WINTER APRICOTS FILM FESTIVAL 2021
1 - Intro
“Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival” is an international film festival in its sixth edition.
According to the situation, the festival will take place from 16th to 18th of December 2021 in Prilep, Macedonia.
Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival is devoted to promoting short films of any genre and to generate contacts among the audience, young directors, and professionals.
*If public events will be forbidden in the country because of Covid-19 the festival will be held online.
*Please note that in case of an online edition of the festival the selected films will not be published online without submitters' permission.
2 - Festival Sections and Awards
International short film competition
Jury Award Best Film: 300 Euros
Best Concept: 100 Euros
Best Cinematography: 100 Euros
Best Sound: 100 Euros
Balkan short film competition
Special Mention Best Balkan Film
Macedonian short film competition
Audience Award Best Macedonian Film
3 - Rules of Participation
Eligible films must last a maximum of 30 minutes in length and completed after 1st of January 2019. The same artist (as a single or a collective) can submit no more than three
works and only one will be eligible for the final selection.
Entry Fees and Deadlines
A symbolic entry fee is a fundamental tool for us to keep the festival existing and independent.
Nevertheless, being aware of the economic repercussions of the pandemic on the film workers, Winter Apricots will provide Waiver codes to the artists that might struggle to cover the fee.
Submissions: from 24th July 2021
FIRST DEADLINE: 25th September 2021 – 2.00 Euro
LAST DEADLINE: 15th October 2021 - 3.00 Euro
Notification date: 25th November 2021.
The entry form should be filled through FilmFreeway. The form will be considered invalid if incomplete;
Submission is considered as completed only when the following 3 steps are done:
• submitter provided all the information required;
• submission fee is paid;
• preview copy of the film is sent.
The authors of the selected short films will be informed by e-mail by November 25th, 2021.
The selected authors will have to send by November 30th 2021 the screening copy, as
well as a English dialogue list with timecode (.ass, .srt.).
Failure to send this material may cause the exclusion of the film from the selection, at unquestionable discretion of the festival organization, even after the selected film list has been published on the website.
Material and data concerning the films will be included on the festival catalog, the festival website and social media for promotional purposes.
The selected films will become part of the Winter Apricots archive, they might be used
for no-profit screenings aimed to support Winter Apricots and extracts (max 30
seconds) can be used in order to promote the festival.
The festival organization will inform the authors about any further screening of their works.
The Festival does not pay any screening fees.
The participation in the festival implies that all conditions and terms described in the rules
and regulations herein have been accepted and that the film does not include unauthorized
audio/video material by any other author.
4 - Organization
If the festival will happen in the form of a live public event, the selected artists are invited to attend “Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival”, compatibly with the traveling policies and in the respect of any possible sanitary measure.
The festival will provide accommodation (1 or 2 crew members) and, depending on the costs and on the demand, might contribute to travel costs.
“Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival” reserves the right to modify, redefine, interrupt, postpone, or cancel the contest for reasons outside its control and therefore cannot be held liable in any way.
5 - Final details and Contacts
For any other unspecified issues or items “Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival” reserves the right of final decision.
For additional information please contact us at
winterapricots@yahoo.com.
