The Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival (Korea) is accepting films until March 18, 2024.

About the festival:
BIKY is the one of the best festivals that has provided a venue for children and teenagers to communicate through various films from all around world. BIKY has one competition called ‘Ready~Action!’ for films directed by children and teenagers. BIKY aims to discover films by young directors and develop new contents in the relevant fields for the future.

Sections:
– Competition
1) Ready~Action: Short films by young directors under age of 18

– Non-competition: Feature and short by professionals
1) Staying Together: Films focused on conflict and harmony within communities
2) Finding Myself: Films take a journey to discover real identities
3) Embrace the Difference: Films that tell ways to embrace differences and respect each other
4) Beyond the Boundary: Films that show exciting and meaningful adventures
5) Special Program: Feature and short invited films with one special subject
6) Cinema Delivery: Film delivery to the classroom and children will study and play with the film
7) Open Cinema-Moonlight Starlight: Family Films for open-air cinema in summer night
8) Green Pea Cinema: An exchange program between international festivals and films the BIKY distributes

Eligibility:
– Films directed by adults will be screened at the Non-competitive section. This section accepts features and short films.
– Short Films directed by children and teenagers (age of 6-18) will be screened at the Ready-Action! Competition.
– Short films should not exceed the 20-minute mark.
– Films must have been produced between 2023 – 2024.
– All submissions must be made via FilmFreeway.
– Submission Fee: FREE
– Deadline: March 18, 2024
– Notification Date: April 23, 2024

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/biky (This is also the submission link)

We remind readers that the 19th Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival will take place from July 8 – 14, 2024 in Busan, Korea.

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