BRITISH COUNCIL SHORT FILM TRAVEL GRANT KEY FESTIVALS LIST 2019/20

KEY APRIL Films accepted into these festivals (including student films) Aspen Shortsfest , USA are eligible for consideration for BAFTA and/or American aspenfilm.org (A) Academy Awards© Tribeca Film Festival, USA Festivals we support VR projects to travel to (please see tribecafilm.com (A) notes at end of document for more information) Dresden International Short Film Festival, Germany These festivals award a Prix UIP, which includes an filmfest-dresden.de (B) automatic nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards Go Shorts, The Netherlands goshort.nl (B) Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, Canada, hotdocs.ca (A) Visions Du Réel, Switzerland, visionsdureel.ch/en (A) JANUARY Angers Premier Plans, France MAY premiersplans.org (B) Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, USA Germany, kurzfilmtage.de (A) sundance.org (A) , France Prague Shorts, Czech Republic festival-cannes.com (A) pragueshorts.com (B) PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR FILMS SCREENING AT SHORT FILM CORNER Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands Krakow Short Film Festival, Poland filmfestivalrotterdam.com (A) krakowfilmfestival.pl (B) Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine Australia, flickerfest.com.au (A) molodist.com (B) FEBRUARY Stuttgart Animated Film Festival, Gemany itfs.de (A) Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France, clermont-filmfest.com (A) Vienna Shorts, Austria viennashorts.com (B) Berlin International Film Festival, Germany IndieLisboa, Portugal indielisboa.com (B) berlinale.de (A) JUNE MARCH Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland shortfilm.com (A) tamperefilmfestival.fi (A) Annecy International Animated Film Festival SXSW, USA & Market, France, annecy.org (A) sxsw.com (A) AFI Docs, USA, afi.com/AFIDocs (A) Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA Animafest Zagreb, Croatia aafilmfest.org (B) animafest.hr (A) CPH Dox, Copenhagen American Black Film Festival, USA, abff.com (B) cphdox.dk/en (B) Frameline San Francisco Int. LGBT Film Festival, frameline.org (B) >> film.britishcouncil.org /L British_Film AUGUST OCTOBER continued Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland Hamptons International Film Festival, USA pardo.ch (B) hamptonsfilmfest.org (B) Blackstar Film Festival, USA Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, blackstarfest.org (B) Brazil, animamundi.com.br (B) Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil International Leipzig Documentary and Animated kinoforum.org.br/curtas (A) Film Festival, Germany Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan dok-leipzig.de (A) hiroanim.org (A) Future of StoryTelling (FoST), New York City, USA Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina futureofstorytelling.org (A) sff.ba (B) NOVEMBER Dokufest, Kosovo dokufest.com (B) International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Holland SEPTEMBER idfa.nl (A) Venice International Film Festival, Italy Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, labiennale.org (A) Portugal, cinanima.pt (B) Telluride Film Festival, USA Brest European Short Film Festival, France telluridefilmfestival.com (A) filmcourt.fr (B) Ottawa Intl Animation Film Festival, Canada Cork International Film Festival, Ireland animationfestival.ca (A) corkfilmfest.org (B) Toronto International Film Festival, Canada Winterthur International Short Film Festival, tiff.net (A) Switzerland, kurzfilmtage.ch (B) Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia Sleepwalkers Short Film Festival, Estonia message2man.com (B) swff.ee (B) New York Film Festival, USA DECEMBER filmlinc.org (A) South Asian International Film Festival, USA OCTOBER saiff.org (B) Busan International Film Festival, Korea Leuven Short Film Fest, Belgium piff.org (B) kortfilmfestival.be (B) Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden shortfilmfestival.com (A) , Poland wff.pl (B) Osnabrück International Film Festival, Germany filmfest-osnabrueck.de (B)

Notes This list is not definitive and may be subject to change. From 2017 we have a fund to support VR projects to travel via the Travel ‘(A)’ Denotes a festival considered a top priority for filmmaker Grant Fund. We prioritise those festivals marked on this list, but attendance by the British Council (i.e. where a travel grant can provide accept applications for travel to all of the Key Festivals. best value for money and maximum opportunities for showcasing and If you have specific access needs please talk to us about what additional professional development). These are priority 1 for the fund. help may be available to Travel Grant recipients – for example additional ‘(B)’ Denotes a festival with strong international reputation but provides funds to facilitate travel with a BSL interpreter or access worker. less opportunity for showcasing on an international stage. These are priority 2 for the fund.

“I made several important connections across disciplines, broadcasters, distributors, festivals. WHAT UK FILMMAKERS The NY Times invited me to have a meeting with them to discuss being involved in my project” SAY ABOUT “I made a lot of professional contacts and it helped my understanding of this context enormously. INTERNATIONAL I'm also confident that it was really critical to letting a very international audience see an example FESTIVALS of my work, which should have lasting positive outcomes” “Other animation festivals are showing an interest in my work resulting from the screenings in Annecy. Quite suddenly I seem to be on the radar”

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