History Film Festival

About

For our following 6th edition we are looking for documentary films which tell history as a compelling story, no matter if it is a biographical doc, rockumentary, animated or short film. The films we are screening tell amazing stories of famous or less known people, events and ideas that shaped the world we live in. In 2022 we will especially focus on recent history.

From its first year (September 2017) History Film Festival cherishes and extends its collaboration with documentary filmmakers from all over the world. All of the films we showcase at History Film Festival tell history in exciting, often unusual, sometimes very intimate and visually attractive ways, but they also shed revelatory light upon the present which is exactly one of the aims of History Film Festival. These films show all the talent and passion of documentarists who always seem to find innovative and creative techniques of shaping history into exciting story. Furthermore, we believe that documentary filmmaking based on the archives and research is essential for the understanding of the past and the present, especially as an answer to the era of fake news.

In 2022 we plan to showcase documentaries which confirm how history can be extremely exciting and promote diversity, tolerance, intercultural dialogue and reconciliation as a way of exceeding the past and building a better future.

Awards

• Official awards of History Film Festival are:
  • Grand Prix
  • Best Independent Production Documentary
  • Best TV Production Documentary
  • Best Director
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Composer
  • Audience Award

  Official awards consist of a statue.

Rules

• Before submitting, please read the full Festival rules:
  http://historyfilmfestival.com/festival-rules/

  Documentary films of all running times, regardless of their year of production, whose main topic is history – historical events and characters, can be entered.
  The films for the competition programme can be submitted by directors, independent and TV producers, distributors and national film bodies entitled and authorized for representation and submission of films.

  If submitting screening links from Vimeo or Youtube, please ensure that they can be acessible to History Film Festival staff until the conclusion of the event.

  If your film is selected, the following materials in digital form will also be required:
  - a brief synopsis of the film in English;
  - at least 3 photographs from the film (of the quality suitable for press – 300 dpi);
  - the director's filmography and biography in English and one photo;
  - promotional material (trailer, press packages, posters, etc.)
  - English transcript/dialogue list or external English subtitles

  For public projections at History Film Festival, secure download of a high-quality projection copy will be requested, unless already provided through the submission platform. The projection format is 1920x1080 resolution, h.264 encoded, preferably above 10Mbit.
  All non-English films must be submitted with English subtitles.
  Physical copies can be accepted in special circumstances.
  Please note that History Film Festival cannot accept DCP at this time.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

Bernardin Modrić — Director
Tiha Modrić — Producer, Organizer
Dejan Bojc — Producer, Technical