VS-Films (5)

Festival start: 13 October 2024      Festival end: 16 October 2024

VSFILM - Very Short Film Festival is organized and subsidized by the Association DAI FOR CULUTURE AND MEDIA. Other private partners support the project. From its very first edition (2019), the Festival has had the patronage of Egyptian Minstry of Culuture.

The juries, appointed by the Festival Organizers, will award the following
prizes:

FEATURE AWARD

DOCUMENTARY AWARD

ANIMATION AWARD

MUSICAL AWARD (VIDEO CLIP)



JURY'S AWARS

The jury has the right to award special prizes to the outstanding artistic elements of the work

Rules & Terms

Entering a film and its participation in the Festival imply acceptance in full
of the following Regulations.


ORGANIZATION

VSFILM - Very Short Film Festival is organized and subsidized by the Association DAI FOR CULUTURE AND MEDIA. Other private partners support the project. From its very first edition (2019), the Festival has had the patronage of Egyptian Minstry of Culuture.



OBJECTIVES

VSFILM – Very Short Film Festival looks for and gives space to the talents of new cinema, showing their works to the public in every corner of the world, promoting an inclusive and democratic cinema. The competitive sections aim to reflect the present, with particular attention to emerging cinemas, different perspectives and innovative languages.



GENERAL INFORMATION

The fifth edition of VSFILM - Very Short film Festival will be held from 7th to 16th June 2024 in presence in Cairo . In the case of events of force majeure or emergency, the Festival Organizers may modify the formula of the festival.



INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Very Short films with a maximum running time of 5 minutes completed since 1st January 2023 are admitted to the International Competition.

From one to a maximum of 3 films per author are accepted.

Very Short films of every genre, topic and nationality are accepted. All the
short films must be presented in their original language subtitled in English
for the preselection phase. Complete documentation will be requested subsequently only for the films invited to the Festival and a list of the materials requested will be provided.



The selection of the short films
will be made by the Selection Committee, with their decision being final, on the basis of the artistic qualities of the works presented and on the overall composition of the programme. The Festival does not communicate the reasons for failure to be selected.



The selected works will be contacted by the Festival Programme Office, which will inform them of the documentation and the materials requested for participation in the festival,
which must be received by and no later than 22nd April, on pain of exclusion from the Festival.



HOW TO SUBMIT

Entries can be made free of charge until March 31th 2024.

Each author may enter free of charge up to 3 short films with a maximum running
time of 5 minutes.

There are two extensions of the closing date: for those who are not able to enter their film by 15th March 2024, they can request entry until 15th April 2024 (Late Deadline), paying an entry fee of euro 10 and up to 15th May 2024 (Extended Deadline), paying an entry fee of euro 15. In this case, only the films that have made the payment of the entry fee will be considered for selection. In the event of withdrawing the entry, or in the case in which the film is not selected or cannot be selected, the payment will not be refunded.



AWARDS

The juries, appointed by the Festival Organizers, will award the following
prizes:

FEATURE AWARD

DOCUMENTARY AWARD

ANIMATION AWARD

MUSICAL AWARD (VIDEO CLIP)



JURY'S AWARS

The jury has the right to award special prizes to the outstanding artistic elements of the work


GENERAL RULES

The contents of the works presented in the competition (images, sounds, animations) must comply with the legislation currently in force on copyright;



Admission to the Festival must be
considered confidential until the list of works admitted is published on the
Festival’s channels of communication;



With the entry of the film(s),VSFILM is authorized to share/publish the poster, the synopsis, the trailer and clips up to a maximum running length of 15” on the Festival’s channels (website, social media…) or for other promotional non-commercial purposes that VSFILM will deem necessary.


Through entering the film, authorization is given to include the short film in the VSFILM - Very Short Film Festival archive, for archive and research purposes, to allow its screening during other collateral initiatives organized by VSFILM not for commercial purposes up to a maximum of 1 year after the end of the festival.



The Festival does not offer any screening fee for the films selected.



Through free of charge registration
on the website www.vs-films.com, the Festival is authorized to treat the personal information requested in the respect of the GDPR and the privacy policy available on the same website.