FESTIVAL HISTORY
This year celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Leicester International Short Film Festival. Last year saw nearly 300 films entered from 20 different countries. The 50 best of these were screened in competition over three evenings at the Phoenix Cinema, with another 30 worthy of special mention projected in the cinema lobby. Over 600 people attended the Festival from all over the country, including the film directors themselves, local dignitaries and regional arts organisations.
Awards include Best in Festival, Audience Choice, Best Performance, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Editing. Last year’s winner of Best in Festival, ‘El Descampado’ directed by Pedro Toucedo, has gone on to win a raft of awards from Best International Film at the Hull Short Film Festival, to a Special Prize for Best Film at the New York Short Film Festival. This shows how both the quality of entrants to CAN, and the Festival’s national and international standing, just keep improving.
Documentaries and photographs of the event are available at www.lineout.org
SUBMISSION PERIOD
The submission period for films to be entered into the 2006 Can Film Festival is now open. We are accepting films from all over the world, local, national and international, to showcase them at the Phoenix Cinema on 27th, 28th and 29th October for the biggest and best film festival in the East Midlands. Submission closes on 1st August 2006, with a late date for extenuating circumstances of 8th August 2006. There is no limit to the amount of films a person can enter, and submission is deemed as permission to screen. Films should be no longer than 15 minutes long including titles and credits, on a submission copy of VHS or DVD. Submission forms are available online on the main news page at www.lineout.org, by telephone on 0116 262 1265 or by post at LineOut, Fosse Arts Centre, Mantle Road, Leicester LE3 5HG. Please do read the rules and regulations on the form. For more information and a documentary of last year’s festival visit www.lineout.org
CONTACTS
If you would like more information on the Film Festival and LineOut services as a film production and training facility or the events we organise please contact the Managing Director Keith Allott on 0116 262 1265.