Film acceptance for the next Baku International Short Film Festival has begun

Baku, The Gulf Observer: The XIV Baku International Short Film Festival will be held in our capital from November 10 to 15.

The Organizing Committee of the festival told Azerbaijani media that the authors can submit their films to the international and local competitions of the festival for 30 minutes, and to “Cinemobil” for no more than 5 minutes.

Foreign and local authors should send their fiction, documentary and animation films to the international competition through the platform https://filmfreeway.com/bakuisff by August 31 .

Feature films, documentaries, animation films and social media are accepted for the local competition. Authors can send their films through the website of the festival ( www.filmfestival.az ) until September 20.

Films that won the right to participate in the local competition are “Best Feature Film”, “Best Documentary”, “Best Animated Film”, “Best Social Film”, “Best Director”, “Best Screenplay” and “Best Student film” will join the fight for the nomination.

“Cinemobil” accepts feature and documentary films shot through mobile phones and tablets. Films competing in the competition section of the competition will compete for two nominations. Thus, the winner of the “Best Film” nomination will be chosen by the jury, and the winner of the “Audience Sympathy” nomination will be chosen by the audience.

All films sent to the festival will be at the discretion of the Selection Committee. The same team of professionals will determine the films that will compete in the competition sections of the festival. During the selection, attention will be paid to the features arising from the peculiarities of each genre. The list of short films that will participate in the competition sections of the festival will be announced on October 25.

It should be noted that the main award of the Baku International Short Film Festival is “Golden Pomegranate”. In addition to “Golden Pomegranate”, the festival presents special awards and diplomas to winners in some categories. The Baku International Short Film Festival, founded by the Center of Young Cinematographers, has been persistently going for 14 years. The goal includes increasing interest in short films, which are considered to be one of the foundations of cinematography in our country, and encouraging and supporting young cinematographers. Among the films sent to the festival, there are also films that won awards and success at the Cannes, Venice, Berlin Film Festivals, and at the Oscars. Films with a different approach compete in the competition section of the festival.