The Hellenic Film Academy (HFA) launched on Monday its annual funding competition for short films for the second year, asking script writers and directors to submit their material.
The two winners will receive 15,000 euros plus VAT each to produce their movie. According to the Academy, the film should be between 8 to 15 minutes and the deadline for submitting the proposals is September 9.
A five-member committee, comprising of award-winning cinematographers, a representative of subscription network OTE TV and a second one from the Onassis Foundation will make the initial selection choosing 12 scripts. These 12 winners will then participate in the second selection phase in December 2016, during the Film Factory month, when they will be interviewed face-to-face by the same panel. After this phase, six finalists will be announced.
For the next three months, the finalists will attend seminars from award-winning cinematographers of HFA on the main parts of the film process in order to organize pre-production of the movies.
The two movie scripts that will receive funding will be selected by the committee in cooperation with cinematographers-advisers, who will be informing the panel on the progress being made on each project and convey their view on the ability of each contestant to successfully complete the film.
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony of the HFA at the Onassis Foundation on March 21, 2017. The two movies will have to be completed by December 2016 at the latest and will be showed during the Film Factory.
For more information on the competition and the conditions for entry visit the site of the Hellenic Film Academy (in Greek): http://blog.hellenicfilmacademy.gr/
Source: ANA-MPA
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