Palestine Cinema Days announces that submissions for the 2020 Palestinian Sunbird Production Competition are now open.
The winning project of the Palestinian Sunbird Production Competition will:
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Receive a grant of $10,000.
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Use camera & sound equipment available at Filmlab: Palestine during production and get Filmlab: Palestine’s support during the stages of post-production and distribution.
An independent jury will choose and announce the winner of the Palestinian Sunbird Production Award during the closing ceremony of Palestine Cinema Days in October 2020.
Guidelines and regulations:
Projects must be short fiction or short animation films.
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The project may not exceed a maximum length of 15 minutes.
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The project must be in the final stages of development and ready to go to pre-production immediately after the 7th edition of Palestine Cinema Days (October 2020).
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The project must have a connection to Palestine in terms of story, or key team members like director, producer or main cast, or Palestine is one of the locations, or Palestine is a country of production.
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The winner of the Palestinian Sunbird Production Award must agree that the Palestinian premiere of the finalized film will be at Palestine Cinema Days. Palestine Cinema Days is under no obligation to screen the final film or include it in its Sunbird competition of short films if the film doesn’t meet the necessary artistic standards and is not selected by the jury of the competition.
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Filmlab: Palestine must receive a credit in the film’s credits stating that the film was produced with the assistance of Filmlab: Palestine in addition to including Filmlab: Palestine’s logo.
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The applicant must hold the rights to the material submitted.
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The material and information submitted will be accessed only by the Palestine Cinema Days team and the Palestinian Sunbird Production Competition jury for the sole purpose of evaluating and choosing the winning project.
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Palestine Cinema Days reserves the right to use some the material and information submitted in the application for promotional purposes and for the Palestine Cinema Days’ Catalogue, website and social media.
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Incomplete applications will not be considered for evaluation nor will the applicant be contacted to send the missing material.
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Applications or supporting material sent by email will not be considered. Only submissions through the electronic application form are accepted.
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The submitter is fully responsible for the authenticity of the information provided.
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Following the announcement of the award, the winner will be required to sign a grant agreement detailing the contract duration, grant amount, budget breakdown, payment schedule and required reports.
Submission deadline: October 1st, 2020 Apply Now.
The selected films will be announced one month after the submission deadline.
For enquires and information, please email us at: [email protected]