12th Annual

The European Independent Film Festival

April 21, 2017 to April 23, 2017

 
Category

European Dramatic Short

 

Deadlines & Entry Fees

All fees will be charged in Euro
...but you can display them in these other currencies:
Online Services Offered
Entry Form
Fee Payment
Press Kit
Submission Copy
Earlybird Deadline
December 4, 2016
 Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 65.00 60.00
Regular Deadline
December 31, 2016
 Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 70.00 65.00
Late Deadline
January 22, 2017
 Regular Discounted
Standard Fee 75.00 70.00
WAB Extended Deadline
January 29, 2017
 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
March 1, 2017

RUNTIME
Shorts: maximum 30 minutes
COMPLETION DATE
Projects completed after May 1, 2015

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 '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.

“It is important that festivals do as they say, when they say they're indie. Not just to look cool, and feel indie, but promote indie filmmaking because the movies that ÉCU screened this weekend, all deserve to be seen and it is importantt that people back that up and put it on the screen, at let everyone see it.
- Felipe Rodriguez, “Kidnap Capital“, winner of Best Non-European Independent Dramatic Feature at ÉCU 2016