Russian Short Film Festival "In Short" Accepting Submissions

Details: Category: Russia A&E, Lifestyle, Culture; Published on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 08:51; Written by Euro Contributing Editor

Pitching of short film debutants will take place in Kaliningrad on August 21-22 as part of the IX Russian Short Film Festival "In Short" and the All-Russian Youth Film Forum with a grand prize of 1 million rubles.

Pitching Categories: Short. No. Limit - projects of short films without regional and plot restrictions and Short. Made in Kaliningrad - projects of short films, which are planned to be shot in the Kaliningrad region.

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In each nomination, the winners will receive 500,000 rubles, as well as possible production support from partners and experts of the competition. The festival will take place from August 20-22 in Kaliningrad.

To participate in the Pitching, you need to register on the Moviestart KinoCluster platform and fill out a questionnaire in the "My Projects" section, as well as attach a synopsis and project script to the questionnaire. For documentaries, it is possible to replace the script with a director's explication.

The completed application must be submitted for Pitching in the "Contests" section. Participants of the competition will have the opportunity to participate in training, educational programs, as well as in the development of their projects.

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The main objectives of the competition:

- Expert assessment of regional and debut film projects, attracting investments for these film projects.

- Development of the film industry of the Kaliningrad region and regions of the Northwestern Federal District in order to promote the tourism cluster.

- Conducting educational and business programs for representatives of the film industry.

- Development of international and interregional relations, exchange of experience.

- The formation of new trends in domestic cinema.

In addition to cash prizes, Pitch participants will be able to receive additional prizes from competition experts and technical partners, as well as take part in the educational program of the Film Forum.

The Shorter Festival has been held in Kaliningrad since 2013 and over the years has become the main show of Russian short films. Every year, the festival receives more than 2000 applications from all over the country, as well as Russian-language projects from all over the world.

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The stages of the All-Russian Youth Film Forum this year will be held in 13 regions of Russia with a total prize fund of 20 million rubles. In addition to Pitching debutants, the project organizes location tours in the regions of Russia, presentations of regional film clusters and film studios, screenings, round tables, and an educational program.

The Expert Council, by tradition, will include representatives of leading production companies, online platforms. and other organizations.

Anton Kalinkin, Russian producer, founder of The Digital Reporter resource and the Association of Web Content Producers, General Producer of the Realist Web Fest international web-series festival and founder of Red-Carpet Studio: "Festival" In short," the leader in the format of short films, is a modern festival with its own atmosphere, history and successful cases of participants. We want as many short films as possible to find their audience, because we believe that short films are an independent artistic product, and this format is becoming more and more popular in the industry. "

Dmitry Yakunin, head of the All-Russian Youth Cinema Forum project: The Shorter Festival is a famous brand, a platform that debutants from all over Russia strive to visit. I am sure that the joint pitching with "Shorter", one of the largest for authors of short films, will become a noticeable event not only for debutants, but also for producers who are eagerly attending the festival in search of new talents. We are waiting for new, bright works at the pitching."

The organizers of the Kaliningrad pitching of debutants: the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and the Red-Carpet Studio Company with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Kaliningrad Region, the Festival Directorate ANO, the National Fund for the Support of Rightholders, Canon, Roskulttsentr, the Association of Film and Television Producers, the Moviestart production center "And other organizations.

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Contact Information:

Department for Youth Policy of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia

123056, Moscow, st. Vasilievskaya, 13, building 1, office 35

+ 7 (499) 251-85-11

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