Viddsee Juree Indonesia
Call for Submissions
No Entry Fee For Filmmakers
Juree Indonesia 2018 has closed. Stay tuned for next edition.
or, check out the In/Out Competition films released here
Viddsee Juree Awards is a competition held to celebrate jury’s picks of Asian short films from all genres: fiction, documentary and animation.
In this third edition of Viddsee Juree Awards, Indonesian filmmakers will be eligible for an opportunity for their films to be watched and judged by a panel of international jury. Each short film shortlisted for the competition will have the opportunity to be watched by millions online on Viddsee.com and selected for film screenings around various cities in the Indonesia.
This competition is part of Viddsee’s commitment to celebrate and support filmmakers and film communities in Asia.
The screening and awarding will be held in Jakarta, on 19th – 21st July 2018. More details of venue and event rundown will be updated here.
Prizes
Viddsee Film Production Grant
Viddsee will present the Gold winner a grand prize of IDR40,000,000 as a Production Grant for the making of a short film. Viddsee will also offer the Silver winner IDR20,000,000 as a Production Grant. Both filmmakers will get to work closely with Viddsee Studios from idea creation to completion and distribution of this project on Viddsee's platform. Project is slated to complete within 12 months from the awarding date.
Microphones and Audio Accessories
RØDE will offer the Gold winner a NTG3 super-cardioid shotgun microphone, Boompole Pro, Blimp Wind Shield and Shock Mount System, PG2R Pistol Grip Shock Mount, WS7 Deluxe Wind Shield, and they will offer the Silver winner a VideoMic Pro+.
A 5-day Global Film & TV Program in LA
Motion Picture Association will offer the Gold winner a 5-day Global Film & TV Program in Los Angeles. The 5-day course includes a series of meetings, lectures and film events with production companies, agents, managers, entertainment lawyers, unions, guilds and film studios in Los Angeles, designed to provide an exclusive and informative introduction to the Hollywood film and television industry. The course will include a visit to the American Film Market, opportunities to present and pitch your projects to industry professionals, and network with other filmmakers from around the world. The Program will take place in late October/early November 2018.
Creative Cloud Subscriptions
Adobe will offer 10 finalist filmmakers a 12-month Creative Cloud All Apps subscription worth US$560 each.
Judges
Anusorn Soisa-ngim
Anusorn Soisa-ngim, a new wave Thai filmmaker graduated from Bangkok University majoring in Film and Performing Arts. He is a filmmaker who made a documentary for the United Nations. His works have been awarded the funding from Busan Film Commission, South Korea from the movie “Why am I left behind” (2014) that was filmed in China. Moreover, his short film “Present Perfect” (2012) and “There is no space for me” (2015) also have been widely recognized in leading short film festival all around the globe. His latest work, “Present Perfect แค่นี้ก็ดีแล้ว” (2017), the first Thai film to be funded by the government of Hokkaido, Japan. It was modified and adapted from his old short film in 2012. It won the Best Film Award at the LGBTQ Amsterdam Film Festival in the Netherlands. The show will be screened at leading film festivals around the world, including the World Film Festival of Bangkok, Thailand, SERILE FILMULUI GAY International Film Festival, Romania, Western Visayas Film Festival, Philippines. It recently released in Taiwan. It was so popular that tickets sold out within minutes.
Ismail Basbeth
Born in Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia in 1985, Ismail studied traditional music and communication studies before falling in love with filmmaking. He is a self-taught filmmaker, alumni of Berlinale Talent Campus in Germany and Asian Film Academy in South Korea where he won the BFC & SHOCS Scholarship Fund. Since 2008, he had directed and produced ten short films which have been highlighted in prestigious national and international film festivals before making feature-films. He is a producer and founder of Matta Cinema, a production house which focus on producing audience and artistic films by working with unique and creative directors for global audiences. He is also a producer and founder of Bosan Berisik Lab, a non-profit inter-disciplinary laboratory that empowers young filmmakers and artists to create creative and experimental works. He is also one of the co-founder and a film programmer of Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, a premiere film festival that highlights the development of Asian cinema and screens it in the cultural city Yogyakarta, Indonesia annually.
Deependra Gauchan
Starting out in 1986, Gauchan has written, directed and produced more than 50 films, including shorts, features and documentaries. 2003 to 2015, Gauchan worked as Executive Producer for BBC Media Action, the BBC’s international development charity, on some of the largest media projects in Vietnam and Cambodia. Gauchan is currently the Adviser to the Department of Cinema and Cultural Diffusion of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Royal Government of Cambodia, where he runs the Cambodia Film Lab, a training facility for writers, directors and actors. He is also the Creative Director at ComeTogether, a social enterprise that aims to ignite change in Cambodia through imagination, creativity and collaboration using media, art and social entrepreneurship.
General Guidelines
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Films must be completed after 1st January 2016 till present
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To join this competition, you are required to submit your film entry from 15th March 2018 onwards
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Film submission deadline: 15th May 2018
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Films can be released theatrically or available online (i.e. YouTube, Vimeo) prior to festival competition
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Films can be from all genres: fiction, documentary, animation
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Films can be presented in their original native language/dialect. Non-English language films are recommended to have English-language subtitles hard-burned in the video or provided in .srt format with original copy (if you don’t have it, write to us)
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Viddsee does not accept works in progress or trailers
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Duration of films must be no longer than 30 minutes (including end credits)
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Films selected for Viddsee Juree showcase will be streamed online on Viddsee’s platform and they will not be allowed for a takedown for a period of one year
To qualify, the film must meet two of the three following standards:
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The Director is a current Indonesian Resident or a Indonesian Native
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The Executive Producer and/or Producer and/or Screenwriter must be a Indonesian native, or resident
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At least 70% of the film was shot in the Indonesia
Submissions Guidelines
Preferred File Format
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MP4 or MOV
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H.264
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At least 720p or higher in resolution.
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Here are the video requirements if you need to check encoding specs.
Select One Of The Following Methods in Submitting Your Film
Here are the few steps to submit your film:
Go to creator.viddsee.com
Sign up for a Viddsee Creator account using your Facebook or email account
The verification email will take about 1-2 mins to reach your inbox. If you don’t see it in your inbox, you can check your spam folder.
Fill up your personal details to complete the film license agreement
Click on the button to start uploading your film
For programming consideration, Viddsee accepts online screeners without any watermark/ logo. To do so, fill in your video file link currently hosted on i.e. WeTransfer, Google Drive, Dropbox link. Vimeo or YouTube links for the complete film are acceptable too.
Indicate jureeID2018 in the “Referral code” field box
After you have filled in all the necessary details, navigate to step 5. Then, type in jureeID2018 in the “Referral code” field box.
Submit your film to Viddsee for curation. We will get back to you on the status of your film submission!
If you are unable to submit online, you may follow the steps below:
Acknowledge our online film license agreement form:
https://creator.viddsee.com/#film-license
Attn: Dimas Jayasrana/Spektakel ID Jl. Kwitang Raya No. 14, Senen, Jakarta 10420,Mobile:+62 858 1011 7508
Label director’s name and contact details eg. email address, contact number, on DVD
Include your film synopsis (in English) & year of production eg. 2016
If you have any questions, contact submit@viddsee.com. Or meet us at our community film events and take your films with you!
Overall Process
After submitting your film, there will be a selection process by Viddsee’s curation team. After the selection is completed, we will send an email notification to the selected filmmakers. If your film is selected for Viddsee Juree, it will be screened online on viddsee.com platform on 22nd May 2018, and added to a channel collection named “Viddsee Juree Indonesia”. Out of these selected films, Viddsee’s curation team will select the top 10 films to further participate in the in-competition segment. The winning films from the in-competition segment will be chosen by the Jury.
Supporting Partners
