Gstaadfilm Festival - International Short Film Festival for Films by Artists (0)



Deadlines

21 Nov 2016
Call for entries

31 Aug 2017
Festival closed

30 Sep 2017
Notification date

11 Nov 2017
11 Nov 2017

Address

Postfach 420,  CH-3780, Gstaad, Bern, Switzerland


Festival description
Short film festival 10'<


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Any Theme
 Has submission fees
 International Festival
 Online and Physical Location
 Production date: Any
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  10'<
 Languages 
German Spanish French English
 Subtitles 
English
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English


Festival start: 11 November 2017      Festival end: 11 November 2017

In March 2004 the 1st international short film festival for films by artists was held in Gstaad, Switzerland, with the ultimate prize being 'The Golden Cow of Gstaad'. For the organisers of Gstaad Film, the event was a great success: Many artists made use of the possibility to present their works at the festival & the quality of the program was high, attracting many films from Switzerland and entries from as far away as Argentina. The three days of the festival gave many possibilities for interesting contacts, not only for we the organisers, but also for a numerous and interested audience who were left excited, enthralled and enriched by the experience.

The positive reaction generated over the three-day period encouraged us to start organising a second festival. To improve the organisation and to give the participants/entrants more time, we decided to organise the festival in a two-year cycle, as a biennale.

Dependant upon the length of films received, a maximum of twenty-five can be taken into the official program of the festival. Five of them will be nominated and admitted to the competition for the Gstaad Film Award. This award is to be The Golden Cow of Gstaad. The prize money is set to CHF 400.- (Swiss Francs) and an invitation to Gstaad, Switzerland.

In 2015 there was a NEW PRIZE awarded to an emerging artist/filmmaker under the age of twenty five; The Golden Calf of Gstaad. A prize of CHF 100.- (Swiss Francs) will be awarded to the winner.

All of The Golden Cow awards are hand-carved by a local dairy farmer Walo Perreten, who has his farm in an area quite close to Gstaad.

Eligibility:
Must have proven background as an Artist.

Type of Film:
Any form or medium except animation can be submitted

Formats:
Digital preview copies (uploaded via website or associated film-festival website) in which the spoken language is not German, English or French, should be submitted with subtitles in one of these languages. Films that are submitted on unreadable or damaged preview files will not be considered for selection. It is up to the applicant to ensure that the preview file is in full working order.

Running Time:
Duration no longer than 10 minutes

  

 
  

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