reelport: Cork Film Festival

61st Cork Film Festival 2016

Festival Date: November 11th - 20th, 2016

[] Early: Until midnight GMT Saturday 16 January (TBC);

[] Regular: Until midnight GMT Saturday 2 July;

[] Late: Until midnight GMT Saturday 6 August.

Submissions are now open for the six prizes that the Festival awards.

Features

[] Gradam Spiorad na Féile / Spirit of the Festival Award. €1,500 prize.

[] Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise / Award for Cinematic Documentary. €1,000 prize.

Shorts

[] Grand Prix Irish short film, presented by RTÉ Cork. €1,500 prize. Academy Awards® qualifying. Some films in this category may be considered by the Grand Prix International Jury, at the Festival’s discretion;

[] Grand Prix International short film. €1,000 prize. Academy Awards® qualifying;

[] Best Documentary Short. €1,000 prize.

[] CorkShorts. €500 prize. These films are also eligible for the Grand Prix Irish short.

Others - not chosen from submissions

[] Youth Jury Awards for feature films.

[] Short film nomination to the European Film Academy Awards.

[] Audience Awards for feature films.

Fees

Cork shorts

[] always €12.50

Fees - early

[] Features €25

[] Shorts Irish, International, Documentary (not Cork) €15

Fees - normal

[] Features €35

[] Shorts Irish, International, Documentary (not Cork) €20

Fees - late

[] Features €50

[] Shorts Irish, International, Documentary (not Cork) €30

Description

As well as playing a rich selection of the best of contemporary global cinema programmed from some of the world’s most interesting Festivals, Cork Film Festival is always on the look out for interesting new voices. The Festival boasts a lively and varied music on film programme, and runs a discussion series which uses films to explore some of the burning issues of our time.

The main festival venues are Cork Opera House, Triskel Christchurch and the Gate Cinema. In 2015 the Festival screened 239 films, including 84 features, of which 21 were Irish, from 40 countries. The Festival exceeded 21,000 admissions, a 14% increase on 2014, and welcomed 120 filmmaker guests to the Festival. Both the features and shorts programmes are a mixture of invited (best of Festivals, work known to the Fest, catch up on films released but which have not played Cork, and previews) and submitted films.

Awards

There are eleven prizes at the Festival, including seven with cash prizes totalling nearly €8,000. Two qualify for the Academy Awards® long list. Each jury is independent of the Festival.

The International Jury will select:

Grand Prix International short, Academy Awards® qualifying, €1,000 prize;

Gradam Spiorad na Féile / Spirit of the Festival Award. €1,500 prize; and

the Cork Film Festival’s nomination to the 2017 European Film Academy Awards.

The Irish Jury will select:

Grand Prix Irish short, presented by RTÉ Cork, Academy Awards® qualifying, €1,500 prize; and

Best Cork Short award, €500 prize.

The Documentary Jury will select:

Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise / Award for Cinematic Documentary, €1,000 prize;

Best Irish Documentary short, €750 prize; and

Best International Documentary short €500 prize.

Others

the Creative Director’s Award for Best Feature Film, €1,000 prize;

the Youth Jury Awards for feature films; and

the Audience Awards for feature films

Regulations

[] Entries are invited in the following categories: Feature Films, Documentaries, Short Films and CorkShort Films. We welcome all forms of film production – animation, experimental, student work, digital work, etc. All films will be Cork premieres. All films in competition will be Irish premieres;

[] The following screening formats are eligible for inclusion: DCP & Pro Res. Films should be presented in their original versions with English language subtitles or commentary where necessary;

[] To be eligible for the short film competitions, films must have been completed since 1 July 2015 and be 30 minutes or less in duration;

[] To be eligible for the feature film competitions, films must have been completed since 1 July 2015 and be 60 minutes or greater in duration;

[] Criteria for CorkShorts

Filmmakers not from and from Cork and who are based in Cork;

Filmmakers from Cork but based elsewhere; and/or Films shot by non-Corkonians throughout the county (not country).

[] Non-English language films must have an English-subtitled screening copy available. The Festival cannot create the subtitles;

[] Due to the large amount of submissions received, CFF will only contact those filmmakers with work selected for the festival;

[] The selection of films will be announced on the Cork Film Festival website in mid October when the programme is launched;

[] Due to the large amount of submissions received, CFF cannot offer feedback regarding films that are not selected for the Festival; and

[] Entry to the Cork Film Festival implies that the entrant has the right do do so, has pre-cleared all materials that comprise the film, and is an authorised representative of the team that holds the intellectual property in the film.

Shipping prints

[] If selected, prints must arrive at the Festival by Tuesday 18 October;

[] By prior arrangement, prints may be delivered by hand by the filmmaker;

[] Mark the aspect ratio of the film clearly on the container of the screening copy;

[] The cost of shipping prints to the Festival is borne by the sender. The Festival will pay for one-way onward shipping of prints. By prior arrangement, prints can be forwarded to another festival immediately after Cork’

[] The Festival does not pay screening fees for films submitted to the Festival.

Insurance

[] All prints will be insured for the period that they are in the festival’s possession. In the case of loss or damage during this period, the festival is only responsible for the replacement value of the print. Only prints in perfect condition for projection will be accepted under these conditions.

Using extracts of the films for promotion.

[] The entrant agrees that up to three minutes of their film may be used by Cork Film Festival in promotional activities including screening a clip on television and on the festival’s website.

Acceptance of these regulations implies that you will abide by them in your dealings with the festival and also that you are legally entitled to submit this film for consideration.

For more information please visit:

corkfilmfest.org

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ENTERING A FILM IN THIS FESTIVAL IMPLIES THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE REGULATIONS!