The Foundation for Democracy and Political Culture invites amateur and professional filmmakers to submit documentaries about the everyday life of the Roma for the 5th Roma Life – Central European Documentary Festival in Budapest on March 24, 2012.
Call for Entries 2012
5th Roma Life – Central European Documentary Festival
Budapest, March 24, 2012
Goals of the festival:
Facilitating arecognition and a better understanding of the Roma culture, providing a realistic image of the situation of the minority and its relation to the majority culture. It documents the complex reality of the Roma culture and its system of traditions, its set of values, its everyday life, and reveals the inevitable effects that emerge from these. With the help of the short films we are looking for answers to such questions as how historical tradition and the course of contemporary life affects Roma families and their coexistence with the majority nation, and what are the possibilities and limitations of integration from the point of view of members of the minority.
Amateur and professional filmmakers, workshops, students—submit your documentaries!
We are now accepting documentaries about the everyday life of the Roma: their joy, sorrow, successes, conflicts, failures, problems, creations. Running time must be between 5-30 minutes and the production year should be after 2007. Applicants are kindly requested to attach English and/or Hungarian texts (typed separately) or provide the film with subtitles.
After the pre-selection of the international jury, the 20 shortlisted works are selected for the final competition. The best 5 works will be awarded with prize and automatically enters the 2013 Festival.
The jury evaluates realistic depiction, capturing of everyday life, seeking for factual evidence, spontaneity and overall impact. The organizers are awaiting works which accommodate the high standards of motion picture portrayal, but are not composed feature films. The works should contribute to the acknowledgement and understanding of the Roma way of life in their language, phrasing, and their manner of depiction. The organizers wish to screen films that are socially, politically and culturally sensitive and mirror individual perspective. We are awaiting documentaries, report films and sociographic works that convey a true image of a segment of Roma life and with the help of which we can better understand the life of the Romany. Feature films are not considered for selection.
The screening of the 5 winner documentaries and the prize-giving ceremony will be held on 24th March, 2012 in Budapest, in Bem Art Cinema. The attendence on the prize-giving event is public and free of charge.
There is no entry fee.
Submission deadlines:
Entry Form: March 1, 2012
Documentaries: March 10, 2012
Submitted materials will not be returned.
Please submit the entry form—a separate one for each work submitted—to romalife.docfilms@gmail.com.
Entry form: http://depok.eu/entry_form2012.doc
Please submit the documentaries:
- In digital format, DVD quality
- Each work on a different disc
- Two copies of each work
to this postal address:
Azimon Kft
1301 Budapest, PF 85.
► Please note that the Decade of Roma Inclusion Secretariat Foundation is not involved in organizing this program and cannot provide assistance to potential applicants. If you have questions or would like to apply, please use the contact information provided above.
1301 Budapest, PF 85.
► Please note that the Decade of Roma Inclusion Secretariat Foundation is not involved in organizing this program and cannot provide assistance to potential applicants. If you have questions or would like to apply, please use the contact information provided above.
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