At its third edition, Ceau, Cinema! Festival from Timisoara, Romania, announces the call for entry to the international competition section dedicated to feature films (fiction, non-fiction or animation). The call is open for filmmakers from countries with minorities in the Banat region.

The Grand Award of last year’s competition was won by Wojchiech Smarzowski’s film – “The Mighty Angel” (Poland). The Audience Award was won by the debut feature film of Virag Zomboracz – “Afterlife” (Hungary). The competition also hosted films of great directors such as Gyorgy Palfi and Nadav Lapid. The novelty of this edition is an additional award, which will be granted to the best independent debut feature film.

Ceau, Cinema! Competition provides a setting for the cinematographic expression of the traditional minorities from the Banat region. Productions or co-productions from the following countries are accepted in competition: Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Czech Republic,Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, and also productions which bring into the spotlight different ethnic groups such as Aromanians, Rroma, Tatars. In case of co-productions, we will only accept films with their main co-producer coming from a country listed above.

To be eligible, the submitted films must meet the following criteria:

1. To be feature films which were released (date of the premiere) after January 1st, 2015
2. The submitted disc must be DVD or BluRay.
3. The films will be presented in the original version with English and/or Romanian subtitles. Romanian films entered in the competition do not need to have subtitles. In case the film is selected, the distributor/ producer must provide the organizers the film dialogue list in English/ Romanian, in a common format that MUST contain the film timecode (.srt, .stl, .sub, .ssa etc.). No .pdf or .xls files are accepted.
4. There is no maximum time limit (but it must have at least 60 minutes) or other restrictions regarding the feature film genre. Fiction films, as well as non-fiction (documentary) and animations are admitted.
5. The festival DOES NOT pay screening rights for the films entered in competition.

The producer or distributor who owns the screening rights of the film must fill in the online entry form no later than 1st of May, 2016.

The Ceau Cinema! Festival Award is endowed with 1,000 euro. The prize will be awarded to the film director. There will also be an Audience Award, in value of 500 euro and an Independent and Debut Film Award, in value of 500 euro.

We have created this interethnic competition section to reflect the multicultural perspective of the Banat region, through a fresh and succulent film cocktail. The curator of the competition is the journalist and film critic Ionuț Mareș.

Further details on the competition, the entry form and FAQ are available on www.ceaucinema.ro or through e-mail at: festival@ceaucinema.ro.

Ceau, Cinema! Film Festival is organized by the Associations Marele Ecran and Pelicula Culturala. It is the first film festival dedicated to the European film in Timișoara. The event is entirely carried out by volunteers.

Partners: Vitas Romania, the Timiș County Department of Culture, Gottlob City Hall, the French Institute of Timișoara, the German Cultural Centre, the Polish Institute from Bucharest, the Embassy of Portugal in Romania.