The Krakow Film Festival is calling upon international and local filmmakers to submit their films for potential selection for the 2021 event running live in Krakow and online across Poland, May 30 to June 6, 2021.
The deadlines are:
November 30, 2020 for films made before October 31, 2020
January 31 2021 for foreign films made after October 31, 2020
February 15 2021 for Polish films made after October 31, 2020.
“We expect several thousand submissions from all over the world. We believe that despite the difficult pandemic reality, the creators will be able to finish their works before the deadline for recruitment,” says Barbara Orlicz-Szczypuła, director of the programming office. “Our selectors, as every year, will also look for film gems at the most important festivals in the world. We hope that we will again be able to impress viewers in Poland with a fascinating and diverse film program.”
Approximately 200 films will be selected for the festival, and presented in a dozen or so non-competition cycles and 3 competitions: the international documentary competition, the international short film competition and the national competition. Almost all the films will be shown in Poland for the first time, and many of them will have their world premieres at the Krakow Film Festival.
The Krakow Film Festival is on the list of Oscar-qualifying film festivals in the short film (fiction, animation, documentary) and full-length documentary categories, and it also recommends films for the European Film Award in the same categories.
“Despite the fact that the Krakow Film Festival is the oldest festival in the country and one of the oldest in the world, we are not afraid of changes and we react dynamically to signals from viewers and filmmakers. This was evidenced by the decision to transfer the entire jubilee edition of the festival to the Internet. It is also not the first time that we are introducing changes to the rules and regulations of the festival. Personally, I am pleased that we will be able to award Polish films even more at the upcoming edition,” says Krzysztof Gierat, director of the Festival.
Golden and Silver Dragons are awarded to filmmakers in the international short film competition. In the international documentary competition Silver Horns will be awarded to directors of a film of high artistic value and to the director of a film on social issues. The Golden Horn will go to the director of the best film in the competition. The total prize pool is PLN 300,000 (approx €67,000).
The special ‘guest’ of the upcoming edition of the Festival will be Norwegian cinematography. The ‘Focus on Norway’ section will feature the latest Norwegian documentary and short films.
The rules of film competitions and the application form are available at www.krakowfilmfestival.pl.
