Vierte Welle Festival

1. DATES

VWFF will take place in Berlin on March 15th and 16th, 2025 at Lichtblick Kino. The submission deadline is December 31, 2024.

The selected short films will be announced during the first week of January 2025.

2. EVENT GOALS

VWFF is a safe space for Queer and FLINTA+ artists from around the world who wish to showcase their fiction, documentary, and/or experimental short films in Germany with English subtitles, in order to reach an international audience.

3. PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION

Submitted short films must meet the following requirements:

* Short films with a maximum duration of 20 minutes will be accepted.

* The short films must align with one or more of the aforementioned categories: Queer, Activism, Me Too and Berlin Migrant.

* The film genre can vary and may include: documentary, fiction, experimental, animation, music video, video poetry, etc. as long as it fits within the context of the aforementioned categories.

* The director and/or 50% of the team must be Queer or FLINTA+.

* By submitting, applicants automatically grant the event organizers the right to use up to 2-minute excerpts from the film for the non-profit promotional broadcast of the festival through television, social media or other media channels, both during the festival and for related events afterward.

Copyright always belongs to the authors/directors and/or producers.

4. MATERIAL REQUEST

Initially, the organizing team will ask applicants to submit the completed registration form filled out by the copyright holder. The film copy should be in digital format via a link, such as Vimeo or YouTube. If the link is private, the password should be provided. The curatorial team will use the link for the selection process.

If the work is selected, the organizing team will contact the applicant to request an original copy of the short film, the corresponding English subtitles (even if the original language is already English) and information on social media and photographs for publicity.

5. SELECTION

The authors of the selected works will be notified well in advance to allow them to send a screening copy in the appropriate format for exhibition.

6. SUBTITLES

As previously mentioned, we explicitly request that the nominated short films have English subtitles (even if the original language is already English). These must be provided by the applicants.

7. FEES, SHIPMENTS, AND RETURNS

The submission fee is 5 euros but will be waived if the applicant uses the code VWFF5.

Each applicant is responsible for the costs of sending screening copies and/or additional material requested by the festival. The festival will not accept the screening of short films that incur fees, taxes, or additional charges.

Screening copies will only be returned upon express written request, specifying the destination and return date (distributors, producers, other festivals, etc.).

The participant bears the costs of return shipping. The festival will not cover any costs for damages due to the use of copies. The festival does NOT pay any screening fees or copyright payments.

8. PRESS AND PROMOTION

Directors and producers agree to actively share the festival on their social media channels. The films may be used in future VWFF events to promote the festival.

9. SCREENING FEES

VWFF will not make any monetary payments for any short film for exhibition or copyright reasons.

10. ACCEPTANCE

SUBMISSION TO VWFF5 IMPLIES FULL KNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RULES AND CONDITIONS. ANY EXCEPTION, DOUBT, OR CONFLICT WILL BE EVALUATED AND RESOLVED.