The EPOS Festival, the international festival for cultural and artistic films and the Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Museum, invite creators from every creative field to submit short films dealing with the theme of “Urban Diary.”
Films selected for the competition will premiere at the EPOS Festival during the Passover holiday in 2025. The Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Museum will also screen the films in the presence of their creators.
Shortened versions of the films that reach the final will be included in the City Museum’s Story Collection.
The filmmakers who reach the finals (up to six) will receive 1,500 NIS to create a 3-minute edition of their film. This version is to be included in the museum’s “Story Collection” and to appear on the museum’s website (subject to the museum’s discretion).
Registration
Please complete the registration form.
Ensure the link to the film is accessible for viewing.
If the film is password-protected, please include the password in the designated section of the registration form.
Film Selection for the Competition
A joint EPOS Festival and Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Museum artistic committee will determine which films will be accepted into the competition and screened at the festival and the museum.
The committee’s decision is final.
Notification of acceptance to the competition and/or for external screening will be announced by February 15, 2025.
Proposal Guidelines
Proposals should reflect the character of the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo from a cultural, personal, or social perspective.
“Urban Diary” refers to works that explore recurring behavior patterns, routines, or changes in specific locations within the city (e.g., my neighborhood, my café, the street from the perspective of a certain store, observing passersby from a bench, balconies, disappearing shops, markets, etc.).
There are no style limitations on the ideas or methods of execution (submissions can include documentary or narrative films, realistic or sci-fi, live-action or animated, etc.).
Submission Deadline:
Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2025.
Films Accepted into the Competition
Final copies of the film must be submitted by March 15, 2025. The festival reserves the right to disqualify any film from the competition if a screenable version is not received by this date.
Screening formats: DCP and MP4.
All films accepted into the competition must provide the festival with:
• 3 high-quality still images from the film (300 dpi)
• A high-quality visual clip from the film
• A summary of the film/
• A brief biography of the filmmakers in Hebrew and English.
The festival reserves the right to edit any written materials submitted with the films.
Upon notification that the film has been selected, all of the above materials must be sent in digital format only: epos.traffic@gmail.com
Submission Requirments
• Applicants must be 18 years or older.
• All film types that are up to 10 minutes may be submitted.
• It should be noted that to meet the submission deadline, a rough cut of the film can be submitted first before sending the final version, but participants who do not provide an updated version of the rough cut will not be entered into the competition.
• The submitter of the film to the competition must hold the copyright and distribution rights in Israel and must approve the inclusion of the shortened version of the film, in the collection of stories.