Flahertiana Documentary Film Festival and a Chance to Win Cash Prizes 2021

The Flahertiana Festival invites documentary filmmakers to participate in the festival's new edition for 2021. The festival program also includes Russian documentaries competition“Russian Flahertiana” as well as various special programs: jury members’ films, childrens' film program, program of the Russian State Archives of Film and Photo Documents, programs investigating different social and humanitarian issues. Different seminars, round-table discussions, theoretical conferences, workshops are also held in the frameworks of the festival.

General Requirements:

• Films should be released after January 1st, 2020.
• Films to be selected for competition may be of any length except super-short (less than 7 minutes).
• Film copy provided should be with English subtitles in international format .SRT
• The Festival accepts high-quality screening copies (digital media can be in the following formats: mp4, m2ts, mkv with Full HD quality).
• If a film does not meet all listed requirements, it may not be included in the competition program.
• More detailed technical requirements will be sent to the participants of the competition programs in a separate file by e-mail.
• The Festival prefers to receive the screening copies by having them uploaded on its FTP server or downloading the film in HQ from the internet resource chosen by the participant.
• The Festival should receive all the screening copies by August 10th, 2021. If the film copy, as well as other materials, are not received by the Festival direction on time, the Festival has the right to expel the film from the competition.
• Film copies will be returned to filmmakers within four weeks after the Festival.
• The cost of screening copy transport to the Festival office is the responsibility of the applicant. 
• Insurance for shipping of films to the Festival is the entire responsibility of the participants.

Funding:

• The Festival covers transport costs and costs of a three-day stay in Perm of directors whose documentaries have been selected for the international competition. The above includes the travel of a director to Perm and back, hotel accommodation. Payment for the visa fee is not provided.
• Directors of films included in the competition should inform the Festival direction on dates of his/her stay in Perm by August 1st, 2021.
• Anyone who wants to attend the festival must fill out the accreditation form on the festival website. The IDFF will contact you to coordinate accommodation conditions, hotel charges, dates of stay, and Festival schedule.

Festival Prizes:

• Grand Prix for "The Best Documentary" — "Big Golden Nanook" and 250 00 rub.* (to film director).
• Award for "Discovery of New Subjects and New Heroes" — "Silver Nanook" and 75 000 rub.* (to film director).
• Award for "Original Artistic Solution" — "Silver Nanook" and 75 000 rub* (to film director).
• National Competition Jury Award for the best film of the "Russian Flahertiana" program — "Small Golden Nanook" and 75 000 rub. (to film director).
• Student Films Competition Jury awards for the Best Student Film and 50 000 rub (to film director).
• The Audience Award is awarded to film directors, who are selected by public voting throughout the festival. (Only international competition program movies can be selected).

Note: Prize money is paid in rubles, dollars, or euros (as winners decide).

Online Events:

In case of restrictions related to the impossibility of theatrical screenings, film screenings of the festival can also be held online. The participation of the jury, participants, and guests of the festival is also organized online.

Selection Procedures:

• The Selection Commission headed by the Chairman selects documentaries that participate in all program sections. In case a film has been selected, the Festival notifies the applicant, director, producer, and distributor of the fact after July 1st, 2021.
• Once the film has been selected, the following materials should be sent to the IDFF before July 15th, 2021:
  • three stills (full-color) (not less than 300 dpi);
  • a photo of the director (full-color) (not less than 300 dpi);
  • film publicity material;
  • film trailer;
  • English subtitles in international format *.SRT;
  • Dialogue list in Russian or English with the timecode.
• If a documentary has been selected the Festival has the right to:
  • use three minutes from the documentary for broadcasting or other purposes associated with the film and Festival promotion;
  • use film trailer for the promotion of the film or the festival
  • use the publicity material to promote the film and the Festival;
  • keep DVD copy or mp4 file of selected documentaries in its archive for non-commercial screening or educational purposes.
  • if the film wins one or several nominations the Festival has the right for one additional screening of this film in the weekend next to the Closing Ceremony.
• The Festival does not pay a screening fee for films in competition.

About Flahertiana Festival:

The Flahertiana festival named after this American filmmaker rests upon principles first used by Robert Flaherty in his film “Nanook of the North”. The main principle of such films is portraying the protagonist's real-life on film and structuring it on the screen according to the laws of dramaturgy. The main methods are long-term observation and habitual camera. The first edition of the festival was held in 1995 and until 2006 it was held once in two years. That time it was more like a theoretical workshop, not a competition. Since 2006 the festival officially became the annual international documentary film festival with an international competition jury and FIPRESCI jury.

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