Call for Submissions

 
FEATURE FILM (DRAMA AND DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS
The present call for submissions seeks to select Australia/NZ producers with at least one market-ready script to participate in MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap’s program of scheduled meetings and events with local and international film financing guests.
  • If you are an Australian/NZ producer with such a script and wish to apply through this mechanism, please read the attached PRODUCER SUBMISSION FORM ( doc file, 203kb) (doc file, 229kb) and complete it and email it back by the end of business on 06 April 2010.
The present call for submissions is also seeking producers with a completed film that is seeking world sales or local distribution to participate in MIFF 37ºSouth: Breakthru Screenings, which screens the selected films for MIFF 37ºSouth Market’s local and international sales agents/distributors and schedules meetings between the film’s producer and those buyers.
  • If you are an Australian/NZ producer with such a film and wish to apply through this mechanism, please read the attached COMPLETED FILM ENTRY FORM ( doc file, 215kb) and complete it and submit it and your DVDs by end of business on 06 April 2010.
The present call for submissions is also accepting applications from producers wishing to meet with publishers at 37ºSouth’s Books at MIFF and/or with Victorian screenwriters/directors at MIFF 37ºSouth: PostScript&Direct
  •  If you are an Australian/NZ producer who does not have ‘market-ready’ (ie, fully developed and ready to show to the international marketplace) feature film project/slate ready to pitch at MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap and instead wish to source new material by meeting with publishers at 37ºSouth’s Books at MIFF and/or with Victorian screenwriters/directors at MIFF 37ºSouth: PostScript&Direct, then you can apply through this mechanism. Please  read the attached PRODUCER BAM_PS&D FORM  (doc file, 239kb) and complete it and submit it by end of business on 06 April 2010.

PREMIERE FUND AND ACCELERATOR PRODUCERS
If you are a producer who has received co-financing through the MIFF Premiere Fund for MIFF 2010 or MIFF 2011, you will be contacted shortly by the MIFF 37ºSouth Market team to discuss your preferential selection to MIFF 37ºSouth Market. Such preferential selection may occur in one of two ways:
  • Your Premiere Fund co-financed film requires world sales and/or local distribution, in which case you will receive preferential consideration for a MIFF 37ºSouth: Breakthru Screenings slot and the accompanying registration.
  • You have another market-ready script, in which case your project will receive preferential consideration for a MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap producer slot.
If you are a producer of an Accelerator 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 or 2009 short film who has a feature script in advanced development with the same director and you do not believe that your project market-ready enough to apply for MIFF 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap, you may wish to apply to be the one producer who will be selected to participate in MIFF 37ºSouth Market under the 37ºSouth: Accelerator Express program. Deadline for entry is 20 April 2010. If you think this might be program for you, click here  doc file, 366kb) to read more.
 
 
BOOK PUBLISHERS/LITERARY AGENTS (For 37ºSouth’s Books at MIFF)
The present call for submissions will select Australian and NZ publishers/literary agents (film rights holders) of local books that have cinematic potential, to be the next big book-to-screen adaptation to participate in the 37ºSouth’s Books at MIFF (BaM) program of scheduled meetings and events with Australian/NZ producers and local and international film financing guests.
  • If you are an Australian/NZ publisher/literary agent and wish to apply to participate in the 2010 edition of BaM, please read the attached PUBLISHER/AGENT ( doc file, 169kb) ( doc file, 169kb) and complete it and email it back by 12 April 2010.
GENERAL NOTES
  • Producers who are selected for MIFF 37ºSouth Market (37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap, 37ºSouth: Breakthru Screenings or 37ºSouth: Accelerator Producer Express) will receive a photo lanyard entitling them to scheduled meetings with local and international financiers/buyers and access to roundtables with financiers/buyers, open panel discussions and selected networking events at 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap; inclusion in 37ºSouth’s Books at MIFF program of book pitching, case study discussion, networking and meetings with publishers.
  • Publishers whose books are selected for inclusion in the 37ºSouth’s Books at MIFF (BaM) film rights catalogue will receive a lanyard entitling them to attend the BaM day, which includes public book pitching and case study discussion, networking events and scheduled meetings with film producers and financiers on the BaM day.
  • Invited international financing guests will receive a lanyard which entitles them to scheduled meetings and roundtables with registered Australia/NZ feature film producers, open panel discussions and networking events at 37ºSouth: Bridging the Gap; inclusion in 37ºSouth’s Books at MIFF program of book pitching, case study discussion, networking and meetings with publishers; and invites to 37ºSouth: Breakthru Screenings.
Last updated: 12th February, 2010