International Competition

43rd Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF)

Drama International Short Film Festival is Greece’s leading short film festival, and the annual meeting place for filmmakers and industry professionals. Based in the picturesque city of Drama the festival is the leading Greek and South-Eastern European gateway to the world’s most prestigious short film awards, and nominated filmmakers qualify for the European Film Awards (EFA).

Over 2,000 films are submitted each year, and the curatorial group lead by creative director Yannis Sakaridis selects around 50-60 films to screen in competition during the festival. Short film juries of international film and media professionals select the award-winning films, with awards given at the Awards Ceremony.

Preselection Procedure

The preselection of the films is made by a group of experts on cinema and the arts who are suggested to the Administrative Board by the Artistic Director, who also supervises their work.

Selection

The Final selection, programming and any change in them is proposed by the Artistic Director. The deadline for the shipment of the selected screening copies is the 2nd of September 2020.
a) The screening copies of the selected films should be sent to
• a1. International Short Film Festival in Drama, Em. Benaki 71, 10681, Athens, Greece, +30 210 3300309 or
• a2. International Short Film Festival in Drama, Agias Varvaras 9, 66100 Drama, Greece, +30 25210 47575.

Requested material:
i) A screening copy, subtitled in English, in one of the following accepted formats: DCP, Apple ProRes 422, h264 or MPEG4
ii) A technical data sheet with all the necessary projection info.
b) Any film that will not meet this deadline will be excluded from the competition. Only high quality standard prints will be accepted.
c) The Festival will return all screening copies within thirty days after the end of the Festival, to the address specified by the director or producer at least 10 days before the expiry of the shipment deadline.
d) The Festival covers the return shipment, not including extra costs and tariffs to the shipping country.

Awards

The Jury of the Festival consists of at least 5 members and awards the following Prizes:
‐THE GRAND PRIX
‐BEST DIRECTION
‐BEST “SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE” FILM AWARD
‐BEST ANIMATION FILM AWARD
‐BEST PRODUCTION AWARD “TV5 MONDE”

The Jury may also award other honorary distinctions for specific artistic achievements.
There are also:

FIPRESCI PRIZE awarded by Fipresci Jury
“HUMAN VALUES AWARD” awarded by special jury of the Greek Parliament.

Each prize is awarded to a single film and cannot be awarded ex aequo.
International Short Film Festival in Drama is accredited as member festival of the European Film Academy’s Short Film Program, presenting one of the European short films in competition with a candidacy in the short film category of the European Film Awards.

General Terms

Hospitality
The festival aims to invite one director or representative of each film in competition. Hotel accommodation and daily meals are provided. These provisions are subject to change without prior notice, due to budget controls. Personalized information will be provided upon selection.

General Terms
a) The Artistic Director of the Festival reserves the right to compile the Festival’s program and implement changes wherever necessary.
b) The submitter is responsible for clearing rights and permissions concerning each submission. The festival holds no liability.
c) The film screener remains with the Festival’s Film Market.
d) The Festival reserves the right to digitize the submitted films for the needs of the Film Market and its Archive.
e) Film excerpts that might be broadcast on television or the internet should not exceed duration of 3 minutes or 10% of the total running time of the film.
f) The Festival reserves the right to publish film information, including the contact info of the director and the producer.
g) Transportation costs for preview material and prints submitted to the competition program shall be covered by the applicant. The Festival will undertake the costs of returning and securing the films as long as they are in the possession of the Festival.
h) In case of loss or damage under the Festival’s liability, the Festival undertakes the cost of making a new copy of that film.
i) Any dispute concerning the present regulations will be judged and settled by the President of the Festival.
j) Any legal disputes can only be settled by the local Legal Courts of Drama.

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Manolis Melissourgos
Head programmer in the International Competition of the 43rd Drama International Short Film Festival. international@dramafilmfestival.gr

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