3 CONTINENTS

About

The Festival of 3 Continents is an international film festival dedicated to the public presentation of feature films (fiction and documentaries) directed by filmmakers from Africa, Black and Latin America and Asia.

Particular attention is paid to films seeking distribution in France.

Awards

• La Montgolfière d’or, worth 6000 €, awarded by the Festival des 3 Continents and the City of Nantes.
• La Montgolfière d’argent, worth 4000 €, awarded by the Festival des 3 Continents and Loire-Atlantique Departmental Council.
• The Wik-Fip Public Choice Prize, worth 1500 €, awarded by Wik and Fip.
• The Youth Jury Prize worth 1000 €, awarded by Groupama.

Rules

• The Festival des 3 Continents accepts all fiction and documentary films, whatever the subject, type or form.
• The Festival does not select news programmes, documentaries or reports of a journalistic nature, promotional or corporate films.
• Directors must originate or be nationals of an African, Latin American or Asian country.
• Films must be at least 45 minutes in length.
• Films completed after 1st November 2022 and unreleased in France (no programming in Festivals, commercial screening, no TV or VaD broadcasting) before the opening of the Festival .

To submit a film, you need to:

1. Fill out the online entry form. Once the form is fully completed, please do not forget to validate your subscription.
2. Indicate an online screener link or send your film to the address indicated in the entry form.

Selection Media Type: online screener, DVD

Screening Media Type: 35 mm, 16 mm, digital format (preferably DCP 2K or Blu-ray)

Audio language: original

Subtitles language: English

Premiere Requirements

National premiere required.

Jury and Organizers

Organiser — The 3 CONTINENTS Association