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Västerås Filmfestival ()

Deadlines

21 Oct 2023
Call for entries

01 Nov 2023
Early deadline

17 Dec 2023
Standard deadline

31 Jan 2024
Late deadline

24 Mar 2024
Festival closed

31 May 2024
Notification date

08 May 2024
12 May 2024

Address

Munkgatan 7, 72212, Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden

Festival description

Short film festival

Feature film festival 180'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

January 2022

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films

Feature Films 180'<

Any language

Subtitles
English Swedish

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Festival description (Edition: )

Festival start: 08 May 2024 Festival end: 12 May 2024

2024 Festival 8-12 May. New entries 20th of Oct 2023 (FILM SUBMISSIONS OPEN)
____________________________________________________________________Västerås Film Festival is an international film festival held in autumn every year since 2015. The festival will be moved to April 2024. Västerås film festival shows films in different genres from around the world. We have prizes in different categories. The festival also contains workshops, lectures, debates, film cafés and exhibitions. Västerås Film Festival is one of the most interesting festivals in northern Europe.

Västerås Film Festival 2024 becomes a genre film festival, there will be changes in prices.

Prizes and qualifications

Festival Certificate
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Two types of Award : Nordic and international films
The awards in Short Film are: Best Short Film Drama, Best Short Film Thriller, Best Comedy Film, Best Romantic Film, Best Horror Film, Best Art film, Best Animation film, Best Music Video, New Media, Best Action film, Best War Film, Best One Minute Film, Best Documentary, Best Crime film, Best Dance Film, Best Fantasy film, Best Adventure film and Best School Film all Genre.
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Best Feature Film only Drama the tema of the year 2024.

Rules

By submitting, you agree to these rules and terms:

Copyrights, screening rights:

- You have the full rights to submit the film to our film festival and to give Västerås Film Festival the rights to screen the film at the festival

- We can use trailers, stills, and other submitted information for marketing purposes on websites, newsletters, social media, flyers, posters, etc.

- If your film is nominated, we can use both trailers and parts from the film to create a nomination trailer, with final permission from you,
to be shown at the award ceremony

- We do not pay any screening fees

-The submission fee is non-refundable

Competition

- To be considered for the competition, the film must have been completed between 2022 and 2024.

Subtitles

- If the film is not in English or Swedish, subtitles in one of those two languages are required.

- Films in English are encouraged to have Swedish subtitles.

Formats

- The highest resolution that the film was shot in; HD, 2K, 3K, 4K.

- We accept resolutions from HD to 4K, regardless if it is a short or feature length film.

- For screening on a larger screen, we require at least 2K.

Category range.

- 1-Minute film (1 min.),
- Short film (1 to 59 min.)
- Feature film (60 min. or longer)
- Documentary (National, regional, film school)

Feature Film only Drama (the tema of the year 2024)

Feature Films >60' 200'< (2022+)

Fee

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Early 6$ 5.52$ 4.02$ 01 Nov 23

Standard 8$ 7.36$ 5.36$ 17 Dec 23

Late 10$ 9.2$ 6.7$ 31 Jan 24

Extended 12$ 11.04$ 8.04$ 24 Mar 24

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60 min or longer. Drama. No animated films.

Short Documentary

Short Films >1' 30'< (2022+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 6$ 5.52$ 4.02$ 01 Nov 23

Standard 8$ 7.36$ 5.36$ 17 Dec 23

Late 10$ 9.2$ 6.7$ 31 Jan 24

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Documentary 1-30 min

Animation 2-30 min

Short Films >1' 30'< (2022+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 6$ 5.52$ 4.02$ 01 Nov 23

Standard 8$ 7.36$ 5.36$ 17 Dec 23

Late 10$ 9.2$ 6.7$ 31 Jan 24

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Short Thriller Film

Short Films >2' 30'< (2022+)

Fee

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Short Comedy Film

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

Fee

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Short Romantic Film

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

Fee

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Short Art film

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

Fee

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Short Horror Film

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

Fee

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Music Video

Short Films 10'< (2022+)

Fee

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New Media

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

Fee

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One Minute Film

Short Films 1'< (2022+)

Fee

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Short Science fiction Film

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

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Short film Fantasy

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

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Short Film Crime

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

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Short Film Action

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

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Short Film Adventure

Short Films >1' 30'< (2022+)

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Short War Film

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

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Short Video Art

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

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Short Dance Film

Short Films >1' 30'< (2022+)

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Best School Film all Genre.

Short Films >1' 30'< (2022+)

Fee

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School Film all Genre.

Short film Drama

Short Films 30'< (2022+)

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