The Faculty of Pedagogy and Communication (PKSZK), a long-established chapter of the University of Dunaújváros KASZK, announces the IX. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL!

 

Application deadline for the IX. Short Film Festival: 26 November 2022 (Friday) 10 p.m. (application deadline extended by one day)

 

Who can apply?

  • Students of the Bánki Donát Technical School of the University of Dunaújváros (junior)
  • Currently active Hungarian and foreign students at the University of Dunaújváros (medior)
  • Hungarian and foreign students graduating from the University of Dunaújváros after 1 January 2021 (senior)

 

In which categories can you enter?

  • Documentary
  • Fiction movie
  • Musical montage
  • Surprise everyone!
  • TikTok video, theme: UOD (new category)

 

Latest information on the categories:


1. Documentary: documentaries, reports, television reports, programmes, interviews (etc.) that are reality-based, primarily in television-related genres.
2. Fiction: short films on any subject, telling a fictional story.
3. Musical montage: Musical works, video clips, even musical animation (etc.) can be included in this category.
4. Surprise me: Works of any genre and subject matter, including works made with special technology, can be entered in this category.
5. TikTok video: this category is for creative, attention-grabbing videos between 10-20 seconds (!), which can be made with TikTok or video editing software. The mandatory theme is "UOD". The following topics are excluded: alcohol, drugs, politics.

 

What are the entry conditions and requirements?

  • Up to 8 minutes in length
  • fullHD resolution (1920x1080)
    • (5. TikTok category: vertical 1080x1920)
  • MP4 + H.264 format
  • 1 artist may submit a maximum of 3 applications

 

Entries will be judged by a professional jury. Prizes will be given to the winning entries in each category.

 

Awards:


In categories 1-4, the first three places will be awarded as follows:


1. a voucher worth HUF 15 000,
2. 10 000 HUF voucher,
3. a voucher worth HUF 5 000,


The total value of the prizes awarded is HUF 120 000.


For category 5 (TikTok video), the DUE Schooling team will judge the entries received on the theme "DUE". Prizes in this category will be awarded as follows:

 

1st prize: a voucher worth HUF 50 000,
2nd prize: a voucher worth HUF 30 000,
3rd prize: a voucher worth HUF 20 000,

 

A total of 100 000 HUF will be awarded.

 

The festival is accompanied by a Privacy Notice, which is addressed to the entrants, and a Declaration of Rights, which can be acknowledged and authenticated by signature.
All entrants must then scan or take a photograph of a suitable quality.
The Privacy Policy should be read by all applicants! Failure to complete and submit the declarations may lead to disqualification!

 

IMPORTANT RECENT INFORMATION:

Please fill in and sign the page entitled "Announcement of the copyright work created at the University of Dunaújváros" separately for each submitted work.
In case of more than one entry, it is sufficient to fill in and submit 1 copy of the Declaration page "DECLARATION REGARDING THE SMALL FILM COMPETITION".

Please send the completed and signed original Declaration Forms by post write “IX. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL" on the envelope.

 

Address:

University of Dunaújváros - Institute of Social Sciences

2400 Dunaújváros Táncsics Mihály street 1/A

 

or hand it in personally at the reception of the Informatics building in the same form, in an envelope marked as above, until 30 November at the latest!

In the case of entries not received by the deadline, the competitor will be disqualified!

 

Date of the IX. Short Film Festival: 30 November 2022 (Wednesday) 3 p.m.

The festival will take place online.

 

THE ENTRY PROCESS

 

1. You can submit (enter) your application by sending an e-mail to the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2. Subject of the email: XI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - ENTRY

3. The text of the e-mail includes the following:

  • X_Name of submitting student/student - Title of creation (X: Category number. In case of multiple entries, please list all of them.) In brackets: (File size designation: XY MB, XY GB)

Example of an entry: Shortfilm Bobby would like to enter 1-1 work in categories 4, 5.

4_Shortfilm Bobby - suprise film.mp4 (366 MB)

5_Shortfilm Bobby - UOD promotion (34 MB)

Name of the institution and study programme (Also in the case of a previously graduated student: the UOD and the study programme completed, marked "graduated student".)
Other information: e.g. if the film is not entered by the director/screenwriter/cinematographer/editor, it may be indicated e.g. "group work".

4. Afterwards, each entrant will receive an editable folder in their name on cloud storage, where they can upload their artwork!

5. 1 copy of the completed, signed Declaration documents per film must be attached to the e-mail (the file name should be the same as the file name of the film(s), the file type should preferably be PDF), and 1 copy of the scanned or photocopied version of the Declaration (in addition, the original hard copies must be sent in person or by post!)

 

The deadline to apply for the IX Short Film Festival is Saturday 26 November 2022 (22:00), as follows (Deadline extended by 1 day!):

After the closing date, the main folder containing the entries will be sent to the jury, who will then be able to view the entries and start the evaluation process.

 

The event will take place online on Microsoft Teams.
The official link to enter the event can be found on the PKSZK Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PKSZK) and other platforms for applicants and interested parties!

 

We welcome the management, faculty, students and former and current students of the Bánki Donát Technical School of the University of Dunaújváros!

 

In the meantime, PKSZK wishes you joyful creative work and beautiful lights! Enter as many of you as possible!