Rise & Shine 2022 is a new animation pitching Lab for young talents, organized as a collaboration between CEE Animation, Animafest Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film and Animateka International Animated Film Festival.
Category
Short Films (maximum length of 20 minutes; all stages of development except for concept stage)
An animated project is a project in which at least 50% of the film under consideration is executed using animation film technology or which takes the form of a multimedia audio-visual work with an emphasis on the graphic aspect.
Who can submit a project
Only producers or other project rights-holders can submit projects; in the case of student films, entries can be submitted by the university or by the student.
The main focus is on first and second-time filmmakers and students coming from the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, and Italy. But the Lab is also open to EU participants with an interest in collaboration with the CEE region.
Both members of the project team (director/scriptwriter and producer) must be citizens of the EU or other eligible countries, listed below*.
If the CEE Animation Forum is an onsite event, both producer and director will have to present the project in person.
Submission fee
There is no registration fee for submitting your application.
Participation conditions
For each selected project, two members of the participating team will have accommodation costs and one meal per day per person covered. Travel expenses will be paid by the participants.
The participants have to attend both parts of Rise & Shine, taking place at:
- Animafest Zagreb World festival of Animated Film (6-11 June, Zagreb, HR)
- Animateka International Festival of Animated Film (28 November – 4 December, Ljubljana, SI)
Submission
We advise you to read the GUIDELINES carefully before submitting the project.
For any additional questions, please contact us at office@ceeanimation.eu.
Rise & Shine, Animation pitching Lab for young talents is organized by Hulahop (Animafest Zagreb), Društvo za oživljanje zgodbe 2 koluta (Animateka), Slovene Animated Film Association (DSAF), and CEE Animation EHZS.
Rise & Shine, Animation pitching Lab for young talents is organized with the support of the Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA.
*/ list of eligible countries:
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
A detailed list of eligible countries for this Call for Proposals can be seen here.
Call for submission is CLOSED
