CALL FOR ENTRIES

This is a great oppertunity for all South African film makers as there the festival is gaining a lot of exposure each year and there is also a competition section that could result in nice prizes!

The info is as follows:

Call for entries for 2011 SHNIT International Shortfilmfestival (South African Release)

Now in its ninth edition, shnit 2011 will take place from 5 to 9 October in Bern, Cologne, Vienna, and for the second year, Cape Town.

In addition to the existing three international jury awards (SMART JOE, MAGIC JACK and LONG JOHN), there is an INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE PRIZE and this year will be the first to boast an award category for each host country, BEST SWISS-MADE, GERMAN, AUSTRIAN-MADE and SOUTH AFRICAN SHORTS.

Films MUST be submitted internationally through the online webform at

NOTE: Films CAN be eligible for both INTERNATIONAL and SA NATIONAL competition, there is one submission and we will decide where they compete.

Hard copy screeners can be delivered to:

Shnit International shortfilmfestival

47 Ritchie Street

University Estate

Cape Town

7925

or to the festival address in Bern, Switzerland, available as per address at shnit.org

Submission deadline: 1st of July 2011

Entry fee: no fee

Requirements :

1) Films completed after : 2009

2) Maximum running time : 15 minutes (excluding credits)

3) Country of production : all

4) Screening formats : HDV, Beta SP, Digital BetaCam, DVCam, MiniDV, DVD (preferably standard PAL for all formats), .mov (sent on CD-R / DVD-R, USB pen drive, by FTP, online sending service or e-mail)

5) Genres accepted : all genres accepted

6) if the dialogue language is not English the film must provide subtitles preferably in English.

Prize money of more than CHF 42000 (~ 32'000

R300,000) will be awarded.

SMART JOE under 4 min, CHF 13'000 ~ 5'300 €/EUR ~ 7'300 $/USD ~ R50,000 MAGIC JACK from 4 to 10 min, CHF 10'000 ~ 7’600 €/EUR ~ 10'400 $/USD ~ R75,000 LONG JOHN over 10 min, CHF 7'000 ~ 9'900 €/EUR ~ 13'500 $/USD ~ R98,000 shnit AUDIENCE AWARD all films, CHF 5'000 ~ 3'800 €/EUR ~ 5'200 $/USD ~ R35,000

Additionally four national prizes* will be awarded:

SWISSMADE Jury award

MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA Jury award

MADE IN GERMANY Jury award

MADE IN AUSTRIA Jury award

* The prize money for all national competitions is calculated based on the current per capita GDP. The exact amount will be announced at the end of May 2011 on

Note: There is no single application for the national competitions all the films will be chosen from the submitted films to the international competition shnit-Open 2011.

NON-COMPETITION – KAAPSE BOBOTIE

In this second year of hosting shnit in Cape Town we expand our KAAPSE BOBOTIE programme to include a larger and more diverse variety of local treats, including a special focus on music videos. Entries for this non-competition category are locally curated. Please submit through the webform at

Please contact submissions_cape@shnit,org for information. We will accept films longer than 15min in this category.

WE ENCOURAGE AS MANY LOCAL FILMMAKERS AS POSSIBLE TO ENTER IN-COMPETITION AND TO SUBMIT THEIR FILMS TO THE KAAPSE BOBOTIE SELECTION PANEL!

shnit is expanding rapidly, adding new cities to the family each year. With prospects including South American, American and Australian cities, it's on its way to becoming a truly global film celebration. To join our Cape Town team, or for information on volunteering, contact capetown@shnit.org.

For general information get us at info@za.shnit.org.

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