indiecork

OCTOBER 9 - 16 2016

A festival of independent film, IndieCork is Ireland's largest festival for short film. We are interested in all types of work; innovative, fresh ,experimental, animation, narrative and all variations in between.

We welcome your entries and our deadline is July 22nd 2016

Website: http://www.indiecork.com

Online entry at

Contact:

Director:                                                                  Co-Director:

Mick Hannigan                                                              Una Feely

mick@indiecork.com                                                  una@indiecork.com

Postal Adress - Cork Civic Trust House, 50 Popes Quay, Cork

Office Address - Sample-Studios, 11-17 Sullivans Quay, Cork

REGULATIONS

The festival takes place October 2016.

1. Entry Requirements
Films should be recent productions. For the purposes of the Short Film Competitions only films completed since July 1st 2014 are eligible.
We welcome short films, documentaries and independent features. All genres are welcome including animation and experimental films.
Films of all lengths are welcome. For the purposes of the Short Film Competitions, only films of 30 minutes or under are eligible for competition.

2. Preview Screeners
Films may be submitted for pre-selection through reelport.

3. Entry Procedure and Selection
The deadline for entry is July 15th 2016. Please ensure that your film will be considered we advise entering as soon as possible and before the deadline, as late entries will not be accepted.
Selected films will be notified at the end August and you will be asked to provide suitable film images for publication, plus technical information, and confirmation of the screening format.

4. Screening Copies
We request all films to be submitted on DCP. 
Only if this format is not available, we can consider digital files. 
Technical requirements for digital files of selected films will be communicated upon selection.
Films not in the English language must be available with English subtitles.

5. Shipping of screening copies to IndieCork
Screening copies must arrive to our office no later than September 15th 2016. This is important as all copies must be checked in advance of screening.
The cost of inbound copies of films (not on digital file) must be borne by the print source.
Screening copies that are not digital files will be returned to the shipper by IndieCork within two weeks of the screening date.
IndieCork will bear responsibility for outbound shipping only.

6. Promotional Material
Participation at IndieCork implies giving the festival permission to use promotional clips of the material up to 10% of the overall running time. Clips will be used in the context of the promotion of the festival and the film itself only. 

7. Charges
We charge an Entry Fee of €10 for short film and €15 per feature and documentary (over 30 mins). If multiple films are being submitted, e.g. by a national film agency or film school, please contact us at info@indiecork.com so that we can advise on a non-prohibitive rate.

Please note that IndieCork does not pay screening fees for films submitted to us.