International Women’s Film Festival – Herat requests the domestic and
international filmmakers to send in their short or long feature and documentary films the main
theme of which should be concerned with women-related issues for the one-week Festival to be held
as of 11 October 2015 in Herat, Afghanistan.
The deadline for submitting the films to the Secretariat is three months and 24 May 2015 is the last
day.
The 3rd
Festival is a competition event and the winners will receive the Festival’s Statue. A jury
comprising domestic and international filmmakers and critics shall judge the films in two national and
international sections.
In the National Films Section, the Festival Statues shall be awarded to the best feature film, best
documentary, best animation, best feature director, best documentary director, best film script, best
leading female and male actors, best female child actor, best cinematography, best sound mixing and
best editing.
In the International Films Section, the Statues shall be awarded to the best feature film, best
documentary, best short film and best animation.
International Women’s Film Festival – Herat was founded by Armanshahr Foundation and Roya Film
House in March 2013.
The 1st
and 2nd
Festivals that were held in the ancient Citadel of Herat attracted hundreds of films
from Afghanistan and across the world. A number of renowned national and international
filmmakers attended the previous two festivals, hundreds of the media covered them worldwide and
thousands of people watched a selection of the films.
Conditions for participation
1. The deadline for submitting the films to the Festival Secretariat is 24 May 2015.
2. Submitted films should either have been made by female directors or have addressed
women’s issues if they have been made by male directors.
3. Participants may send in their films directly by post, email or by sending their URL to the
Secretariat at the addresses below. It is to be noted that the Secretariat shall not bear the
expenses for sending the films.
4. The films shall be submitted in any of the HDV, HD, 2K and 4K formats.
5. Participants are required to fill in the enclosed form in full and send it with their films to the
Secretariat, otherwise their films shall not be admitted. 6. One photograph from the film’s director and a few pictures from the film’s posters in JPEG
format as well as clips should be enclosed.
7. If you plan to send the films through the Internet, the files should not exceed 2 GB. In that
case, you may use the following URL to send them: https://www.wetransfer.com or use
other on-line transfer software.
Contact us:
Address: Roya Film House, 1st
Alley of Dehmazang/Tappeh Salam, Opposite Mohammadieh
Mosque, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Email: womenfilmfestival.herat@gmail.com
Tel: Afghanistan: +93798106275/+93707139784or +93700427244
International: +33662153297
Website: http://afghanistanintwomenfilmfestival.com
Entry Form -3rd AIWFFH 2015 FARSI:دانلود فورم فارسی
English Version of Form (click on Below links)
Entry Form 3rd AIWFFH 2015: Entry-FORM-3rd-AIWFFH-2015
