제17회 청주국제단편영화제 (17)

Festival start: 20 August 2020      Festival end: 26 September 2020

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Cheongju International Short Film Festival presents movies that are touching, entertaining, and short but strong.

The program team of the 17th Cheongju International Short Film Festival is hosting the festival under the motto of 'Film Festival for the Audience, by the Audience, of the Audience'.

CISFF-Best SHORT Film (Certificate of merit and a trophy)
CISFF-Best Director (Certificate of merit and a trophy) - 1 film for each section
CISFF-Audience Award (Certificate of merit and a trophy)
CISFF-Honorable Jury Mention (Certificate of merit and a trophy) - 2 film

1. Organization
The Cheongju International Short Film Festival is organized by the Cheongju branch of the General Association of Korean Filmmakers and hosted by the Cheongju International Short Film Festival Executive Committee.

Discussions on the Cheongju International Short Film Festival began in 1999 when Kim Kyung-sik, the first chairman of the association, established the Chungbuk Film Council.

The official start of the Cheongju International Short Film Festival is the "Cheongju City Excellent Short Film Festival" held by Kim Kyung-sik, the first president of the Cheongju Film Artists Association, a division established in 2004.
At that time, the main programs were "Invited Screenings for Outstanding Short Films in Korea" and "Cheongju Youth Film Class" aimed at fostering future film talents.

Since then, the festival has been renamed the "Cheongju City Digital Short Film Festival" in 2006, attempting to make changes in line with the digital era. Then in 2013, director Eo Il-sun took office as the second president, renaming it as the "Cheongju International Short Film Festival," inviting foreign films to diversify the program.

The city of Cheongju declared "video culture city" with the launch of the "Cheongju Film Commission" in 2017.

In 2020, we are going to establish a real-time online screening system and invite various genres and special types of short films.

2. Purpose
The Cheongju International Short Film Festival aims to promote the diversity of video culture and independent short film production by discovering and introducing excellent short films from around the world.
The 17th Cheongju International Short Film Festival is the last non-competitive film festival, divided into two sections, World Cinema and Network Cinema, and does not impose any restrictions on existing screenings and awards, such as domestic or world premiere, among films produced in 2019.

3. Hosting date

The 17th Cheongju International Short Film Festival

First online screening and small theater screening(August 20th to 22nd)
: In order to prevent video recording and downloading, we will select a professional company and conduct a real-time streaming review. In addition, the company is planning to screen a CISFF CINEMA in a safe environment through street maintenance.

Second Theater Screening and Awards Ceremony(September 26th)
:The award-winning film screening and awards ceremony will be held to reflect the performance of the first screening, the score of the audience evaluation team, and expert evaluation.

4. information on entries
Terms of Entry: Works completed after January 2019. Works with a running time of less than 30 minutes, including ending credits.
All works shall include English subtitles in the screen, and in the case of foreign works, English scripts for the shall be submitted.

5. Reception period

June 22th to July 22th

Announcement date: July 30, 2020

*Submit the DCP by August 18 after the announcement.(The review file is H.264)


6. Copyright

(Agreed upon submission)

1. Agree to use this work in trailers and promotional videos to promote film festivals and films.
2. If selected as an award-winning work and found that the work infringed on other people's copyrights, or that all rights of the contest were found not to belong to you (or the manufacturer), the exhibitor agrees to cancel the listing and compensate for damages.
3. With the consent of the president-elect, if we have the opportunity to show our works on various channels (CJB, MBC, etc.) such as online streaming (Netflix, Wave, etc.) we will cooperate as much as possible in relation to production and sound source.

* Detailed information on online entries is available on the website of the Cheongju International Short Film Festival.