Croydon International Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 28 November 2015      Festival end: 28 November 2015

Croydon International Film Festival is a small independent short film festival run by volunteers on the outskirts of London. We screen short 10 minute or less Documentary & Animated films with a factual theme, with a focus on quirky entertaining true stories.
The CIFF festival is run by Donna Lipowitz, an Independent Documentary Filmmaker, and a small team of volunteers. The Venue, The Studio Theatre at Matthews Yard in Croydon is a fantastic space to hold film screenings, amazing people, great bar and cafe attached as well. The focus for the festival is to make it an entertaining afternoon of films, The local audience in Croydon has embraced the festival over the past two years with a full house at every screening so far. The festival will be in November 2015

Cash Prizes: 180€

We are proud to announce our new RISING STAR award courtesy of the MMBF Charity which we will award to a young or new filmmaker who has made their first or second film.
At the end of the festival we hold a short awards ceremony where prizes are given to the Best Documentary, Runner Up Documentary, Best Animation, Runner Up Animation.
Our prizes for main categories are limited edition Festival T-Shirts. In addition our RISING STAR winner will be awarded the new RISING STAR award. The prize includes a £150 cash prize, a physical award, and a work experience opportunity.
We hold a party at the end of the festival for all filmmakers which is a great opportunity for networking.
*Note awards will only be given to filmmakers attending the festival

All festival entries MUST be UNDER 10 (TEN) Minutes.

We only accept Documentary Films, Animated films with a factual theme, and in special circumstances we can also accept some Mockumentaries.

- The producer grants the CIFF Festival the rights to:

(a) Exhibit the film in the CIFF Festival

(b) Reproduce the film trailer (if provided) for promotional purposes, together with the CIFF Name & Logo

(c) Exhibit a short excerpt of the production and promotional material provided by the filmmaker in part for promotional purposes

- The producer warrants to the CIFF Festival that they have obtained all the necessary
permissions to enter this film and that the film does not infringe the rights, including
copyright, of any third party. This includes use of music and literary (ie if your film is
based on a novel or poem).

- Only online entries via film festival platforms will only be accepted (*no postal or email entries) -
Entries must be received by Friday 25th September 2015 - Entries may not be withdrawn after this date.

- If your film IS selected for the competition we will write you a personal email early
October 2015, to let you know, with follow up emails explaining how to forward us your
screening copy and publicity materials.

- We encourage all selected filmmakers to attend the festival, Unfortunately we can not guarantee funds to cover travel and accommodation as yet, but we are looking into funding.

- If your film is NOT selected we will also send you a personal email letting you know in
October, but due to the high volume of entries, and our small voluntary staff, we are
unable to provide detailed critique of films not selected.

For Selected films, Digital master files must be received by Friday 30th October 2015
at the very latest, via digital upload (WeTransfer, Dropbox, Mega)

- Films will be screened from Digital Files eg: (mov.file) via laptop & Projector - Films in
languages other than English must be supplied with English subtitles.

- The CIFF Festival will only screen productions finished as Digital Files. To ensure
your entry is screened correctly, you must include screening gauge and ratio details.

- This is a non profit film festival run by filmmakers and Artists, we appreciate the time
you take to enter our festival, and we look forward to viewing your films.

*Please note, this festival is open for online entries only.
*Entering a film in this festival implies the acceptance of these regulations.

We look forward to viewing your films : )