Steps: International Film Festival on Human Rights, Animal Protection and Environmental Challenges
Festival Info
Price info
free admission
Is the Festival open to the public ?
Open to the public
Does the Festival have a market ?
Festival doesn't have a market
Does the Festival have a competition ?
Festival have a competition
Location
Name
Human Rights Center “Steps”
Address
Ploscha Konstytutsyi sq 1, p/o 9312, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61003
City
Kharkiv
Zip code
61003
Country
Ukraine
Telephone
+38(050) 323 05 36
Website
About
The Festival`s rules do not limit films in form or country and year of production.
documentary - 3 - 50 min.
short film - 3 - 50 min.
animation - 1 - 50 min.
music video - 1 - 30 min.
Check your topic on the Festival`s web site.
The selection board in empowered to consider the received films for participating in the festival. The Board decides in which program a film will be included. The decision of the selection board cannot be changed.
The selection of films is conducted according to the following factors:
- correspondence with the human rights topic of the Festival;
- quality of the film;
- originality of the idea;
- technical quality of the work
Documents:
- fill the application form: http://www.cetalife.com.ua/eng/registration.htm
- press kit for the film (picture, biography , the director`s filmography, screenshot or video);
- send by post two DVD copies of the film: p/o 9312 Kharkiv Ukraine 61003
Additional information:
The shipment and insurance costs are covered by the participant. All the materials are to be paid and sent in advance, including custom fees. The DVD copy of the film is kept in the archive of the festival and is not to be given back to the sender. The sender has to indicate "no commercial value" on the envelope.
Festival
Theme
Environnement/Nature
Human Rights
Independent
National
Category/Format
Documentaries
Fiction Features
Music video
Short films
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Submission
Film submission fee
Free
Film call for entry start day
Film call for entry deadline
Rules and regulations
Contact
Festival Director Name
Igor Parfenov
Festival Director E-mail
mail@cetalife.com.ua
Festival Programmer Email
thestepsstudio@gmail.com
International Film Festival “Steps” will take place between 20-24 November 2015 in Kharkiv. It is the eighth time when the audience will watch hundreds of films about human rights, animal protection and environmental challenges. This time the organizing committee has received more than 500 fictional films and documentaries. Year by year the festival attracts more and more directors from around the world. In 2013 about 50 member countries presented their works. In 2007 Human Rights Center “Steps” founded an eponymous festival. Since 1997 the organization initiates human rights actions, international conferences, exhibitions and awards, publishes books and creates films.
Aims of the International Film Festival “Steps”:
● to declare democratic rights, freedoms and humanistic values in society;
● to inform citizens of Ukraine and the world about the current issues;
● to popularize films about human rights;
● due to films encourage adopting foreign experience in solving global problems;
● to support local and foreign filmmakers.
The program of the Festival consists of competitive and non-competitive films (Panorama) and Retrospective. The Festival`s rules do not limit films in form, length or year of production.
Besides films there will be several locations where we will organize lectures and discussions with directors, representatives of human rights movements and public activists. In 2011 the UN has established the prize, since was supported by the “UN Volunteers” coordinator Giovanni Mozzarelli. In 2013 with the assistance of the UN Refugee Agency we opened a new exhibition “Ukraine – new home”.
The film festival becomes a platform for the dialogue between the government and the society.