The Royal Film Commission Jordan | OPPORTUNITIES BULLETIN #198 November 2019

OPPORTUNITIES BULLETIN #198 November 2019

N.B. The information below is provided directly by the organizers of events, festivals, audio-visual organizations or independent film projects. The Royal Film Commission - Jordan (RFC) cannot be held accountable for it.

In this bulletin:

1. Call for submissions: Berlinale Shorts 2020
2. Call for submissions: Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts
3. Call for application: World Cinema Fund
4. Call for submissions: Sheffield Doc/Fest Films and Alternate Realities
5. Call for submissions: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2020
6. Call for submissions: Toronto Short Film Festival
7. Call for submissions: HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2020
8. Call for submissions: The Screen Writers Showcase
9. Call for submissions: First Time Filmmaker Showcase

Submissions for Berlinale Shorts are open for another three weeks. Berlinale Shorts is open to all genres, styles and subject matters.

Berlinale Shorts presents a maximum of 30 international premieres and world premieres to a broad audience. Moderated film talks promote dialogue between cinema and society, art and reality. Additionally, selected classics of the short form extend the programme while creating connections between past and present.

There has been a small change in the regulations. The change in the regulations concerns the international premieres: a film is still eligible for Berlinale Shorts, if it has been screened in an international competition in its country of origin. (Up until now it was only eligible, if it had been shown in the national competition).

 30 min maximum length.

 Profile and regulations of Berlinale Shorts can be found at:

https://www.berlinale.de/berlinaleshorts

Films can be submitted at:

www.berlinale.de/filmentry

 Deadline for Berlinale Shorts: November 15th 2019.

 For more information, please contact:

The 22nd edition of the Ismailia International Film Festival will take place from 8 until 14 April 2020.

Submissions are now open for the 2020 edition.

For more information, please visit the festival's website:

http://ismailiafilmfest.com/ismailia2020/20190930_En.aspx#

3. Call for application: World Cinema Fund

The Federal Foundation for Culture and in cooperation with the Goethe Institute, the Foreign Ministry and German producers, the World Cinema Fund works to develop and support cinema in regions with a weak film infrastructure, while fostering cultural diversity in German cinemas. The World Cinema Fund supports films that could not be made without additional funding: films that stand out with an unconventional aesthetic approach, that tell powerful stories and transmit an authentic image of their cultural roots.

The World Cinema Fund supports exclusively the production and distribution of feature films and feature-length documentaries. The support is focused on the following regions and countries: Latin America, Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Caucasus as well as Bangladesh, Nepal, Mongolia and Sri Lanka.

Application Deadlines:

Production funding: deadline March 3rd, 2020.

Distribution funding: submission open only for films that will have their theatrical release in German cinemas in 2020.

4. Call for submissions: Sheffield Doc/Fest Films and Alternate Realities

Sheffield Doc/Fest is welcoming submissions to its 27^th edition in 2020!

Doc/Fest is a creative space for discovery, collaboration and inspiration. It is an open, inclusive festival, bringing together veteran creatives, new voices creating a sense of community and the potential for change.

The 27th edition will take place 4-9 June 2020 and the full programme will be announced on 6 May 2020.

Films:

Doc/Fest Film programme offers filmmakers a place for inspiration, debate, growth and challenge, being also a relevant international platform to launch films and art works. It brings to audiences a multitude of forms, ideas, ways of doing and thinking, through World, International, European and UK premieres.

The festival looks to question the boundaries of documentary through a carefully curated programme that challenges trends, brings diversity and enriches debate. Audiences are invited to engage with experiences and stories from different parts of our world and to join the makers in inspiring moments.

Alternate Realities:

The Alternate Realities programme is a space for experimentations on expanded cinema, digital art and other media, bringing a carefully curated group of art works, in varied forms and languages, playing with non-fiction boundaries and expanding them. Here, we explore inspiring forms of interactive storytelling through experimenting with technology, renewing the conversations, allowing different modes of interaction, creating other ways of perceiving and thinking life.

How to enter?

Film submissions guideline can be found at: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sheffdocfest.com/media_files/data/000/001/680/original/Film_Submission_Guidelines_2020.pdf?1571240268

Alternate Realities guideline can be found at: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sheffdocfest.com/media_files/data/000/001/681/
original/Alternate_Realities_Project_Submissions_Guidelines_2020.pdf?1571241022

Deadlines and Submission Fees:

Early Submissions Deadline: December 6^th 2019, 23:59 GM

Standard Submissions Deadline: February 14^th 2020.

Are you a filmmaker? Or do you know someone that is?

Submit your film the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).

Each year EIFF premieres films never-before-seen in the UK, bringing filmmakers and audiences together for a unique celebration of film, and you could be part of it! 

The 74th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival takes place in Edinburgh from 17 - 28 June 2020, and the full programme will be announced on Wed 27 May.

Submissions open November 8th 2019 with the following deadlines:

EARLYBIRD        Thursday December 12th 2019

REGULAR           Thursday January 16th 2020

LATE                    Thursday February 6th 2020

For Rules and Regulations, please visit: https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/press-industry/submissions

For more information, please visit the website: https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/

6. Call for submissions: Toronto Short Film Festival

Toronto Shorts International Film Festival features a wide spectrum of short form content from around the world in genres ranging from animation, documentaries, dramas, comedy, sci-fi from experienced professionals to the finest student films.

The Toronto Short Film Festival is open to short films from any country which are under 50 minutes in length.

The Toronto Short Film Festival accepts only digital submissions and screen it at the Carlton Cinema in downtown Toronto every March.

The next edition will take place from 16 until 20 March 2020.

Deadline: January 24th, 2020.

Submissions are open to HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Festival for the year 2020!

ELIGIBILITY

All submissions:

Must have been completed after January 1^st, 2019.

Features and mid-length films must be at minimum Ontario premieres (i.e. cannot have been screened publicly in Ontario prior to the 2020 Festival, including broadcast versions of any length or in any language).

Short films must be at minimum Toronto premieres (i.e. cannot have been screened publicly in Toronto prior to the 2020 Festival. Short films available online are considered Toronto premieres).

Must not be available online in any form or VOD in any region (this includes DVDs for purchase in any region). Not applicable for short film submissions.

Must be in English, subtitled in English or English versioned (non-English language films may be submitted with an English transcript; however, if selected for Hot Docs, it must be subtitled or dubbed into English at the applicant’s expense).

May not have submitted to the Festival previously in any stage of completion (i.e. films that were submitted as rough cuts will not be reconsidered).

Programming Consideration:

Hot Docs accepts Canadian and international documentaries of all lengths and subject matter.

For the purposes of eligibility and awards consideration, Hot Docs uses the following definitions:

Film Length

Feature-Length: 65 minutes or longer

Mid-Length: 40 to 65 minutes

Short: under 40 minutes

Regular deadline: 15 November/ Late deadline: 10 January

For more information, please visit:

The Screenwriter Showcase based at Pinewood Studios is a quarterly event aimed at enriching through workshopping new scripts from unsung global talent, introducing producers to screenwriters, all with the aim of bringing your work to life!

The event will consist primarily of a script reading with professional actors at the Screen Writers Showcase headquarters in the world-famous Pinewood Studios- home of blockbuster franchises such as James Bond and Star Wars. This is followed from feedback by everyone in the room, including Lift-Off co-founders Ben Pohlman and James Bradley.

Lift-Off Global Network offers you the chance to join their platform; an "industry within the industry" and a place to build your career with showcases, education, festival screenings, and limitless fee waivers to all of the events for your content.

Awards & Prizes:

Submission level:

Free ebook to all who submit.

Instant access to the Lift-Off database of screenplays where directors might option your work for their next project(s).

Rules & Terms:

Scripts must be submitted via FilmFreeway in PDF format only.

Deadline: December 4^th 2019.

For more information about rules and regulations, please visit:

www.liftoff.network

First Time Filmmaker Showcase will consist primarily of a screening at their headquarters in the world-famous Pinewood Studios- home of blockbuster franchises such as James Bond and Star Wars. The rest of the day will feature exclusive workshops with on-site companies including: Sony, Kodak, and Creative Media Skills; each offering invaluable insights into the film industry.

You will be joined by other first-time filmmakers in similar positions as yourself, looking to gain an insight into the film industry and how it runs. As well as giving you the support you need to get your work seen, it is also crucial that you meet with other filmmakers in the industry, build relationships for potential collaborations, and receive constructive feedback on your work. At this showcase, you will meet with producers and storytellers from all sections of the industry, all keen to see your project and support your future ambitions.

This initiative has been created to give filmmakers on their initial journey the showcase, the tools, the platform and advice to build their careers from the right starting point, helping first-time filmmakers to realise their professional lives within film.

Lift-Off Global Network offers you the chance to join our platform; an "industry within the industry" and a place to build your career with showcases, education, festival screenings, and limitless fee waivers to all of the events for your content.

Awards & Prizes:

Each selected project will receive:

R & Marketing support.

An invite to join the Lift-Off Network, which includes free submissions to all Lift-Off Showcases and Film Festivals.

Invaluable feedback from industry professionals.

Advice and support to get wider distribution for your web series.

Additionally, the winner will receive an array of unique prizes:

Multiple screenings across the international Lift-Off Film Festival network including cities such as Tokyo and Los Angeles.

An invite to the annual Season Awards- Lift-Off's black tie awards ceremony

Rules & Terms:

Invitations will only be offered to filmmakers (and their production teams) who have been selected by the in-house judges during the submissions process.

Deadline: December 4^th 2019.

For more information, please visit:

The Royal Film Commission was established in 2003 to promote the audio-visual industry in Jordan. Tel: +962-6-4642266  e-mail: info@film.jo  www.film.jo