SHESHA! Africa in Motion Call for film Entries
Siyaxolisa guys, in the madness of moving from Windows to open source we lost a whole bunch of mail that got redirected to some funny junky place… anyway we have recovered it and urge all film makers to enter their work into the Edinburgh-based African in Motion Film (AiM) Festival NOW. They are particularly interested in young film-makers living and working in Africa – they’re also looking for short films and doccies this year. You know who you are! You need to get them in by the end of the month so spend that money and send them by fast mail! Here’s the deal but fly here to get it all” (pic of Touki Bouki from AiM website)
As an exciting development for AiM 2007 we are opening a call for entries to all African filmmakers to submit short films and documentaries. The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2007.
For enquiries about submissions, please contact us at: submissions@africa-in-motion.org.uk
Submission Guidelines
We accept entries from all filmmakers of African nationality working in Africa or abroad. We are particularly interested in giving exposure to young, emerging African filmmakers living and working in Africa. Films could be fiction, animation, experimental or documentary and shot in any format.
Only films directed by filmmakers of African nationality will be accepted. The film can be from any time period and could have been screened at festivals and in cinemas previously.
Fiction films should be no longer than 40 minutes and documentaries no longer than 60 minutes.
We will only accept films in English or with English subtitles. Participants are responsible for all translation and subtitling, but please get in touch with us if you need advice/support on this.
Participants should complete the entry form and post it with a viewing copy of the film to us at:
Africa in Motion Film Festival Submissions
37 McDonald Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4LY
UNITED KINGDOM
The viewing copy should be on VHS PAL, DVD (any region) or Mini DV PAL.
The completed entry form and viewing copy should reach us not later than 31 May 2007. There is no entry fee.
All deliveries from outside the European Union should be marked with the phrase “no commercial value – for cultural purposes only”. Applicants are responsible for the cost of posting the entry form and viewing copy to us.
Unfortunately viewing copies cannot be returned and will be stored in our festival archive. These copies are exclusively for our own research and non-commercial purposes.
Please note that we do not accept online submissions.
We welcome stills, press releases and promotional material to accompany entries, which we might use for promotional purposes. These could be emailed to us at: submissions@africa-in-motion.org.uk In addition, we claim the right to use frame grabs and clips from films for promotional purposes.
We will contact all applicants in June 2007. If your film is selected we will get in touch with you to arrange for a screening copy to be sent to us (screening copies could be on dvd, Betacam SP PAL, Digibeta, 16mm or 35mm). Participants are responsible for the cost of sending the screening copies to the festival. The festival will cover the costs of returning/forwarding screening copies.
