Call for entries: Tricky women festival 20161 min read

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“Tricky Women” is any unique film festival that celebrates animated film created by women animators and filmmakers. It is held annually in Vienna since 2001 and is now open for entries for the 2016 festival. Films from all countries with the maximum length of 40 minutes and of which at least 50% of the elements contain animation are welcomed for submission. Filmmakers, however, have to be female in order to be eligible, while male and transgender co-directors are welcomed.

The Awards, which go to the female directors, include:

Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth 4000 Euro
3-month scholarship to live and work at quartier21/MQ under the Artist-in-Residence Program
Synchro Film & Video Material Prize worth 1,500 Euro
Sawczynski-Award worth 1,000 Euro
Sielecki Award worth 500 Euro (for an Austrian animation)
Tricky Women Audience Award

Submission closes on October 10th, 2015. Selected films will be announced in January 2016.

More details can be found on the official website and Shortfilmdepot. Regulation documents can be found here.