REQUIREMENTS
All short films submitted for the competition must be produced after 1 January 2019. Work from all categories (fiction, documentaries, experimental films, animations, music videos etc.) and all genres with a maximum length of 25 minutes can be submitted. The festival management and programming team assigns the film selection. There is no legal claim for participation.
FILM SUBMISSION
Films can be submitted via the online platform www.filmfreeway.com. There are three deadlines:
Early Bird: 1-31 July: $3 / Gold Fee: $2.25
Standard: 1 Aug - 30 Sep: $5 /Gold Fee: $3.75
Late Entry: 1 Oct - 1 Nov: $8 / Gold Fee: $6
Film schools don’t have to pay the submission fee. For hardcopy submissions (Preview-DVD, Blu-Ray, etc.), the service fee is 10,- €. The submission fee has to be paid until 1 February 2021 to the following back account:
Account holder: cellu l’art - Festival Jena e.V.
Commerzbank Jena
IBAN DE62 8204 0000 0260 0039 00
BIC COBA DE FF 821
Please put the title of the film and “submission fee 2021” as a reference.
All hardcopies have to be firmly signed (title, director, length, format and sound/music) and include the official entry form. Shipping costs have to be paid by the applicant. The host does not accept submissions that cause him any expenses. All films have to be sent to:
cellu l’art - Festival Jena e.V.
Oberlauengasse 2
07743 Jena
Germany
FILM SCREENING
Screening copies have to be sent as a data file/DVD in the following format: MPEG4, H.264 with a bit rate of 15 – 20 MBit/s and a resolution of 1920×1080P (Full HD). cellu l’art - Festival Jena e.V. may ask the submitter for a DCP file or the permission to convert their file to DCP if needed.
All copies have to be sent in with English subtitles until 1 March 2021.
INSURANCE
The film prints/DCPs are insured by the host for the time period that the copies are at the festival (from the receipt of the post to the return shipment). In the event of damage, costs of material for the copy are being compensated in relation to the origin country and after presenting a bill. Goodwill compensation is excluded. Preview copies remain in the organiser’s archive.
The applicant agrees that cellu l’art Festival Jena e.V. may utilise video and audio clips, as well as selected photos and credits from his or her work on the festival‘s homepage www.cellulart.de and blog www.bildflimmern.de, video channels (no download), at the festival‘s own events as well as for television and radio reporting purposes.
AGREEMENT
The applicant confirms that he or she owns all rights for the submitted work and
no music title is represented by GEMA. All rights of utilisation for the screenings
(including video and audio presentation) are covered by the owner. If work protected
by GEMA (or similar societies for music rights) is getting screened without noticing
the host beforehand, the applicant has to pay all charges incurred. cellu l’art Festival
Jena e.V. does not assume any liability.
Upon agreement with the rights owner, cellu l’art Festival Jena e.V. may screen selected short films at non-commercial screenings after the festival.
cellu l’art Festival Jena e.V. does not pay any screening fee for short films in the competition programme.
No film selected may be withdrawn from the festival programme after the notification of its participation.
The submission of a work implies acceptance of the regulations.
Thank you for your submission!