COMMON BALTIC SHORT FILM CONTEST - CALL FOR ENTRIES

The contest is organised by Culture.pl, the Pomeranian Film Foundation in Gdynia, the Gdynia Film Festival, and the Gdynia Film School. Participants have a month to submit a film lasting 1 to 5 minutes, and are encouraged to reflect on current facets of the Baltic Sea, and how to best present it on film. The competition is open to both professional and amateur filmmakers, provided they are citizens of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark , Germany, Iceland, Russia – inhabitants of Kaliningrad and the St-Petersburg area– and Poland.

Films can be sent until August 25 and should be sent through the form available here

The best films will be chosen by the following jury: Leszek Kopeć, Magnus von Horn, Jerzy Rados, Olga Wysocka, Grzegorz Skorupski, Jenifer Malmqvist.

The award ceremony will be held at the 40th Film Festival in Gdynia. Common Baltic is part of the cultural programme carried out by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Culture.pl. After projects in the countries of the Eastern Partnership and Asia, the Institute's cultural activity now turns to Poland, Russia , Lithuania, Latvia , Estonia, Finland , Norway, Sweden , Denmark, Germany, and Iceland.

The rules of the contest as well as detailed information can be found here

Source: organisers' press release