We Make Movies member, Michael Coady is a representative for the Brasov International Film Festival & Market, July 19-29, 2012, in Brasov, Romania. If you have a feature that you are looking to submit to this festival he can help facilitate your entry. He would love to see the work of the We Make Movies community on the world stage in Romania.
Here are some details on the festival:
- We will be making 99.9% of the decisions by the end of May.
- We are not charging a submission fee this year. The filmmakers will just have to cover the cost of mailing a DVD copy of their film to us.
- The festival will be screening digital only (from DVD or tape); no print required.
- We accept all films (definitely no SAG restrictions).
- Minimum runtime 84 minutes.
NOTE ABOUT THE FILMS: we would like that the films we select for the Competition section (the 9 films) are World Premieres or European Premieres, when possible. - Each film will have one evening screening only. The festival has 11 evenings in total; evening #1 and #11 are reserved for films out of competition and the award ceremony. So, the selected films (9 in total) will each screen on one of the remaining evenings. Maybe we can make exceptions and have the films screen during the day too (depending on popular demand) but we will not know this until then.
- At least one representative of each selected film must attend the festival. The representative should be a key production member such as an actor, director, producer… Of course, the target is also to promote the festival and get people to attend.
- There will be no cash prizes accompanying the award. Winners will receive a trophy (re-production of the gold bracelet that is part of the festival’s logo). A major benefit of being selected in the festival is that filmmakers can have the European Premiere of their films without the usual costs associated with one and, they may even get distribution proposals in Romania and maybe Europe. To name a few more benefits: as you see, we take 9 films ONLY which means that each film will “own the day” on which it screens; on that day, all media attention will be focused on that film alone (all articles, press releases, TV interviews, etc.) – no film will be lost in the crowd!
The website, which will contain all the important info about the festival, submission, etc., is currently under development. In the meantime, you can check them out online at http://www.rollywood.org/Film_Festival.html. You can also get more information on Toronto Pictures (the production company which has started the festival and is producing two feature films in Romania this year) by visiting www.torontopictures.com.
When submitting to the festival, please send DVDs to:
Toronto Pictures Inc.
7305 Woodbine Ave., Suite #505
Markham, Ontario
L3R 3V7, Canada
Tel: 646-300-9232
NOTE: After March 15, there will be a different address in Romania when the production company sets up its operations in Brasov for filming and festival production. Please contact me at this email address for further details at that time. Details will also be available at http://www.rollywood.org/Film_Festival.html
NOTE: Please note that this DVD will not be returned to you.
If you are submitting, reference Michael Coady’s name somewhere in the submission to let them know that he referred you. Michael would also be interested in previewing your film so he can put in an “informed” word for you to let them know how awesome you / your film is and to expect its arrival. Contact him at mike@michaelcoady.com to get him a copy of your film. Please contact Michael with any questions you may have.
