The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival announced that submissions opened for online films and drama series.

Online submissions for films and drama series of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival, which will be held between 13-20 August 2021, have been opened.

Film authors and producers can submit their films / drama series exclusively for the following programmes:

• Competition Programme – Feature Film
• Competition Programme – Documentary Film
• Competition Programme – Short Film
• Competition Programme – Student Film
• In Focus
• Avant Premiere- specialized for regional drama series
• Open Air
• Kinoscope
• Summer Screen
• European Shorts
• Children’s Programme
• TeenArena
• Dealing with the past
• BH Film Programme

All entries for programmes, unless otherwise specified, must be submitted to the Festival for selection by May 28th, 2021.

The submissions fees, unless otherwise specified at the film submission page are as following:

• Competition Programme – Feature Film – FREE to submit!
• Competition Programme – Documentary Film – FREE to submit!
• Competition Programme – Short Film – FREE to submit!
• Competition Programme – Student Film – FREE to submit!
• BH Film – FREE to submit!

All other programmes open for submission:

• Feature length film (60 minutes in length or more) – 70 BAM or 35 EUR
• Short film (up to 30 minutes in length, including closing credits) – 30 BAM or 15 EUR

Please find rules and regulations and online entry form here. The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from 13th to 20th August 2021.

20th The Tribeca Film Festival will return as an in-person event. The announcement comes as vaccination rates are increasing and New York City is slowly returning to pre-pandemic normalcy.

Robert De Niro, the festival’s co-founder said:

“As New York emerges from the shadow of COVID-19, it seems just right to bring people together again in-person for our 20th anniversary festival”

Also, Tribeca announced that it will collaborate with the New York State Department of Health to ensure that all public gatherings follow COVID-19 safety protocols. The events will take place from June 9 to June 20, about two months later than normal, and the festival will take place in locations other than the tiny strip of lower Manhattan that gives the festival its name.

Co-founder and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises and the Tribeca Festival Jane Rosenthal said:

“Tribeca is a community of the most resilient and talented storytellers on the planet, in 20 years, our community of creators and partners has become a family. This summer we are excited to reunite as Tribeca becomes a centerpiece of live entertainment in neighborhoods across New York City.”

20th Tribeca Film Festival will be held as outdoor from June 9-20 this year.

The dates of the Cannes Film Festival, which will be held for the 74th time this year with the President of the Jury Spike Lee, announced. 

The high-anticipated Cannes Film Festival will be held for the first time in the summer. Accreditations of the Cannes Film Festival, which will be held for the 74th time between July 6-17, have started.

The festival aims to open its doors to young audiences with “Cannes Cinéphiles“, especially with “3 Days in Cannes“. These initiatives, which invited 7 thousand film enthusiasts in 2019, will continue in 2021. Applications for “3 Days in Cannes” will start in early April. It was stated that the applications of the festival accepted in 2020 will be prior.

This year, the festival will focus on environmentalism, such as emissions and waste issues. For this reason, it aims to balance the 89% carbon footprint created by the visitors at the events to be held and to receive an environmental contribution of 20€ per accreditation. Cannes Film Festival is committed to offsetting the other 11% of the carbon emissions generated by the organization by contributing to the environment. The festival also announced that all proceeds will be donated to local, national and international carbon offsetting agencies.

The event will take place with the health measures of France during the festival. More information on these measures will be announced closer to the event.