Today, I would like to introduce several international A-category film festivals that are in the process of being filmed.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Although the three film festivals are all located in Europe, there are still too many differences between them .
Karlovy Vary only accepts applications for feature films, and although the documentary unit was cancelled this year, it has a special preference for documentaries;
Locarno has the highest prize money, but spares no effort to excavate the newcomer;
The Venice Film Festival is the most competitive, but the most influential.
How to choose to register among them requires you to evaluate and make a judgment about your work.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Opening time: July 3-11, 2020
Recommended for:
- One of 15 international A-category film festivals accredited by the International Association of Film Producers (FIAPF);
- A film festival focused on feature films;
- One of the earliest international film festivals for Chinese filmmakers to participate in;
Dates & Fees:
Registration deadline: (late arrivals) March 31
Feature film: (late arrival price) 65 euros
Basic requirements:
1. The film was produced within 12 months prior to the opening of the festival.
2. The length of the film is more than 60 minutes.
3. Films must not have been screened anywhere in any form for at least 12 months prior to the opening of the Festival, including film festival screenings, DVDs, television or online distributions.
4. Films that have already been registered for the previous Karlovy Vary International Film Festival can be registered for this year's film festival if there is a major format adjustment. However, the organizer reserves the right to refuse, and the application fee is non-refundable.
China Awards:
In 2019, Zhai Yixiang's "Mosaic Girl" was shortlisted for the main competition unit
In 2008, Zhang Chi's "Underground Sky" was shortlisted for the main competition unit
Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe Award Winner (2017-2019):
2019 (Bulgaria/Greece) Christina Golozova / Petar Vachanov "Father" / 87 min Drama Comedy
After losing his wife, Vasir thinks she is using her phone to contact him from outside the grave, so he finds a psychic and tries to maintain "communication" with his wife. At this time, the son Pavel tries to restore his father's sanity ... This family drama tells the story of our difficulties in communicating with those close to us, and the film includes many carefully arranged bridge sections or funny scenes.
2018 (Romania/Germany/Bulgaria/France/Czech Republic) Radu Jude What About The History of Wild Names / 140 minutes Drama History Comedy
Plot: A young artist plans to recreate the historical events of 1941, when the Romanian government carried out genocide on the Eastern Front through the army. Using a slow and meticulous lens language, the film focuses on reconstructing the unforeseen history that has happened, and the ingenious design allows unique emotions to impact the audience.
2017 (Czech/Slovak/Italy) Václav Kadrnka Children's Crusade / 87 mins Drama History
The only descendant of knight Bořek, Little Jan, is missing, and he is obsessed with the story of the Children's Crusade. The anxious father began to look for his son, but despair kept coming at him. The director adapts the poems of Jaroslav Vrchlicky in a taciturn film that seeks to spark the audience's imagination.
Locarno Film Festival
Opening time: August 5-15, 2020
- Constantly trying to expand the aesthetics of cinema, with an all-encompassing combination of units to capture as many young and promising filmmakers as possible;
- Position yourself as a platform for a new generation of filmmakers.
Registration deadline: March 24 (Early Bird) and May 6 (Standard).
Long and medium long films: CHF 100 (early bird price) and CHF 130 (standard price).
Short film: CHF 30 (early bird price) CHF 50 (standard price).
1. Accept feature films, documentaries or cartoons. No more than 59 minutes of student work, graduation work and new works by newcomers can be registered.
2. All submitted films must be completed within 12 months prior to participating in the pre-selection of the festival.
3. The long film is more than 60 minutes, the medium film is between 41 and 59 minutes, and the short film is not more than 40 minutes.
4. World premieres are preferred.
5. Films broadcast on the Internet and television, or commercially released, do not meet the entry requirements.
6. Films purely for promotional, educational or scientific purposes do not meet the entry requirements.
7. Films registered for previous Locarno Film Festivals do not meet the requirements.
2017 Wang Bing "Fang Xiuying" Golden Leopard Award
2015 Bi Gan's "Roadside Picnic" Special Nomination for Best Debut / Best New Director in the Contemporary Filmmakers Unit
2012 Ying Liang "I Still Have Something to Say" Best Director Award
2010 Li Hongqi "Winter Vacation" Golden Leopard Award
Locarno Golden Leopard Award Winners (2017-2019):
2019 (Portugal) Pedro Costa "Vitalina Varela" / 124 mins Plot
Plot: After a long wait, Vitalina finally looks forward to a ticket from Cape Verde to Lisbon in Africa, but she is not greeted by a beautiful future promised by her husband, but by the sorrow of eternal separation and the misty aftermath.
2018 (France/Netherlands/Singapore) Yang Xiuhua "Magic Land" / 95 minutes Plot Suspense
Plot: Two police officers suddenly disappear while tracking down a foreign worker working at a local reclamation site. A former CID agent investigates the case and is fully engaged in the search for the missing worker, gradually sensing what the missing person has been going through.
2017 (Chinese mainland/France/Germany) Wang Bing "Fang Xiuying" / 86 minutes record
Plot: Records the last ten days of the life of an ordinary Chinese elderly man, Fang Xiuying, who died after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The director met Fang Xiuying and her daughter while filming the documentary "15 Hours" in a small town in Zhejiang, which is a record of fang Xiuying's calmness about her and everything around her before she died.
Venice International Film Festival
Opening time: September 2-12, 2020
- Distinguished from the political character of Berlin and the commercial nature of Cannes, Venice, as always, adheres to the criterion of artistic judging;
- No filmmaker can ignore the weight of the Golden Lion;
- In recent years, it has become a veritable "Oscar outpost".
Standard registration deadline: June 12 (VR videos must be before May 15)
Feature film: (standard price) 120 euros (before June 1)
Short film: (standard price) 60 euros (before June 1)
VR video: (standard price) 120 euros (before May 1)
1. The film must be completed after September 7, 2019.
2. Long films of more than 60 minutes; short films of less than 20 minutes.
3. Entries require a world premiere.
4. The Film shall not be commercially distributed or screened in any way on the Internet.
5. VR films participating in the competition section may be released in the non-competition section of the national or other international film festivals.
2011 Cai Shangjun "Mountains of People" Best Director
2007 Ang Lee "Color Ring" Golden Lion Award
2006 Jia Zhangke "Three Gorges Good Man" Golden Lion Award
2005 Ang Lee "Brokeback Mountain" Golden Lion Award
Venice Golden Lion Award Winners (2017-2019):
2019 (USA/Canada) Todd Phillips Joker / 122 min Crime Drama Thriller
Plot: Gotham City during the Great Depression, Arthur is an ordinary person who plays a clown for a living, but also a mental patient, when all the support and hope in life are shattered, Arthur releases the evil in his heart little by little. This path brought him face-to-face with another self, the "Joker".
2018 (Mexico/USA) Alfonso Caron Rome / 135 min Drama Family
Plot: In the 1970s, Cleo, a young maid from a middle-class family in Mexico City, and her employer face changes in their lives at the same time, and the two seem to find a way out of the bitter life together in different ways and in the same way.
2017 (USA) Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water / 123 mins Drama Romance Fantasy
Plot: In the 1960s, in a top-secret government research institute, Alyssa, a cleaner's mute woman, encounters a captive amphibian, two lonely beings, and gradually develops a unique relationship.
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