6 short films produced with 2014 subject

Afghanistan Changes: 2002-2014 through the eyes of young Afghan filmmakers

The British Council Film project, Afghanistan Changes: 2002-2014 through the eyes of young Afghan filmmakers will be closed on 10 February 2013.

Swap by S. Masoud Islami

Jawed Taiman president of Tora Bora Media said, our film project lead, supported by 3 other experienced film directors gathered 50 young Afghan film makers from Kabul and other provinces to produce 6 short films with an aim to reflect people’s view on Afghanistan’s events 2002-2014 and beyond through film. The films are expected to be screened locally in the closing ceremony of the project to Afghan and international audience.

The project provided an excellent development opportunity for the filmmakers who benefited from a number of workshops on script writing, cinematography and postproduction skills.

For the future, we plan to provide opportunities for these 6 films to be screened in international festivals, which will help change of perception of people overseas about Afghanistan.

Institutional development and capacity building of Afghanistan creative industry, developing cultural leadership and national cultural identity and international recognition are the key areas of focus of the British Council’s cultural engagement in Afghanistan.

The British Embassy as part of our bilateral programmed funding supported this film project.

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Submit your Docs film in Sheffield

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Your Industry Delegate Pass is the ONLY way to access all screenings, sessions, world-famous parties, festival-run bars and networking events at Sheffield Doc/Fest.

Sheffield Doc/Fest brings the international documentary family together to celebrate the art and business of documentary making for five intense days in June. Sheffield is fast becoming known as one of the top places in the world for people from the documentary and digital industries to get together - to meet, to screen their work, share knowledge, do business, make new contacts and discuss innovations and challenges they are facing in the ever changing media landscape.

Over the past four years Sheffield Doc/Fest has massively expanded its marketplace activity, as well as its cross platform, interactive and digital programme. These developments and the stunning film programme and often controversial conference sessions are what attract over 2000 delegates from around the globe and thousands of general public.

Sheffield Doc/Fest is famous for its fabulous parties and endless networking opportunities. The festival programme includes 120 films from dozens of countries, 300 speakers from the digital and docs sector and over 150 buyers and decision makers from 20 countries participate in the marketplace. Millions of pounds of deals are done during the festival.

Documentary Campus and Sheffield Doc/Fest are delighted to announce that we have formed a partnership and are co-presenting the industry conference sessions at the 19th Sheffield Doc/Fest. Both organisations have prided themselves for many years on presenting high quality sessions and industry networking opportunities and the partnership seemed like an obvious one to form - we both aim to help the documentary industry thrive and stay alive and pooling our resources has allowed us to put on a fantastic session programme for you all.

Along with our partner Crossover we also deliver some of the most innovative and internationally acclaimed training initiatives for the film, TV and digital sector throughout the year. Crossover Labs have been presented in many countries around the world. In partnership with Wide Eye Pictures we deliver the Engine Room Pitch Workshops through the year around the UK.

Doc/Fest is very proud to support the development of emerging talent, providing educational and networking opportunities, outreach training schemes and a structured internship and volunteer programmes all year. The festival itself is a brilliant forum for new talent to meet established filmmakers and producers and buyers. If you work in the documentary film, factual TV or digital industries you can't afford to miss Sheffield Doc/Fest.

Submit a Film

Film submissions for Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013 are now open. Submissions now close on February 26th 2013

Click here to Submit a Film and to complete the form and send in your film. Please read theRules and Regulations before completing the form.

If your doc was made as part of a film school course you are eligible for a discounted entry. Get your head of school to write to the programmer for further information.

Don't forget to sign up to the Doc/Fest e-newsletter for updates on submissions or check out the Doc/Fest blog, Facebook and Twitter pages.

For any questions on submitting your film please email the programmer, Hussain Currimbhoy: hussain[at]sidf.co.uk

Submit a Session Idea

If you have an idea for a session you would like to produce at the festival - it can be craft-based, case studies, debates, panels or masterclasses. Submissions for Doc/Fest 2013 are now closed.

Submit to MeetMarket

Applications for MeetMarket 2013 are open here until Wednesday March 20th (5pm GMT)

MeetMarket* is the UK's largest documentary marketplace. MeetMarket matches projects with UK and international buyers in pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings. Projects can be at any stage of development and cross-platform projects are very welcome. For any queries, email chris at sidf.co.uk

Submit to Crossover

Crossover Labs run throughout the year and are produced and directed by Sheffield Doc/Fest and Crossover.

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Afghanistani Film Wins Sundance Screenwriting Award

Afghan film Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) Sunday won the 2013 Sundance Award for screenwriting in the World Cinema, Dramatic category.

Directed by Barmak Akram, the drama film plots the story of the relationship between an Afghan waiter Mustafa and a woman Wajma who struggle with their love that seems to contradict Afghan culture and customs.

After Wajma falls pregnant to Mustafa, the film explores the cultural pressures on Wajma's family, namely her father, to uphold the family honour.

Film director and producer Barmak Akram, born in 1966 in Kabul and now based in France, wrote the screenplay and was also involved in writing the score. He has made numerous short films and features, amid his other work as a musician and songwriter, while crossing between his two worlds of Paris and Afghanistan.

The grand jury prize – or best film - for World Cinema, Dramatic went to a Korean film Jisuel which was set during the 1948 Jeju Massacre in Korea, and tells the story of some 120 villagers who hid in a cave for 60 days from soldiers who were under shoot-to-kill orders.Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17-27. It has been held since 1991 in Park City, Utah with the aim of supporting independent filmmakers.
Source: TOLO NEWS

CALL FOR SUBMISSION in 32nd Uppsala International SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Submit a film

We are now accepting submissions for the International Competition and the Children’s Film Festival at the 32nd Uppsala International Short Film Festival. Short films of all genres with a running time of no more than 40 minutes are accepted for consideration. Submitted films must have been produced no earlier than two years prior to the deadline. Eligible screening formats are 35 mm and .mov files in either the ProRes 422 or h264 codec.

The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2013

Here’s how to submit a film: A preview version of the film must be registered and made available via upload towww.shortfilmdepot.com at the very latest by the deadline. If you would like to send us a preview dvd instead, you also have the option of only registering your film details at shortfilmdepot, but we prefer the upload solution.

In order to submit to the festival, please click the link below. There you can read the full festival regulations, create your shortfilmdepot account if you haven’t got one already and submit your film.

CALL FOR ENTRIES DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

DIFF 2013 - CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), invites filmmakers to submit their entries for its 34th edition which takes place from 18th to 28th July 2013

SUBMIT NOW!

DIFF, the largest film festival in Southern Africa, features over 250 screenings of cutting-edge cinema from around the world with a special focus on films from South Africa and Africa. The festival hosts a film competition component and also presents screenings in township areas where cinemas are non-existent.

The festival considers films completed in 2012 and 2013, and there is no charge for entry. All submissions must be entered via the Eventival online system at http://vp.eventival.eu/cca/diff2013. Please create a visitor account to submit.

The deadline for all entries, including receipt of samples, is:

Short Films and Documentaries - 15th March 2013

Feature Fiction Films - 5th April 2013

The extensive seminar and workshop programme featuring local and international filmmakers and industry professionals includes the 6th Talent Campus Durban (19th to 23rd July) in cooperation with Berlinale Talent Campus, and the 4th Durban FilmMart (19th to 22nd July) in partnership with Durban Film Office.

SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2013

SSF2013 Call for New Entries!

For our 8th edition of Sapporo International Short Film festival & Market we start taking new submissions from today Dec 6 until March 31. please submit your short film from Spotright.jp

Requirements
- Filmmakers of all nationalities are welcome to submit.
- All films submitting One Title section must be less than 30 minutes (including credit rolls and others) .
- For submitting Filmmakers' section all the films must be less than 40 minutes.
- All films must have English title. The Festival only uses and announces English title.
- All films submitted to the "One Title section" must be completed after January 1st, 2012.
- For the "Filmmaker section," older films (finished before January 2012) can be included.
- Fill in all required fields of the entry form using English.
- Films submitted online will be given original ID and Password from SAPPORO Shot Fest's Entry Management System "Spotrights.jp". For managing and modifying your entry information, please login to the "Spotrights".
- For the entry, please send evaluation preview copy of your film.
- For producing Japanese subtitles please send also English dialogue list on CD-R along with entry form and preview DVD or upload it on Spotrights.jp

 SAPPORO Short Fest 2013 Submission Regulations

Please submit your film from Spotrights.jp
OR if you have account please submit from shortfilmdepot.com

If you do not have Spotright's account please create it and register your film to submit.
Spotright / Easy Sign Up page to creat your Filmmaker / Distributer account

After creating your Spotlights account, you will receive password for login.

Please login with your mail address and password.
Please register your films first, then you are ready to submit to Sapporo Short Fest 2013.

Last year 1 film under name "In The Name Of Opium" by Sayed Jalal Husseini from Afghanistan was in special program ASIAN TYPHOON. 

In The Name Of Opium

Afghanistan is depicted as a "Narcostate". Far from dealing with the clich's of the media, this film draws emotional moments of tragedies and brutal normality that lie buried under the headlines: drug dealers getting killed, corrupt policemen losing their wife and kid, an addict selling his daughter in order to go on with his escapism. The heartbeat of people in the heat and in the shadow, more or less unintentionally involved in a vicious circle.