19 Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Przyrodniczych im. Włodzimierza Puchalskiego ()

19th THE WŁODZIMIERZ PUCHALSKI INTERNATIONAL NATURE FILM FESTIVAL



Deadlines

25 Sep 2022
Call for entries

30 Jun 2022
Festival closed

22 Sep 2022
Notification date

21 Sep 2022
25 Sep 2022

Address

ul. Kilińskiego 210,  93-106, Lodz / Łódź, łódzkie, Poland


Festival description
BIODIVERSITY, A CHANCE FOR EARTH
Short film festival 40'<
Feature film festival >40' 70'<


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Themes
 Does NOT have submission fees
 International Festival
 Online and Physical Location
 January 2020
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Required
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  40'<
 Feature Films  >40' 70'<
 Any language
 Subtitles 
English
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Photo of 19 Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Przyrodniczych im. Włodzimierza Puchalskiego

Photo of 19 Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Przyrodniczych im. Włodzimierza Puchalskiego
Photo of 19 Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Przyrodniczych im. Włodzimierza Puchalskiego

Polish
English


Festival start: 21 September 2022      Festival end: 25 September 2022

The 19th Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival will take place in Łódź on September 21-25, 2022.

The motto of the upcoming edition is: "REBUILDING ECOSYSTEMS".

1. All films and TV programmes, qualified for the Festival, shall be evaluated by the Festival Jury appointed by the organisers. The prize fund amounts approximately EUR 12,000 (may be modified).

2. The Jury has the right to award distinctions, honorary diplomas and special awards which are not provided for in the Rules, but are available to the organisers.

3. Decisions of the Jury are final and may not be appealed.

Festival Participation Terms and Conditions.

Films eligible to participate in the Festival:

short-length films (up to 40 minutes long) and medium-length films (40 - 70 minutes long) dedicated to Europe’s nature, environmental protection, coexistence of man with the world of nature and related issues,
popular science, science, documentary and animation films, nature TV programmes as well as other film forms of the running time not exceeding 60 minutes, films made after 1st January 2020, which did not take part in the 18th Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival in 2022, Copies of films selected for the Festival competition must be delivered to the address of the Studio on a physical digital medium in formats:

DCP (Digital Cinema Package), Blu-ray disc
QuickTime ProRes 4.2.2. HQ

The costs of sending and returning the medium shall be borne by the Applicant.

Films may be submitted by producers and individual filmmakers provided that they hold the distribution rights to the film.

A Selection Committee decides whether a given film is admitted to the competition.

Films and TV programmes shall be submitted in writing, using the forms (available at wfo.com.pl FESTIVAL tab) should be made by e-mail to: wfo@wfo.com.pl, by 30 June 2022, with a note "Puchalski Festival".

All entries should include:
entry form,
film copies in Full HD MP 4 (max 5GB) uploaded to the Studio's FTP site (User Manual in Appendix 1),
dialogue lists and commentary in *.srt file (for foreign films, in english),
film stills along with the consent to use them in the Festival Catalogue, of the resolution of at least 2600x2600 pixels, stating also the name of the author,
the list, including names of animal and plant species featured in the film, in Latin,
short description of the film, serving as a suggestion of a text to be inserted in the Festival Catalogue (maximum 500 characters),
declaration, asserting the ownership of copyrights and related rights to the submitted film,
production crew list and film details.

The above-mentioned materials and documents must be delivered by 30 June 2022 to the email address wfo@wfo.com.pl with the reference "Puchalski Festival".

Film submissions addressed to the Selection Committee of the Youth Nature Film Competition Films in MP4 format (max. up to 2 GB) should be sent together with the entry form by 31 July 2022, to the email address wfo@wfo.com.pl, with the reference "Youth Nature Film Competition".

The Youth Nature Film Competition will only admit films with a screening time of 3 to 15 minutes, whose authors are 10 to 20 years old, made after 1 January 2020, which did not take part in the 18th Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival in 2020.
Participants will be informed about the positive decision of the Selection Committee when the Committee completes its works and they shall have the obligation to send film copies within two weeks following prior confirmation receipt.

The organiser has the right to copy the materials for the needs related to the organisation of the Festival’s programme.

All the films submitted and promotional materials shall become a part of the Festival archive.


  

 
  

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