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EIFF 2014 ANNOUNCE NEW STRANDS AND GERMAN FOCUS AS SUBMISSIONS OPEN
Posted By : Animation Galaxy At 02-11-2013 15:00:22
Tags : Edinburgh International Film Festival American Dreams EIFF Wim Wenders Werner Herzog Reinhard Hauff
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is pleased to announce that a number of new strands will be added to the 2014 programme, including a German Focus celebrating the best in German cinema, as submissions open today.
The new strands will include a ‘Gala’ strand which will present major UK premieres of both British and international films and a strand of family films entitled ‘For the Family’. Genre films and edgy fare from around the world will be featured in an even more adventurous and farther-reaching strand than the previous ‘Night Moves’, and the ‘New Perspectives’ strand will showcase new fiction and documentary filmmaking that raises challenging questions about the medium.
Strands continued from 2013 include ‘American Dreams’; ‘Director’s Showcase’; ‘Films on Film’ and the continuation of EIFF’s strand of films programmed by 16-to-19-year-old Young Programmers for their peers. The Michael Powell Award and International Competition will continue at EIFF 2014 with titles selected from across the programme.
Continuing its long history of championing German cinema, next year EIFF will present a German Focus in partnership with German Films. Since the Festival’s inception in 1947, German films have regularly screened at EIFF. Major retrospectives and premieres of ground-breaking work by renowned German directors including Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, and Reinhard Hauff have brought German cinema to international attention. The 2014 German Focus will include screenings of new and retrospective titles which will run parallel to a bespoke programme of Industry Events, with members of the German Film Industry in attendance. Further details of the German Focus will be announced in due course.
Chris Fujiwara, EIFF Artistic Director, said: “Building on the success of our 2013 Festival, we were keen to revisit how we structure the EIFF programme and especially the strands we use to help our audiences find the films they wish to see. With the new strands to be introduced in 2014, we hope to make it easier for audiences to navigate the richness of our programme; to explore the work of the emerging filmmakers we champion at Edinburgh each year, and to celebrate unconventional filmmaking. I’m also delighted to be working with German Films to bring together what will be an engaging and revealing selection of the best of new German cinema.”
From today, filmmakers around the world are invited to submit their films to be showcased at EIFF 2014 (18 to 29 June). Full information about the submissions process can be found at www.edfilmfest.org.uk/submissions. Submissions can be submitted either by downloading the EIFF postal form from the Festival website, or online through the website of EIFF’s partner, www.withoutabox.com. For both Shorts and Features, the earlybird deadline is Tuesday, 17 December, followed by the regular deadline on Tuesday, 4 February 2014. The late submission date is Tuesday, 18 February 2014. All films must be UK premieres (except Short Animation submissions). Films that have previously been publicly screened or broadcast in Britain will not be accepted (again, this does not include Short Animation). Promotional films (e.g. films promoting tourism, making charitable appeals, etc.) are not eligible. The final selection of all films presented at the Festival and their placement in the programme are the responsibility of the Artistic Director.
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