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History Film Festival ()

Deadlines

29 Oct 2018
Call for entries

10 Jan 2019
Early deadline

10 Feb 2019
Standard deadline

10 Mar 2019
Late deadline

10 Mar 2019
Festival closed

10 May 2019
Notification date

10 Sep 2019
14 Sep 2019

Address

Josipa Jurja Strossmayera 1, 51000, Rijeka, Primorsko-goranska, Croatia

Festival description

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Genres

Themes

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films

Feature Films

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: )

Festival start: 10 September 2019 Festival end: 14 September 2019

History Film Festival is an international festival of historical documentary films organized by ISTRA FILM.

The Festival is taking place in Rijeka, Croatia.

History Film Festival aims at offering viewers and film experts an insight into contemporary film and TV production of historical documentary films, at the same time providing a place where film professionals can meet and share their creative ideas for future projects.

Festival programme consists of a competition programme and special thematic programmes (presentations of independent and TV productions, screenings of material from film archives, specialized conferences and workshops…)

Prizes and qualifications

Official awards at History Film Festival are:

Grand Prix
Best Independent Production Documentary
Best TV Production Documentary
Best Director
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Composer
Best Production
Audience Award

Winners in the Best Screenplay, Best Independent Production Documentary and Best TV Production Documentary will receive an InkTip Script Listing to promote themselves and their scripts to InkTip’s entire network of producers, managers, and agents.
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Rules

Before submitting, please read the full Festival rules:

Documentary films of all running times, regardless of their year of production, whose main topic is history – historical events and characters, can be entered.

The films for the competition programme can be submitted by directors, independent and TV producers, distributors and national film bodies entitled and authorized for representation and submission of films.

If submitting screening links from Vimeo or Youtube, please ensure that they can be viewed by History Film Festival staff at least until the conclusion of the screening process.

Along with the submission form, the following materials must be submitted also in a digital form:

a brief synopsis of the film in English;
at least 3 photographs from the film (of the quality suitable for press – 300 dpi);
the director's filmography, biography and photo;
promo material (trailer, press packages, posters, etc.)
For translation purposes, an English transcript/dialogue list or external English subtitles must be provided.

For public projections at History Film Festival, secure download of a high-quality projection copy will be requested, unless already provided through the submission platform. The projection format is 1920x1080 resolution, h.264 encoded, preferably above 10Mbit and with external subtitles.
Physical copies can be accepted in special circumstances. Please note that History Film Festival cannot accept DCP format.

Submission fees are not refundable

Questions concerning regulations and/or submission forms should be addressed to:
HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL
Brdo 7a
HR - 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Phone: +385 92 1331310
e-mail: info@historyfilmfestival.com
Web: www.historyfilmfestival.com

Independent production documentaries under 60 minutes

Short and Feature Films 60'<

Fee

-8%

Early 20$ 18.4$ 10 Jan 19

Standard 30$ 27.6$ 10 Feb 19

Late 50$ 46$ 10 Mar 19

Submissions deadline
10 Mar 19

Save up
2.4$

Submit

Documentaries produced by TV companies over 60 minutes

Feature Films >61'

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 10 Jan 19

Standard 50$ 46$ 10 Feb 19

Late 80$ 73.6$ 10 Mar 19

Submissions deadline
10 Mar 19

Save up
4$

Submit

Documentaries produced by TV companies under 60 minutes

Short and Feature Films 60'<

Fee

-8%

Early 20$ 18.4$ 10 Jan 19

Standard 30$ 27.6$ 10 Feb 19

Late 50$ 46$ 10 Mar 19

Submissions deadline
10 Mar 19

Save up
2.4$

Submit

Independent production documentaries over 60 minutes

Feature Films >61'

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 10 Jan 19

Standard 50$ 46$ 10 Feb 19

Late 80$ 73.6$ 10 Mar 19

Submissions deadline
10 Mar 19

Save up
4$

Submit

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