*Students shall submit directly at FFW with a reduced fee of 2 euros. Film schools administration is eligible for free submission. Please ask us for a promo code at info@kisff.org.
**Please note that all submissions are carefully checked on its correspondence to a picked category. If you chose the wrong category you will be asked to re-submit your film using the right one.
X Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine will take place in August 2021.
The aim of Kyiv International Short Film Festival (KISFF) is to present the wide range of short films from all around the globe, created by professional filmmakers as well as by film school students or independent filmmakers, and to develop a space for presentation Ukrainian cinema and for communication and experience exchange between Ukrainian and International directors and artists.
We invite all kind of short films with the duration up to 30 minutes to be submitted for the selection. Ukrainian premieres are preferred.
The films must be created not earlier than January 1, 2018. There are no restrictions regarding the filmmaker’s age and country of production.
SUBMISSION FEE TERMS
You are eligible for a free submission if you are:
1. a film school representative, submitting films of your students
2. Ukrainian filmmaker
If you are an individual filmmaker (not from Ukraine) or a distribution company, you can submit your film using FilmFreeway with following submission fees:
1. for films under 15 minutes: $6 for the regular deadline and $8 for the late deadline
2. for films over 15 minutes: $8 for the regular deadline and $10 for the late deadline
The payment is to be done at FilmFreeway website, details of the payment process can be found here: filmfreeway.com/page/terms-of-service
SUBMITTING THE FILM
To submit your film you need to fill in the entry form online and specify the preview (vimeo/youtube/) link while completing the application or upload the film file directly to FilmFreeway. It is possible for every director to submit 3 films maximum.
Films may be submitted by the filmmakers, producers, distributors or other legal representatives. The submitter of the film should be a person that has the legal right to negotiate the use of this work with KISFF.
SELECTION PROCESS and PARTICIPATION in the FESTIVAL
Films are chosen by KISFF’s selection committee. The authors of selected films will be notified about the results one month prior to the Festival by email. In case of selection, the submitter will be asked to send the screening copy file, film stills, English dialogue list.
Selected films will be screened in Kyiv during the festival not more than twice and the best works will be included in the 'Best of KISFF' selection for screenings during the tour in Ukrainian cities.
Directors of all films will be invited to Kyiv with accommodation provided.
AWARDING
The program consists of one competition category, a variety of non-competition categories and thematic categories, as well as workshops and Q&As. Besides official selection, the Festival program will also include the selections of festival-partners and film schools.
Three main awards will be given to the winning films: Best Film Award, Best Director Award, Audience Award and two or more Special Mentions.
By submitting the entry form you accept all terms and conditions stated in the present regulations.
