New views, Original imagery, Critical approach, Crucial points, Modern
human existence, Strangness, expending boundaries, Celebrating
confrontations, Informatons, Surprising Knowledge, Tolerance,
Sensibilisation, Cultural differences, Independence, Individuality,
Provocations, Unpredictable experimentation, Engagement

Founded 2003 in Paris the International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT had
become a multinational meeting place and is today active in the form of
competition and focus programs in Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Bangkok, Urbino,
Tucumán. In these last years we have presented some thousand films from around 70 countries in our principal yearly festivals and on the same time in around 140 programs in collaboration with cultural institutions and festivals in up to now 36 countries,
among those Algeria, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Peru, Russia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey, United States ...

The Festival presents films, which reflect new views, original imagery, and a critical approach to the crucial elements of modern and actual human existence. It is a place for cinema that expands its own boundaries, that is astonishing, different, potentially free from the pressure of tradition, ready to give itself over to unpredictable experimentation. New aesthetics are welcome.

For each festival we compose new programs and invite a different jury.

Also this year one of our screening places will be the most precious Thai Archive and in the "Doc Club and Pub" in Bangkok.

Awards & Prizes

* SHORT FILMS * and *CINEMA IN TRANSGRESSION*

MAIN AWARD
Without restriction

SIGNS AWARD
The Signs Award honors films, which treat an important subject in an
original and convincing way.

NIGHT AWARD
The Night Award honors films, which are able to balance ambiguity and
complexity characterized by enigmatic mysteriousness and suppleness,
which keeps mind and consideration moving.

EDWARD SNOWDEN AWARD (Optional)
The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensible (mostly)
unknown information, facts and phenomenons of eminent importance, for
which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future.

SPECIAL JURY AWARD (optional)
Every international jury can declare one Special Award for a special aspect or capacity of a film.

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* DOCUMENTARIES *

MAIN AWARD
Without restriction. Just the film you estimate as the most important one.

SIGNS AWARD
The Signs Award for Documentary honors films, which express in a
surprising way sensible and perturbing aspects of reality.

NIGHT AWARD
The Night Award for Documentary honors films, which represent reality
in an ambivalent and enigmatic way, avoiding stereotypes of
representation and simple conclusions.

EDWARD SNOWDEN AWARD (Optional)
The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensible (mostly)
unknown information, facts and phenomenons of eminent importance, for
which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future.

Rules & Terms

For the Cinema in Transgression ("Experimental") and the Documentary
Competition no limitation (short and long).

For the Short Film competition the max length is 35 min.

For the Focus programs (thematic, regional) no limitation

For the competitions programs the production year should not be older
than 2022, for the focus programs (thematic, regional) not older than 2018.

In the case your film is chosen, we will contact you asking for a
screening copy.

In the case your film is not chosen immediately, it can be chosen later
for another upcoming festival during the year (in another
country/town). In this case, we will ask for your permission again.

With the submission on this platform, you give automatically the
screening permission of your film to the festival for this actual
edition. The festival can integrate your film in its actual
submitted form without further permissions from your side. You also can't add
further condition for the screening permission (for example screening fee
requests etc.).

In the case, we will not receive a screening copy in better technical quality, we will screen the submission file version.

We can't send back dvds, blurays, usb keys, hard disc etc.
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  • Oleksandr Stupak

    This is a place where sincerity and creativity are valued. They are ready to hear the lonely voice of a person. This is an exceptional festival because it shares the views of non-conformism. And non-conformist has always given impetus to the development of culture, even though it was in a critical minority. I express my great respect and gratitude to Dieter Wieczorek, who is the director of the festival. He does a great job!

    August 2024
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  • Vanessa Nica Mueller

    Thanks for choosing my film Landen for the signs of the night festival in Bangkok 2023 !!

    August 2023
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  • Wheeler Winston Dixon

    Excellent festival with many superb films - many thanks!

    August 2023
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  • Kris De Meester

    Legendary film festival, so honoured to be part of it.

    August 2023
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  • FEDERICA FOGLIA

    Such a great event in a great context and country. I am so grateful to have my film screening there - it means a lot to me and I wish this festival a long long long life !

    August 2023
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