The Faludi Ferenc Academy announces its 22nd thematic international film festival and the related photo competition. This year’s theme is CALLING.
We are now unused to attaching any importance to a call that we receive or make. A really important call might easily get lost in the ocean of calls made by commercials, programs, social media and smart phones. While being on constant alert, it seems as if we were losing the refined skills of our senses, which have developed over millions of years.
In the great silence of the night of Biblical ancient times, Samuel hears God calling him by his name. He answers the call: ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening!’ Today no one, let alone God, calls us by our name in the general rush. Am I here, standing alone, nameless, in the giant market of calls?
I want to hear, see and speak, listen and be listened to, so that I can freely serve something, someone, you, the other. Let the voice calling me from the deepest level of my soul be meaningful: the voice that might expect me to make a commitment for a lifetime – as wife, father, monk, bricklayer, doctor. Let my existence, my life, my thoughts be purposeful.
Call me and I will hear your call. I am finally beginning to understand that I may also receive something important. Now for five minutes, or even for a whole lifetime, I am listening to you and will be offline for everyone else.
Competitors are invited to process this theme in the form of a film or photo in accordance with the terms and conditions of the festival. We are looking for professionally demanding elaborated works that are suitable for creating a forum, in the language of pictures, for a dialogue between different viewpoints and opinions.
The submissions are evaluated by international juries. Prizes up to HUF 3 million in total.
Deadline for entry and submission: 18 October 2019
Date of the festival: 27-30 November 2019
FILM
Ákos Lázár Kovács
Karl Markovics
Károly Ujj Mészáros
Réka Kassay
Tamás Almási
The projects of independent filmmakers, students pursuing film and visual arts studies, TV film directors, independent creative communities are welcome. The films will be evaluated by a professional jury. The works selected by the pre-jury for competition will be presented at open screenings in the presence of the creators, the audience and the jury, followed by an open evaluation. The projects not selected by the jury will be presented in the framework of an information program. The international jury gives prizes in different categories: short feature film, experimental film and documentary, and offers special prizes as well. The jury will evaluate the works of film university students in a separate category. In addition to the official jury, there will be several other juries (e.g. the international association of art movie theaters, international ecumenical jury, student jury) evaluating the projects.
Deadline for entry and submission of the film: 18 October 2019
Date of the film festival: 27-30 November 2019
Prize-giving ceremony, screening of the best films: 7 p.m. on 30 November 2019
Venue: Premier Kultcafé an Cinema (address: Budapest, Üllői út 2-4, 1085).
The Faludi Ferenc Academy will hold an evaluation day on Saturday, 7 December 2019, to which all applicants (both film and photo) are invited. This offers a great opportunity for consultation with the members of the jury.
Terms and conditions of entry
There is no age restriction.
One may enter both the film and the photo competition, the two are separately handled.
- One director or creative community may not enter more than two films.
- There is no restriction as to the genre of the films entered.
- Maximum length of the films entered:
- Short film categories: short feature film, experimental film, animated film, documentary – 30 minutes
- Television documentary category (in Hungarian or films made with the sponsorship of the Hungarian Media Patronage Program) – 60 minutes
- The production year must be 2014 or after.
- All films that are not in English must have English subtitles (burned in).
Technical parameters:
- Full HD (1920×1080) h.264; mp4 or mov.
- The size of the files must not be more than 6 GB (and 10 GB in case of television documentary films).
One may only enter the competition online, via the home page of the Faludi Ferenc Academy.
The films may be sent:
- online via file transfer sites (a downloadable vimeo link is also accepted)
- by postal mail: in a file format written on a DVD/BD disc
- The name of the file sent has to follow the following format: film_English_title_creator’s initials (English alphabet, no accents please).
- Please attach the signed entry form!
Example: Kovács István Péter: The Call → file name: The_call_KIP.mp4
- If one creator plans to enter two films, the two films must be sent to us on two separate data carriers and in two separate files.
The failure to meet any of the above terms and conditions results in disqualification.
It is free to enter the competition.
The jury reserves the right to move films from one category to another and determine the timeframe of the information program.
Contact details
Faludi Ferenc Academy
www.faludiakademia.hu
H-1085 Budapest
Horánszky u. 20.
+36-1-411-0825
facebook/faludifilmfestival
Postal address:
Calling – 22nd Faludi International Film Festival and Photo Competition
JTMR 1447 Budapest, Pf.: 462.
Deadline for entry and submission of the film: 18 October 2019
PHOTO
Gabriel Kosmály
László Haris
Péter Korniss
Wojciech Grzędziński
The photos of professional and non-professional photographers are equally welcome without any age restriction. The best of the photos based on the decision of the jury will be exhibited. The prizes will be handed over at the prize-giving ceremony of the film festival. Photos series and individual photos will be separately evaluated.
Deadline for entry and submission: 18 October 2019
Date of the film festival: 27-30 November 2019
Prize-giving ceremony, screening of the best films: 7 p.m. on 30 November 2019
Venue: Premier Kultcafé and Cinema (address: Budapest, Üllői út 2-4, 1085).
The Faludi Ferenc Academy will hold an evaluation day on Saturday, 7 December 2019, to which all applicants (both film and photo) are invited. This offers a great opportunity for consultation with the members of the jury.
Terms and conditions of entry
There is no age restriction.
One may enter both the film and the photo competition, the two are separately handled.
Categories:
- series of photos
- independent photos
One photographer may not enter more than 3 submissions.
Technical terms and conditions
- One may apply with B&W or colored pictures made with a digital or traditional (analogue) technique.
- Photos must also be submitted with a resolution of 300 dpi either in an email (as an attached file or sent via a file transfer site) or in printed form (submitted either via postal mail or in person with a maximum size of 30 x 40 centimeters. Whether submitted in email or via postal mail or in person, please attach the printed and signed version of the completed online entry sheet to the photos. Please write the title of the photo and the name of the photographer on the back of the photos.). When submitting in email please include the name of the photographer and the title of the photo, and in case of series, also the serial number in the name of the file.
- Technical parameters regarding photos: JPEG file, size of the photos: minimum 1000x1000 pixel, maximum 4000x4000 pixel.
The failure to meet any of the above terms and conditions results in disqualification.
It is free to enter the competition.
Contact details
Faludi Ferenc Academy
www.faludiakademia.hu
H-1085 Budapest
Horánszky u. 20.
+36-1-411-0825
facebook/faludifilmfestival
Postal address:
Calling – 22nd Faludi International Film Festival and Photo Competition
JTMR 1447 Budapest, Pf.: 462.
Deadline for entry and submission of the photo: 18 October 2019
Click here to fill in the enrty form =>>
Partners
About the festival
Since its, foundation the Faludi Ferenc Academy has been concerned with cinematic art through organizing trainings and workshops. In 1996 the Academy created a thematic film competition and festival to promote amateur filmmakers. The festival has come a long way since its early years and in 2019 it announces its 22nd edition.
Mission
Every year a certain value or taboo is placed in the focus of the festival to inspire creating and initiate social discourse around the given topics. We attach crucial importance to choosing real values as the theme of the festival and to initiating conversation about them. Every year the institute expects projects that focus on such a topic that puts a social or spiritual need or problem in the spotlight. In recent years miracle, sacrifice, mercy, trust, loyalty, thirst and love have been chosen as the theme of the festival, just to name a few. It is essential for the films and photos to have an original message which they express through the language of pictures.
Jury
Every year the members of the jury are well-known, active artists from the world of films: directors Géza Bereményi, Sándor Buglya, András Dér, Lívia Gyarmathy, Szabolcs Hajdu, Attila Mispál, György Pálfi, Sándor Sára, Dénes Nagy, Ildikó Enyedi, cameraman András Nagy, aesthetes Gábor Gelencsér, György Vidovszky, Ákos Lázár Kovács. The jury is usually chaired by an internationally recognised personality of cinema such as Krzysztof Zanussi, Jaczek Petriczky, Pupi Avati, Jerzy Stuhr or Francesco Casetti who have all held this pot. Since 2007, there is also a photo competition organized simulatenously with the film festival. The members of the jury of photos are acknowledged photographers of Hungary (among others László Haris, Zoltán Móser, Zsófia Pályi, György Stalter, Balázs Telek, Magdolna Vékás) who, just like the jury of films, share their experiences and opinions at a public evaluation event in the presence of the young filmmakers and photographers.
Stay tuned for this year’s jury!
Participants
The festival is organized by the laic fellow workers of the Jesuit religious order without any kind of direct religious intentions. Everyone is welcome regardless of race, age or religion. We receive a lot of applications from around the world (e.g. Argentina, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, China, Russia, USA, Japan, Lebanon), around 160-200 films a year. The films entered are first short-listed by a pre-jury. Around 40-50 films are selected for the competitive section. The prizes are awarded in different categories: short feature, experimental, documentary films (short and long – max. 60 min.). There are also special prizes such as best first film director or best film directed by a film student.
This year’s theme
This year’s theme Calling challanges our vocations, the motives behind our actions. We all try to find our path which would lead us to a fulfilled and meaningful life.
Place and time
The 22nd Faludi International Film Festival and Photo Competition will take place in the Premier Kultcafé and Cinema in Budapest, between 27-30 November 2019.
2017 - A Másik
2016 - Irgalom
