Festival européen du film fantastique de Strasbourg (17)

SECTIONS

The Festival hosts six feature-film sections: four competitive sections and two non-competitive. Descriptions and submission information are laid out below.

1. The International Fantastic Film Competition
Screens fantastic films, widely-defined as fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and films with elements of surrealism, magic realism, etc.
Prizes: the Golden Octopus, the optional Jury Special Mention, the Audience Award.

2. Crossovers Competition
Screens international thrillers, action films, black comedies, films noir.
Prizes: Crossover Grand Prix, optional Jury Special Mention.

3. International Animated Film Competition
Screens animated feature films.
Prizes: the Golden Stork, optional Jury Special Mention.

4. The Silver Méliès Competition
Screens fantastic films, widely-defined as fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and films with elements of surrealism, magic realism, etc.
Prize: The Silver Méliès for the best European fantastic feature

This competition is organised by the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF, https://melies.org), represented in France by the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival.

The Strasbourg winner of the Silver Méliès will automatically compete in the Golden Méliès competition, held annually at the Sitges – International Cinema Festival of Catalonia, in Spain. This competition is open to European films only, defined as follows:
- If the director is not a European national, the financing must be entirely European. The languages and settings of the film are not taken into account;
- If the director is a European national, part of the funding must be European, and co-productions can be considered.

Europe refers to the following 46 countries, based on membership in the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights:
https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/46-members-states

5. Midnight Movies (non-competitive)
Screens horror, fun gore, over-the tops and disturbing films of a darker kind.

6. Special Screenings (non-competitive)
Screens documentaries pertinent to cinema, directorial tributes, new productions out of competition.

Selection criteria: All films in a feature-film section must:
- Have been completed within 24 months prior to the start of the Festival;
- Be at least 60 minutes long;
- Be in the original language version, subtitled in either French or English;
- Films presented in the competitive sections must be unreleased in France.

Submission information on feature films

Deadline: Films must be submitted from 15 February and before 15 June (late comers will be handled individually).

Fees: The submission fee is €25 (twenty-five euros).

Selection committee: The committee will determine the section in which films will be screened.

Promotional and translation materials: Once agreement is reached on a selected film, you will be asked to provide the following:
- a selection of HD stills (pdf, jpg, tiff) preferably in landscape;
- a poster of the film in HD, preferably in portrait format (pdf, jpg, tiff);
- a press kit in English or French;
- a trailer, with English or French subtitles, if available;
- a dialogue list and a downloadable file of the film for the translator;
- photo and bio of the director.

Transport: the Festival will cover round-trip transport; however, if the film is to be sent to another festival or organisation, we will cover inbound transport only.

Agreement: Once agreement is reached, films may not be withdrawn. The rights-holders of the selected film authorise its screening at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival.
By submitting a film to the festival, the rights-holders certify that they hold all authorisations to distribute the images and music.

SECTIONS

The Festival hosts 5 sections for short films: four competitive and one non-competitive. Descriptions and submission criteria are laid out below.

1. The International Competition
Screens fantastic short films, widely-defined as fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and films with elements of surrealism, magic realism, etc.
Prizes: the Golden Octopus, the Audience Award

2. International Animated Film Competition
Screens fantastic animated short films: widely-defined as fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and films with elements of surrealism, magic realism, etc.
Prize: Best Animated Short-Film Award

3. Made in France Competition
Screens French productions of fantastic films, widely-defined as fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and films with elements of surrealism, magic realism, etc.
Prize: Best Short Film Made-in-France

Films in this section must be of French origine, defined as follows:
- If the director in not a French national, the financing must be entirely French;
- If the director is a French national, then a French co-production, with one or two other countries can be considered.

Note that there will be a Student Jury Prize for the three above sections combined.

4. The Silver Méliès Competition for European Fantastic Short films
Screens fantastic films, widely-defined as fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and films with elements of surrealism, magic realism, etc.
Prize: The Silver Méliès

This competition is open to European films only. It is organised by the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF, https://melies.org), represented in France by the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival.

The Strasbourg winner of the Silver Méliès will automatically compete for the Golden Méliès competition, held annual at the Sitges International Fantastic Films Festival, held in Sitges, Spain. This competition is open to European films only, defined as follows:
- If the director is not a European national, the financing must be entirely European. The languages and settings of the film are not taken into account;
- If the director is a European national, part of the funding must be European.

Europe refers to the following 46 countries, based on membership in the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights:
https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/46-members-states

5. Midnight Shorts (non-competitive)
Screens horror, fun gore, over-the tops and disturbing films of a darker kind.

Selection criteria: All short films must:
- Have been completed within 24 months prior to the start of the Festival;
- Not exceed 30 minutes (25 minutes for Méliès films);
- Be in the original language version, subtitled in either French or English.

Submission information for all short-film sections

Deadline: Films must be submitted from 15 February and before 15 June (late comers will be handled individually.)

Fees: The submission fee for shorts is €15 (fifteen euros).

Selection committee: The committee will determine the section in which films will be screened.

Promotional and translation materials: Once agreement is reached on a selected film, you will be asked to provide the following:
- a selection of HD stills (pdf, jpg, tiff) preferably in landscape;
- a poster of the film in HD, preferably in portrait format (pdf, jpg, tiff);
- a press kit in English or French;
- a trailer, with English or French subtitles, if available;
- a dialogue list and a downloadable file of the film for the translator;
- photo and bio of the director.

Transport: The Festival will cover round-trip transport; however, if the film is to be sent to another festival or organisation, we will cover inbound transport only.

Agreement: Once agreement is reached, films may not be withdrawn. The rights-holders of the selected films authorise its screening at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival. By submitting a film to the Festival, the rights-holders certify that they hold all authorisations to distribute the images and music contained in the film.

Connexions is a non-competitive section that brings you the immersive experience of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and 360 video.

Submission criteria: VR films submitted to the Festival must:

- Have been completed within 24 months prior to the start of Festival;
- Not exceed 25 minutes;
- Be in the original language version, subtitle in either French or English.

Submission deadline and fees: Films must be submitted from 15 February and before 15 June of the current year, and the entry fee is €15 (fifteen euros).

Materials: If your film is selected, you will need to provide us with the following:

- the film on a downloadable digital file;
- a selection of HD stills, preferably in landscape (pdf, jpg, tiff);
- a poster in HD, preferably portrait format (pdf, jpg, tiff);
- a press kit;
- a trailer, with French or English subtitles if available;
- the director’s photo and bio.

Transport: the Festival will cover round-trip transport; however, if the film is to be sent to another festival or organisation, we will cover only inbound transport.

Agreements: Once agreement is reached, the film may not be withdrawn. The rights-holders of the selected film authorise the Festival to screen the film at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival. By submitting a film to the Festival, the rights-holders certify that they hold all authorisations to distribute the images and music contained in the film.