Years running: 7 (since 2019)
Wallachia International Film Festival
Plein Air International Film Festival
About
We won multiple cinema prizes including important awards at major film festivals, like Cannes, Locarno, Montreal, London, Milan, Miami and Atlanta. Also, our advertising work received accolades at Clio, Effie, In-Awe, Lion Awards, ANDY Awards and Ad’Or, while working for companies like Coca-Cola, UNICEF, McDonalds, Renault, Yahoo! and Nestlé-Purina.
But there’s nothing we love more than indulging ourselves with cinematic candies from all over the world, under the autumn night sky of Wallachia. We will be arguing for a long time about which ones we feel are the best, and about the most promising unproduced screenplays.
Welcome to Wallachia, the Legendary Land of Voivode Vlad III Dracula, universally known as Vlad the Impaler. Born in 1431, Vlad was an authoritarian Principe, he revolutionized the affairs of Wallachia and refused to pay tribute to the sultan Mehmed II, resulting in a bloody war with the Ottomans. Multiple works containing stories about Vlad's cruelty were published soon after his assassination in 1475. In 1897, Bram Stoker downgrades Prince Vlad to Count Dracula, a blood-sucking vampire inspired by Wallachian ancient folklore. Loosely based on the book, Dracula (1931) casts immortal Bela Lugosi as the doomed romantic Count.
Think cinétopia! Feel hundreds of years of mythic Wallachian history under the night sky! It’s a 100% natural film affair!
We watch all movies, we read all screenplays and we select exclusively based on artistic merits. Networking doesn’t work on us. Only art.
Awards
USD 1431 IN TOTAL CASH AWARDS.
- For trailers & teasers the awards are: Best Trailer, Best Teaser.
- For student movies the awards are Best Short, Best Director, Best.
- For work in progress the awards are Best Feature, Best Featurette, Best Short.
- For music videos the awards are best music video, best director, best cinematography, best editing.
- For branded content the awards are best video, best director, best cinematography, best editing.
- Best TV episode and best webisode are to be awarded and also best photo in multiple categories.
Each film, video, photo we designate as an "Official Competitor" will receive a high-resolution image of our Festival Laurels to be used for marketing and promotional purposes.
All winners will receive high-resolution images of the Certificates of Awards.
- For screenplays, the awards are EAGLE OF WALLACHIA (USD 120, services) for Best Feature Screenplay, Best Featurette (USD 100, services), Best Short Script (USD 100, services), Best TV/WEB.
- VLAD the IMPALER TROPHY for Best Movie (and USD 500)
- CROWN of WALLACHIA for Best Director (and USD 150)
- GRAND PRIZE of the PUBLIC (and USD 120)
Outstanding Fiction, Outstanding Experimental, Outstanding Animation, Outstanding Documentary
- FEATURES AWARDS: Wallachia Best Feature (USD 111)
- FICTION:Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- DOCUMENTARY: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- ANIMATION: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- EXPERIMENTAL: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- FEATURETTES AWARDS: Wallachia Best Featurette (USD 100)
- FICTION: Best Featurette, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 certificates of Achievement
- DOCUMENTARY: Best Featurette, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- ANIMATION: Best Featurette, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- EXPERIMENTAL: Best Featurette, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- SHORTS AWARDS: Wallachia Best Short (USD 100)
- FICTION: Best Short, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- DOCUMENTARY: Best Short, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- ANIMATION: Best Short, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- EXPERIMENTAL: Best Short, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- STUDENT FILMS AWARDS: Best Short, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
- TRAILERS & TEASERS AWARDS: BEST TRAILER, BEST TEASER + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 7 Certificates of Achievement
- WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS: BEST FEATURE in progress, BEST FEATURETTE in progress, BEST SHORT in progress + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 7 Certificates of Achievement
- MUSIC VIDEOS AWARDS: BEST MUSIC VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING, 3 Runner-up Diplomas and 7 Certificates of Achievement
- BRANDED CONTENT AWARDS: BEST VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING, 7 Runner-up Diplomas and 7 Certificates of Achievement
- PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS: BEST PHOTO in multiple categories, 3 Runner-up Diplomas and 7 Certificates of Achievement
- TV/WEB AWARDS: BEST TV EPISODE, BEST WEBISODE, 3 Runner-up Diplomas and 7 Certificates of Achievement
- SCREENPLAY AWARDS: FEATURE SCRIPTS: Eagle of Wallachia (and USD 120, assessments and services) + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 7 Certificates of Achievement
- FEATURETTE SCRIPTS: BEST FEATURETTE (USD 100, assessments and services) + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 7 Certificates of Achievement
- SHORT SCRIPTS: BEST SHORT (USD 100, assessments and services) + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 7 Certificates of Achievement
- TV/WEB SCRIPTS: BEST TV SCRIPT, BEST WEB SCRIPT, 3 runner-up diplomas and 7 Certificates of Achievement
Rules
We are gladly accepting all movies, shorts (up to 15 min.), featurettes (15 – 60 min.), features (60 – 180 min.) in 4 categories: fiction, documentary, animation and experimental, student films (under 25 min), trailers/teasers (under 5 min.), work in progress (under 15 min.), music videos (under 10 min.), branded content (under 30 min.), TV/WEB episodes (under 30 min.) Also, all unproduced screenplays are welcome: shorts (up to 15 pages), featurettes (15 – 60 pages), features (60 – 120 pages), TV/WEB scrips (under 30 min).
- All non-English language films, videos and trailers must have English subtitles when submitted.
- Films must have been completed after August 30, 2020.
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Documents
Place
Romania
Bucharest
Official Website
Contacts
Contact Emails
office@wallachiafilmfestival.com
Social Networks
Facebook
Google
- Opening DateDecember 18, 2024
- Earlybird DeadlineApril 29, 2025
- Regular DeadlineJuly 09, 2025
- Spring DeadlineOctober 01, 2025
- Late DeadlineDecember 02, 2025
- NotificationsDecember 04, 2025
- Event Dates5 — 7 December 2025
Any branded/commercial video under 30 minutes competing for BEST VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING, runner-up diplomas and certificates of achievement
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Earlybird Deadline — €37
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Regular Deadline — €41
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Spring Deadline — €45
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Late Deadline — €50
Music videos (scripted, live-action, animation) under 10 minutes competing for BEST MUSIC VIDEO, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING, runner-up diplomas and certificates of achievement
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Earlybird Deadline — €10
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Regular Deadline — €11
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Spring Deadline — €11
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Late Deadline — €16
Narrative or non-scripted content (up to 30 min) fort TV or web competing for BEST TV EPISODE, BEST WEBISODE, runner-up diplomas and certificates of achievement
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Earlybird Deadline — €11
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Regular Deadline — €12
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Spring Deadline — €12
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Late Deadline — €13
(Un)edited video material under 15 min presenting a movie in progress (feature, featurette, short) competing for BEST FEATURE in progress, BEST FEATURETTE in progress, BEST SHORT in progress + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 7 Certificates of Achievement
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Earlybird Deadline — €11
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Regular Deadline — €15
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Spring Deadline — €22
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Late Deadline — €30
Trailers & Teasers under 5 min for features, featurettes, shorts competing for BEST Trailer, BEST TEASER + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 7 Certificates of Achievement
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Earlybird Deadline — €13
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Regular Deadline — €15
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Spring Deadline — €16
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Late Deadline — €16
Student movies up to 25 min competing for Best Short, Best Director, Best Screenplay Diplomas + 3 Runner-Up Diplomas + 3 x 3 Certificates of Achievement
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Earlybird Deadline — €11
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Regular Deadline — €12
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Spring Deadline — €12
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Late Deadline — €13
Short films (1-15 min) competing in 4 categories (Fiction, Documentary, Animation, Experimental) for Wallachia Best Short (and USD 100) and multiple other awards
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Earlybird Deadline — €13
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Regular Deadline — €13
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Spring Deadline — €14
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Late Deadline — €15
Featurette films (60-120 min) competing in 4 categories (Fiction, Documentary, Animation, Experimental) for Wallachia Best Featurette (and USD 100) and multiple other awards
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Earlybird Deadline — €13
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Regular Deadline — €13
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Spring Deadline — €14
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Late Deadline — €17
Feature films (60-120 min) competing in 4 categories (Fiction, Documentary, Animation, Experimental) for Wallachia Best Feature (and USD 111) and multiple other awards
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Earlybird Deadline — €12
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Regular Deadline — €13
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Spring Deadline — €14
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Late Deadline — €15
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