ACCESS TO FESTIVALS 2015-2016 Guidelines Support for this fund is made possible through a contribution from OBJECTIVE: ACCESS TO FESTIVALS is an industry-driven fund that supports a portion of the travel costs for independent Manitoba* writers, directors, producers and distributors with at least two years of professional production experience and whose productions have been selected to screen at national and international festivals that have significant industry recognition. * Canadian citizens or landed immigrants who have been living in Manitoba for at least 365 days. Proof of Manitoba residency will be required. Please see page 3 for the list of festivals currently approved for consideration. If you have been invited to a festival that does not appear on this list, please contact Michael Kluthe, Community and Partnership Liaison to discuss. Your request may be considered dependent on available funding and on the professional and business development opportunities available at the event. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Applicants must be OSM members in good standing* for a minimum of three months (*with a current membership and not in default). Two or more years of professional production experience directing, writing, producing and/or distributing film and/or television and/or digital media. Official invitation for your film to screen at a film festival. OSM CONTRIBUTION: The Access to Festivals contribution effectively covers 50% of the maximum total of the actual eligible costs up to the amount approved by the jury. Successful applicants pay a Program Fee representing 50% of the total of the actual eligible costs approved by the jury. OSM provides the successful applicant with payment representing 100% of the maximum total of the actual eligible costs approved by the jury. Annual contributions may not exceed $6,000 per member. Contribution funds are non-transferrable. ELIGIBLE EXPENSES: The OSM payment covers the eligible expenses to a maximum of $3,000 for North American travel and $3,500 for International travel through the Access to Festivals fund: transportation to the event* event registration ground transportation during event accommodation, up to a maximum of six (6) nights per diem, up to a maximum of six (6) days *Please note that Air Miles do NOT count toward your eligible expenses. COST TO MEMBERS: A non-refundable application-processing fee of $30.00 must be paid by cash or cheque when submitting the application. In addition, successful applicants must pay a Program Fee representing 50% of the total of the actual eligible costs approved by the jury. APPLICATION DEADLINE: The deadline is three weeks prior to the event. Exceptions are allowed only if the applicant received an invitation to participate in an event after the deadline. NOTE: Applications will be sent to jury twice a month, on the 15 th and the last day of the month. It will then take 21 business days to process successful applications.
SELECTION CRITERIA: The potential benefits or opportunities afforded by the Festival for the marketing of the applicant s production(s), and for the business, creative and/or career development of the applicant. The extent to which the applicant has demonstrated readiness to participate in the Festival. The number of times an applicant has received Access to Festivals contributions to attend festivals in support of the same project. OSM JURY COMPOSITION: Each jury is composed of three autonomous jurors drawn from a pool of representatives of cultural industry organizations. All jury decisions are final. APPLICATION PROCESS: 1 - Fill in the electronic application forms available on our website. Handwritten applications will not be accepted. 2 - Submit an electronic copy of the application and all support material to Michael Kluthe, Community and Partnership Liaison, michael@onscreenmanitoba.com. It is the applicant s responsibility to ensure that their application package is detailed and complete. Incomplete applications will not be processed. 3 - The application-processing fee: $30.00 is to be paid by cash or cheque only (no credit/debit card) and mailed or dropped off at the On Screen Manitoba office, 003-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1H3. 4 - Upon receiving the application fee, applications are reviewed for completeness and eligibility before submission to the jury. On Screen Manitoba reserves the right to adjust the applicant s budget to ensure its accuracy according to the guidelines. The jury may choose to award less than the requested amount. NOTE: In no case will an applicant be eligible for OSM support until any outstanding amounts in default have been repaid in full. NOTE: Applications from applicants in default will not be accepted. (DEFAULT POLICY: Applicants will be found in default if they do not disclose other government support received; do not satisfactorily meet their reporting requirements; do not carry out the project as proposed; or breach a material condition of the contribution agreement. Under On Screen Manitoba s default policy, OSM will impose a penalty or cancel its contribution, and prohibit an Applicant from accessing On Screen Manitoba contribution funds.) 5 - The applicant will receive the jury s decision within 10 working days after the application has been sent to the jury. 6 - Successful applications will be processed within 11 working days of the final decision by the jury. Upon signature of the Contribution Agreement, the member will: pay the first installment (65%) of the Program Fee. receive the first installment (65%) of the amount approved by the jury. The final installments of both the Program Fee and the Contribution will be based on the total of the actual eligible expenses, after approval of the final report.* * REPORTING REQUIREMENTS: Members are required to submit a final report within 3 weeks after the event. The report must include a summary of all screenings including numbers and types of attendees (general public, broadcasters, distributors, producers). Complete and accurate reporting ensures that OSM can successfully obtain government support for this fund. If you want more information on this Contribution Fund or need assistance in preparing your application, please contact michael@onscreenmanitoba.com 204.927.5898 OSM Industry Services Page 2
OSM Industry Services Page 3 ACCESS TO FESTIVALS 2015-2016 GUIDELINES LIST OF PRE-APPROVED ELIGIBLE FESTIVALS FOR FEATURE FILMS 1. ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL, Halifax, NS 2. BEIJING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Beijing, China 3. BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Busan, South Korea 4. CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Calgary, AB 5. CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Chicago, United States 6. CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL, Sudbury, ON 7. DOK LEIPZIG - INTERNATIONAL LEIPZIG FESTIVAL FOR DOCUMENTARIES AND ANIMATED FILMS, Leipzig, Germany 8. DREAMSPEAKERS FILM FESTIVAL, Edmonton, AB 9. EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Edinburgh, Scotland 10. EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Edmonton, AB 11. FEMALE EYE FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, ON 12. FESTIVAL DE CANNES, Cannes, France 13. FESTIVAL DES FILMS DU MONDE, Montreal, QC 14. FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM FRANCOPHONE DE NAMUR, Namur, Belgium 15. FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM FRANCOPHONE EN ACADIE (FICFA), Moncton, NB 16. FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA, Montreal, QC 17. HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, Toronto, ON 18. IMAGINENATIVE FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, Toronto, ON 19. INT L FESTIVAL OF FILMS ON ART (FIFA), Montreal, QC 20. INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM, Amsterdam, Netherlands 21. INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMS (FIPA), Biarritz, France 22. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA, Goa, India 23. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG, Mannheim, Germany 24. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM, Rotterdam, Netherlands 25. INTERNATIONAL ROME FILM FESTIVAL, Rome, Italy 26. KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 27. LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL, Locarno, Switzerland 28. MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL, Mumbai, India 29. NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, New York, United States 30. PLANET IN FOCUS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, ON 31. REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, ON 32. SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, San Francisco, United States 33. SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Shanghai, China
34. SHEFFIELD DOC FEST, Sheffield, UK 35. SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (SXSW) FILM FESTIVAL, Austin, United States 36. ST. JOHN S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN S FILM FESTIVAL, St. John s, NL 37. SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, Park City, United States 38. TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Tokyo, Japan 39. TORINO FILM FESTIVAL, Torino, Italy 40. TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, ON 41. TORONTO REEL ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto, ON 42. TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, New York, United States 43. VALLADOLID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Valladolid, Spain 44. VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Vancouver, BC 45. VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, Venice, Italy 46. VICTORIA FILM FESTIVAL, Victoria, BC 47. VISIONS DU RÉEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Nyon, Switzerland 48. WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL, Whistler, BC ACCESS TO FESTIVALS 2015-2016 GUIDELINES LIST OF PRE-APPROVED ELIGIBLE FESTIVALS FOR SHORT FILMS In Canada 1. ATLANTIC INT L FILM FESTIVAL (Halifax) www.atlanticfilm.com 2. CINÉFRANCO (Toronto) www.cinefranco.com 3. CINÉFEST SUDBURY INT L FILM FESTIVAL www.cinefest.com 4. COWICHAN INT L ABORIGINAL FILM FESTIVAL (BC) aff.cowichan.net 5. DREAMAKERS INT L ABORIGINAL FILM FESTIVAL (Edmonton) dreamspeakers.org 6. EDMONTON INT L FILM FESTIVAL www.edmontonfilmfest.com 7. FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA (Montreal) www.nouveaucinema.ca 8. FESTIVAL INT L DU FILM FRANCOPHONE EN ACADIE (Moncton) www.ficfa.com 9. HOT DOCS (Toronto) www.hotdocs.ca 10. IMAGINATIVE (Toronto) www.imaginenative.org 11. INT L FESTIVAL OF FILMS ON ART (Montreal) www.artfifa.com 12. FIRST PEOPLES FESTIVAL/ PRÉSENCE AUTOCHTONE Film & Video Showcase www.nativelynx.qc.ca 13. MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL www.ffm-montreal.org 14. REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL www.reelworld.ca 15. SAGUENAY INT L SHORTFILMS FESTIVAL www.regardsurlecourt.com/en OSM Industry Services Page 4
OSM Industry Services Page 5 ACCESS TO FESTIVALS 2015-2016 GUIDELINES 16. ST. JOHN S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN S FILM FESTIVAL www.womensfilmfestival.com 17. TORONTO INT L FILM FESTIVAL tiff.net/thefestival 18. TORONTO REEL ASIAN INT L FILM FESTIVAL www.reelasian.com 19. VANCOUVER INT L FILM FESTIVAL www.viff.org 20. VANCOUVER WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL www.womeninfilm.ca/filmfestival.html 21. VICTORIA FILM FESTIVAL www.victoriafilmfestival.com 22. WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL www.whistlerfilmfestival.com 23. YORKTON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL www.yorktonshortfilm.org Abroad 24. AFI FEST (California, USA) www.afi.com/onscreen/afifest 25. AMERICAN INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL www.americanindianfilminstitute.com 26. ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL (Michigan, USA) www.aafilmfest.org 27. ATHENS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Ohio, USA) www.athensfest.org 28. ASPEN SHORTSFEST (Colorado, USA) www.aspenfilm.org 29. ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL (Georgia, USA) www.atlantafilmfestival.com 30. AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL (Texas, USA) www.austinfilmfestival.com 31. BERLIN INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Germany) www.berlinale.de 32. BILBAO INT'L FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY & SHORT FILMS (Spain) www.zinebi.com 33. CANNES FESTIVAL INT'L DU FILM (France) www.festival-cannes.fr 34. CHICAGO INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Illinois, USA) www.chicagofilmfestival.org 35. CARTAGENA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Colombia) www.festicinecartagena.org 36. CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL (California, USA) www.cinequest.org 37. CLERMONT-FERRAND INT L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (France) www.clermont-filmfest.com 38. CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Ohio, USA) www.clevelandfilm.org 39. DRESDEN INT L SHORTFILM FESTIVAL www.filmfest-dresden.de 40. ENCOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Bristol, U.K.) www.encounters-festival.org.uk 41. FESTIVAL DE CINE DE HUESCA (Spain) www.huesca-filmfestival.com 42. FESTIVAL INT L DU FILM DE NAMUR www.fiff.be/fr 43. FLICKERFEST INT L SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL (Australia) www.flickerfest.com.au 44. FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL (Ireland) www.foylefilmfestival.org 45. KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL (Poland) www.kff.com.pl 46. LOCARNO INT L FILM FESTIVAL (Switzerland) www.pardo.ch 47. LOS ANGELES INT L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (California, USA) www.lashortsfest.com 48. MELBOURNE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Australia) www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au 49. NATIVE AMERICAN FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL www.cherokeesofsouthcarolina.com 50. OBERHAUSEN INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Germany) www.kurzfilmtage.de 51. PALM SPRINGS INT'L FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS (California, USA) www.psfilmfest.org
52. RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Rhode Island, USA) www.film-festival.org 53. RIO DE JANEIRO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Brazil) www.curtacinema.com.br 54. ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL (Rotterdam) www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com 55. ST. LOUIS INT L FILM FESTIVAL (Missouri, USA) www.cinemastlouis.org 56. SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (Utah, USA) www.slamdance.com 57. SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (Texas, USA) www.sxsw.com 58. SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (Utah, USA) www.festival.sundance.org 59. TAMPERE INT L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Finland) www.tamperefilmfestival.fi 60. TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL (Colorado, USA) www.telluridefilmfestival.org 61. TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (New York, USA) www.tribecafilm.com 62. UPPSALA INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Sweden) www.shortfilmfestival.com 63. VENICE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Italy) www.labiennale.org/en/cinema 64. WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL (Poland) www.wff.pl/en/ LIST OF PRE-APPROVED ELIGIBLE ANIMATION FESTIVALS 1. ANIMA MUNDI (Brazil) www.animamundi.com.br 2. ANIMEX INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION & COMPUTER GAMES (Middlesbrough, UK) www.animex.net 3. ANNECY FESTIVAL INT'L DU CINEMA D'ANIMATION (France) www.annecy.org 4. BIENNIAL OF ANIMATION BRATISLAVA www.bibiana.sk 5. CINANIMA INT'L ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (Portugal) www.cinanima.pt 6. HIROSHIMA INT'L ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Japan) www.urban.ne.jp/home/hiroanim/ 7. OTTAWA INT'L ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Canada) www.awn.com/ottawa 8. SIGGRAPH (Los Angeles, USA) s2012.siggraph.org/attendees/computer-animation-festival 9. STUTTGART INT'L ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Germany) www.itfs.de 10. ZAGREB WORLD FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILMS (Croatia) www.animafest.hr LIST OF PRE-APPROVED ELIGIBLE CHILDREN S FILM FESTIVALS 1. FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINÉMA JEUNESSE DE RIMOUSKI www.carrousel.qc.ca 2. BERLIN CHILDREN FILM FESTIVAL 3. BUFF FILM FESTIVAL (Malmö, Sweden) buff.se/en OSM Industry Services Page 6
4. BUSTER - COPENHAGEN INT L FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH www.buster.dk 5. CANNES ÉCRAN JUNIORS www.cannes-cinema.com 6. CARROUSEL DE RIMOUSKI 7. CHICAGO INT L CHILDREN S FILM FESTIVAL (Illinois, USA) www.cicff.org 8. CHINA INT L CHILDREN S FILM FESTIVAL 9. CINEKID AMSTERDAM INT L CHILDREN S FILM, TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL (Netherlands) www.cinekid.nl 10. GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL (Italy) www.giffonifilmfestival.it 11. GIJON INT'L FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Spain) www.gijonfilmfestival.com 12. KRISTIANSAND INT L CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (Norway) www.kicff.no 13. LUCAS INT L CHILDREN S FILM FESTIVA (Frankfurt, Germany) www.lucas-filmfestival.de 14. MONTREAL INT L CHILDREN FILM FESTIVAL www.fifem.com/2012/pages/index.php 15. NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN S FILM FESTIVAL www.gkids.com 16. REEL 2 REAL INT L FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH (Vancouver) www.r2rfestival.org 17. TIFF KIDS INT L FILM FESTIVAL (Toronto) tiff.net/tiffkids 18. ZLIN FILM FESTIVAL (Czech Republic) www.zlinfest.cz OSM Industry Services Page 7