Sarajevo City of Film 2017 directors application
How to apply
The terms and conditions of participation
1. General guidelines
• The Sarajevo City of Film 2017 Call for entries has been announced on August 12th 2017. All Sarajevo Talents Sarajevo participants from the past five years are eligible for applying.
• The application will
be borne mainly by the project director, who will also have been a
participant of one of the last five editions of the Talents
Sarajevo
• Along with the director, the applying
team must also include two other associates from a different area of
expertise in film (actor/actress, DoP, editor, screenwriter), who
will be named as participants in the application and who were also
participants of one of the last five editions of the Talents
Sarajevo
• The members of the applying team must, as a
whole, reside in at least two different countries
• The
director submitting the application can apply with only one project
• The actors are allowed to participate in more than
one project
• The members of the applying team cannot be
changed without prior consultation with and the approval of the
Sarajevo Film Festival
• The screenplays submitted for
the call must be low-budget short narrative films, with a maximum
duration of 15 minutes
• The films selected for the
grants will be produced in Sarajevo
• The filming
process should not last longer than 3 shooting days
•
The post-production of the selected films cannot take place outside
Sarajevo even in the case that the director and his/her team can
secure postproduction services elsewhere without incurring any
production charges
• All selected projects will be
provided with a producer and production team selected by Sarajevo
Film Festival
• The completed films will have to be
subtitled in either English or Bosnian (depending of the language of
the film)
• The
director of the selected film and his/her project team will not be
allowed to obtain additional financial support for the realization of
the film. Sarajevo Film Festival retains the right to provide
additional funding for realization of the project Sarajevo City of
Film and engage in coproduction
• The members of the
project team (i.e. participants of one of last five editions of
Talents Sarajevo) agree to be involved in the realization of the film
without any financial compensation
• Sarajevo Film
Festival retains the right to select the members of the project’s
creative team (apart from the director and the members of his/her
project team i.e. the Talent Campus alumni) who will be working on
the selected film projects
• The director submitting a
film project for participation may add to the creative team two other
members who were not participants of the Talents Sarajevo. These
members agree to be involved in the realization of the film for
compensation agreed by the Sarajevo Film Festival
• Projects receiving the grants of the Sarajevo City of Film
Fund, in the maximum amount of EUR 15,000.00, may use the provided
funds to cover production and postproduction expenses incurred in
Sarajevo, as well as the accommodation and traveling expenses
incurred during the project preparation and implementation phase in
Sarajevo
• The Sarajevo Film Festival retains all
copyright to the produced films, as well as the right to host the
premiere screening of the winning films and their subsequent
distribution
• Director will sign the declaration of
copyright- a written confirmation on granting the rights on film to
Sarajevo Film Festival
• The Sarajevo Film Festival
retains the right to call specific authors to participate in the
Sarajevo City of Film grant scheme
• Only Sarajevo Film
Festival / Obala Art Centar has the right to import realized films
into the IMDB and similar databases
• Actors involved in
the realization of Sarajevo City of Film films, coming from outside
of Sarajevo, will receive a daily allowance of 15 EUR
•
Directors involved in realization of Sarajevo City of Film films,
coming from outside of Sarajevo, will receive food coupons in the
daily amount of 15 EUR for the days of stay in Sarajevo which are not
the days of filming
Your application must include the following:
1.
APPLICATION PACK 1
•
A film synopsis (max. 2000 characters)
• The screenplay
of your film
• A list of project team members who
participated in the last five editions of Talents Sarajevo, including
the current edition.- 2013-2017 participants
• The names
of the 2 members of the creative team who have not taken part in the
Talents Sarajevo (if selected by the director)
• The
biographies of all the members of the team who have participated in
the Talents Sarajevo
• The biographies, filmographies
of 2 members of the creative team who have not participated in the
Talents Sarajevo (if selected by the director)
• A
statement of motivation, outlining your inspiration for working on
this project
• Directors have to send in a sample of
their work. Previews or showreels are not accepted, only complete
short films.
• Directors also have to send in sample of
work for 2 members of the creative team who have not taken part in
the Talents Sarajevo (if selected by the director)
Sarajevo City of Film 2017 Producers Workshop
How To apply
SCF
Producers workshop is intended for young professionals who took part
as producers in one of the five previous editions of the Talents
Sarajevoes, including the current edition. Participation in this
workshop gives one the opportunity for practical work on realization
of short films which will be filmed within the project Sarajevo City
of Film. The Selection board will select participants for this
workshop which will take part in the process of production of all
short feature films as assistants from the domain of line production.
Concrete obligations will be assigned on the basis of
real needs of production, interviews, and letters of motivation by
the participants. Participants will be awarded the producers credit
on all the films they worked on.
The
terms and conditions of participation
•
The call for entries is open for young film professionals who
participated in one of the last five editions of the Talents Sarajevo
as producers.
• Successful applicants will spend minimum
of 8 weeks in Sarajevo and will be included in the preproduction,
production and the postproduction of the films
• SCF
will cover the travel costs, provide accommodation, and a weekly
allowance of 100 EUR
• Producers selected to participate in Sarajevo City of Film 2017 Producers Workshop have to bring personal laptop to work with during the 8 weeks in Sarajevo
•
The producers will not be allowed to obtain additional financial
support for the realization of the film. Sarajevo Film Festival
retains the right to provide additional funding for realization of
the project Sarajevo City of Film and engage in coproduction
•
After receiving the applications, selection board will select 10
producers for the interview and then make a final selection of
up to 3 producers who will be involved in realization of Sarajevo
City of Film 2017 projects
Your on-line application must include the following:
•
CV
• Motivation letter
Contact:
Dina Ćerić
dina.ceric@sff.ba
Sarajevo
Film Festival
Zelenih beretki 12/1
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia
and Herzegovina