Ceau, Cinema! Competition
Ceau, Cinema! Festival from Timisoara, Romania announces the call for entry to the international competition section dedicated to feature films (fiction, non-fiction or animation). The call is open for filmmakers from countries with minorities in the Banat region.
Ceau, Cinema! Competition provides a setting for the cinematographic expression of the traditional minorities from the Banat region. Productions or co-productions from the following countries are accepted in competition: Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, and also productions which bring into the spotlight different ethnic groups such as Aromanians, Rroma, Tatars. In case of co-productions, we will only accept films with their main co-producer coming from a country listed above.
To be eligible, the submitted films must meet the following criteria:
1. To be feature films which were released (date of the premiere) after January 1st, 2014
2. The submitted disc must be HD DVD.
3. The films will be presented in the original version with English and/or Romanian subtitles. Romanian films entered in the competition do not need to have subtitles. In case the film is selected, the distributor/ producer must provide the organizers the film dialogue list in English/ Romanian, in a common format that MUST contain the film timecode (.srt, .stl, .sub, .ssa etc.). No .pdf or .xls files are accepted.
4. There is no maximum time limit (but it must have at least 60 minutes) or other restrictions regarding the feature film genre. Fiction films, as well as non-fiction (documentary) and animations are admitted.
5. The festival DOES NOT pay screening rights for the films entered in competition.
The producer or distributor who owns the screening rights of the film must fill in the entry form and send a printed copy of the entry form along with a DVD and a synopsis of the film to 6 Crivaia Street, Timisoara 300764, Romania no later than May 15th, 2015.
The Ceau Cinema! Festival Award is endowed with 1,000 euro. The prize will be awarded to the film director. There will also be an Audience Award, in value of 500 euro.
We have created this interethnic competition section to reflect the multiculturality of the Banat region, through a fresh and succulent film cocktail. The curator of the competition is the journalist and film critic Ionut Mares.
The second edition of Ceau, Cinema! will take place between July 22nd and July 26th, 2015, in Timisoara and Gottlob (the first village in Romania with a renovated movie theater) and will host numerous screenings, workshops and outdoor events, in cinemas and alternative spaces of screening.
The Ceau, Cinema! Film Festival is organized by the Associations Marele Ecran and Pelicula Culturala. It is the first film festival dedicated to the European film in Timisoara. The event is entirely accomplished by volunteers.
Partners: Vitas Romania, Kathrein Romania, [e-spres-oh], Timis County Department of Culture, Gottlob City Hall, French Institute of Timisoara, German Cultural Centre, Balamuc, Super Smooth Studio, Electronic Resistance.
Further details on the competition, the entry form and FAQ are available on www.ceaucinema.ro or through e-mail at: festival@ceaucinema.ro.