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<div><font size="+2"><b>Submit films at INTERFILM and
KUKI!</b></font><br>
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<div><i>Dear filmmakers,<br>
</i>now<i> would be the perfect time to enter your film(s) to KUKI and
interfilm, as our viewers and curators are already busy watching films
in anticipation of the festival in November. And because we're all
spending a lot of time at home right now, it would be great if you
could keep them coming! We're addicted to short films and the
unexpected kick of festival submissions!</i><br>
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<div><b>KUKI - 13th International Short Film Festival for Children and
Youth Berlin </b><br>
8 - 15 November 2020<br>
<i><b>Deadline: 26 Mai 2020</b></i> - <a
href="https://www.interfilm.de/en/service/submit-films-at-kuki/"
>Submit films and read the regulations</a><br>
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<div><b>interfilm - 36th International Short Film Festival Berlin
2020</b><br>
10 - 15 November 2020<br>
<i><b>Deadline: 14 June 2020</b></i> - <a
href="https://www.interfilm.de/en/service/submit-films-at-interfilm/"
>Submit films and read the regulations</a><br>
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<div>Submit films up to 20 minutes - all genres.<br>
We'd love you to take advantage of the elegant service provided by
Shortfilmdepot.<br>
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<div><font size="+2"><b>Submitting films ...</b></font><br>
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<div><b>After a successful 35th festival edition in 2019</b> with more
than 23,000 people attending, we are now looking forward to
submissions for the next interfilm Festival in November. We expect to
view over 6000 film entries again in 2020, of which more than 400 will
be selected and curated for numerous competitions and special
programs, invited and presented to excited audiences at our cinemas
and venues. We are looking forward to a rich spectrum of narrative
excellence and critical voices as much as curiosities from all over
the globe. For 6 festival days in 7 competitions and various special
and focus programs, we will celebrate the contemporary short film in
all its facets.<br>
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<div><font size="+2"><b>... now with entry fee</b></font><br>
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<div><b>For years we have been pondering the need to charge submission
fees</b>. Once, the sending of DVDs to festivals was cost-intensive
for the submitter, but since the electronic transfer of viewing files
etc. the administrative work for festivals has increased. Although
interfilm always succeeds in putting together a great and rather epic
festival (all over Berlin), despite all the jubilation, it is often
not known that interfilm, with all due thanks to our sponsors
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Media Creative Europe, is not in
the best of positions in terms of funding, especially in comparison to
other major German and international (short) film festivals. We do our
best in terms of service, programming, accommodation, etc., but this
quality is also due in no small part to our staff, which we are hardly
able to pay adequately. At the moment they are paid on the basis of
the legal minimum wage. However, this cannot provide them with a
livelihood in the long term.<br>
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<b>Viewing 6000 short films every year is an immense challenge</b>. It
is accomplished by competent teams of colleagues that use a database
grading system. Commenting on the films is a process that keeps us
entertained throughout the summer, until the respective curators
select the definitive favourites in the autumn. The processes between
previewing and programming are different for each festival and become
more complex every year. It is precisely these internal processes of
professional programming that we want to invest in through the
submission fee of 8 euros per submitted film. We strive to pay our
reviewers appropriately, and by investing in new staff we want to
ensure the quality of the submission and reviewing processes as well
as the festival in the long term.<br>
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<div><b>Furthermore, we also want to pay a screening fee of 50 euros
per film</b> for those that are not screened in competitions in which
prizes can be won, but in special programs. It goes without saying
that this amount cannot by any means reflect the effort involved in
making a film. Nevertheless, this regulation is intended to contribute
towards creating fairness, because films represented by agencies or
distributors already demand such fees. From 2020, all films will
receive the same remuneration. It should be clear that many smaller
festivals are not in a position to pay such screening fees due to
their financial situation and we hope that filmmakers will continue to
submit films to festivals that are unable to provide such
remuneration.</div>
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<b>The situation is as precarious for festivals</b> as it is for
filmmakers and it is up to policymakers to address these problems.<br>
Of course we cannot state with any certainty how many submissions we
will receive in 2020, but we intend to divide the income from
submission fees as follows:<br>
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<div><b>1/3: Viewing</b><br>
One third of the income is to finance our team of viewers, who each
have the task of evaluating between 500 to 1000 films in the
pre-selection stage. Each film will be screened by at least 2 people
independently of one other in order to obtain different perspectives
for each submission.<br>
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<b>1/3: Curation, Coordination, Infrastructure</b><br>
The second third of the proceeds will finance the further processing
of the films. After the preview phase, the films need to be curated in
programs. The films that have been positively evaluated by the viewing
team will be watched again and considered for a relevant section.
Furthermore, the coordination of this process as well as its
underlying infrastructure (database, server, etc.) must also be
financed and maintained.<br>
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<b>1/3: Screening fees</b><br>
As described above, films running in a non-competitive program will be
paid 50 euros for each program for which they are selected. We assume
that this will consume another third of the income.<br>
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<b>We believe that these measures are fair and justifiable</b>.
Financing them through submission fees is certainly not ideal and is
our last option. Regrettably, we have no other choice at present. We
are constantly looking for new funding sources and ways in which to
expand our existing funding. We hope that this kind of partial
financing through submission fees can be repealed in the near
future.<br>
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<b>Submitting filmmakers may want to consider whether their film fits
the INTERFILM / KUKI profile</b>. interfilm likes good
films. That's relative of course. But we cannot and do not want to
specify our criteria, because we are generally open to everything the
short form has to offer. Not only do we love films produced to a high
standard with an international flair for success, but also those that
are courageous in style and content.<br>
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<div><b>What KUKI (and our young audience) really gets excited
about?</b> Films that show kids and teenagers as the smart, brave,
sensitive, funny and wise people they are. Stories and films that
encourage empathy and confidence, address serious topics in exciting
and lively ways, that offer perspectives and ways forward. Films that
make you laugh and feel (without being corny). Quiet films, crazy
films! Films with animal protagonists! Environmental films!
Documentaries! Experiments! Visual feasts! Hilarious slapstick! Films
from all over the world! Nothing generic!<br>
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<div><font size="+2"><b>Go for it!</b></font><br>
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<div><b>The submission fee is not complicated: Simply register with
Shortfilmdepot</b>, invest in the success of the film and wait for our
feedback. In over 35 years of interfilm, we have seen countless great
films and brought them to the screens of (not only) this city. We
eagerly await many more!<br>
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<div>We are looking forward to the 36th edition of the interfilm
Festival from 10 to 15 November 2020!<br>
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<div>Questions? - Contact us via submissions@interfilm.de<br>
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<div><b>interfilm:</b> <a
href="https://www.interfilm.de/en/service/submit-films-at-interfilm/"
>Submit films and read the regulations</a><br>
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<div><b>KUKI: </b><a
href="https://www.interfilm.de/en/service/submit-films-at-kuki/"
>Submit films and read the regulations</a></div>
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<div><b>interfilm Berlin Management GmbH</b><br>
Strassburger Straße 55</div>
<div>10405 Berlin<br>
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<div><a href="http://www.interfilm.de">www.interfilm.de</a></div>
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