Festival Data:

• Established: 1990
• Genre: General
• Attendance: 35000
• Total Number of Films Screened: 150
• Accreditations: ECFF

• Competitive
• Retrospective
• Has Panels

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

NatFilm Festival is by far the largest and most appraised film festival in Denmark, traveling to four Danish cities - Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Kolding, gathering the Danish press, film industry and more than 35,000 audiences each spring.

All cinemas in Copenhagen and the three supporting cities will participate in the festival and present a program consisting of the best, most innovative and most diverse films from around the globe. The festival screens filmmaker newcomers and veterans alike, Danish previews and Italian underground, cutting edge Hong Kong and American Independent.

NatFilm Festival serves as an important platform for domestic distributors, who promote everything from Hollywood releases to cutting-edge films. The bulk of the program does however consist of titles not (yet) picked up for Danish distribution. All Danish buyers are represented at the festival looking for titles to import to Danish cinema, dvd and tv distribution.

The NatFilm Festival is covered in all media in Denmark both electronic and print. This means daily coverage in all major newspapers as well as a vast amount of radio and TV exposure.

All participating films without a prior distribution deal for Denmark compete for the NatFilm Festival Distribution Award of 125.000 DKK (app. 18.000 Euro) - earmarked for the theatrical release of the winning film in Denmark. The award winner is based on audience votes.

Ten films from the program will be nominated for the Critics' Award which is a cash prize of 3.000 Euro for the director of the film. Only first or second features are selectable.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions
• Submission formats: Beta-SP, Digi-Beta, 16mm, 35mm, DVD, MiniDV
• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.natfilm.dk/ n/ entryform.lasso