THE 11th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM DAYS FESTIVAL OPENED THE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DURING THE MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM WEEK
MOSCOW, 2 September—From 14 to 21 December 2024, Moscow will host the International Short Film Days Festival supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives and the Russian Union of Cinematographers. This year's programme will include feature films, documentaries, animated and neural network films by Russian and foreign authors. The festival prize fund is 1.5 million roubles.
Application for participation can be submitted until 20 October 2024. 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 call for submissions was launched at the Moscow International Film Week within the framework of Moscow. MovieStart Talents.
‘The main goal of our festival remains unchanged. We want to identify and encourage creative young people in the field of film making, to promote short films to a wide audience and to develop the film club movement, said Dmitry Yakunin, head of the festival, CEO of the MovieStart production centre.
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.
‘We find it interesting to watch the development of this trend, and this category will certainly bring freshness and novelty to our film festival. This is what we will surprise viewers and experts with,’said Dmitry.
The festival first acquired its international status two years ago. At that time, the competitive programme included films from Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. This year the geography of participants will expand even more. Inspiring audience-friendly films will be the main criterion for selection.
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. Last year's screenings attracted over 200,000 viewers. There are 1 000 screenings took place in 25 countries, 70 Russian regions, 200 cities and at 800 venues.
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 festival https://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.
For more information, please contact the press service of the Festival: Renata Garifullina +7 926 7421756, pr@shortfilmdays.ru
The call for submissions was launched at the Moscow International Film Week within the framework of Moscow. MovieStart Talents.
‘The main goal of our festival remains unchanged. We want to identify and encourage creative young people in the field of film making, to promote short films to a wide audience and to develop the film club movement, said Dmitry Yakunin, head of the festival, CEO of the MovieStart production centre.
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.
‘We find it interesting to watch the development of this trend, and this category will certainly bring freshness and novelty to our film festival. This is what we will surprise viewers and experts with,’said Dmitry.
The festival first acquired its international status two years ago. At that time, the competitive programme included films from Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. This year the geography of participants will expand even more. Inspiring audience-friendly films will be the main criterion for selection.
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. Last year's screenings attracted over 200,000 viewers. There are 1 000 screenings took place in 25 countries, 70 Russian regions, 200 cities and at 800 venues.
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 festival https://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.
For more information, please contact the press service of the Festival: Renata Garifullina +7 926 7421756, pr@shortfilmdays.ru