Festival accepts applications in the following formats: film, video or digital for features or shorts from all genres of movies.
The director/producer with the submission of his/her application accepts the terms of the Festival and has no objection to the submission process, screening, and election of prizes.
The director/producer with the submission of the film affirms that he/she has all the copyrights of audio, video, images and music of the film and he remains responsible before the law.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS | CONDITIONS
Entry fee must be paid online by PayPal or if submitted through other available platforms online.
Entry fees are non-refundable.
Feature films may not be shorter than fifty (50) minutes in length. Short films may not exceed thirty (30) minutes in length.
All non-English language films must be submitted with English subtitles (dialogue list).
All requirements specified in the checklist should be sent immediately to the postal address or by e-mail after approval by the organizers.
All entries, short or feature length, must be submitted a secure link Vimeo or YouTube HD file compliant with the technical requirements.
Entries must be submitted by July 15, 2020.
CHECKLIST
Required items for submitted films:
• Secure a downloadable link.
• Dialogue list in English and/or voiceover’s text for all films, including films in English.
• Still frames (high resolution, at least 3Mb).
• Separate electronic press kit (EPK) with a passport-sized photo of the film’s director(s), synopsis, list of credits, biography and/or filmography, festival and awards. Additional material is welcome.
• Full HD video file of the final English version.
• A trailer files up to 1 GB in size.
SELECTION
Please note that the online screening link (with English subtitles) of the film can be downloaded for the use by SEANEMA team and the password remains valid until the end of the selection process.
SEANEMA reserves the right to invite films outside the specified deadlines.
In case of a film being selected, the festival will notify the applicant and/or director, producer, distributor of the film no later than on August 5, 2020.
Once the film has been selected the applicant may use the SEANEMA logo and the relevant SEANEMA laurel for publicity purposes. The file will be sent in digital form.
Due to the volume of entries received, SEANEMA cannot offer individual feedback of declined films.
SCREENING
All films must be available for festival screening in full HD video file or DCP.
Each selected film will be screened not more than two times.
There is no screening fee.
PROMOTION | PUBLICITY
The applicant authorizes SEANEMA upon selection of his/her film for the programming to use and publish press packages, posters, specified materials and information in the SEANEMA catalogue, programs, flyers, promotional materials and in press for promotional purposes.
For the purposes of publicity all film entries agree that up to three minutes of the selected film may be used by SEANEMA for promotional activities. Up to three minutes of the competing film may be shown on the SEANEMA website, official social networks and in media TV partners.
INSURANCE
All discs 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 disc. Only discs in proper condition for projection will be accepted.
The submitting party or the film-maker has insured the exhibition copy for damage and loss, and SEANEMA is not liable for any damage or loss during shipping, preview or screening.
NOTIFICATION | SHIPPING
All participants will be notified via e-mail and on the SEANEMA website approximately four weeks before the festival. Shipping instructions for films selected for competition will be included upon notification.
The festival will pay for one-way shipping of all screening films by forwarding them to their next destination approximately four weeks after the conclusion of the festival. All films/discs chosen to compete in the festival must arrive in Ulcinj, Montenegro by August 25, 2020 unless by prior arrangement to be delivered in person by the filmmaker.
Label the outside of the package: FOR FESTIVAL ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL VALUE!
Do NOT courier film discs to Montenegro via EMS or other similar couriers, as you may be liable for duties which the festival will not pay. If this is done by the filmmakers, SEANEMA will return the discs at the cost to the filmmakers. All customs duties and taxes incurred when sending packages with express couriers must be paid by the sender. SEANEMA will refuse any packages that arrive cash-on-delivery. Preview discs will not be returned.
POSTAL ADDRESS:
SEANEMA FILM FESTIVAL
Address: Kodre bb, Ulcinj 85360, Montenegro
Phone: +382 67 630 268
info@seanemafilmfestival.com
Selected films will receive a form to be completed and signed shortly after a notification of acceptance.
Please print, scan and send this Form by email to: info@seanemafilmfestival.com
ENTRY DEADLINE: July 15, 2020