Call for Entries 2024
Regulation
Films for cinema, television broadcasting the web can be registered for Filmtage Globale Perspektiven/Film Conference Global Perspectives:
- Released after 1st January, 2022
- Dealing with a development policy topic, topics of the Global South and globalization
- Available (in future) for noncommercial or commercial screenings and educational work
There is no limit to the length. A maximum of three films may be submitted per filmmaker. A jury, appointed by the Executive Committee of the Fernsehworkshop Entwicklungspolitik, will decide on inclusion in the official program according to the above criteria. Exceptions are reserved. The submitting persons and institutions will be informed immediately about the inclusion in the program.
Around 20 of the submitted productions are selected for the Special Recommendations category. These productions will be recommended for educational work and for imparting film knowledge and will be subsequently advertised. A selection of the recommended productions will be screened during the conference.
After the conference, an Online Catalog with keywords will document all submitted films. The catalog enables educational institutions and cinemas to request current productions from the rights holders for non-commercial and commercial film work.
Film Award Global Perspectives/Program and Special Recommendations
The award is endowed with 1.000 Euros, donated by the NGO Misereor.
The award will be selected this year by a youth jury of the German Film Rating Board (FBW). The nominees are feature film productions (fiction films and documentaries) for commercial theatrical release. The award honors the work of directors who convincingly draw attention to the realities of life and perspectives in the countries of the Global South in the spirit of global learning.
Film selection/Nominations
An expert jury determines the program of the conference, the film recommendations and the nominations for the Film Award Global Perspectives. The jury evaluates the submitted productions according to the following criteria:
- Program/Special Recommendations: Realities of life as well as political and social issues in the countries of the Global South are to be conveyed in a convincing way in terms of content and form. The goal is to give viewers a change of perspective.
- Nomination Film Award: The feature-length cinema film productions should also enable young people to watch the film in the spirit of global learning, in a convincing way in terms of content and form. The prerequisite is that the submitting cinema distribution companies have purchased/will purchase the rights for commercial screening in Germany or another German-speaking country and that production companies own the rights for commercial screening and have not yet sold them to third parties.
Films registered for viewing must be received as a streaming URL or as a DVD by 1st March, 2024. Please send DVDs to the following address:
Bundesverband kommunale Filmarbeit
Filmtage Globale Perspektiven
Fahrgasse 89
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
call@filmtage-globale-perspektiven.de
The material will be returned to the address given in the registration form after the end of the event if requested.
If a screener is provided, the password should be valid until at least 31 March, 2024.
A short catalog text and a photo of the film should be included in the online film registration or provided by email.
Information on all submitted films will be documented in an online catalog.
Films in languages other than English or German must be accompanied by a dialog list written in one of these languages.
By registering, the organizer of the conference is granted all rights for the screening in front of experts and special audiences (jury, presentation of the selected films during the conference). The organizer will not incur any costs or obligations as a result.
The Executive Committee of Fernsehworkshop Entwicklungspolitik, which organizes the Conference, shall decide on all questions contained in these guidelines and in all cases of doubt.
The place of jurisdiction is Düsseldorf.
Registration for the Filmtage Globale Perspektiven and the submission of film material also constitutes acceptance of these regulations.