FESTIVAL FILMS COURTS DINAN 2023

Dinan, Bretagne - France

From November 15, 2023 to November 19, 2023

14, PROMENADE DE LA FONTAINE DES EAUX 22 100 DINAN

06 43 58 96 24 contact@festivalfilmscourts.fr https://www.festivalfilmscourts.fr/

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

The international competition is reserved for French-speaking short fiction films.
- About twenty French-speaking short films will be selected by our selection committee
- The films must be professional and therefore produced.
- All films MUST present an acting performance which will be examined by a Jury of directing and casting professionals.
PLEASE NOTE: French films are excluded (please register your film in the National Competition)

Opening submissions: March 20, 2023
Regular deadline: April 20, 2023 5 EUR
Final deadline: May 18, 2023 10 EUR
Notification of results: September 15, 2023

Preview format:
-Uploaded file (1 stamp)

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: 1st January 2022
2) Maximum duration: 5 to 25 mins
3) Country of production: Congo (DRC), Canada, Cameroon, Belgium, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Haiti, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Togo, Congo (RC), Niger, Chad, Switzerland, Central African Republic, Gabon , Burundi, Rwanda, Luxembourg, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Comoros, Vanuatu, Seychelles, Monaco, DOM-TOM
4) Screening format: Digital content package
5) Accepted genres: Fiction
6) FRANCOPHONE CINEMA IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY: The Competition: A rigorous selection of thirty French-language short fiction films. With more than seven hundred candidate films per year, the Competition is developed on a logic of fairness by distinguishing produced films from self-produced films. Films should not exceed twenty-five minutes. A Jury of film professionals will attend the Festival and award various distinctions. - The Grand Jury Prize - The Best Screenplay Award, - The Best Self-Produced Film Award - The Audience Award.
7) YOUNG ACTRESSES AND ACTORS IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Young actresses and actors highlighted in the Competition: this is the concept of the festival which highlights new talents at the beginning of their career. The Dinan Short Films Festival offers these young actresses and actors an opportunity to be visible and to meet film and audiovisual professionals to develop their network. In partnership with Actrices & acteurs de France Associés (AAFA) and the Association des Directrices et Directeurs de Casting (ARDA), three interpretation prizes are awarded in all categories. - The Jean Rochefort Prize - AAFA Revelation - Associated Actresses & Actors of France - ARDA Revelation - Association of Casting Directors

The total duration of the film must be between 5 and 25 minutes (credits included).
Particular attention will be paid to the sound aspect of the films to ensure good listening quality. Also be careful to use royalty-free music.
Films must be in French.

The list of selected films will be available on the festival's website during the month of October.

NATIONAL COMPETITION

The national competition is reserved for French-speaking short fiction films. Films must have been produced in France.
- About twenty French-speaking short films will be selected by our selection committee
- The films must be professional and therefore produced.
- All films MUST present an acting performance which will be examined by a Jury of directing and casting professionals.
PLEASE NOTE: French-speaking films produced elsewhere than on French territory are excluded (please register your film in the International Competition)

Opening submissions: March 20, 2023
Regular deadline: April 20, 2023 5 EUR
Final deadline: May 18, 2023 10 EUR
Notification of results: September 15, 2023

Preview format:
-Uploaded file (1 stamp)

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: 1st January 2022
2) Maximum duration: 25
3) Country of production: France
4) Screening format: DCP
5) Accepted genres: Fiction

EMERGENCE COMPETITION

The emerging competition is open to
short French-language fiction films being self-produced - French and international.
- A dozen short films will be selected by our selection committee
- Competition open to self-produced films.
- All films MUST present an acting performance which will be examined by a Jury of directing and casting professionals.
- Valued First Films (please mention it)

Opening submissions: March 20, 2023
Regular deadline: April 20, 2023 5 EUR
Final deadline: May 18, 2023 10 EUR
Notification of results: September 15, 2023

Preview format:
-Uploaded file (1 stamp)

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: 1st January 2022
2) Maximum duration: 25 minutes
3) Country of production: France, Congo (DRC), Canada, Cameroon, Belgium, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Haiti, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Togo, Congo (RC), Niger, Chad, Switzerland, Central African Republic, Gabon , Burundi, Rwanda, Luxembourg, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Comoros, Vanuatu, Seychelles, Monaco, DOM-TOM
4) Screening format: Digital Content Package
5) Accepted genres: Fiction, animation

The total duration of the film must be between 5 and 25 minutes (credits included).
Particular attention will be paid to the sound aspect of films to allow good listening quality. Also be careful to use music free of rights.

English-language films must have French subtitles.

The total duration of the film must be between 5 and 25 minutes (credits included).
The form of the film is free (documentary, fiction, animated film ...).
Particular attention will be paid to the sound aspect of films to allow good listening quality. Also be careful to use music free of rights.