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ENCOUNTERS BRISTOL
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2011

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Celebrating its 17th
year, Encounters Bristol International Film Festival is now the leading UK gateway to the world’s most prestigious short
film and animation awards including the Academy Awards®, the BAFTAs, the
European Film Awards and the Cartoon d’Or. One of the best-known showcases and
meeting points for emerging talent, the festival seeks to promote the short
form as a means to develop and progress the next generation of filmmakers and
animators.

The 2011 festival will be held between Wednesday
16 – Sunday 20 November in Bristol, UK.

Submissions for this year’s festival are now open
and run until Thursday 30 June 2011. The
final, selected films for competition will be divided into the three festival strands;
Animated Encounters, dedicated to
showcasing short animated films, Brief
Encounters which provides a platform for both live action and animated
short films, and DepicT!, the
competition for 90 second short films. Under 21s are also invited to submit shorts under 5mins into Electric
December part of Fresh Flix,
Encounters’ young people’s showcase from June onwards.

Encounters
accept short films from all over the world completed from 1 Jan 2010, under 30
minutes in length from every genre: animation, live action drama, documentary,
experimental and music video, and does NOT have a premiere policy.

To
enhance the festival experience, and to encourage you to submit digitally, we
have teamed up with Vast Blue to
power this year’s submissions. With Vast Blue, the festival is now able to
provide a streamline submission process, and offer an advanced, online
experience to Delegates through the onsite and Online Digital Viewing Library.

All
films submitted to the festival are entered into the Online Digital Viewing
library in-situ at the festival, offering more than 1000 films to all
delegates’, buyers, distributors, programmers and press during the festival.
Additionally, all films programmed within the competitive screenings will be
available to delegates online in a video-on-demand short film service for a
period of time after the festival.

The
Individual costs equate to the administration time associated to each
submission.

Upload your film online and save at least £5 off
the submission fee. The festival is also offering reduced fees for multiple
film entries for those entering more than three films please contact Programme
Coordinator, Rich Warren [link to rich.warren@encounters-festival.org.uk].

Key Dates

4 Apr 2011              -        Submission
window opens

Mid
June                 -        Electric December submissions open via
electricdecember.org

30 Jun 2011             -        Submission
window closes

22 Aug 2011            -        Filmmakers
notified

5 Sept 2011                      DepicT! Deadline- Free
submission, upload at Depict.org

23 Sep 2011            -        Programme
Announced

16-20
Nov 2011        -        Encounters International Film Festival 2011

Visit www.encounters-festival.org.uk
to see the awards up for grabs, submission criteria and how to enter your film.
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Join our online community on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news.

For more information on Vast Blue who are powering
this years submissions visit www.vastblue.com

DepicT!- Can you do it in 90 seconds?

DepicT! is our super-short filmmaking
competition that challenges filmmakers on any budget from anywhere in the world
to create tiny gems of under 90 seconds. Depict accepts films that are a minute
and a half or under and are distinctive, imaginative and engaging.

A Watershed project
www.depict.org (Open 27th
April – 5th September)