Call for a Project
Visegrád Animation Forum held at Anifilm 2014
calls for a submission of ANIMATION SHORT FILM PROJECTS and a TV SERIE PROJECTS IN CONCEPT from our region into the pitching competition
Two categories pitching competition, short film projects and TV series, is held by Asociace animovaného filmu (Association of Czech Animation) within the industry section of its Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF) held at the International Festival of Animation Film „Anifilm“ in Třeboň (6th - 8th of May 2014).
Authors of the selected 8 short film projects and 6 Central European TV series will be able to present selected projects in two categories at Visegrád Animation Forum 2014 in form of public pitching forum in front of international producers, professionals, TV comission editors, potential co-producers and authors itself. Each prticipating project can be represented at most by one author and one producer.
Then the pitching jury of international professionals will award the Best project of a short film with the prize money of 2000 EUR for further development of the film. Pitching jury of international professionals will choose also the Best project of TV series.
You can submit your SHORT FILM or TV SERIE project by filling the entry form on this site: https://vp.eventival.eu/anifilm/2014
Candidates must first register into the system Eventival, read the terms and then register using the online form following the terms and conditions.
The deadline for submission is the 2nd march 2014
Conditions of applications of short film submission
- Visegrád Animation Forum accepts only short film projects or planned films that do not exceed their footage of 20 minutes.
- At least 50 percent of the short film must be done with an animation or multimedia technique with the emphasis on the graphical form of the final result.
- The project must have a producer and an author (filmmaker or designer) who could represent it at the pitching competition forum in front of professionals and potential partnets.
- There is no fee for submission of the project.
- The project must be accompamied by the info provided in the online internet formulaire:
- a logline
- a synopsis (250 words maximum)
- a treatment + director´s explication, realistic estimation of a budget (500 words maximum)
- examples of graphic and visual style
- short biography of a director (50 words maximum)
- info about the production company and contacts (50 words maximum)
Conditions of applications of tv serie submission
- Visegrád Animation Forum accepts only planned TV animation serie projects or pilot projects which episodes reach a standard length usual in television broadcasting.
- At least 50 percent of the TV animation serie must be done with an animation technique with the emphasis on the graphical form of the final result.
- The project must have a producer and an author (filmmaker or designer) who could represent it at the pitching competition forum in front of professionals and potential partnets.
- There is no fee for submission of the project.
- The project of a TV serie must be accompamied by the info provided in the online internet formulaire:
- a logline
- a description of the main story line and poetics (250 words maximum)
- a treatment with the description of the target group, number of episods, approximate realistic budget and TV development ideas and release plan (500 words maximum)
- examples of visual style and main characters
- short biography of the main director (50 words maximum)
- presentation of the production company and possible TV partner + contacts (50 words maximum)
DETAILS ABOUT THE TRAINING AND A PITCHING
Pitching Participants will have the opportunity to participate in the entire three-day program of Visegrád Animation Forum, which will include a special preparatory workshops dedicated to writing of the screenplay, development and presentation of the project on the international scene led by international experts. VAF will also offer presentations of film studios and professionals from our region, co-production and debates and program focused on meeting our schools and talents. Final pitching will be held on the last day of three days VAF event and every of participating teams will have 10 minutes to present their project in front of the jury and the audience.
Visegrad Animation Forum will cover the accommodation to pitching partecipants at the festival hotel during the 3 days event.
For further information contact:
Association of Czech Animation
Heřmanova 3
170 00, Praha 7 Holešovice
Czech Republic
email: info@asaf.cz