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Festival

Festival presentation: 

The 7th Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF2009) is the one and only international competitive short film festival in Korea. AISFF, searching a new territory and exit for short film, is the place where all the shorts from the world are coming across, communicating and of course fairly competing. 

Festival Nickname: 

AISFF

Edition: 

7

Festival Logo: 

Theme: 

International

Category/Format: 

Short films

• The 7th Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF2009) is the one and only international competitive short film festival in Korea. AISFF, searching a new territory and exit for short film, is the place where all the shorts from the world are coming across, communicating and of course fairly competing. Amazingly with its short period of time, 1,381 films from 72 countries were competed last year, which has been showing an infinite potentiality of AISFF and its new current on short film world in near future.  
• ‘In the Air Program’, a unique festival program of AISFF shows the selected films from International Competition to around 3 million international passengers at the Asiana Airlines after the festival in the theater and it contributes to create a new kind of short film market by providing license fees for this special in-flight screening apart from the festival awards. AISFF will then provide a great opportunity to short filmmakers as an alternative arena going beyond their local and national boundaries, for greater international audience awareness.   
• AISFF will be the best place to see the newest trend of world cinema through eyes of short films, the future of cinema and the cinematic variety and cultural diversity. AISFF is looking forward to seeing your great work of art as well as your passion for short films.

1. 1. International Competition Entry

◎ Dead line: July 31, 2009 (Entry : July 1~ July 31, 2009)

◎ Screening Format: 35mm film, 16mm film, Beta (NTSC), Digi-Beta (NTSC), 6mm digital video, HD, HDV (The print or the video should have English subtitles.)

◎ AISFF2009 accepts all kinds of short films produced after JAN 2008, in any type and genre of fiction/non-fiction, animation/live action film with maximum 30 minutes in length.

◎ Entry Fee : None

◎ How to Download the Entry Form

• 1) The entry form is available for download from the website (www.aisff.org). The completed entry form should be sent by post, e-mail (entry@aisff.org) or FAX.
  

  
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• 2) The required materials must be sent with the entry form to the address below by post. The postmark deadline is July 31. Be sure to mark all materials: "FOR TEMPORARY, CULTURAL PURPOSE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL VALUE".   

2. AISFF2009 AWARDS  ◎ 7 awards with total sum of US 40,000 + additional sponsored awards  

•  1)International Competition 
• Grand Prize  - 15 million Won (around US $15,000), a trophy, 2 round trip flight tickets
• Best International Short Film Award  - 5 million won (around US $5,000), a trophy, 2 round trip flight tickets   Given to the international filmmaker who has made less than 2 short films 
• Best Korean Short Film Award   - 5 million won (around US $5,000), a trophy, 2 round trip flight tickets   Given to the domestic filmmaker who has made less than 2 short films 
• Animation Award  - 3 million Won (around US $3,000), a trophy, 2 round trip flight tickets 
• AISFF Public Jury Award- 1 million Won (around US $1,000), a trophy, 2 round trip flight tickets 
• Face in Shorts Award  - 1 million Won (around US $1,000), a trophy, 2 round trip flight tickets Given to the best performer in shorts of the year

  *AISFF provides license fees for In the Air Program films, apart from the following awards. 

  *Other sponsored awards are scheduled to be announced later on. 

• 2) AISFF FUND PROJECT 

◎ A new guarantee production project to support domestic filmmakers ◎ Maximum 10 million Won (around US $10,000), a certificate, 2 round trip flight tickets ◎ Dead line: August 31, 2009 (Entry : August 24 ~August 31, 2009)