Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg

SUBMISSION
Films from all genres, countries and formats can be submitted for application. Only short films up to a maximum length of 30 minutes (except for The Triple Axel Competition)and with a production date not older than January 2022 The festival reserves the right to programme films longer than 30 min in exceptional cases. The deadline for the submissions is February 7th 2023. For the submission of a film from November 1 2023 to November 30 2023 7€ (incl. legal value added tax) will be charged as submission fee. Submissions from December 1 2023 to February 7 2024 will be charged 10 € (incl. legal value added tax). The Triple Axel Competition is excluded from the fee. Please use a separate entry form for each film submitted and provide the requested material. All sections of the form must be filled in through Shortfilmdepot or FilmFreeway until February 7th 2024. Each short film must be entered for one of the competitions named above. If the film is suitable for the youth section Mo&Friese we kindly ask to submit it only there. The selection committees reserve the right to assign it to another competition or special program including Mo&Friese and vice versa. The festival reserves the right to rule on any cases not provided for in these guidelines individually.
 
RIGHTS
The person or institution submitting the film is responsible for clearing all rights to the content of the work relevant to the films use by the Festival. By submitting, they state that they are authorized representatives thereof, i. e. that screening or other use of the film by the Festival does not infringe rights held by third parties (e. g. copyrights, personality or trademark rights), and that especially the rights to any material produced by others (music, film footage, photographs, text etc.) used in the film have been cleared. They furthermore shall indemnify the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg against all third-party claims in connection with screening/using the film in the course of the Festival. This includes covering any legal costs that might be incurred.

PREVIEW COPY
Films can be submitted via the online submission platform https://www.shortfilmdepot.com/ and https://filmfreeway.com/only. For questions regarding submissions, especially in the case of film schools and distributors please contact submission@shortfilm.com. If your films language isn’t English, please make sure it has hardcoded English subtitles. Preview files will remain in the archive of the Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg e.V. for internal use only.

NOTIFICATION
The directors of submitted films that are accepted will be notified via e-mail in the beginning of April 2023. There will be a list of accepted films on our website http://www.shortfilm.com and https://moundfriese.shortfilm.com/en/ at the beginning of May. We will also notify those who have not been selected around the beginning of May.

SCREENING COPIES
Accepted formats: DCPs and digital film files (mp4, mov, prores). If the original version is in a language other than English, the film needs to be subtitled in English. This also applies for the short films selected for the German Competition. Should there be any problems with your screening copy we reserve the right to use your preview copy as backup. In the case of a selection, the submitted film will be shown several times (repetitions during the festival period). Should the film win a prize at Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, it may also be shown as part of best-of programs following the festival. Selected films will be made available in the Online Video Library with worldwide access during the festival week for registered accredited film professionals. If we decide to screen films in an online environment, the primary contacts of the films will always be asked for permission after presenting them the conditions of the screening. The Artistic Director of the festival reserves the right to rule on any cases not provided for in these guidelines individually.

PRESS AND PROMOTION MATERIALS
With the submission of the film, the festival is permitted to use the film title, credits, distribution contact and the name of the director as well as film stills and film excerpts (max. 60 seconds) for general editorial reporting and promotion within the framework of the festival (incl. TV, web, cinema, showreel). The images will also be used for the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg available print products (festival publications) and online media (websites, apps, social media channels) where they will remain available without any time or territorial restrictions. The festival also reserves the right to make a password-protected copy of the film accessible to representatives of the press or selected industry professionals.

PRIVACY STATEMENT
We take the protection and security of personal information very serious. With the submission, the Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg is permitted to use the data provided for the purpose of processing the festival and its archives. This consent is the legal basis for the data processing (according to the EU General Data Protection Regulation—GDPR). For the full statement please see https://festival.shortfilm.com/en/data-privacy