IMPORTANT
ENG subtitles are required even if the movie is in English. (More information below.)
ABOUT
BLACKSPHERE is an international film festival which offers both an online platform for film viewing and a live screening as part of the festival’s finale. Festival takes place during 22 - 26 June 2023 in the Czech Republic in Javorník near Polish broads where selected finalist films will be screened.
The selection process of the audiovisual works is as follows: A jury of European experts selects a maximum of 100 works from all the received films, each of which are made available for viewing online during the festival at www.blacksphere.one. Based on a European jury 100 finalists are selected and screened during the Blacksphere festival live.
The festival’s finale will consist of a 3 days film marathon which will take place in the Czech Republic 24 - 26 June 2022, at Račí údolí 118, 790 70 Javorník. During these 3 days, the works of all 100 finalists are screened. The festival’s winners will be announced, and the trophies and main prizes will be handed out. Furthermore, the event will feature workshops and consultations, theatre, exhibition, performances and much more. The workshops’ focus will be announced on the website www.blacksphere.one before the main event and the selection of topics will be automatically sent to all registered participants, with the offer for accreditation as part of the BLACKSPHERE LIVE FILM FESTIVAL, along with an offer of accommodation and reservation options.
Open air Blacksphere. During summer 2022 the most liked movies will be screened in a form of an outdoor cinema in Tančírna v Račím údolí, where the main festival event takes place as well.
The Jury Award: The final winner of the BLACKSPHERE LIVE FILM FESTIVAL will be chosen by our jury consisting of selected European experts. The winning movie will be distributed and promoted to the Czech local cinemas and will also receive a BLACKSPHERE trophy. The winning movie will be distributed and promoted on www.binarycode.one and www.blacksphere.one webpages.
The Audience Award: The accredited viewers of the BLACKSPHERE LIVE FILM FESTIVAL will evaluate the screened films. The overall winner of the Audience Award will be selected and awarded the BLACKSPHERE trophy. The audience winner movie will be distributed and promoted on www.binarycode.one and www.blacksphere.one webpages.
Also the winners of each main category will be chosen by our jury and announced. Each winner will receive an official trophy, laurels, diploma and a gift bag.
SUBTITLES
Each film submitted to Blacksphere film festival must contain English subtitles (even if the movie is English spoken), as we are an international festival and we will target the online part of the festival also outside of English-speaking countries, where not everyone understands the English language perfectly. It would also be nicer for handicapped people to see visible text.
Therefore, English subtitles are required even if the movie is spoken in English. (Preferably embedded subtitles in the movie. Or less preferably .srt file or .vtt but we are able to handle .txt as well.) Delivery of English subtitles is part of the rules of our festival. Since providing ENG subtitles is strictly in Blacksphere rules, submitted movies will not be included in Blacksphere main competition for prizes if submitters fail to deliver us English subtitles.
Only exceptions are movies without dialogues.
Main category:
Live action feature film (45min+)
Documentary feature film (45min+)
Animation feature film (45min+)
Experimental feature film (45min+)
Music feature film (45min+)
First time feature film (45min+)
Student feature film (45min+)
Live action short film (5-45min)
Documentary short film (5-45min)
Animation short film (5-45min)
Experimental short film (5-45min)
Music short film (5-45min)
First time short film (5-45min)
Student short film (5-45min)
Super short film (0-5min)
LIVE FESTIVAL:
Main category:
Best Blacksphere film award: Distribution and promotion on www.binarycode.one and www.blacksphere.one webpages + official diploma, trophy, laurels and a gift bag
Best audience film award: Distribution and promotion on www.binarycode.one and www.blacksphere.one webpages + official diploma, trophy, laurels and a gift bag
Best Live action feature film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Documentary feature film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Animation feature film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Experimental feature film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Music feature film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best First time feature film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Student feature film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Live action short film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Documentary short film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Animation short film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Experimental short film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Music short film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best First time short film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Student short film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Best Super short film: official diploma, trophy, laurels, gift bag
Every filmmaker of selected movie: free accreditation