PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival

Paris, France, Europe

10 - 14 Nov, 2020

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PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival

Paris, France, Europe

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About the festival

ONLY FOR SHORT ANIMATED FILM

Attention film has to be submit with French speaking or with French subtitles.
The length must be between 1mn minimum and 25mn maximum

The Festival of Animated Film of Paris propose you to (re)discover the diversity and abundance of national and international independent animated creation, (national and international ) on short format.The Festival introduces you to an plural exploration of animated cinema throughout screenings and meetings.

Without imposed topic and open to all technics, PIAFF provides an opportunity to young creators, pros and amateurs, to get known by the audience. Through the competition, the Festival is awarding the best of contemporary animated creation.
As the Festival brings the enthusiasts and the uninitiated together, it favours a social and cultural blend, constituting a real network of collaboration and artistic promotion.

Our Goal
Spread largely and by all means the contemporary animated creation

Our Ambition
Generalizing animated cinema to all the audiences and all the ages.
Be part of the principal springboard organisms for the breeding of new talents.
Be a must for all over the years

Our Actions
Highlight original and innovating creators of animated cinema
Gather audiences by raising cultural emulation
Spread (the) cinema and multimedia-related information
Develop and create a network of artistic mixing
Create and sustain jobs and form interns

THE AWARDS TO THE WINNERS:

Pro Selection:
Direction Award, Interpretation Award, Screenplay Award, Sound Award

Selection Command:
Best Music video Award, Best Command Film Award

Student Selection:
Direction Award, Originality Award, Sound Award

World Films Selection:
Grand Prix

Audience Award:
Pro Selection, Student Selection, Coups de Cœur Selection,
Workshop Films Selection

About

ONLY FOR SHORT ANIMATED FILM

Attention film has to be submit with French speaking or with French subtitles.
The length must be between 1mn minimum and 25mn maximum

The Festival of Animated Film of Paris propose you to (re)discover the diversity and abundance of national and international independent animated creation, (national and international ) on short format.The Festival introduces you to an plural exploration of animated cinema throughout screenings and meetings.

Without imposed topic and open to all technics, PIAFF provides an opportunity to young creators, pros and amateurs, to get known by the audience. Through the competition, the Festival is awarding the best of contemporary animated creation.
As the Festival brings the enthusiasts and the uninitiated together, it favours a social and cultural blend, constituting a real network of collaboration and artistic promotion.

Our Goal
Spread largely and by all means the contemporary animated creation

Our Ambition
Generalizing animated cinema to all the audiences and all the ages.
Be part of the principal springboard organisms for the breeding of new talents.
Be a must for all over the years

Our Actions
Highlight original and innovating creators of animated cinema
Gather audiences by raising cultural emulation
Spread (the) cinema and multimedia-related information
Develop and create a network of artistic mixing
Create and sustain jobs and form interns

THE AWARDS TO THE WINNERS:

Pro Selection:
Direction Award, Interpretation Award, Screenplay Award, Sound Award

Selection Command:
Best Music video Award, Best Command Film Award

Student Selection:
Direction Award, Originality Award, Sound Award

World Films Selection:
Grand Prix

Audience Award:
Pro Selection, Student Selection, Coups de Cœur Selection,
Workshop Films Selection

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

Regulations and Registration Terms of the 13th Edition
The "PIAFF", Paris International Animation Film Festival
Will be some time in November 2020

PIAFF is a space to new creators and to the experienced ones specializing in short animated films directed with all animated technics

FILM AND REGISTRATION MUST BE SUBMITTED IN SAME TIME.

1. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- Can be selected, film with a duration of 1 minute minimum to 25 minutes maximum (the selection committee reserves the right to authorize longer films exceptionally).
- A short film can be directed by one or several persons.
- Autodidacts, students, freelance, professionals or amateurs.
French subtitles preferred for selection, English subtitles are accepted. In case of selection the directors or producers undertake to provide French subtitles one month after the date of the receipt of the mail announcing the selection.

2. ANIMATED FILMS SELECTED:
- Techniques used: traditional, drawing on paper, computer assisted, computer generated, paper cut, puppets, painting…
- Whatever the genre: humour, adventure, musical, fantastic, experimental etc… are
excluded those containing discriminating, insulting, racist, xenophobe, paedophile or pictures and/or purposes
- Whatever the age and the nationality of the directors
- Year of realization The film must have been made from 1st May 2019

3. THE SELECTION OF THE FILM CAN BE MADE EITHER:
- By e-mail : a link to your films in good quality
- By the FilmFreeway platform
- By Internet : example " We Transfer " good quality

If your film is selected you will have a response mid-october
Deadline for receipt filmsSeptember 30, 2020 (French Time)

4. SUBMISSION TERMS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE FOLDER:
- 1 picture of the film
- 1 picture of the director( s)
- 1 Registration form fully completed, dated and signed for each film and in case of a collective realization, fill up "a coordinated frame" per director.
The registration form implies acceptance of this rules. Each candidate declares to be effectively author or copyright holder on this artwork or artworks registered and as such be the holder of all the literary property rights, dramatic and musical.
- For a minor the declaration must be mandatory completed by at least one of his/her parents or one of his/her tutors.

5. THE AWARDS TO THE WINNERS:
Pro Selection:
Direction Award, Interpretation Award, Screenplay Award, Sound Award

Selection Command:
Best Music video Award, Best Command Film Award

Student Selection:
Direction Award, Originality Award, Sound Award

World Films Selection:
Grand Prix

Audience Award:
Pro Selection, Student Selection, Coups de Cœur selection

6. RULES AND REGISTRATION MODALITIES: The registration is free
The PIAFF reserves the rights to broadcast films during the Festival
In order to ensure the promotion of the festival, productions and right holders of the artwork selected give their free agreement that their film may be, if necessary, presented to the media.
If necessary, an extract of 30 seconds of the film may be requested to promote the festival in the media.

You grant PIAFF the right to broadcast your film if it receives an award in one or two screenings for the promotion of the festival.
No commercial use will be made.

The rightful owners assign to the PIAFF, without compensation, the rights of reproduction of the images of their film attached to the file of inscription for a diffusion in the press, the catalog of the festival or on the website of the PIAFF .

In order to make the festival known a mention of the selection on social networks and websites will be very appreciable.
Website of the festival:
http://parisfestivalpiaff.wixsite.com/site

Attention, an incomplete or unreadable folder will not permit the selection of the film.

PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival organized
Mail : piaff.inscription@gmail.com

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Categories and fees

Short ANIMATED film 1mn to 25mn -French speaking or French subtitles
Early Bird (14th July, 2020) €0
Regular (11th January, 2021) €0
Late (4th February, 2021) €0

no fees.

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