Cinéopen Festival
International Film Festival of Pontarlier
Edition n°4 - 2024
From 15 to 27 October 2024
Selection announcement date 31 August 2024
Pontarlier, FRANCE
No entry fees for this festival
The first International Film Festival of Pontarlier took place in 1961. The festival continues to this day, while changing its name to reflect changes in its editorial line: TRAVERSÉES from 2016 to 2018, CINÉMA AU FÉMININ in 2019-2020, and then CINÉOPEN FESTIVAL from 2021. The Festival of Animated Movies of Pontarlier was created in 2004, taking place every two years at first, before becoming annual in 2014 with the addition of a competition of short movies in 2015. In 2021, the Festival of Animated Movies was integrated to the CINÉOPEN FESTIVAL. CINÉOPEN FESTIVAL has two sections : • Animated movies • Guest country : each year an European country is put in the limelight through a various and contemporary program. A cross-cutting theme "a female gaze in cinema" is also featured in the program.
The animated movies section, developed in partnership with the National Animated Film Festival, features about 15 screening of short, medium and feature films, and animated films professionals are invited to present their work. The section culminates in the international short movies competition (four competitive sessions, including one for young audiences), which is the purpose of this call for films.
Selection criteria
Category
Animation
Duration (Max)
20’
Duration (Min)
2’
Production's date (Max)
2024
Production's date (Min)
2023
Subtitles requested
Screening copy :
If the film isn’t in French mandatory subtitling in French
Screener :
If the film isn’t French mandatory subtitling in French
Specific criteria
The competition concerns all films produced frame by frame, regardless of the technique used, submitted for the first time to the festival and completed between January 1st, 2023 and July 31st, 2024. Supports allowed for projections: DCP 2 and 4K, H264. School films are not eligible.
Festival prize list
2023
- Pont d'Or (Prix du Jury Professionnel) - EEVA, de Lucija MRZLJAK et Morten TŠINAKOV
- Prix du Jury Lycéen - HUMO, de Rita BASULTO
- Prix du Public - EUROPE BY BIDON, de Thomas TRICHET et Samuel ALBARIC
- Prix du Jeune Public - ENTRE DEUX SŒURS, d'Anne-Sophie GOUSSET et Clément CÉARD
2022
- Pont d'Or (Prix du Jury Professionnel) - LETTER TO A PIG, de Tal KANTOR
- Prix du Jury Lycéen - SOUS LES NÉNUPHARS, de Olivier AUFAUVRE et Jean-Jacques LONNI
- Prix du Public - L'AIR DE RIEN, de Gabriel HÉNOT-LEFÈVRE
- Prix du Jeune Public - CANARY de Pierre-Hugues Dallaire et Benoit THERRIAULT
2021
- Pont d'Or (Prix du Jury Professionnel) - HIDE de Daniel GRAY
- Prix du Jury Lycéen - MAALBEEK d'Ismaël JOFFROY CHANDOUTIS
- Prix du Public - CE QUI RÉSONNE DANS LE SILENCE de Marine BLIN
- Prix du Jeune Public - PARAPLUIES de José PRATS et Alvaro ROBLÈS
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