LONG STORY SHORTS | International Film Festival

Long Story Shorts is an international film competition that aims to connect the audience to short films, music videos, documentaries, and screenplays from all around the world.

Aiming to inspire, motivate and award new talents as well as experienced filmmakers, Long Story Shorts takes the way visual stories are shared and experienced to a higher level.

Here’s how we do it:

☞ Online coverage - Website & Social Media
☞ Live Screenings - Cinema Blue Velvet
☞ Access to global audiences with the help of our partner Filmocracy.com

The competition runs on a monthly basis, with a total of 12 selections in a competitional year.

BEST SHORT OF THE YEAR will be awarded:

♢ $1,000 of Stock Footage Credit to Nimia.com 

♢ $2,000 of Rights Clearance Labor (2 days) Free of Kurator services

All films submitted to our festival are rigorously rated by our programmers who later publish their selection on our website and social media channels during the next month.

The final deadline for our next selection, as well as the notification date are posted in the right-grid competition timeline.

At this moment, the home of our competition, where we also hold film screenings, is Bucharest, an effervescent cultural hub in Europe, with a highly dynamic social life.
We partnered with Cinema Blue Velvet, the first micro-cinema fully dedicated to promoting art films in Bucharest.

The film selections are categorized in two main sections that intertwine as follows:

☞ Official Selection - Non-competitional programme showcasing films with a strong story and approach, carefully curated by our programmers
☞ Official Competition - Winners & Nominees

♢ Understanding Official Selection & Competition

Film Selections shouldn’t only be about having films competing with each other. We embrace the idea of creating a space where talented filmmakers are recognized and appreciated, without necessarily putting a stamp on what is valuable and what isn’t from a critical point of view.

Not all selected films will run in the Competition as well; however, their value is supported by welcoming them in the Long Story Shorts Community.

☞ All Films accepted in the Official Selection will be given a benefits pack worth $367:
• Filmstro 1-Year Pro Licence Exclusive discount worth up to $125
• DCP2GO Exclusive Discount for mastering services worth $125
• 3 Months Studio License from iPitch TV - worth $117

At the end of the year, we will pick ‘BEST SHORT OF THE YEAR’ from every film that has won Best Short Film in our 12 monthly seasons of 2023.

BEST SHORT OF THE YEAR will be awarded:

♢ $1,000 of Stock Footage Credit to Nimia.com 

♢ $2,000 of Rights Clearance Labor (2 days) Free of Kurator services

☞ Best Short Film will receive

♢ Live Screening
♢ Filmoracy Screening (only with prior permission from the filmmaker)
♢ 3 Months Filmmaker Pass from Filmocracy - worth $100
♢ Access to Filmocracy Film Market
♢ 12 Months Studio License from iPitch TV - worth $189
♢ Cloud19 Full DCP Service Pack worth 299$
♢ Filmstro Pro Licence discount worth 125$
♢ Award Certificate signed by the Festival Director
♢ Official Laurels from the festival

Our vision is to create opportunities for independent filmmakers to have their work showcased. We believe in the public’s potential of becoming a significant actor in developing the filmmaking process.

2020 came with a new set of challenges. The ‘new normal’ reshaped in many ways the entire film industry. However, giving up was never an option, and this has been our core belief throughout this whole period.

As physical event planning has become a lot more challenging, only competition-awarded films will be eligible for live screenings at this moment.
SCREENINGS take place at CINEMA BLUE VELVET.

But the future looks bright, as new ways of promoting films have come up.

Starting with 2021 we focus on the future of cinema interaction, which is a hybrid one.

♢ What does this entail?

Physical screenings merge with the focus on a better, faster, safer & easier online screening solution.

We believe it makes Long Story Shorts even more attractive, as there are many benefits of joining our community.

Starting with 2021 we offer all the films qualified for Official Competition the opportunity of having online screenings.

It is important to mention that this IS NOT A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT for joining the festival and online screenings will only be provided WITH THE PRIOR PERMISSION granted by the filmmaker.

Our Online Catalogue will be offered in partnership with Filmocracy, a highly secured streaming platform, where you can introduce your content to a worldwide audience.

☞ Filmocracy

Filmocracy is an innovative film and media festival, bringing together the best of traditional festival events, while integrating unique digital programs to create a memorable and productive experience. Cofounded by Jon Fitzgerald former director of multiple prestigious festivals such as Slamdance, AFI, and Santa Barbara.

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The publication of the Official Selection, as well as Competition Results will correspond to each season's notification information, available in your submission details.

☞ PARTNERS:

♢ Filmocracy

Filmocracy is an innovative film and media festival, bringing together the best of traditional festival events, while integrating unique digital programs to create a memorable and productive experience. Cofounded by Jon Fitzgerald former director of multiple prestigious festivals such as Slamdance, AFI, and Santa Barbara.

♢ Nimia

Nimia, founded in 2013 by Zachary McIntosh and Eric Harrison, is an international technology company specializing in video licensing, management, and distribution related products and services. These include a stock footage marketplace and digital asset management software. The company is headquartered in the USA.

♢ Kurator.com

Kurator is a company specialized in content curation, rights clearance, and music supervision services for all types of footage, photography and music needs.

♢ iPitch.TV

Looking for a way to pitch your idea for a television show or movie? iPITCH.TV offers a next generation platform for creators of original pitches for TV, Film & Digital Media to connect directly with Hollywood Producers and Studio Executives and gives creators industry pro advice on how to pitch a television show or feature film. Pitch your idea for a Movie, Screenplay, Television Show, Short Film, New Media Project and more.

♢ CLOUD NINETEEN

For 15 years, Cloud 19 has been a 1-stop resource for post production & mastering services, providing digital media solutions to Hollywood studios, Indie distributors and film producers everywhere! Consider us for your QC reports, Hardware-based DCP’s, DVD & Blu-ray Authoring, Color Grading and other Finishing services.

♢ FILMSTRO

Filmstro Pro is a music publishing library built into a desktop app that enables Filmmakers to adapt and recompose professional soundtracks to suit their films. Available for Windows and Mac users.

♢ DCP2GO offers complete professional services for DCP authoring including: preparation of materials, authoring, encryption and key management, duplication, control and check-up (test screening), transfer and distribution, translation and subtitling, and technical organization.