Film Submission LOCAL ARTISTS

Overview - Film Submission

Regulations LOCAL ARTISTS:

1. at least one of the following conditions applies:
   - (one of) the director(s) currently lives/works/studies in Upper Austria
   - (one of) the director(s) has (have) their primary residence in Upper Austria
   - (one of) the director(s) was (were) born or grew up in Upper Austria
   - the film was (co-)financed by Upper Austrian funding institutions
   - the film was (co-)produced by a production company based in Upper Austria
   - there is a clear contextual reference to Upper Austria in the film
   - applies only to music videos: at least one of the musicians is/are from Upper Austria
   - applies only to music videos: at least one of the musicians currently lives/works/studies in Upper Austria
    
2. and the film was produced in 2024 or 2025.

If the submitted film is selected for the festival program:

• NO rental fees can be paid for festival screenings in Linz as part of the Local Artists competition. All selected films in this program section will participate in the Local Artists competition (Competition Local Artists).
• After the acceptance of a film into the festival program by e-mail, the screening material (DCP only!) must be delivered to the festival office by 28 February 2025 at the latest.
• The screening material is insured from reception of the material until its return after the screening / after the festival.
• The costs for the return transport of the screening material to locations outside of Linz will be covered by Crossing Europe.
• Furthermore, the filmmaker agrees to provide excerpts from their film for its promotion as well as for the promotion of the festival. In order to enable optimal promotion and presentation (festival magazine, press relations, website, social media, etc.) of the films, it is obligatory to send text and images to the festival immediately after the official acceptance. The exact requirements can be found in the official acceptance e-mail from the festival, which will be sent out after the end of the selection process in February 2025.
• Please note!
  The festival cannot cover travel or accommodation costs for film guests/directors of works in the Local Artists program.

Important Information about the Submission Process:

• There is no submission fee.
• You may submit more than one film to the festival, but you must submit a completed submission form for each individual film. 
  Please note: For technical reasons, it is not possible to start filling out multiple forms at the same time. If you want to submit multiple films, please save each form as a draft or submit it before starting the next form, otherwise you might experience problems when saving.
• Please understand that Crossing Europe is not obliged to provide feedback or justification for the selection decisions. The final film selection is based on a variety of criteria.
• By submitting a film you furthermore accept the festival’s rules and regulations as stated here.

Technical Instructions:

• Crossing Europe account: To submit a film you must be logged into a Crossing Europe account. Please note that accounts from past years are still valid. If you do not have an account yet, you can register at any time.
• Confirmation e-mail about completed submission: Please make sure you fill out the submission form properly and submit it successfully. Once you’ve finished the submission process, you should receive a confirmation e-mail for the completed submission (Please check your spam folder!). Once the form has been submitted, you can no longer edit it.
• Save submission as draft: You can save submission forms while you are working on them if you wish to complete them at a later time - select "Save draft" at the end of the form.
• Overview of drafts and submissions: To access your drafts and completed submissions, please log in at the top of the page on the right.
• Session time-out: If possible, please try to complete the form without time interruptions to avoid the session expiring (after 15 min without activity, the session will expire, which, if the submission has not been submitted or saved as a draft, means the loss of the data entered so far - 15 min per page)