizer of the festival. These subtitles will be created on basis of english subtitles previously provided by the applicant.
The festival organizer keeps the right to include additional films in the festival selection programme, besides the films submitted via FilmFreeway.
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