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Call for Entries - 1st International Documentary Festival – Athens 2007

The Festival’s aim is to promote the further awareness, acceptance and integration of disabled people and to encourage film-makers, disabled or not, to take an active interest in this area and address the widest possible public.

The Documentary and Disability: 1st International Festival – Athens 2007 will take place in June 2007 in Athens, at the same time as the 2nd International Conference “People with Disabilities and Mass Media”.

The Jury will award the following 5 prizes:
  • First Prize for Best Documentary Film
  • Second Prize for Best Documentary Film
  • Prize for originality and innovative direction
  • Prize for technical and artistic merit
  • Special Jury Prize
All prizes carry a cash award of 20,000 euros, which will be equally shared by producer and director.

Candidates will be selected by the Festival Administration, and all entries must fulfill the following requirements:
  • Their content must be strictly on the subject of disability.
  • There should be no prior Greek television broadcast of entries or prior release on video or/and DVD in Greece. 
  • Their production date must be after 01/01/2004.
  • They must be available in Digital Beta for the official screening.
  • They should be available in an English version (subtitled or dubbed).
  • Limit of one entry per director.
See festival website for details and an entry film, or download it here.

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