Festival of Contemporary Arts Tochka Dostupa (0)

Festival start: 07 August 2016      Festival end: 07 August 2016

The non-profit Festival of Contemporary Arts “Tochka Dostupa” will take place between 15 June – 7 August in St. Petersburg, Russia and the programme will include performative, theatrical and public art:

- Performing arts (performances in urban settings)
- Cinema (open-air screenings)
- Public art (art installations in urban settings)

The festival aims to develop experimental trends in performative, audio-visual and fine arts. The leading Russian and European theatre companies, performers and artists, who explore art in urban settings and work on the brink of different art means, will take part in the festival.

This year, due to the announcement of 2016 the year of Cinema in Russia, for the first time the festival program will include a screening of short films gathered from around the world. This screening aims to broaden the artistic perception of the audience, their interaction with visual arts and to deepen their knowledge of other cultures and ways of seeing the world.

Become a part of this large-scale event, contribute to the development of international arts and audience's taste in cinema! It is also a great possibility to show your films in a unique place within the unique project: all selected films will make a closing night screening program of the non-commercial festival Tochka Dostupa. The screening is to take place on August 7 - open air in the picturesque historical centre of St Petersburg - by the St Michael's Castle.

We would like to note that this year's festival screenings are the beginning of the annual event in St Petersburg which aims to become one of the biggest art festivals, and we would be interested in mutual possible projects in the future as well.

The Festival is being organized with support of the Committee for Culture of St Petersburg.

The Festival is non-competitive, there are no awards and prizes, as we are selecting films for a screening program for the non-profit festival dedicated to Year of Cinema in Russia.
The selection process is, however, competitive, our selection Committee of the Festival selects films for the Festival program. Producers and filmmakers of the selected films will be notified about the selection in advance by email.

Submission Guidelines and Selection

You can submit your films until 1 July 2016.

Only short films up to 30 min long made after January 1, 2015 in the following genre: narrative short (fiction), animation, experimental and videoart are accepted for selection process.

The Festival is non-competitive, there are no awards and prizes, as we are selecting films for a screening program for the non-profit festival dedicated to Year of Cinema in Russia.

The selection process is, however, competitive, our selection Committee of the Festival selects films for the Festival program. Producers and filmmakers of the selected films will be notified about the selection in advance by email.

Screening Formats

Accepted screening formats: HD files, mov., mpeg (25 bps minimum).

The screening copy must have hardcoded English subtitles if the language of the film is not English. In case the original language of the film is English, dialogue lists in doc. format are to be provided.

Screenings at the Festival and Broadcasts on Television and the Internet

The Festival may use excerpts from the films (up to 10% of the length of the film, but no more than three minutes) to promote the Festival on television and the Internet.

Acceptance and Acknowledgement of the Terms

By sending your electronic application to participate in the Tochka Dostupa Contemporary Arts Festival (through the online form or the Film Freeway platform) you certify that you are an authorized representative of the film's rights holder and agree in full to the above paragraphs of these Regulations.

Please note, that the festival does not pay screening fees.