Les Regards De L’Icart 2023 ()

Festival start: 16 March 2023      Festival end: 16 March 2023

Les Regards de l’ICART

An event organized by the 5th year students of ICART, the school of culture and art market management.

The fifth edition of the international short film festival “The ICART’s Regards” (Les Regards de l'ICART) is launched! This year, the heads of the festival have decided to focus on "The Sense(s)", inviting the candidates to create on this theme. For this edition, the selected films will be screened at “Le Lincoln” cinema (Paris 8) during a special evening where the Grand Prize winner will receive the sum of 1500 euros.
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The Event

All the great directors, actors and actresses, cinematographers and scriptwriters have gone through the short film process. It is an essential reference for the reputation of the different actors of the industry.

The "ICART’s Regards" is a film festival highlighting short films made by emerging filmmakers in search of visibility and sharing.

The theme : The Sens(es)

This year's theme is the following: The Sense(es). It is a deliberately broad and enigmatic theme that leaves room for interpretation by everyone.

This call for applications is addressed to filmmakers looking for a professional experience, to film lovers, amateurs of all ages and all backgrounds. The ICART’s Regards represents an opportunity for the selected candidates to live a unique experience and to reveal themselves to a film-loving public as well as to a jury exclusively made up of professionals, dedicated to finding the next talent of the 7th art.

During the ceremony, which will be held on March 16 at the legendary Lincoln Cinema, several prizes will be awarded: "Best Script"; "Best Direction"; "Best Performance"; "Best Original Soundtrack"; "Grand Jury Prize"; "Special Audience Prize".

Are you interested in joining our 5th edition of Les Regards de l'ICART ?
Application fees are free

Here are the selection terms :

- The short film must be a fiction or an animation
- Duration of the short film must be less than 20 minutes
- The production must not be from before January 2020
- Deadline for applications is January 2, 2023
- Non-French speaking films must have French subtitles
- The short film must not have been selected in previous editions
- The director must not be underage at the time of application
- The director must be the owner of all copyrights and related rights included in the short film submitted to "les Regards de l'ICART" 2023
- In the case of a graduation project, an authorization from the school is mandatory
- A note of intention and direction of 2 pages maximum must be provided
- The festival reserves the right to refuse the registration of any film that might disturb public order, offend religious beliefs, as well as films of a pornographic nature or inciting to violence

Documents needed for application :

- A technical sheet of the short film (a biography of the director, the duration, the image format and the date of production, the synopsis of the short film, the team, the partners)
- A biography of the director
- A note of intent (max 2 pages)
- Your short-film must be in mp4 format

The nominees will be asked to send us:

- Various communication elements : photos, videos, making-off, trailer, poster, etc., which can also be shown at the award ceremony
- A DCP format of the project for ceremony screening

Contact : regards.candidatures@gmail.com

Thank you for your application and your interest for les Regards de l'ICART !