International Short and Independent Film Festival Dhaka
14th - 22nd February 2008
Dhaka
The International Short & Independent Film Festival began in 1988. This festival is arranged every two years by Bangladesh Short Film Forum, an organization of independent film-makers and cine-activists. The festival welcomes films of artistic merit and creative expression with a commitment to social and cultural harmony, secularism, sustainable ecology and the rights of women, children and minority communities.
The Festival was launched to facilitate meaningful and artistic cinematic expression and to exchange views and ideas, and to share the creative energy of film-makers and cine-activists from Asia and other parts of the world. The festival aims at creating a platform for solidarity and better understanding among the independent creative film-makers of different countries irrespective of nationality, creed, colour and gender.
Another objective of the festival is to open the doors of free length fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films of the world for the local audience. To encourage young and enthusiastic film-makers in Bangladesh, a new section titled 'Independent Shorts' has been introduced from the 8th festival. Films made in any format (including films made with mobile phones) with their duration time not exceeding 10 minutes. This section of the festival will be open to Bangladeshi film-makers only.
Submission Information
- Competition Section: Short and documentary films from around the world, originally made in film & video (DV, DVCam, HDV, Betacam-SP) format, are eligible for entry in this section. The films must have screening time not more than 60 minutes, and they must be produced/released after August 30, 2005.
- Information Section: Independently produced Short / feature length fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films from around the world, originally made in film & video (DV, DVCam, HDV, Betacam-SP) format, are eligible for entry in this section. The films must be produced/released after August 30, 2005.
- Retrospective Section: The festival will have retrospective sessions of short films either by outstanding film-makers, or films on specific subjects, genre or films from a particular country and region.
- Special Screening Section: There will be special film sessions on special themes such as human rights, environmental issues, women and children's issues, etc.
- Special Session on Festival Director's Choice: A selection of free-length fiction and documentary films produced with a strong aesthetic value and social commitment will be screened in this section.
- Independent Shorts: Films made in any format (including ones made with mobile-phones) with a maximum length of 10 minutes will be welcome in this section. This section will be open to Bangladeshi film-makers only. The festival copy, or exhibition format, should be DV, DVCam, HDV or DVD.
Link:
http://www.isiff.org/
Email:
info (at) isiff (dot) org
Telephone:
+880 1819237477
Address:
108, Aziz Co-operative Super Market, 2nd Floor, Shahbag, Dhaka - 1000, Bangladesh