LET'S CEE Film Festival

About

This annual festival features exclusively high-quality productions from Central and Eastern Europe, including the Caucasus region and Turkey. The programme features a selection of the best current feature films and documentaries as well as promising short films, all of which take part in the festival‘s film competitions. In addition to competitions, the festival also features various categories depending on its topical focus. The underlying theme of the

One of its philosophy‘s cornerstones is a clear commitment to an open, pluralistic, democratic society free of prejudice and based on the fundamental principle of the rule of law, a common European identity, respecting values such as tolerance, solidarity, equal opportunities and justice as well as unconditional protection of human dignity and human rights.

Program

• SHORT FILM COMPETITION
• MASTER CLASSES
• GET TOGETHERS

Awards

• Main Prize in the Short Film Competition (1500 Euro),
• Audience Award for the Best Film in the Short Film Competition (1500 Euro),
• The jury may award honourable mentions to any of these categories.

All prizes are awarded to the director of the winning film.

Rules

• The film must be no longer than 30 minutes.
• The LET’S CEE Film Festival features high-quality productions from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including the Caucasus (Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (FYR), Moldavia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine). 
• The director’s country of citizenship is one of the countries mentioned above (the residents of the countries mentioned above can be presented Out of Competition).
• The director must be up to 35 years of age.
• The film must be completed after January 1^st, 2016 and must not have been screened publicly in Austria.
• The applicant is allowed to submit more than one film (in separate entries).
• Film submissions will be accepted through the film festival submission platform Festhome.

Subtitles: English

Premiere Requirements

National premiere required.