Call for entries for the XXII Message To Man is open from January 1 till May 20 2012.

International competition

Documentary films (duration not more than 120 minutes), short fiction and animated films (duration not more than 40 minutes), which were completed after January 1st 2011;

National Documentary Competition Gateway to Russia

Documentary films (duration not more than 120 minutes) produced in Russian Federation or having “National film” certificate, completed after January 1st 2011;

International Experimental Films Competition In Silico

Short experimental films (duration not more than 15 minutes) of any genre, suitable for screening in a regular movie theater, produced not earlier than January 1st, 2009.

All materials should be received by the organisers not later than June 20. You can download full regulations in ms word from here.

This year participants are required to submit their entries through the Reelport online platform. This is the fastest and the most convenient way for both the festival and filmmakers. Please, go to their web site, register and follow the instructions to submit you film:

 Alternatively, you can use the new platform Festhome, which works on the same principal.

Both Reelport or Festhome are the preferred platforms to submit your entries. If for some reason you don’t want to use them, then you can fill in the online entry form and put a link to your preview file in there, or send us a DVD screener by post to the following address:

International Film Festival “Message to Man”,

Karavannaya 12,

191023 St. Petersburg,

Russia.

If you have any questions, please contact us at this address: info(at)message2man.com

source: http://www.artservis.org/default.asp