The 8th International Women’s Film Festival will take place in Rehovot from November 14 – 20, 2011. The festival announces an open call for entries for the Israeli competition and the International Panorama. Details for the Israeli competition can be found (in Hebrew) on the festival site: www.iwff.net. The deadline for applications (for both categories) is July 3, 2011.
Details on the International Panorama:
International Panorama regulations and participation terms
The Festival only accepts films that were directed by women, from all genres and lengths. The festival wishes to screen films that deal with women characters and women’s experiences and from women’s points of view. The festival doesn’t accept for submission films already submitted for the pre-selection in previous years.
Registration:
Registration forms are available on the festival site, click here. Fill in the form, sign it, and send it along with a DVD of the film to the festival address. All preview copies of the films that do not have English dialogue must have English subtitles.
Deadline for receiving the films: 3 JULY 2011 (arrival).
Forms and screeners should be sent to: The International Women’s Film Festival, 1 Hamada Road, Rehovot 76703, Israel
Selection Process:
The artistic committee of the festival will decide which films will be screened in the panorama. A notification will be sent to the contacts of all the films registered to the pre-selection.
Accepted films – screening copies and additional material:
The festival screens only in 35mm, Beta SP or DigiBeta formats.
The screening copies of the accepted films should arrive at the festival’s offices no later than October 1st. Any exceptions should be agreed on with the Festival’s production coordinator.
For all accepted films, the following material will be needed:
• A photograph of the director (in at least 300dpi resolution)
• 2 or more still photographs taken from the film (in at least 300dpi resolution)
• Biography and filmography of the director.
• The director’s comments on the film.
• Additional marketing material of the movie such as posters, postcards, press kit, etc. can be sent to the festival offices at a later date, and should arrive no later than the 20th of October.
This material will be used for catalogue and website purposes, as well as the festival’s Public Relations and press.
This material should be sent in digital format only (except the marketing material) to: register.iwff@gmail.com. For additional information please email the IWFF team.
