GEA Film Festival ()

Festival start: 05 November 2020      Festival end: 08 November 2020

GEA Film Fest is a short film world festival that takes place in various cities around the world simultaneously, with the goal of having better and more democratic spaces for viewing and debating over contemporary audiovisual matters, bringing the productions closer to the audience in non-conventional venues and giving an active voice to the spectators, that have the opportunity to select the works they like the most with a system similar to the qualifying rounds of the Soccer World Cup.

For the festival, a group of “coaches” will select 24 independent short films from all over the world, aiming to benefit the thematic and aesthetic diversity in order to make the audience visualize the largest possible spectrum of audiovisual creations. Short films that frequently have their participation restricted in other traditional spaces, find a window for their exhibition in GEA Film Fest.

Along with the 24 selected short films, GEA Film Fest will also take into account other audiovisual works in the non-competitive sections of the festival. All short films will be exhibited in alternative venues that run away from the stiffness of traditional exhibition venues. GEA Film Fest connects the relaxed ambient from bars and/or other alternative venues with the cinematographic screening, creating an atmosphere for real non-academic debate about the viewed productions, promoting this way, the birth of new cinematographic cultures.

With the union of this three-axis of thinking, to give visibility to short films from all the world outside of the official screening circuit, to break with the stiffness of the traditional exhibition venues and to promote the interaction and the active voice of the audience, the concept GEA Film Fest is born.

GEA Film Fest is inspired by the qualifying systems of the Soccer World Cup, classifying short films in groups, with the winners getting to the final. The trophy offered to the winners is the Gea cup, a figure of the Goddess Gea (Gaia) holding the Earth, and the logo is inspired by the Olympic games. The main idea of the festival is to be a popular event, for all audiences and with a relaxed nature.

Cash Prizes: 300€

€ 150,00 First Prize
€ 100,00 Second Prize
€ 50,00 Third Prize

ATTENTION: THE FESTIVAL WILL HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY IN MANY CITIES IN EUROPE.

*The second edition happened in 11 cities:
- Athens - Barcelona - Thessalonica - Utrecht - Catania - Poznan - Cracow - Bielsko Biala - Corfu - Trikala - Chalkida

This year 2020, we're working on the #3 edition and we've already confirmed our event in 12 cities! Right now we're waiting to confirm more places. We will share the list of all the cities on our website and our facebook page on the 1st April.

IN CASE OF GETTING TO THE FINALS, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SEND THE SUBTITLES IN LANGUAGES OF EACH OF THE COUNTRIES THAT THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE. IF YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM, THE FESTIVAL CAN DO IT FOR YOU FOR A FEE.

By submitting your short film, you are automatically authorizing us to show it during the duration of the festival (in each of the festival cities). We will also use approx. 15 seconds of each short movie for the promotional video of the festival.

As a condition of entering the GEA Film Fest, hereafter known as GFF, I/we hereby certify that:

1. I/we am/are the sole creators of the film, script, short stories, poems which I/we have submitted to the GFF.

2. I/we warrant as a sole and exclusive owner(s) of all legal right and title thereto have absolute authority to submit the enclosed material to GFF.

3. I/we understand that I/we have the right to withdraw my/our movie from the festival for any reason, but only until 30th of Apri 2020 to not break the schedule of the GFF.

4. I/we hereby grant the GFF the non-exclusive right to use my name, photograph, and likeness in connection with any and all publicity and promotional activities regarding the GFF.

5. For filmmakers: GFF may transfer the submitted material to a hard drive for screening if needed, and if the submitted material is selected for screening the submitted material may be used by GFF for promotional purposes.

6. I/we will indemnify and hold harmless GFF, its judges, sponsors and partners, individually and collectively, from and against all claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses including legal expenses arising out of or in connection with any and all claims, or third party claims based on material submitted to GFF.

7. I/we shall be solely responsible for taking all necessary steps to establish and protect my/our copyright in the submitted material, and the GFF shall have no obligation with respect thereto. The GFF shall have the right to reproduce all or part of said material for use in its publicity and any and all related communication directly associated with GFF.

8. I/we have read all of the festival rules, regulations and releases, understand them, and have complied with them. I/we understand that the festival rules, regulations and releases may change or be updated and that it is my responsibility to read, understand and comply with any changes or updates.


Films that are submitted must meet the following requirements:
- Have been produced after January 1, 2019
- Not have been published on the internet
- Conventional documentaries are not accepted
- The maximum duration of 23 minutes
- Material that provokes incitement to hate is not accepted
- To be accepted, short films must have subtitles in English, regardless of the original language. (Short films in foreign languages that do not have at least English subtitles will not be accepted)
- After the first stage of selection, to continue with the process, the short film representative is obligated to send the subtitles in Spanish, Italian, Polish and Greek. (the languages of the countries, that GFF takes places in) - in .SRT format until 30th of June 2020. If however accomplishing this task - translating the subtitles for all those languages until this date is impossible, GFF team offers a service for a fee.
In this case, the representative of the short movie is obligated to confirm if they are able to translate the subtitles by their own or with our help - until the 20th of May 2020.
- The shorts that already participated in other editions will not be able to participate. In the search to democratize the maximum participation of countries in the festival, GEA Film Fest will choose maximum of 3 short films per country.