Student Film Festivals in Romania

Bucharest (December): CineMAiubit International Student Film Festival

Deadline: Contact festival for details

Categories: Only student films. Shorts; documentaries; animation; experimental

Requirements: 35mm, documentary on BetaSP/miniDV/DVD, 16mm transfered on BetaSP/miniDV/DVD, animation and experimental on BetaSP/miniDV/DVD

Awards: CineMAiubit Trophy

Fees: None

Administrative address: Matei Voievod 75-77, Sector 2, Bucharest 73224, Romania

Tel: +40 21 252 54 55

Fax: +40 21 252 54 55

Email address:cinemaiubit@gmail.com

Director: Elisabeta Bostan

Festival Coordinators: Doru Nitescu Ph.D., Marius Sopterean Ph.D

Website: http://www.cinemaiubit.unatc.ro

Bucharest (March): B-EST International Film Festival

Deadline: February

Categories: Feature fiction films; Short fiction films; Documentaries; Student short films

Requirements: Features: 35mm. Shorts and documentaries: BETA (SP, SX, Digital), DVCAM, DVD. Films must be produced one year before the festival and be subtitled in English.

Awards: B-EST IFF Trophy – 2500 USD; Best Directing – 1500 USD; Best Screenplay – 1000 USD; Best Cinematography – 1000 USD; Best Documentary – 500 USD; Best Short film – 500 USD; Best Student Short film – 500 USD; Audience Award – 1000 USD

Fees: None

Administrative address: 13A, Rabat St., Sector 1, 011835, Bucharest , Romania

Tel: +4021 231 28 58

Fax: +4021 231 28 58

Email address: office@b-est.ro

Festival Director: Dana Dimitriu

PR & Press: Bianca Boitan

Website: http://www.b-est.ro

Bucharest (October): Anim'est, Bucharest International Animation Film Festival

Deadline: July
Categories: Animation only: Short film – less than 50 mins; Feature film – more than 50 mins; Video clip and advertising; Student film; Romanian shorts; Mosaic, tributes and retrospective
Requirements: 35mm, BetaSP PAL. Films must be a Romanian premiere. Films must have been produced after 1st January 2007, and must not have previously competed in any anim’est festival.
Awards: Anim’est Trophy – 1500 euro for the best short film; Best short film; Best feature film; Best student short film; Best video clip and advertising; Best Romanian short film
Fees: none
Administrative address: ESTENEST Association, Drumul Taberei Nr. 92,, Bl. C7, Ap. 235, Sector 6, zipcode: 061406, Bucuresti, ROMANIA
Tel: +407 467 85180
Email address: contact@animest.ro
Contact: Mihai Mitrica
Laurentiu Bratan: Vlad Ilicevici
Website: http://www.animest.ro

Sibiu (October): Astra Film Festival

Deadline: April
Categories: Documentary – International; European; Romanian; Student
Requirements: Betacam SP/PAL, DVCAM, HDV. Documentaries of any length; films must have been completed within the last three years; If the original language is not English, the film must have English subtitles
Awards: Prizes amounting to a total of 25,000 Eu. Contact festival for details
Fees: none
Administrative address: ASTRA FILM 2009, Piaţa Huet nr. 12, 550182 – Sibiu, România
Tel: +40 269 210 134/213 442
Email address: aff@astrafilm.ro
Contact: Dumitru Budrala
Website: http://www.astrafilm.ro

Timisoara (May): Timishort International Film Festival

Deadline: January
Categories: Shorts; fiction; animation; documentaries; student
Requirements: 35mm, Beta SP pal, HDV, miniDV, DV, DVD
Awards: Various – Contact festival for details
Fees: None
Administrative address: Mirinescu 14, Bucharest 050594, Romania
Tel: +40 72 338 23 12
Fax: +40 21 410 30 47
Email address: paul@timishort.ro
Artistic Director: Paul Negoescu
Website: http://www.timishort.ro

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