부산 인터시티 영화제 Busan Inter-City Film Festival (9)

Festival start: 29 August 2025      Festival end: 31 August 2025

Busan Inter-City Film Festival started from the 1st UNESCO Busan City Film Festival in 2017, and it introduces local films from domestic and international cities in exchange with the Busan Independent Film Association, as well as films from UNESCO-designated Film Creative Cities. Witness the vibrancy of local films and encounter films from various unique cities worldwide. Under the name of film, it will serve as an opportunity to share warmth of friendship beyond cultures, languages, customs, and religions, expanding the scope of creative networks.

Call for Submissions(google forms)
https://forms.gle/8c37Aat1cBmxteai6

This festival aims to promote diverse short films and unique local stories through inter-city film exchange, as part of a non-commercial, public-interest initiative. As such, we regret to inform you that no screening fees will be offered. We kindly ask for your understanding in this matter.

The film must be either from a UNESCO City of Film or produced in one of these cities.

UNESCO Creative Cities of Film are:

Bitola (Macedonia), Bradford (UK), Bristol (UK), Cannes (France), Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Galway (Ireland), Gdynia (Poland), Łódź (Poland), Mumbai (India), Potsdam (Germany), Qingdao (China), Rome (Italy), Santos (Brazil), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Sofia (Bulgaria), Sydney (Australia), Terrassa (Spain), Valladolid (Spain), Wellington (New Zealand), Yamagata (Japan).

1. Submission Period : May 20–June 28, 2025 (by 23:59 KST)

2. Submission Guidelines:

- Films should either be filmed in your city or directed by a director from your city.

- All genres will be accepted. The maximum runtime per film is 40 minutes.

- Each city may submit up to 5 films.

- Eligible films must have been completed within the last two years (From Jan 2023 onward).

- All films must include English subtitles.

- Films screened at last year’s (2024) festival are not eligible.

- Selected films will be screened once during the festival at both Busan Cinema Center and Space Mousai.

- The submission form does not support saving progess. Please prepare all materials in advance.

Required submission details: Film title, Director's name, Email address, Additional contact email, Filmography (up to 5 films in English), Production year, Runtime, Genre, Synopsis, Format, Aspect ratio, Sound, Color, Cast

Required folder contents: Low-size screener (approx. 800MB, MP4 or MOV), English subtitle (SRT), One director photo, Three still images from the film

Upload all files to a single folder and share the link.

Google Drive is preferred. Please grant access to: indibusan1999@gmail.com.

Keep the download link active until July 6.

3. Announcement : Early July (tentative)

4. The 9th Busan Inter-City Film Festival : August 29-31, 2025 (Venue: Busan Cinema Center, Space Mousai)

5. Contact (Busan Inter-City Film Festival Secretariat) : intercityff@naver.com