International Competition
Deadline: 25 August, 2021
- Directors, 35 years old or younger, who are from different countries or the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan may participate in the International Competition section of the festival;
- The competition covers nominations for fiction films, documentaries and animated movies;
- In order to submit a film to the Festival you need to register on our website or on the www.filmfreeway.com platform (https://filmfreeway.com/bakuisff) ;
- Presented films must be produced in 2020-2021;
- The film should not exceed 35 minutes.
- Films should be sent in English with subtitles or audio translation. In addition, the dialogue and the text of each film should be translated into English and presented in writing;
- Deadline for submission - August 25, 2021.
- The films submitted are reviewed and included in the competition program by the Selection Commission consisting of the people appointed by the Organizing Committee;
- The list of participated films in the competition will be posted on our website on November 1, 2021.
- Films from the festival programme can be shown only in non-commercial presentations related to the festival;
- Films will be judged by an international jury;
- The winners of the festival are awarded with Golden Pomegranate, special prize and diploma.
- Winners of the competition will be awarded in this nominations:
- - Best Film (Golden Pomegranate and diploma)
- Best Documentary Film (Golden Pomegranate and diploma)
- Best Animated Film (Golden Pomegranate and diploma)
- Best Film Director (special prize and diploma)
- Best Documentary Director (special prize and diploma)
- Best Animation Director (special prize and diploma)
- Special Jury Prize - - Diploma of fhe Cinema Young Cinematographers Center of Azerbaijan
- Awards will be presented at the closing ceremony of the festival.