Annecy Short Animation Film Competition for Egyptian Filmmakers

In the context of the 2021 Annecy International Film Festival and its focus on Africa, Annecy and the Mifa (Annecy International Animation Film Market) are expressing their interest in Egypt by offering young talents the opportunity to acquire funding, co-production deals or work collaborations for their projects, while also giving the creators the chance to take part in an international event they would normally not have access to.

This Calls for Projects is open to animated short film projects in development, presented by their authors irrespective of:

• techniques used: traditional, 3D, etc.
• target audience
• genre: fiction, documentary, educational, experimental, etc.
• age of the author

Participation terms:

• EGYPT FOCUS @ MIFA
• A creator/animator/filmmaker can send in a project either as a personal/individual piece of work or through a structure set up within his/her country.
• Only projects with a complete digital file, sent to animatex:
  hello@animatex.net, before 20th of March 2021 will be considered.
• Registration is free of charge.
   The digital file must:
• be written in English
• contain all the required documents and respect the regulations below
• sent as 1 PDF file only

Submission requirements and documents:

• Your digital file must be registered and sent as 1 single PDF file only, not exceeding 50MBs. Free rein is given for the general presentation as long as all other required documents are in the file.
• Registering a project must be done on an individual basis by its author(s).
• Only one project per author can be submitted.
• The project presented must not be part of a school syllabus or have been pre-purchased by a TV channel.
• Any project already associated with a producer can be submitted but this must be stipulated. However, a producer cannot submit more than 3 short film projects.

Required documents for submitting a short film project:

Narrative Elements (minimum 5 pages, maximum 10 pages)

• synopsis (summary of the story)
• statement of intent or description of the project (origin, atmosphere, message, references, etc.) - maximum 1 page
• a project progress report, explaining the project’s development, eventual contract commitments (include the name of the producer where applicable) and expectations

Graphic Elements (no length restriction)

• storyboard (full or partial)
• available graphic elements: backgrounds/sets, characters, model sheets, graphic research materials, references, etc.

Basic Administrative Elements

• CV of the author(s)
• a transfer of rights statement if the topic is taken from a work that already exists
• a signed and dated note confirming that the project has not been pre-purchased by a TV channel

Winners:

• The winner of EGYPT FOCUS @ MIFA will have the opportunity to pitch his/her project at the 2021 Annecy Film Festival, during the African spotlight among 4 or 5 others projects selected from other regions of the continent, as part of the Mifa 2021 official programme.
• The winner of EGYPT FOCUS @ MIFA will participate in a matchmaking session and will have more chances to meet professionals / partners, and will benefit from onsite and/or beforehand support such as: expertise, networking opportunities, and tech rehearsals.
• The winner of EGYPT FOCUS @ MIFA (one author maximum) will have his/her flight and accommodation expenses covered to participate to the 2021 Annecy Festival.
• The authors of the pre-selected 5 projects (including the winner) will get 1 free accreditation each, giving them access to all Annecy Festival and Mifa events.

About Animatex:

Animatex is an animation festival and an online portal with a focus on bringing all the artists working in the animation industry in Egypt together.

We aim to be the go-to platform, online and offline, for everything related to animation in Egypt, and a space to showcase all the aspects and constituents of theanimation arts, to facilitate networking and collaboration between these various constituents and -in time- to drive the animation art field in Egypt to international levels.

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