For the 2020 Festival Cinema Invisible, we are looking for features, documentaries, shorts and animated films coming from or about topics related to the Middle East and North Africa. Filmmakers of Middle Eastern and North African origin regardless of their place of residence, as well as filmmakers making films about topics or subject matter related to the Middle East and North Africa are encouraged to submit their films.
Submission Guidelines:
- Categories: Feature, Documentary, Short, Experimental, and Animated Films. Maximum runtime is 90 mins.
- 2020 FCI submission deadline is May 31. All films must be postmarked no later than 5 PM (EST) on May 31.
- All films must have English-language subtitles or be in English.
- 2020 Submission fee is $10 for all categories.
- All films should not be viewable online to the public to be considered as a selection for the festival.
- FCI cannot consider films received after the submission deadline.
- FCI will not return submitted works so please do not send original materials.
- FCI cannot be held liable for the loss or damage of your print/video materials.
- By submitting the film for the festival, the applicant hereby warrants that she/he/they:
1. Has the legal right to submit the film to Festival Cinema Invisible.
2. Owns and/or controls the film and all its parts.
3. Declares that film(s) submitted to FCI is free and clear of any and all litigations, commitments and obligations to other individuals and/or organizations and it does not breach the rights of any persons or entities.
4. Agrees that FCI reserves the right to present the film to available markets including the Festival Cinema Invisible and any “Best of FCI” and “FCI spin-off” re-screenings.
Selection:
- ALL films submitted to FCI will be reviewed by the Programming Committee.
- If your film is selected for inclusion in the festival, you will be sent a confirmation e-mail by July 31. Please send a press kit and an online link to your film after notification of acceptance.
- Selected titles will be posted on the FCI website. The FCI website cites several categories of Invisible Cinema including Hidden Cinema (where themes or ideas are hidden, however unconsciously, in the works of one or more filmmakers), Censored Cinema (where the film is not permitted to screen within its country of production), and Unseen Cinema which includes films that have been forgotten or ignored.