Philosophical Film Festival (14)

Филозофски Филмски Фестивал



Deadlines

07 Dec 2024
Call for entries

08 Jan 2024
Early deadline

01 Mar 2024
Standard deadline

23 Mar 2024
Late deadline

23 Mar 2024
Extended deadline

07 Apr 2024
Notification date

07 Jun 2024
13 Jun 2024

Address

Blvd. Goce Delchev No. 9A,  1000, Skopje, MK, North Macedonia


Festival description
Short film festival >2' 20'<
Feature film festival >70'


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Any Theme
 Has submission fees
 International Festival
 Physical Location
 June 2022
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  >2' 20'<
 Feature Films  >70'
 Any language
 Subtitles 
English
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English


Festival start: 07 June 2024      Festival end: 13 June 2024

Philosophical Film Festival / Филозофски Филмски Фестивал is a unique film festival that lives on the crossroads between philosophy and film and is held annually in Republic of N. Macedonia. On one side, the festival tries to promote the idea of film as a medium which can provoke philosophical thought and illustrate philosophical ideas. On the other, it aims to trigger aesthetical analysis’ and investigations into film language as a form sui generis and empower young filmmakers and film workers to reflect on key concepts, questions and ideas in order to translate them into the visual language of cinema. It is a pioneering festival of the kind in Macedonia and the region, and one of few in the world connecting film and philosophy.

"Golden Owl" Jury Award & Audience Award for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film. Special Mention "Stefan Sidovski - Sido" for a short film.

PHILOSOPHICAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Rules & Terms

Philosophical Film Festival (original title: Филозофски Филмски Фестивал) is organized by the non-profit organization Philosophical Society of Macedonia registered in the Republic of N. Macedonia.

The 14th edition of the Philosophical Film Festival will take place from 7-13 June 2024 in Skopje, Republic of N. Macedonia. Therefore the Festival is opening a Call for Feature Films, a Call for Short Films and a Call for the Essay Films Selection for the 14. edition.

Film Submission Rules

1. A film must comply with the following conditions to be submitted:

- is a feature or short fiction film (documentaries are not accepted),
- is completed in 2022 or 2023,
- is philosophically relevant or inspires philosophical reflection,
- is with English subtitles.

2. The Regular submission fee is 4 euros for short films, and 8 euros for feature films, but there are also possibilities for Earlybird entries and Late entries. The submission fot the Essay Films Selection is free.

3. Only the entrants whose films were selected will be notified, as we are not able to inform individual applicants about the rejection nor its reason.


Official Selection

1. Feature and short fiction films will be considered for the official competitions. The Essay Films Selection is not competitive selection.

2. Successful submissions will be announced on 7th April 2024.

3. The Jury appointed by the Festival's organizers will award the ‘Golden Owl’ Jury Award for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film on PFF 2024, plus the Special Mention "Stefan Sidovski - Sido" for a short film. Submitted films are assessed in terms of artistic quality and philosophical relevance and the jury’s decision is absolute and final. The Audience of the Festival will award the ‘Golden Owl’ Audience Awards for a feature and a short film.

4. After the finishing of the Main Programme, the awarded films might be screened also on side events organized in small towns around the country, the film academies with which PFF is collaborating, or in an awarded films repetition screenings in June 2024.

Submission

1. Films may be submitted electronically via the platform.

2. The regular submission deadline is 1st March 2024, and the latest deadline is 23 March 2024.

3. The regular submission fee is 4 euros for short films, and 8 euros for feature films, but there are also possibilities for Earlybird entries and Late entries (student films are also eligible and can be submitted without a submission fee). Submissions for the Essay Films Selection is free.

4. The person submitting the film gives their permission to screen the film during the Festival and during other events promoting the Festival arranged by the organizer with no screening fees.

5. The Festival reserves the right to invite a film that was not submitted to the Festival.

Film copies

1. The film copies (selected films) should be sent electronically via an online link.

2. The films should have English subtitles and will be screened with, both, English and Macedonian subtitles created by the Festival.

Submitting a film to the Philosophical Film Festival is equivalent to the acceptance of the conditions set out in the above Rules & Terms.


  

 
  

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