International Panorama

Simply a collection of the best, new shorts of the World, presented in four programmes. An Audience Award goes to the most popular film.

• Submission deadline: December 1, 2009 - CLOSED.
• Types: Fiction, animation, experimental, documentary (or combinations).
• Max running time: 30 minutes.
• Origin: All the world (except the Nordic Countries*).
• Produced: After January 1, 2008.

How to participate:

Submission is now CLOSED.

Selection

Rules for participation in the International Panorama

• Types: Fiction, animation, experimental, documentary (or combinations). No commercials.

• Running time: Not more than 30 minutes.

• Produced: After January 1, 2008, with a non-Nordic* producer or director. Please note that Nordic films instead should be submitted here >. Each particular film can only be submitted once.

• Submission deadline: December 1, 2009.
When submitted through Reelport, the film and a still from the film must by then be completely uploaded and available for evaluation by the festival team.

• Selection: Submitted films will be considered individually. Additional selection will be made by invitation up until the selection announcement date. A list of the selected films will be available on the festival's website no later than February 15, 2010. No reasoning for films turned down will be made public.

• Screening copy/print: For selected films, the screening copy must be present at the festival office no later than February 25th. Masters are not accepted. The format of the screening copy can be film (35 mm) or video (PAL: Beta SP, DV/DVCam, DVD, or HD-file following a particular spec.). Note: English language version or subtitles is necessary.

• Return of Screening copy: Within two weeks after the festival closure.

• Award: According to the result in the audience polls, the Director of the most popular film will receive:
• Audience Award (Diploma + amount of EUR 500)

• Accreditation: All selected films receive one accreditation for each individual director, which is personal and non-transferable, and gives access to all of the Minimalen programmes.

For further information, please contact us at e-mail: konk@minimalen.com.

* The Nordic Countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden - including Greenland, Faroe Islands, Åland.

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