SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SHORT FILM DAYS FESTIVAL
ARE NEARLY CLOSED
MOSCOW, 18 October—From 14 to 21 December 2024, Moscow will host the eleventh International Short Film Days Festival supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives and the Russian Union of Cinematographers.
More than 300 applications for participation in the competition have already been sent by authors from 15 countries. This long list includes films from Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Great Britain, India, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Turkey, UAE and USA.
Application for participation can be submitted until 20 October 2024 inclusive.Those willing to participate shall fill in the form at https://script.moviestart.ru/ (for Russian films) or at https://filmfreeway.com (for international/foreign films).The shortlist for the competitive programme will be announced no later than 1 November.
‘The geographic representation of the competition has doubled compared to last year. This is indicative of the relevance and demand for short films in the global film industry,’says Dmitry Yakunin, head of the festival and general director of the MovieStart Production Centre.‘We will continue to bring films to a general audience, as well as create all conditions for realising the creative potential of will-be authors and developing the film club movement.
This year, the festival will see the category of neural network films which is introduced for the first time together with the My Film 48 generative content competition.
‘Every year more and more filmmakers refer to the services of artificial intelligence in their work, from script writing, image generation to sound recording and post-synchronising for the main characters. ‘We find it interesting to watch the development of this trend, so we decided to add a category that will give relevance and a new twist to our film festival. This is what we will surprise the industry and the audience with this year,’says Pavel Peregudov, curator of films with AI generated content.
In addition to neural network films, the programme will include feature films, documentaries and animated films. The festival prize fund is 1.5 million roubles.
When the Festival is over, Russian cities will host non-commercial screenings from 21 December 2024 till 15 February 2025. The films will run in cinemas, bars, theatres, universities, libraries, schools, internet portals, shopping malls, museums, co-working spaces, art spaces, tourist centres, Rossotrudnichestvo venues, etc., as part of the Festival Echo.
The festival will also include meet-the-artist events and discussions with film makers, round tables, open lectures and master-classes, and a study on the integration of novices into the film industry. All screenings and events are free and open to the public.
• Link to photos from the festivalhttps://cloud.mail.ru/public/xLw1/C2tZinnvq
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The International Short Film Day has been celebrated worldwide on December 21 since 2011 on the initiative of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'imageanimée (France).
In 2014, our country hosted the first All-Russian Short Film Day Event initiated by the Youth Centre of the Russian Union of Cinematographers. In 2022, the project received the status of an international film festival and was held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives. The festival jury of different years included such famous filmmakers and experts as Vladimir Khotinenko, Yuri Bykov, Anton Kalinkin, Ivan Kudryavtsev, Vladimir Kott, Maria Lemesheva, Sergey Pershin, Alexander Tsypkin and others.
ABOUT THE ORGANISER
MOVIESTART PRODUCTION CENTRE
MovieStart Production Centre was established in 2019 to support budding filmmakers in Russia and promote various formats of auteur live-action films and documentary - short films, web series, film almanacs, social commercials, etc.
The centre was founded by Dmitry Yakunin, a member of the Board of the Regional Cinema Support Fund and a member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
The main projects organised with the participation of the production centre include the business platform of the Moscow International Film Festival, the MovieStart portal for young filmmakers, the New Vector Regional Cinema Forum, the Let's Live Moscow International Film Festival, the Method Screenwriting Lab, Moscow. MovieStart Talents, to name but a few.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE RUSSIAN UNION OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS
All-Russian public organisation uniting about 5 000 filmmakers. The main 13 professional guilds include film writers, editors, directors, artists, make-up artists, composers, cinematographers, sound engineers, actors, film technicians, stunt persons, film historians and film critics, producers and film process organisers.
The Union operates in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation through its regional branches: organisations, departments and representative offices.
Follow the news on the official festival website — https://shortfilmdays.ru/
For more information, please contact the press service of the Festival: Renata Garifullina +7 926 7421756, pr@shortfilmdays.ru
Application for participation can be submitted until 20 October 2024 inclusive.Those willing to participate shall fill in the form at https://script.moviestart.ru/ (for Russian films) or at https://filmfreeway.com (for international/foreign films).The shortlist for the competitive programme will be announced no later than 1 November.
‘The geographic representation of the competition has doubled compared to last year. This is indicative of the relevance and demand for short films in the global film industry,’says Dmitry Yakunin, head of the festival and general director of the MovieStart Production Centre.‘We will continue to bring films to a general audience, as well as create all conditions for realising the creative potential of will-be authors and developing the film club movement.
This year, the festival will see the category of neural network films which is introduced for the first time together with the My Film 48 generative content competition.
‘Every year more and more filmmakers refer to the services of artificial intelligence in their work, from script writing, image generation to sound recording and post-synchronising for the main characters. ‘We find it interesting to watch the development of this trend, so we decided to add a category that will give relevance and a new twist to our film festival. This is what we will surprise the industry and the audience with this year,’says Pavel Peregudov, curator of films with AI generated content.
In addition to neural network films, the programme will include feature films, documentaries and animated films. The festival prize fund is 1.5 million roubles.
When the Festival is over, Russian cities will host non-commercial screenings from 21 December 2024 till 15 February 2025. The films will run in cinemas, bars, theatres, universities, libraries, schools, internet portals, shopping malls, museums, co-working spaces, art spaces, tourist centres, Rossotrudnichestvo venues, etc., as part of the Festival Echo.
The festival will also include meet-the-artist events and discussions with film makers, round tables, open lectures and master-classes, and a study on the integration of novices into the film industry. All screenings and events are free and open to the public.
• Link to photos from the festivalhttps://cloud.mail.ru/public/xLw1/C2tZinnvq
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The International Short Film Day has been celebrated worldwide on December 21 since 2011 on the initiative of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'imageanimée (France).
In 2014, our country hosted the first All-Russian Short Film Day Event initiated by the Youth Centre of the Russian Union of Cinematographers. In 2022, the project received the status of an international film festival and was held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives. The festival jury of different years included such famous filmmakers and experts as Vladimir Khotinenko, Yuri Bykov, Anton Kalinkin, Ivan Kudryavtsev, Vladimir Kott, Maria Lemesheva, Sergey Pershin, Alexander Tsypkin and others.
ABOUT THE ORGANISER
MOVIESTART PRODUCTION CENTRE
MovieStart Production Centre was established in 2019 to support budding filmmakers in Russia and promote various formats of auteur live-action films and documentary - short films, web series, film almanacs, social commercials, etc.
The centre was founded by Dmitry Yakunin, a member of the Board of the Regional Cinema Support Fund and a member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
The main projects organised with the participation of the production centre include the business platform of the Moscow International Film Festival, the MovieStart portal for young filmmakers, the New Vector Regional Cinema Forum, the Let's Live Moscow International Film Festival, the Method Screenwriting Lab, Moscow. MovieStart Talents, to name but a few.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE RUSSIAN UNION OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS
All-Russian public organisation uniting about 5 000 filmmakers. The main 13 professional guilds include film writers, editors, directors, artists, make-up artists, composers, cinematographers, sound engineers, actors, film technicians, stunt persons, film historians and film critics, producers and film process organisers.
The Union operates in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation through its regional branches: organisations, departments and representative offices.
Follow the news on the official festival website — https://shortfilmdays.ru/
For more information, please contact the press service of the Festival: Renata Garifullina +7 926 7421756, pr@shortfilmdays.ru