This year’s 7th edition of the competition for a short film about Wroclaw has just begun. Films should promote the city as the European Capital of Culture 2016. There is much to compete for - the pool of prizes includes not only 30,000 PLN, but also valuable prizes-in-kind and internships that will give young filmmakers an opportunity for professional development.
“We invite you to participate in another edition of the competition ‘Wroclaw turns you on? Shoot a film about it!’, which has already become a fixed part of the cultural calendar of the city. This competition is becoming increasingly popular from year to year,” says Maja Berny from the Press Office of the City Council of Wroclaw.
The competition is addressed both to professionals, including advertising agencies, and to amateurs. Films are to be short (from 30 to 60 seconds) and can be made by means of any technique and equipment. They can be shot with a digital or photographic camera or with a mobile phone. At the same time, competition works can combine the film picture with an animation technique or be animated as a whole.
“Films should show the advantages of our city as the capital of culture and encourage potential visitors to come to Wroclaw in 2016. Participants will have an opportunity to show how Wroclaw inspires them in this role, what they find particularly attractive about it and what it can offer,” enumerates Maja Berny.
Prizes
This year’s pool of prizes is attractive. Three main prizes will be granted:
1st place — 10,000 PLN,
2nd place — 7,000 PLN,
3rd place — 5,000 PLN;
and an extra prize of 3,000 PLN funded by the ATM Group – the biggest independent television and film producer in Poland.
Three audience prizes granted by votes of Internet users:
1st place – 4,500 PLN – funded by Mind Progress Group, the biggest integrated marketing agency in south-western Poland;
2nd place – 2,500 PLN – funded by the University of Lower Silesia, which is the top university in the region according to employers;
3rd place – 1,500 PLN – funded by the Chimnay Pot production studio.
There will be additional prizes, prizes-in-kind and internships funded by partners of the competition:
The Audiovisual Technology Centre – a state-owned institution running activity in the field of new visual technologies mainly for the needs of cinematography,
Platige Image – an artistic conglomerate that creates visually strong and technologically advanced projects for the world of advertisement, film, education and entertainment,
Studio Dash Dot Creations s.c. – a studio of animations and special effects created for the needs of television and Polish and world cinematography.
As in the previous edition, the organisers offer film workshops for any interested cinema fans and a special show of previous prize-winning films and a meeting with their authors.
As usual, the winners of the competition will be announced during the official final gala in the Nowe Horyzonty cinema. It will be preceded by a voting of Internet users and a debate of a professional jury chaired by Roman Gutek, the film curator of ESK 2016. For more information, visit: www.krecwroclaw.pl
Schedule of the 7th competition for a short film about Wroclaw:
• 28.04.2014 - inauguration,
• 22.09.2014 - deadline for submission of works
• 29.09-12.10.2014 - voting of the audience
• 16.10.2014 - final gala of the competition
