The third Unseen Movies Festival by Pugnant Film Series will be at 28 May- 1 June 2020. We are determined and devoted in independent cinema and auteur cinema, as always, and we will present recent films that never reach the Athenian(greek) screening rooms & audience.
The program will focus in some of the most important films of contemporary cinema, also there will be some Tributes to filmmakers that we love.

You can find more about our style, looking at last year's edition
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rQCaWVbc66vfImu9ToZ5q8a9gdaORYcd/view

Also you can see at last 3 years Pugnant Film Series events to see what kind of films we are interested.
https://pugnantfilmseries.blogspot.com/p/past-events.html

Awards & Prizes

This is not a competitive festival. So, there are no awards and prizes.

Rules & Terms

The third edition of Unseen Movies Festival by Pugnant Film Series will take place 28 May - 1 June 2020.

In submitting a film, you agree to the Terms of Entry listed below.

TERMS OF ENTRY

1. ELIGIBILITY
i. Once a film is submitted it may not be withdrawn.

ii. We welcome films of any subject matter by artists from any stage of their career.

iii. We are accepting all type of submissions, but our preferences are in recent films that have never been screened at Athens.

2. SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE AND FORMAT
i. All submissions must be received by us before the end of 25 April 2020.

ii. We are screening HD files (mp4, mov) or DCP.

3. ENTRY FEES

i. Entry fees via FilmFreeway are as follows:

Regular Fee (from 10 December 2019) = $8 per submission.
Extended Fee (from 26 March 2019) = $12 per submission.

4. SCREENING FEES
i. We pay a token fee of £50 per each selected feature-length film (more than 35 minutes). All payments will be made via PayPal after the festival.

ii. If your submission is with a distributor we will require you to negotiate a screening fee waiver with them if your work is accepted.

5. NOTIFICATIONS
You will be notified of selection via email in early May 2020, if not before.

6. PRINT TRAFFIC
i. Final screening copies of selected works should be received by us 10 days from the notification date.

ii. We regret that we cannot cover inbound shipping costs of final screening copies.

iii. In the case of digital screening copies, we prefer to receive final screening copies electronically.

PERMISSIONS
i. All necessary permissions, releases and clearances will have been obtained by the submitting individual in advance for participation in the festival. The submitting individual bears full legal responsibility for ensuring permissions have been granted for the use of any and all copyrighted material in the submitted works for the purpose of the festival screening.

ii. Where the work has an existing distribution partner, sales agent or other third party with a legal or financial interest in the work, the submitting individual will have gained permission for inclusion in this festival on the basis of these terms and conditions prior to submission.

iii. The person submitting the form must possess the right to accept these terms and conditions.

iv. The information you submit will not be shared with any third party beyond the immediate staff and selection panel of Unseen Movies Festival. We will never share any of your data with anyone else.

v. We may add your email address to our mailing list, and mail you details about the forthcoming festival, our events, future Pugnant Film Series calls for entries and other relevant opportunities from time to time. We will not share your information with anyone other than Pugnant Film Series, and you can unsubscribe at any time.