Bando 2024 | MAX3MIN
CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND THE NEXT GEN SECTION
FOR FILMS COMPLETED AFTER 1st JANUARY 2021
Opening 15th January 2024
Regular deadline: 15th March 2024 - FREE
Late deadline - 15th April 2024 - 10 €
Extended deadline: 15 May 2024 - 15 €
ANYTHING, ANYWHERE BUT NOW!
MAX3MIN is an international festival of short films that have a maximum running time of 3 minutes, an observatory on contemporary life that goes through the form of the micro-short film, and offers a hyper-stimulating journey through time and space. Founded in 2021 as a digital festival, from its second year it was transformed into a hybrid festival, to take the selected films on to the large screen and, for every new edition, it keeps expanding its presence in the territory of Milan and its programme.
The fourth edition of the festival will be held in 2024: first in Milan with an event of 3 days in the first weekend of October, where the screenings of the competitions will be accompanied by non-competitive films, meetings and workshops, music and art, good food and moments of fun; then online all over the world, through the free platform www.max3min.com where for one week the programme can be seen with only registration on the website and available in all countries.
The aim of MAX3MIN is to be a showcase for short, very short films, and a megaphone for all filmmakers who tell their stories of the world through images and a new language that makes shortness and quickness its force.
For the International Competition, MAX3MIN accepts films of all genres, on any topic, from any country in the world. Fiction, animation, documentary and mockumentary, videoclip, advertising, video art,… The result will be a celebration of super-short cinema, brimming over with ideas, contaminations and stimuli, as always in search of the stories of a world that is changing – at the very time when it is changing. Here and now.
The selection team pays particular attention to the geographical composition of the competition: MAX3MIN opens windows on to unconventional stories far from Western-centric narrations, to reflect as far as possible the heterogeneity of the films entered and the different national cultures of the various countries.
Alongside the International Competition, the NEXT GEN prize is back, dedicated to the best short films made by students at film schools and academies all over the world, with the aim of encouraging the study of moving images, giving aspiring directors a concrete opportunity to compete in an international competition.
MAX3MIN JURY’S AWARD: the international jury will choose the best five short films and award the winner a prize of € 3,000.
MAX3MIN NEXT GEN AWARD: a dedicated jury will award a technical prize (e.g. past editions: a mirrorless Panasonic Lumix DMC-G80MEG-K digital camera, a graphics tablet Wacom Intuos Pro), useful for the student’s training, for the best short film.
MAX3MIN AUDIENCE’S AWARD: the public in Milan can express their preferences and proclaim their three favourite short films.
MAX3MIN ONLINE AUDIENCE’S AWARD: also during the online screenings, the public will have the chance to choose their favourite short film and proclaim the winner of the International Competition and Next Gen.
Rules & Terms
Entering a film and its participation in the Festival imply acceptance in full of the following Regulations.
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ORGANIZATION
MAX3MIN - Very Short Film Festival is organized and subsidized by the Association 3Dici and by Max3min Srl. Other private partners support the project. From its very first edition (March 2020), the Festival has had the patronage of Milan City Council.
OBJECTIVES
MAX3MIN – Very Short Film Festival looks for and gives space to the talents of new cinema, showing their works to the public in every corner of the world, promoting an inclusive and democratic cinema. The two competitive sections aim to reflect the present, with particular attention to emerging cinemas, different perspectives and innovative languages.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The third edition of MAX3MIN - Very Short film Festival will be held from 4th to 6th October 2024 in presence in Milan and from 6th to 11th online all over the world. In the case of events of force majeure or emergency, the Festival Organizers may modify the formula of the festival.
THE SECTIONS
The programme has 3 competitive sections:
- International MAX3MIN Short Film Competition*
- Next Gen*
- competition in collaboration with Sea - Milan Airports
*for the International Competition and Next Gen there is only one call for entries.
and the following non-competitive sections:
- Playᐅ, a new section dedicated to children (5-10 years) that aims to bring children closer to the world of cinema through a series of screenings and workshops
- Special screenings.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Short films with a maximum running time of 3 minutes 59 seconds (excluding credits) completed since 1st January 2021 are admitted to the International Competition.
From one to a maximum of 3 films per author are accepted.
Short films of every genre, topic and nationality are accepted. All the short films must be presented in their original language subtitled in English for the preselection phase. Complete documentation will be requested subsequently only for the films invited to the Festival and a list of the materials requested will be provided.
The selection of the short films will be made by the Selection Committee, with their decision being final, on the basis of the artistic qualities of the works presented and on the overall composition of the programme. The Festival does not communicate the reasons for failure to be selected.
The selected works will be contacted by the Festival Programme Office, which will inform them of the documentation and the materials requested for participation in the festival, which must be received by and no later than 22nd July, on pain of exclusion from the Festival.
NEXT GEN
The films not selected for the International Competition, made by students taking academic courses linked to the production of cinematographic products, documentaries, animation, multimedia arts… can be selected for the NEXT GEN section. Short films produced during a course of study, but by authors who have recently graduated, may also take part in this section.
The selection of the short films will be made by the Selection Committee, with their decision being final, on the basis of the artistic qualities of the works presented and on the overall composition of the programme. The Festival does not communicate the reasons for failure to be selected.
HOW TO ENTER THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION + NEXT GEN
Entries can be made free of charge from 15th January to 15th March 2024.
Each author may enter free of charge up to 3 short films with a maximum running time of 3 minutes.
There are two extensions of the closing date: for those who are not able to enter their film by 15th March 2024, they can request entry until 15th April 2024 (Late Deadline), paying an entry fee of euro 10 and up to 15th May 2024 (Extended Deadline), paying an entry fee of euro 15. In this case, only the films that have made the payment of the entry fee will be considered for selection. In the event of withdrawing the entry, or in the case in which the film is not selected or cannot be selected, the payment will not be refunded.
Films (from one to a maximum of 3 films per author) are entered on https://filmfreeway.com/MAX3MIN
AWARDS
The juries, appointed by the Festival Organizers, will award the following prizes:
PRIZE FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
The international jury made up of 3 professionals from the world of cinema and culture will award the winner a prize of €3,000.
NEXT GEN PRIZE
A special jury will award a technical prize (for example, in the past editions: a mirrorless Panasonic Lumix DMC-G80MEG-K digital camera, a graphics tablet Wacom Intuos Pro), useful for the student’s training.
AUDIENCE’S AWARD
The Festival audience will express their preferences on the short films presented in the International Competition and NEXT GEN through voting in the cinema, to determine the 3 winners.
ONLINE AUDIENCE’S AWARD
Also during the online screenings, the public will have the chance to choose their favourite short film and proclaim the winner of the International Competition and Next Gen.
The Festival Organizers reserve the right to establish new prizes which will be communicated to the participants on the website and through its channels of communication.