Nordic Competition

Competition for new Nordic shorts. The films compete for four Nordic awards, along with the films in the section Norwegian Competition.

• Submission closed (deadline: January 25, 2015).
• Max running time: 30 minutes.
• Origin: The Nordic Countries*, except Norway.

All directors with accepted films will be invited.

Selected films

Awards:

• Best Film
incl. EUR 1000

• Best Documentary

• Best Fiction

• Best Animation or Art Film

Rules for participation in the Nordic Competition

• Types: All categories of film can participate, except commercials.

• Running time: Not more than 30 minutes.

• Produced: After January 1, 2013, with a Nordic* director. Each particular film can only be submitted once.

• Submission deadline: January 25, 2015.
If 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: A preselection committee will consider each submitted film, and may do additional selection 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 March 15, 2015. No reasoning for films turned down will be made public.

• Screening copy/print: For selected films, a DCP screening copy must be received at the festival office no later than April 15. Masters are not accepted. If the file delivered is a HD file**, the festival will convert this to DCP, and must have received the file no later than April 7 (this DCP is only for this single purpose, and will be deleted after the festival). Note: English language version or subtitles (due to an international jury).

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

• Awards: The organizers will nominate an international Award Jury of three members. The jury will award the following prizes to the film directors:
• Best Short
• Best Documentary
• Best Fiction
• Best Animation or Art Film
Note: The competing films in Norwegian Competition are eligible on equal terms.

• Invitation and accreditation: All directors for elected films will be invited. One accreditation for each individual director, which is personal and non-transferable, and gives access to all of the events during Minimalen.

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.

* Definition of "film from a Nordic country"
a) The film has at least one citizen of a Nordic country credited as a director.
OR
b) The film is shot in one of the Nordic countries and has been produced or majority coproduced by a Nordic company, or is in receipt of at least 51% of its budget from Nordic sources. In the latter case, the film must also include sufficient creative elements from the Nordic country – having strong
Nordic-related subject matter.

** HD file:
If you do not have a DCP, the screening copy can be a Quicktime HD file with Codec Apple Prores 422 HQ (HD 1080p, 2 ch. audio). The festival will produce a DCP for preliminary use (which will be deleted after the festival, and not be available for anyone else).

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Address: Kjøpmannsgata 35, NO-7011 Trondheim, Norway
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