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THE PALACE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Country: Poland

Email: harry[@]thepalacearts.com

Deadline: June 30, 2018

Notification date: June 30, 2018

Event date: July 11 – 22, 2018 (approximately)

HISTORY

The Palace International Film Festival (PIFF), now in its second year, and in partnership with The Palace Arts Residency, presents an intimate and diverse programme within a 700 year old Palace in Poland.

PIFF invites submissions from Documentary, General, Queer, Experimental and Emerging Talent. The festival offers a unique experience for filmmakers to exhibit their work to a carefully curated audience of artists in a uniquely immersive cinema. Our extensive selection of talks, Q & A’s and workshops encourage filmmakers to showcase their work, create conversations and elevate experimentation within the wider context of the 200+ residency. We encourage the filmmaker to be an active participant in the international Palace Arts community.

MISSION

Provide a unique community and space for the filmmaker to make creative connections.

Celebrate and discover emerging talent.

Nurture a creative community that will forge future collaboration for non commercial filmmakers.

Appreciate film with a unique and intimate exhibition space.

Connect with The Palace Artist Residency community, sharing our skills and knowledge.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submission Categories:

THE FESTIVAL ACCEPTS:

- Documentary Short
- Documentary Feature
- Queer (Short)
- Queer (Feature)
- General
- New Talent (Short)
- New Talent (Feature)
- Experimental Short
- Experimental Feature

Details:

QUEER
The Festival is open to different interpretations of the term 'queer' as this word has grown to encompass an increasingly diverse array of topics and views of gender and sexuality.

- QUEER SHORT
- QUEER FEATURE FILM

EXPERIMENTAL FILM: Lines and Circles
Lines and Circles is the experimental strand of The Palace International Film Festival. We are looking for anything from a blob on a camera lens to a poetic and visual non narrative.

- EXPERIMENTAL SHORT : Lines and Circles
- EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE: Lines and Circles

NEW TALENT: Newbies
An open call to all first and second time filmmakers, both short and feature. Still in film school or just graduated? Or perhaps you've just thought you'd give the whole film thing a shot. Our new talent strand will give you a warm welcome in an intimate and positive exhibition space.

- NEW TALENT SHORTS: Newbies
- NEW TALENT FEATURE: Newbies

DOCUMENTARY FILMS: Docu_me
Docu-Me is the documentary strand of The Palace International Film Festival. The Festival is looking for documentaries that spark a deep debate after our intimate screenings.If you think you’ve got a strong topic then send your documentary our way.

- DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

GENERAL SHORTS: Prince's & Princess'
They are looking to laugh, cry and sink into our hay bales for our short film strands. We want to see some one minute wonders as well as some cutting edge stories.

FEATURES: @
A general call out to all features, of all shape and form, weird and norm to become part of The Palace International Film Festival and the unique experience of exhibiting your film at this off the grid film festival.

Premiere Status:

The Festival do not require any national and local premiere status, all that we require is that the film has completed post production in the last 36 months.

Rules and Terms:

• The Palace International Film Festival is seeking feature length and short films (under 30 minutes) from all genres with particular attention to first time and second time filmmakers.
• We don't accept 35mm
• A COVER LETTER showing enthusiasm for the artist residency, you don't have to be an expert or prove that you'll be bringing something, all we want is energy and enthusiasm.
• DVDs are accepted for preview screening, we also accept secure online screeners.
• More than one entry may be submitted. Each entry must be accompanied by an official entry form and entry fee.
• If your film is selected, you will be asked to provide headshot and filmographies of the creative team members; b&w and/or color stills from the film; press materials; and video trailer (if available).
• The entry fee is non-refundable.
• The filmmaker agrees to deliver the hi-res Quicktime File or DCP to the festival no later than June 30th 2018.
• All film entries selected for the Festival grant First Time Fest the rights to use footage, stills and/or titles and information from the film for promotional purposes.
• DVDs and other submitted materials will not be returned. Please do not send film prints, master tapes or other originals.
• Each entrant warrants and represents that he/she is the creator of the submitted entry or the legal and duly authorized representative of the creator/rightsholder; that the entry is original and owned by entrant; that the entry is free of any claims by other parties; and that the entry was not created without authorization at one’s job, using your employer's equipment or on the employer's time, unless being submitted with employer permission. If an entry is disqualified an alternate winner will be selected by the judges based on the judging criteria.

Venues: Prince Bishops Palace

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR: Harry Silverlock

Email: harry[@]thepalacearts.com

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