14th Annual

The European Independent Film Festival

April 05, 2019 to April 07, 2019

 
Category

European Dramatic Short

 

Deadlines & Entry Fees

All fees will be charged in Euro

Online Services Offered
Entry Form
Fee Payment
Press Kit
Submission Copy
Earlybird Deadline
November 18, 2018
 Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 65.00 60.00
Regular Deadline
December 16, 2018
 Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 70.00 65.00
Late Deadline
January 13, 2019
 Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 75.00 70.00
WAB Extended Deadline
January 20, 2019
 Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 80.00 75.00

Discounted fees apply to projects with pre-purchased Discount Packs, on entry fees greater than 30.00.

Category Details

NOTIFICATION DATE
February 13, 2019

RUNTIME
Shorts: maximum 30 minutes
COMPLETION DATE
Projects completed after September 1, 2017

PLACE OF ORIGIN
Projects may originate from anywhere in the world
PREMIERE STATUS
No premiere requirement

DISTRIBUTION STATUS
Project must not have distribution

Submission & Exhibition Format Requirements

SUBMISSION COPY FORMATS
Online
  Secure Online Screener
DVD VideoNTSCPALSECAM
DVD
REGION 0  
Media Files
  .MOV (QuickTime)

SUBMISSION COPY LANGUAGES
Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List
English
French

EXHIBITION FORMATS
Digital VideoNTSCPALSECAM
DCP    
Media Files
  .MOV (Quicktime)
  DCP

EXHIBITION LANGUAGES
Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List
French
English

Press Kit Requirements

A press kit is required with the entry form, including:
> Production Still Photos - Digital
> Photo of the Director - Digital
> Biography/Filmography - Director
> One-Sheet Art - Postcards
> One-Sheet Art - Fliers
> Statement by the Director
> Press Clippings

Prizes & Awards

This category is a competition.

Best European Dramatic Short
Sponsor:Sponsors to be announced

Category Rules

Films should be independent in spirit and original in perspective. Open to all European short films made with less than 50% participation by a major studio or television broadcaster. Films may be submitted in any language, however must have subtitles in English except if the film is in English it must have French subtitles. Appropriate subtitles are required to ensure accurate judging abilities. A synopsis of no more than 180 characters, in English and French, a screenshot from the film and a short director's biography also in English and French are required upon submission. 



Previous winners in this category include 'Wren Boys' (UK), 'Emily Must Wait' (Germany), 'Horseface (Spain), 'The Anklet' (France), ‘Blind Squad’ (Romania) ‘82’ (UK), ‘Das Paket’ (Germany), ‘April Chill’ (Georgia); many category entrants have gone on to secure distribution deals.

Running time cannot exceed 30 minutes.

Being able to use parts of the film or having a trailer/preview of the film would be helpful for promotional purposes within the festival and our events leading up to it.

“I like this festival! I was selected last year with my first feature film named ‘You Can’t Write a Letter’, and I received a special mention. Everyone is nice, and you can make jokes to people because they are here to laugh, have fun, meet interesting people, cry or everything in front of the movies.”

- Guillaume Levil, Director of THE ANKLET, winner of Best European Independent Dramatic Short at ÉCU 2015.

"YAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!   What brilliant news!  An honour.  We're so pleased."
- Harry Lighton, WREN BOYS, Winner of Best European Independent Dramatic Short at ÉCU 2018.