Kalamata Creative Documentary Centre-STUDENT COMPETITION

A competition for professional filmmakers (in collaboration with the Naples Faito Doc Festival) and a student competition, both about the city, are organised by the Peloponnese International Documentary Festival.

COMPETITION: MICRODOCUMENTARY, UP TO 5'
THEME "PORTRAIT OF A CITY"

(the city I loved, the city I live in, the city I was born in,
the city of my dreams, a view of my city...)

The Peloponnese International Documentary Festival has launched a creative programme of bilateral collaborations with European festivals aimed at promoting national cinema with documentary screenings and co-productions between directors of the two countries. For 2023-2024, the Peloponnese International Documentary Festival has reached an agreement with the Faito Doc Festival in Naples, Italy, during which, in addition to the established exchange of selected documentaries, it was decided to invite Greek and Italian creators to submit a short 5' documentary on the theme "Portrait of a city", with the cities of the world being the subject of the significant feature of the 10th Peloponnese International Documentary Festival that will take place from October 11th-19th, 2024.

From the documentaries submitted, the ten best will be selected by a festival committee, five from each country. It will compete at the Faito Doc Festival in Naples in August 2024 and at the 10th Peloponnese International Documentary Festival in Kalamata in October 2024.

Each organisation will cover the transportation and accommodation costs of the five directors in Naples and Kalamata, respectively, during the festival period. The managers of the two festivals will coordinate the meetings of the Italian and Greek directors.

Submission Deadline: May 31st, 2024

The file you are invited to submit in Greek and English must include:

Director's biography

Extensive summary

Director's note on story and aesthetics

For any clarification, contact via e-mail at [email protected]

STUDENT COMPETITION: SHORT DOCUMENTARY, UP TO 5'
THEME "MY TOWN"

(the city I loved, the city I live in, the city I was born in, the city of my dreams)

The 10th Peloponnese International Documentary Festival announces, in celebration of its ten years of creative progress, a Competition for secondary school students on the theme of this year's event: Cities of the World.

From the documentaries that will be submitted, the ten best will compete at the 10th Peloponnese International Festival in Kalamata in October 2024.

The prize for the best of them will be the creator's invitation and their film's participation in the Faito International Documentary Festival in Italy.

Submission Deadline: May 31st, 2024.

For any clarification, contact via e-mail at [email protected]