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ASIATE EN COURT, 2nd edition

Deadline: March 7, 2025 at 11:59pm

𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 (2nd Edition) is 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 (𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁) 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆. Organized by the Festival Accès Asie, the competition seeks to increase visibility for films and filmmakers of Asian heritage in Canada and Quebec. 🎥

Rules & Terms:

– Films must be directed by ASIAN FILMMAKERS LIVING IN CANADA (permanent resident or Canadian citizen)
– If the filmmaker is not of Asian heritage, he or she must have a minimum of 2 Asian key members in the following position: producer ; writer ; main actor or actress.
– Asiate en court refers to Canadians of Asian heritage from the 51 countries of the Asian continent.
– Films must be under 30 minutes.
– Films could be documentaries, fiction of any genre, animation, experimental ou short series.
– Work should have been release between 2022 and 2025.
– Non-French or non-english language films should be sent in French-subtitled versions (or English).
– A film already submitted in the past cannot be submitted again.
– Films cannot be broadcast on tv or web in Canada between submission during Asiate en court edition.
– The submitter must be entitled to submit the film and the legal rights to screen it.
– Submission does not guarantee acceptance, the team of Asiate en court will select the films for the festival and the submitter will be notified if the film has been accepted.
– We have to be notified of any screening fees in the initial submission.
– The submission fee is non-refundable.
– By submitting a film the filmmakers, copyright owners and distribution rights owners agree to have the film screened if selected for the program.
– We will require selected filmmakers to send promotional materials and reserve the right to use stills and images for our own use on our website, program and press releases.
– For submission it will be enough to send a link to Vimeo or similar with a password and once the film has been accepted, we will let in which format we will need the screening copy.
– Shipping costs or digital transfer costs have to be paid by the filmmaker.
– Applicants with a waiver code may submit a maximum of 20 films.

If you have any questions, please contact: [email protected]

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