Kinofilm Festival - Call for Submissions Kinofilm - 10th Anniversary FestivalCall for Submissions Kinofilm, Manchester's International Short Film Festival is now inviting submissions for the 10th anniversary of the festival, which will take place 27th February - 6th March 2006. The deadline for submission is 16th July 05 - with an extended deadline of 31st July (by arrangement only). Entries are eligible from all sectors of the film making community for short films on any theme, subject or category, made on any format. Films should be no longer than 20 minutes and must have been made within the last 18 months and have not previously been submitted to kinofilm. Our main strands this year will include: Kino Tales Kino will continue this provocative new strand with tales of the Romantic, the Fantastic and Bizarre. Including Kino Extreme, a boundary stretching, taboo busting tour of the darker reaches of contemporary cinema. BlueFiRe! Our cultural diversity strand focussing on British and International Black, Asian and Chinese filmmakers. The event will include seminars, workshops, and networking events. Outside In Kinofilm began as an underground film festival and remains passionately committed to the promotion of alternative, counter cultural and outsider cinema. Including Going Underground and Inspired by the Medium showcasing innovative and challenging new work inspired by digital filmmaking technology. International Perspectives Including our ever popular Kinolatino, and the acclaimed new Midnight Sun programme showcasing innovative and inspiring new talent from Scandinavia. We will also be introducing an Eastern European Focus which will celebrate the exciting new work emerging from the former Eastern European countries. North by Northwest Our ever popular regional strand now expanded to include five separate programmes, aimed at encouraging the regions burgeoning filmmakers. The festival will celebrate its tenth competitive year to acknowledge outstanding achievements in short film. The prestigious Kinofilm Awards are presented in ten categories: Best British and International shorts, Best Student short, Best Animation, Best Digital short, Best Screenplay, Best Short from the North, Best titling sequence, Best soundtrack and Best Edit. For an application form, rules and regulations please contact Kinofilm submissions on 0161 2882494 or email us on kino.submissions@good.co.uk Tel: 0161 288 2494 - Email: kino.bookings@good.co.uk |
