PLEASE SUBMIT QUEER SHORT FILMS FROM 2024 AND 2025 ONLY.
SUBMISSION OF FILMS AND DEADLINES
Licence holders (applicants) can submit their films to the festival - considering its theme and focus, from February 1 to August 31.
In terms of type, the festival accepts:
fiction
documentary
animated
other (experimental, etc.) films
in terms of footage:
FILM SELECTION
The film selection for the festival is done by the programme team and the programmers. The final decision of the selection committee will be announced by September 30.
SCREENING FORMATS AND THEIR DELIVERY
The festival accepts following screening formats: DCP (2D)
In exceptional cases, these formats are acceptable: mp4 full HD, H264, stereo or 5.1, bitrate: up to 5Mbit/s, max. file size: 10 GB, bluray – B region / Europe, dvd – region Europe (dvd is not recommended format for cinema screenings!)
FFi covers the costs associated with the transport of the film as follows:
either import or export – only one of the transports if the film is sent between festivals,
import and export, if the film is sent and received by the licence holder.
Films must be delivered to FFi no later than 20 days before the festival starts.
FFi accepts the responsibility for screening formats from the moment of their acceptance in the territory of Slovakia until the moment of their return.
PROMOTIONAL ITEMS FOR SELECTED FILMS
Applicants, whose films were selected for the programme must provide the following materials to FFi no later than October 15:
press kit
official film website
300 dpi film photos
English and original language dialogue list with time code (ideally in *.srt format)
posters and other promotional materials, movie trailer in FULL HD resolution
FESTIVAL FILM PROMOTION
FFi reserves the right to use short extracts from films for the purposes of promoting festival screenings in the length:
up to 3 minutes in feature films
up to 30 seconds in short films
Extracts can be used on television, cinema, on the web and in multimedia presentations of the festival. FFi reserves the right to use other promotional materials in official festival materials – catalogue, leaflets, posters, festival billboards, festival websites, festival cinemas and also provide them to journalists for the purpose of promoting the event.
