Calls for Submissions

4th Arab Film Festival Berlin - ALFILM
May 31, 2012

This year's ALFILM will take place November 5-11, 2012. The MAIN PROGRAMME will be presenting a panorama of contemporary Arab film production including feature and documentary films, as well as short films, experimental films and video art. The FOCUS section titled: "Generation Transit, Youth Culture and Political Change", consists of current and historic films as well as talks and discussions. This year’s RETROSPECTIVE is devoted to the Moroccan director Farida Benlyazid.

For more information and to apply, please visit this website.

Milano Film Festival: Feature and Short Film Competitions
May 31, 2012

The call for entries for the seventeenth edition of Milano Film Festival is now open!
Feature Film Competition is open to first and second films of any genre (fiction, documentaries, animation films, experimental works), language, and format. The films must be over 45 minutes and completed after January 1st, 2011.
Short Film Competition is open to film of any genre, language and format, completed after January 1st, 2011. The competition is only open to directors born after May 31, 1972. The maximum running time for short films is 45 minutes.
State (T)error Competition is open to documentaries of any language, format and running time.

For more information and to apply, please visit this website.

The Venice Film Festival
June 21, 2012

The 69th Venice Film Festival will take place August 29 - September 8, 2012. The Festival wants to enhance its outreach to the filmmakers of the Arab World. You can register your films for the festival selection until June 21. Here's the direct link to the entry-form.
If you don't want to apply right now but prefer to send a preview copy or an online link for viewing please contact: Viola.Shafik@labiennale.org

For more information and to apply, please visit this website.

Rawi’s 8th annual Screenwriter’s Lab
July 1, 2012

In 2005 the Royal Film Commission - Jordan (RFC) launched Rawi (Storyteller), a screenplay development lab, in consultation with the Sundance Institute. Independent Arab screenwriters (Fellows) are offered the chance to develop their work in a uniquely creative environment under the guidance of internationally acclaimed screenwriters from all over the world (Creative Advisors).

For more information and to apply, please visit this website.

IDFA 2012
August 1, 2012

(For films finished after 1 April 2012)
The 25th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam will take place in Amsterdam from 14-25 November 2012. Again, more than 250 documentaries will be selected, running the gamut from international audience favourites to artistic experiments along the fringes of the genre.

For more information and to apply, please visit this website.

Focus Forward
September 1, 2012

GE and CINELAN announced today the FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Challenge and plan to award $200,000 in cash prizes to the top five entries in the professionally juried Challenge (www.focusforwardfilms.com/challenge), with $100,000 going to the Grand Prize Winner. The Filmmaker Challenge is an expansion of the FOCUS FORWARD - Short Films, Big Ideas (www.focusforwardfilms.com), a series of 30 three-minute nonfiction films developed by leading documentary filmmakers about the incredible human power of ideas and invention that will screen at prestigious film festivals globally, followed by day-and-date distribution online to millions of viewers. The initiative was first announced at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

For more information and to apply, please visit this website.

Call for Applications: NAAS
January 1, 2013

ArteEast-hosted initiative, Network of Arab Arthouse Screens (NAAS), is accepting applications for membership, and are pleased to announce that membership will be free for the first year.
NAAS is a network of independent arthouse cinemas and cultural institutions united by the common goal to develop cinema culture across Arab countries.

Learn about Membership Benefits and find Applications here.
Visit the NAAS website for more information.