As well as actively looking for new films, The Magic Lantern is open to unsolicitated submissions of films and videos from Scotland and beyond.
To submit your film for consideration, please send the following:
- DVD of your film (no menus)
- Background biography & brief film synopsis
- Information about the film: including date produced, exhibition history
- A stamped, self addressed envelope if you wish to have your film returned
We also programme the Shorts Film Festival at Glasgow Film Festival, February 2009. Applications are now open. Please submit directly to the Glasgow Film Festival via their website www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 31st OCTOBER 2008
The 5th Glasgow Film Festival will run from February 12-22nd 2009 in venues throughout the city. The Festival is the fastest-growing film event in Britain, attracting audiences of over 20,000 in 2008 when it played host to a bumper array of UK premieres including Lars And The Real Girl, Cassandra's Dream, The Cottage, The Bank Job, Honeydripper and The Spiderwick Chronicles.
The Festival has now started the submission process for 2009 and welcomes features, shorts and work in all genres. The Festival is committed to supporting Scottish talent and providing audiences with the opportunity to see the best of world cinema. Several films selected through the submission process played to enthusiastic crowds at Glasgow including the documentaries A Life In The Death Of Joe Meek, Body Of War and An Unlikely Weapon by Susan Morgan Cooper. The Festival was also proud to screen Joanna Hogg's Unrelated and Dominic Lees thriller Outlanders which were both submitted to the Festival and have both subsequently secured UK theatrical distribution.
" Last year was the first time we opened the Festival to submissions and we were very pleasantly surprised by the quantity and also the quality of the films that were offered to us, " states Festival co-director Allan Hunter. "
The Festival team is eagerly looking forward to viewing and discussing the films that are submitted this year. Every film is given a fair chance. The features and shorts shown last year testify to the integrity of the process and the genuine opportunities open to filmmakers who want to submit their films to Glasgow. "