Clap 89
International short movie festival
Edition n°37 - 2025
From 04 to 06 April 2025
Selection announcement date 15 January 2025
Sens, FRANCE
Depending on the sections
The International short movie festival "Clap 89" aims to support and promote short movies made by non professional directors, which means that they are not salaried and employed as director of short or feature films by film, video or TV industries.
Selection criteria
Production's date (Min)
2024
Production's date (Max)
2024
Duration (Max)
20’
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
Selection is open for movies produced after 2024, january 1st.
The movie must be exclusively provided on DVD zone 2 PAL or digital file. The copy will not be returned.
The maximum duration of the movie is 20 minutes, credits included.
A director can submit only one movie to the selection committee this year.
The movies which have been previously submitted to selection comittee can not be submitted again, even if it's a new version.
The movies must be completed in all particulars (mix, editing, calibration...).
Advertising or commercial films are not accepted.
Screening room is equipped with 7.1 surround, laser DCP projection system and 17 meters wide screen.
If your movie is selected for the official competition :
• You must provide a DCP copy (non encrypted without KDM). This file can be sent via Internet (wetransfer, dropbox, etc.) or on any medium of your choice (USB key, data DVD, external hard disk...), the latest preferably.
• DCP format must be flat 1.85 or scope 2.39 exclusively.
• This medium will be returned to you in person during the festival. If necessary, it will be send back to you, at your own expenses, after the festival in april.
• Foreign movies must be clearly subtitled in readable and comprehensible french language.
• French movies must be clearly subtitled in readable and comprehensible english langage where possible.
• The DCP subtitles must be in XML or MXF format, which means that they must not be embedded in the image. WARNING : SRT files are not compatible.
• « Voice over » translation is not accepted.
• You must compulsorily provide 2 photos from the movie (300 dpi, colour or black and white according to the movie, no poster and no picture of the film crew). These photos can be used on any support.
37th CLAP 89 - 2 - Call Open
Closing
15 €
The International short movie festival "Clap 89" aims to support and promote short movies made by non professional directors, which means that they are not salaried and employed as director of short or feature films by film, video or TV industries.
Selection criteria
Production's date (Min)
2024
Production's date (Max)
2024
Duration (Max)
20’
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
Selection is open for movies produced after 2024, january 1st.
The movie must be exclusively provided on DVD zone 2 PAL or digital file. The copy will not be returned.
The maximum duration of the movie is 20 minutes, credits included.
A director can submit only one movie to the selection committee this year.
The movies which have been previously submitted to selection comittee can not be submitted again, even if it's a new version.
The movies must be completed in all particulars (mix, editing, calibration...).
Advertising or commercial films are not accepted.
Screening room is equipped with 7.1 surround, laser DCP projection system and 17 meters wide screen.
If your movie is selected for the official competition :
• You must provide a DCP copy (non encrypted without KDM). This file can be sent via Internet (wetransfer, dropbox, etc.) or on any medium of your choice (USB key, data DVD, external hard disk...), the latest preferably.
• DCP format must be flat 1.85 or scope 2.39 exclusively.
• This medium will be returned to you in person during the festival. If necessary, it will be send back to you, at your own expenses, after the festival in april.
• Foreign movies must be clearly subtitled in readable and comprehensible french language.
• French movies must be clearly subtitled in readable and comprehensible english langage where possible.
• The DCP subtitles must be in XML or MXF format, which means that they must not be embedded in the image. WARNING : SRT files are not compatible.
• « Voice over » translation is not accepted.
• You must compulsorily provide 2 photos from the movie (300 dpi, colour or black and white according to the movie, no poster and no picture of the film crew). These photos can be used on any support.
37th CLAP 89 - 2 - Call closed
Opening
20 €
The International short movie festival "Clap 89" aims to support and promote short movies made by non professional directors, which means that they are not salaried and employed as director of short or feature films by film, video or TV industries.
Selection criteria
Duration (Max)
20’
Production's date (Min)
2024
Production's date (Max)
2024
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
Selection is open for movies produced after 2024, january 1st.
The movie must be exclusively provided on DVD zone 2 PAL or digital file. The copy will not be returned.
The maximum duration of the movie is 20 minutes, credits included.
A director can submit only one movie to the selection committee this year.
The movies which have been previously submitted to selection comittee can not be submitted again, even if it's a new version.
The movies must be completed in all particulars (mix, editing, calibration...).
Advertising or commercial films are not accepted.
Screening room is equipped with 7.1 surround, laser DCP projection system and 17 meters wide screen.
If your movie is selected for the official competition :
• You must provide a DCP copy (non encrypted without KDM). This file can be sent via Internet (wetransfer, dropbox, etc.) or on any medium of your choice (USB key, data DVD, external hard disk...), the latest preferably.
• DCP format must be flat 1.85 or scope 2.39 exclusively.
• This medium will be returned to you in person during the festival. If necessary, it will be send back to you, at your own expenses, after the festival in april.
• Foreign movies must be clearly subtitled in readable and comprehensible french language.
• French movies must be clearly subtitled in readable and comprehensible english langage where possible.
• The DCP subtitles must be in XML or MXF format, which means that they must not be embedded in the image. WARNING : SRT files are not compatible.
• « Voice over » translation is not accepted.
• You must compulsorily provide 2 photos from the movie (300 dpi, colour or black and white according to the movie, no poster and no picture of the film crew). These photos can be used on any support.
CLAP 89 Youth 6-12 years - Call Open
Closing
15/09/2024 30/09/2024
No entry fee
If the Sens-Fiction association is best known in Sens for organizing the CLAP 89 short film festival for 36 years, it is also involved in image education.
We have been working for more than 10 years with the cinema section of the Janot high school and the Sénonais colleges: in addition to organizing school outings and trips, film screenings and meetings with cinema professionals, the association s aims to give students an active role as juries during the CLAP 89 festival.
This year, we would like to build similar relationships with the primary schools of Sens through a simple idea: a festival of short youth films organized by and for primary school pupils (6-12 years old).
Selection criteria
Duration (Max)
20’
Category
Animation, Clip, Fiction
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romantic Comedy, Tale, Fable, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction
Languages of dialogues
French
Specific criteria
The film must be intended for an audience of children aged 6 to 12.
Please note, entering a film in this category does not automatically register you for the official competition of the 37th CLAP 89.
Festival prize list
Sens-Fiction Sens-Fiction 45 Rue des Chaillots 89100 Sens, France
0616418778
technique@clap89.com
