{"id":6763,"date":"2016-05-17T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=6763"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:58:19","slug":"call-for-submission-of-films-to-4th-international-womens-film-festival-herat-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2016\/05\/call-for-submission-of-films-to-4th-international-womens-film-festival-herat-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for submission of films to 4th International Women\u2019s Film Festival \u2013 Kabul, Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/POSTER-2016-4th-edition-Festival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6765\" src=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/POSTER-2016-4th-edition-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"POSTER 2016 4th edition Festival\" width=\"325\" height=\"472\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 May 2016<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Secretariat of the 4th edition of the \u00a0International Women\u2019s Film Festival \u2013 Afghanistan\u00a0requests filmmakers to send in 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 21\u00a0September 2016 in Kabul, Afghanistan. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The deadline for submitting the films to the Secretariat is three months and 15 July 2016 is the last day. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 4th Festival is a competition event and the winners will receive the Festival\u2019s Statue. A jury comprising domestic and international filmmakers and critics shall judge the films in two national and international sections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the National Films Section, the Festival Statues and other prizes shall be awarded to the best fiction and 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the International Film Section, the Festival Statue shall be awarded to the best feature film, best documentary, best short film and best animation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Women\u2019s Film Festival \u2013 Afghanistan\u00a0was founded by Armanshahr\/OPEN ASIA and Roya Film House in March 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1510368_358261191022028_2622576328968858031_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6781 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1510368_358261191022028_2622576328968858031_n-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"1510368_358261191022028_2622576328968858031_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1510368_358261191022028_2622576328968858031_n-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1510368_358261191022028_2622576328968858031_n.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last 3 editions of the Festival were held in the ancient Citadel of Herat and attracted one thousand films from the region and from across the world. A number of renowned national and international filmmakers attended the three previous editions of the festival, hundreds of the media covered them worldwide and thousands of people watched a selection of the films. The International Women\u2019s Film Festival- Afghanistan\u00a0is perhaps the most important cultural event of its kind in the Heart of Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Conditions for participation<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deadline for submitting the films to the Festival Secretariat is 15 July 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submitted films should either have been made by female directors or have addressed women\u2019s issues if they have been made by male directors. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films shall be submitted in any of the HDV, HD, 2K and 4K formats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One photograph from the film\u2019s director and at least 3 pictures from the film\u2019s posters in JPEG format as well as clips should be enclosed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetransfer.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.wetransfer.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or use other on-line transfer software.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Contact us:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Address: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roya Film House, 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Alley of Dehmazang\/Tappeh Salam, Opposite Mohammadieh Mosque, Kabul, Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Email<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: womenfilmfestival.herat@gmail.com <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tel: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afghanistan: +93798106275\/+93707139784 or +93700427244 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tel: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International: +33662153297\/+31646531624<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Website:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/afghanistanintwomenfilmfestival.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/afghanistanintwomenfilmfestival.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Facebook:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/afghanistanwomenfilmfestival\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Entry Form in English:<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>4<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> edition\u00a0<\/b><b>International Women\u2019s Film Festival-Afghanistan, Afghanistan\u00a0<\/b><b>11\u2013 15 October 2016<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Please download, read instructions, \u00a0fill out and complete this<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KABUL-Entry_FORM-4th-AIWFFH2016_ENG-1.docx\">KABUL Entry_FORM-4th-AIWFFH2016_ENG<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>in word format as clearly and completely as possible in capital letters.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/i><strong><i>After completing the form, please print, sign and send it along with the English subtitled online version or preview DVD before <\/i><\/strong><b><i>15 July 2016.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretariat of the 4th edition of the  International Women\u2019s Film Festival \u2013 Afghanistan requests filmmakers to send in 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  21 September 2016 in Kabul, Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,63,89,5,66,11,88,17,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-armanshahropen-asia","category-calls-and-statements","category-events","category-geography","category-international-womens-film-festival","category-issues","category-slider","category-women","category-world","country-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6763"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6799,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6763\/revisions\/6799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}