1. Dates and Place
Tranås At The Fringe - International Film Festival of Experimental Films and Videopoems is an international film and video screening that will be held from the 29th of June to the 6th of July 2024 in Tranås (Sweden), within the context of the international arts festival Tranås At The Fringe. The films may be made available also online for two weeks, without geo-blocking, on Tranås at the Fringe YouTube channel, if approved by the author. In case of force majeure making it impossible to run the screenings as live events, these will take place only online, on Tranås at the Fringe YouTube channel.
The author is free to deny approval to the temporary online publication of his film without prejudice to the selection of his film for the live screening.
2. Purposes
Tranås At The Fringe - International Film Festival of Experimental Films and Videopoems wants to bring in Tranås, a small town in Sweden, a quality selection of experimental films and videopoems and aims to become a cultural gathering for film lovers and professionals, to support the creation of networks between filmmakers and the local communities and to inspire exchanges between filmmakers and professionals coming from different artistic disciplines. At the same time, the screening will be held online, accessible worldwide, for the duration of the festival.
3. Sections of the festival
International experimental films
The experimental films submitted must have a duration of maximum 40 minutes (opening and ending credits included). They must include subtitles in English or Swedish (where the original language is not one of these two). There is no limitation for the number of works that each author can submit.
International videopoems
The videopoems submitted must have a duration of maximum 30 minutes (opening and ending credits included). They must include subtitles in English or Swedish (where the original language is not one of these two). There is no limitation for the number of works that each author can submit.
4. Deadlines
Submission from: 3 September 2023
Deadline for submission: 15 Mars 2024
Notification date: 7 April 2024
The selected artists must send a screening copy of their films by: 5 June 2024
5. General dispositions
The authors and/or the production companies authorise the publication of their personal data as well as of the ones of their artwork on the festival’s website and on the festival’s catalogue and their related diffusion to press media and/or social media for promotional sakes.
They also agree that an extract of their work (up to a maximum of 30 seconds) may be used with the aim of promoting Tranås At The Fringe - International Festival of Experimental Films and Videopoems, in any context and language, by traditional and new media platforms.
Films and videos will be screened, when it is possible, in the screening format specified in the entry form. The organisation, even though being rigorously committed in the safekeeping of the artworks (in digital format), will not respond for any damage or loss that these could be subjected to, from the moment of the arrival on. The participation to the festival imply the entire acceptance of these regulations.
Though the submission of the entry form, the authors and/or the production companies authorise:
- to be included in Tranås At The Fringe - International Festival of Experimental Films and Video poems archive;
- the screening of their film (without screening fee) during the festival and in any future event linked to the festival At The Fringe for cultural sakes (reviews, retrospectives, cine-forums...) or educational ones.
There is no such case in which films and videos will be screened with profits.
BY SENDING A FILM OR VIDEO SUBMISSION TO THE FESTIVAL, ONE ACCEPTS THE PRESENT DOCUMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY.
