Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival 2012
14th Annual Festival • May 24 - June 2, 2012
• DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS •
March 5, 2012 -no submission fee
Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival invites you to join us for the 14th annual celebration of queer film from around the world. Fairy Tales hosts the largest queer film festival in Alberta with audience numbers over 2500 patrons per year, highlighting the diversity of gay, lesbian, bisexual, two-spirited and transgendered film and video making in documentary, shorts and features.
Our 2011 Festival screened more than 65 works from over 25 countries. Highlights in 2011 included LOOSE CANNONS (MINE VAGANTI) by Ferzan Oztepek, the thought-provoking and moving documentary GEN SILENT by Stu Maddux, best feature of the festival, TO FARO (MEIN FREUND AUS FARO) by Nana Nuel, THE ADVOCATE FOR FAGDOM by Angélique Bosio, OFF BEAT by first-time Director Jan Gassmann and a special key note address by Dan Savage, creator of IT GETS BETTER.
Media coverage of the Festival has included features and artist profiles in all major media outlets in Calgary including: the Calgary Herald, the Calgary Sun, BeatRoute Magazine, Gay Calgary, Outlooks Magazine, FFWD Weekly, CBC Radio One, 660 New Talk Radio, CJSW Radio, X92.9 Alternative Rock, and on television stations: CTV, CBC, Citytv, SHAW TV and OMNI. We also receive national coverage from XTRA!, and OUTtv, and the Canada.com network.
The Festival is produced by Fairy Tales Presentation Society, a non-profit charitable arts organization dedicated to showcasing the highest quality and most diverse films produced by and about the lives of queers in Alberta, Canada and around the globe.
A jury of film professionals and community representatives choose awards for film and video makers. Awards are given for both Canadian and international work. Our three audience awards are open to all works presented at the Festival and are chosen by post-screening balloting.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
1. WE PREFER TO RECEIVE FILMS FOR CONSIDERATION VIA ONLINE LINKS. Fairy Tales DOES accept films submitted via weblinks or on video sharing websites such as Vimeo. Please email us your online link and password so that we can consider your film without any cost to you for shipping dvds. Please password protect your film, as we will not present films available for public viewing online. We do request that filmmakers submiting online links have a contact for technical assistance should online films not playback.
If submitting films via web-based services/sites, please email a link and completed submission form to: programdirector(at)fairytalesfilmfest.com.
Fairy Tales video file/FTP site information is here.
PLEASE KEEP ALL LINKS/VIDEOS THAT YOU SEND TO US ACTIVE UNTIL MARCH 5, 2012.
2. Please note that Fairy Tales INSISTS ON CALGARY PREMIERES. We will not consider films previously screened in the immediate geographical area or completed before 2009.
3. We ONLY accept DVDs in NTSC (Region 1), or "All Region" (Region 0) formats for preview purposes. DO NOT send master tapes, original film prints, or PAL/SECAM formats for preview screening. Please ensure that DVDs are functioning, and very well packaged for shipment. We do NOT contact filmmakers in the event that the preview DVDs arrive damaged or non-functional.
4. Acceptable screening formats for the Festival are 35mm, BETA SP (NTSC), DigiBeta (NTSC) and Blu-Ray (HD DVD). Please indicate clearly on the submission form if DVD is the only format available for the festival. Please note that Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival pays for outgoing print traffic costs only.
5. Works submitted in languages other than English must be subtitled or accompanied by an English transcript.
6. Preview DVDs must be labeled with the title, running time and contact information (including name, address, phone number and email). See submission form for details.
7. If you are sending work from outside Canada, please write the following on your package: “For Cultural Purposes only. No commercial value. No Pornographic Content.” Please declare less than $20 value on the package to avoid customs duties.
8. Please be advised that the festival will not pay courier or customs fees for preview DVDs and should the organization be requested to do so, the package will be returned.
9. Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival reserves the right to excerpt programmed works (up to 3 minutes) along with photographic stills for promotional and marketing purposes.
10. All submissions must be received by March 5th, 2012.
11. All preview DVDs will be added to the Fairy Tales archives unless accompanied by a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope). For submissions from outside Canada please use International Postal stamps and a request for return. Screening copies of films will NOT be returned unless accompanied by SASE, no exceptions.
12. EACH work must have seperate submisison form
13. DO NOT send press kits or any media materials with your submission. These are only requested upon confirmation of the screening of the film at the festival.
2012 SUBMISSION FORM available here
Programming Director: Melody Jacobson, programdirector (at) fairytalesfilmfest.com
2012 Programming Committee: Travis Beale, Kelly Breaker, Dan Clapson, JT Clode, James Demers, Amy Dyck, Gene Flessati, Hanna Kassa, Rob Mabee, Terry MacKenzie