All-Russian Inclusive Film Festival «Invisible Cinema»

About

"Invisible Cinema" is the first inclusive film festival in the Urals. It brings together creators with disabilities and filmmakers who tell stories about people with disabilities. Our mission is to show the public life-affirming films and offer a different look at the problem of the “other” in the modern world.

The inclusive festival is a launching pad for people with disabilities who are involved in creativity in the field of cinema, animation and video production. This is a chance to be heard, show your film on the big screen and compete for the main prize.

For professional filmmakers, this is an opportunity to take part in a thematic festival where attention to issues of inclusion is valued: heroes with disabilities and the volunteers who help them, social organizations and rehabilitation centers.

Awards

Within the framework of the Film Festival, winners in the following categories are identified and awarded:

• Best feature film;
• Best documentary film;
• Best animated film;
• Best television format;
• Best children's film;
• Grand Prix of the festival

The first degree winners are awarded statuettes and winners' diplomas. The second and third degree winners are awarded winners' diplomas and memorable gifts.

Special prize - broadcast of the best winning films on the federal TV channel "ART", which is the key partner of the project.

Rules

Participants of the film festival may be:

✓ People with disabilities engaged in creative work in the field of audiovisual technologies (cinema, animation, video production, television);

✓ Normotypical authors who make films and other audiovisual works about people with disabilities.

Author groups and individual authors without age restrictions residing in the territory of the Russian Federation may participate.

Applicants from other countries are allowed to participate if the competition work corresponds to the theme of the Film Festival and is understandable to the Russian-speaking audience (accompanied by Russian subtitles, simultaneous Russian-language translation, or no translation is required).

Categories and genres

Applications are accepted in 2 categories: "Professionals" and "Amateurs". The applicant independently determines belonging to one of the categories. Recommendations for choosing a category are posted in the Regulations.

• Feature film;
• Non-fiction (documentary) film;
• Animated film;
• Popular science/species film;
• Presentation/image film;
• Essay-portrait;
• Social advertising;
• Musical story (video clip);
• Video poetry;
• Journalistic video work (TV program, report, news story, interview, etc.);
• New media (video art, blog, vlog, etc.).

A film screening does not have to be a premiere to participate in the festival. Audiovisual works created before 2015 and exceeding the duration of more than 52 minutes and not corresponding to the theme of the film festival are not allowed.

The authors of the competition works included in the long list are considered participants of the film festival. They are awarded electronic diplomas of participation.

Submission of competition works for participation in the film festival means the full and unconditional consent of the participant with the Regulations on the event.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

The organizers of the festival are the ANO “Creative Industries of the Urals” and the Chelyabinsk Regional Special Library for the Visually Impaired and Blind.

The jury includes cultural and artistic figures, specialists in the field of cinematography and inclusive creativity.