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Deadline
17 Sep 2019


Published: 16 Sep 2019
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
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United Workers Film Festival

Shtip, North Macedonia


United Workers Film Festival is happening for the first time during the event “TEKSTILIJADA 3” meaning “Textile and sorrow” which is going to happen for the third time from 11-13th October 2019 in Shtip, N.Macedonia. Shtip is well known for textile workers, and the most famous textile factories in ex-Yugoslavia, Makedonka and Astibo which are not existing today.

With this festival, we want to make more cultural activities for the workers in the town.

On this festival, we are showing only labor films.

The Festival aims to showcase amateur, student and professional films from around the world which publicize and highlight the struggles, successes and daily lives of all workers in their efforts to unite and organize for better living conditions and social justice.

We seek to join forces with our working brothers and sisters from around the world, both organized in existing unions and those currently fighting to organize for their workplace rights.

The festival it is going to be with one night live screening in front of the audience in the Cultural Art Center ,,Textile”, after the screening we will continue with discussion about the films topics with the guests and the jury.

Delivery of the materials

Films can be sent by WeTransfer, Filemail or other site to the Organizator mail: glasentekstilec@gmail.com or arsovskialek@hotmail.com

If the film's original language is other than English, the Festival requires receiving English subtitles.

We are accepting the following:

Frame rate: 24, 25 or 30 FPS
File Formats: MP4, WMV, AVI or Quicktime (Apple ProRes formats are not accepted)
Codecs: Most major codecs are accepted, but H.264 video with AAC audio is recommended for best streaming results
HD Resolution: 1280x720 (720p, 16:9 aspect ratio) or 1920x1080 (1080p, 16x9 aspect ratio)
SD Resolution: 640x360 (16x9 aspect ratio) or 640x480 (4x3 aspect ratio)


If the film is selected we are going to need additionally the following files:
-Photo of the director;
-Director’s biography and filmography;
-One or more stills from the film;
-Poster;
-Dialogue or spotting list in English;
-Trailer (optional);
-Presskit


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