Festival de Cannes 2024
CALL FOR ENTRIES
(Feature-length narratives)
Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries for Canadian features for the Cannes Film Festival, “L’Officiel”, as well as the one of its parallel sections, the Critics’ Week.
DETAILS
- Competitive: Yes
- Entry fees: No
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
For the two sections, to be considered eligible, a film:
- Must be over 60 minutes.
- Have been completed within the 12 months prior to the festival.
- Must not have been broadcast on television nor the internet platform, or commercially released outside Canada.
Specific to the Festival de Cannes – Official Selection, a film:
- Must not have participated in any international festival.
- May have been theatrically released in its country of origin.
Specific to the Critics’ Week, a film:
- Must be the director’s first* or second feature film.
- Must have a world premiere status
*By “first feature film” the festival means that it must be a first theatrical film (fiction, documentary, or animation) from a director who has never directed a full-length film that was theatrically released or selected in an international Class A festival.
ABOUT
Every year, Telefilm Canada invites members of the selection committees from Cannes to screen the submitted Canadian features in a private theater in Montreal. In 2024, the screening session will be carried from February 26 to March 7, 2024.
FESTIVAL DE CANNES – OFFICIAL SELECTION
The Official Selection presents 80 features among its several categories: Competition, Out of Competition, Cannes Premiere, Special Screening, and “Un Certain Regard”.
This parallel section programs approximately 25 features. The films are eligible for several prizes given by different partner associations.
This parallel and competitive section is reserved to debut or second features and only showcases 10 features. The films are eligible for several prizes given by different partner associations.
Promotion and Communications
Telefilm Canada, Montreal
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