2007 Asian Festival of 1st Films Call for Entries kicks off at
Cannes
3rd Annual Festival in Singapore to Promote Excellence in
Filmmaking Launches its 2007 Campaign at Cannes to Filmmakers World
Wide
21 May, 2007, Singapore - The acclaimed annual competition for
first-time Asian film makers, the 2007 Asian Festival of 1st Films
(AFFF), announces its call for entries with a road show at Cannes
to promote the event as the definitive resource pool for The Next
Big Thing in Film.
This year the festival has expanded its vision to include the
Pacific countries including Australia and New Zealand.
The festival, now in its third year, accepts quality films and
documentaries from filmmakers of Asian Pacific origin from across
the world. Submission forms, rules and regulations are available on
the AFFF website at www.asianfirstfilms.com. There is no entry fee
and the final submission deadline is 31 August 2007.
Over 300 submissions were received last year from across the world.
Hot on the heels of last years AFFF, that featured films and
documentaries, including sell-out shows for local production,
Becoming Royston, which went on to be acquired by Singapore
distributors, Cathay-Keris Films. Teamwork Productions, the
organizers of AFFF is kicking off their road show at the Cannes
film festival this year.
In 2006 over 9 films and documentaries were received from Singapore
and 2 productions were nominated for Best Documentary and Best
Cinematographer, Best Script and Best Male Actor in the Documentary
and the Film categories respectively. We hope to have an even
better showing from Singapore in this third year of the
Festival.
All entries are screened by a professionally-acclaimed selection
committee from across the world who come together for one week to
view films and nominate the best across the 9 award categories.
These top nominated films will be announced in October and screened
at the third Asian Festival of 1st Films in Singapore in December.
A grand Jury comprising of world-renowned celebrity directors and
actors will judge the nominated films and announce their decision
at the glittering awards night on 5 December 2007.
We are the launch pad to commercial success for first-time
filmmakers. We believe there is incredible talent across Asia which
needs to be recognized, awarded and their films distributed widely
to the rest of the world, says Sanjoy Roy, Festival Director for
AFFF.
Roy adds, The movie-making industry is always looking out for the
next big thing. We believe AFFF is such a resource and this is why
we are reaching out to larger number of distributors, studios and
talent hunters in Cannes this year.
The festival will recognize excellence in 9 categories that
include:
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Cinematographer
Best Director
Best Director (Documentary)
Best Documentary
Best Film
Best Producer
Best Script or Screenplay
For more information on the AFFF, please log on to
www.asianfirstfilms.com or visit the blog at
www.afff2006.blogspot.com.
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For submission enquiries and clarification, please contact
Asian Festival of 1st Films
Teamwork Production
124A Telok Ayer Street
Singapore 068594
PHONE: 00 65 6225 4181
FAX: 00 65 6296 5667
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.asianfirstfilms.com