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The 25th Alpinale Short Film Festival

The 25th Alpinale Film Festival, one of the most traditional summer-festivals in Vorarlberg, is scheduled to take place from 10th – 14th August 2010 in Nenzing, Austria. The organizing committee of the film festival cordially invites film-directors from across Europe to show their latest films in Nenzing.

The Alpinale represents a venue for both professional and amateur filmmakers from home and abroad, who are given the opportunity to conduct multi-cultural and open dialogue with creative people, and to present their work to an interested audience.

All kind of films (feature, documentary, animation and experimental) are eligible.

Introduction

In 1982 the foundation for the Alpinale was laid in Bludenz. Its award’s look derives from the town’s heraldic animal – the unicorn. In spite of the new Alpinale venue in Nenzing (since 2003) the unicorn has retained. The Alpinale Film Festival and its unicorn award are well-established amongst the festival community. Furthermore, the unicorn is the noblest mythical creature and symbolizes the good and is therefore rightly awarded to the award recipients.

Objective

Participants are encouraged to submit contributions for pre-selection in the following categories:

  • Short film International
  • Short film Academy
  • Short film Animation

All kind of films (feature, documentary, animation and experimental) are eligible.

Prizes

The evaluation is made by an international jury. Its decisions are indisputable. The jury presents:

  • Golden Unicorn for best short film international
  • Golden Unicorn for best short film academy
  • Golden Unicorn for best short film animation

The Jury may express praiseworthy mentions for particular films. The audience decides on a Golden Unicorn as the audience-prize.

Rules

  • International professional and amateur filmmakers are eligible to enter.
  • Enclose an original version of your film, either on a VHS-cassette or DVD, for the pre-selection procedure.
  • The projection copy may be one of the following formats: DVD or MPEG4 with the Codec H.264.
  • Only original versions of the film, not more than two years old, will be eligible.
  • Foreign language audio films must include German or English subtitles.
  • The duration of the film should not exceed 30 minutes.
  • Only original versions of films no older than 2 years may be sent in.

How to enter?

Download and complete the entry-form. The entry-form is to be sent in no later than the 12 April 2010. The entry deadline for the projection copy is 24 June 2010.

The application should include:

  • DVD or VHS viewing copy
  • brief-synopsis
  • some stills
  • the director’s biography and filmography
  • photo of the director
  • publicity material and posters.

Preview-copy and material will remain in the Alpinale archive. Incorrect information will disqualify the participant.

Post your complete applications to:

Alpinale Vorarlberg
Eugen-Getzner-Strasse 7
A 6710 Nenzing