ENCOUNTERS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2010 Sponsored by Yousendit

Now in its 16th year, Encounters Short Film Festival (16 – 21 November 2010) has become known world-wide for the extraordinary community of filmmakers it attracts, and for the quality and scope of its programming. This celebrated event is the largest festival of its kind in the UK, showcasing over 300 international short films each year.

Submissions for this year’s festival (16 – 21 November 2010) are now open and run until Wednesday 30 June 2010. This year sees the return of Animated Encounters with the competition programmes being divided into Brief Encounters (all short film, including animation) and Animated Encounters (animation only).

Encounters accept films completed from 1 Jan 2009 and less than 30 minutes in length of every genre: animation, live action drama, documentary, experimental and music video and does NOT have a premiere policy.

In an attempt to go green and reduce the amount of DVD’s submitted, Encounters have once again teamed up with YouSendIt to offer the opportunity to upload your film and save at least £5 of the submission fee. We are also offering reduced fees for early bird entries and multiple film entries.

Early-bird - 19th April to 31st May - £15(Digital) £20(DVD)
Regular - 1st June to 30th June - £15(Digital) £25(DVD)
Late - 1st July to 9th July - £15(Digital) £30(DVD)

The Individual costs equate to the administration time behind the submission.

All films submitted to the festival are entered into the HP Digital Viewing library offering more than 1000 films for on demand viewing available to all delegates’, buyers, distributors, programmers and press throughout the festival.

Key Dates
19 Apr 2010 - Submission window opens (early bird prices apply)
1 Jun 2010 - Standard entry fee now applicable
30 Jun 2010 - Submission window closes
31 Aug 2010 - Filmmakers notified of their selection
6 Sept 2010 DepicT! Deadline- Free submission, upload at Depict.org
30 Sep 2010 - Programme Announced
16-21 Nov 2010 - Encounters International Film Festival 2010

Visit www.encounters-festival.org.uk to see the awards up for grabs, submission criteria and how to enter your film. Sign up to the Encounters newsletter for the latest on Encounters events.

For more information about the upload service visit www.yousendit.com


DepicT!- Can you do it in 90 seconds?

DepicT! is our super-short filmmaking competition that challenges filmmakers on any budget from anywhere in the world to create tiny gems of under 90 seconds. Depict accepts films that are a minute and a half or under and are distinctive, imaginative and engaging.

A Watershed project
www.depict.org

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