EIFF 2014 ANNOUNCE NEW STRANDS AND GERMAN FOCUS AS SUBMISSIONS OPEN
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Friday 1 November – The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is pleased to announce that a number of new strands will be added to the 2014 programme, including a German Focus celebrating the best in German cinema, as submissions open today.
The new strands will include a ‘Gala’ strand which will present major UK premieres of both British and international films and a strand of family films entitled ‘For the Family’. Genre films and edgy fare from around the world will be featured in an even more adventurous and farther-reaching strand than the previous ‘Night Moves’, and the ‘New Perspectives’ strand will showcase new fiction and documentary filmmaking that raises challenging questions about the medium.
Strands continued from 2013 include ‘American Dreams’; ‘Director’s Showcase’; ‘Films on Film’ and the continuation of EIFF’s strand of films programmed by 16-to-19-year-old Young Programmers for their peers. The Michael Powell Award and International Competition will continue at EIFF 2014 with titles selected from across the programme.
Continuing its long history of championing German cinema, next year EIFF will present a German Focus in partnership with German Films. Since the Festival’s inception in 1947, German films have regularly screened at EIFF. Major retrospectives and premieres of groundbreaking work by renowned German directors including Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, and Reinhard Hauff have brought German cinema to international attention. The 2014 German Focus will include screenings of new and retrospective titles which will run parallel to a bespoke programme of Industry Events, with members of the German Film Industry in attendance. Further details of the German Focus will be announced in due course.
Chris Fujiwara, EIFF Artistic Director, said: “Building on the success of our 2013 Festival, we were keen to revisit how we structure the EIFF programme and especially the strands we use to help our audiences find the films they wish to see. With the new strands to be introduced in 2014, we hope to make it easier for audiences to navigate the richness of our programme; to explore the work of the emerging filmmakers we champion at Edinburgh each year, and to celebrate unconventional filmmaking. I’m also delighted to be working with German Films to bring together what will be an engaging and revealing selection of the best of new German cinema.”
From today, filmmakers around the world are invited to submit their films to be showcased at EIFF 2014 (18 to 29 June). Full information about the submissions process can be found at www.edfilmfest.org.uk/submissions. Submissions can be submitted either by downloading the EIFF postal form from the Festival website, or online through the website of EIFF’s partner, www.withoutabox.com. For both Shorts and Features, the earlybird deadline is Tuesday, 17 December, followed by the regular deadline on Tuesday, 4 February 2014. The late submission date is Tuesday, 18 February 2014. All films must be UK premieres (except Short Animation submissions). Films that have previously been publicly screened or broadcast in Britain will not be accepted (again, this does not include Short Animation). Promotional films (e.g. films promoting tourism, making charitable appeals, etc.) are not eligible. The final selection of all films presented at the Festival and their placement in the programme are the responsibility of the Artistic Director
Fees for Submission:
• For SHORT films (less than 30 minutes):
Earlybird fee – submitted by Tuesday 17 December 2013, £20.00
Regular fee – submitted by Tuesday 4 February 2014, £30.00
Late fee – submitted by Tuesday 18 February 2014, £35.00
• For FEATURE films (over 30 minutes):
Earlybird fee – submitted by Tuesday 17 December 2013, £75.00
Regular fee – submitted by Tuesday 4 February 2014, £85.00
Late fee – submitted by Tuesday 18 February 2014, £90.00
About Edinburgh International Film Festival:
Established in 1947, Edinburgh International Film Festival is renowned around the world for discovering and promoting the very best in international cinema – and for heralding and debating changes in global filmmaking. Intimate in its scale, ambitious in its scope, and fuelled by pure passion for cinema in all its manifestations, EIFF seeks to spotlight the most exciting and innovative new film talent, in a setting steeped in history.
Notable films premiered in recent years have included: FRANCES HA, WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS, THE IMPOSTER, BRAVE, TABU, THE HURT LOCKER, MOON, FISH TANK, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, MAN ON WIRE, CONTROL, KNOCKED UP, RATATOUILLE, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, TSOTSI and BILLY ELLIOT
EIFF is supported by Creative Scotland, the BFI, the Scottish Government through the Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund, the City of Edinburgh Council, and EventScotland.
The Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) was founded in 2010 with a vision to be at the forefront of the development of film and the moving image in Scotland. The CMI currently comprises EIFF and Edinburgh Filmhouse.