Festival Data:

• Established: 1992
• Genre: General
• Attendance: 10997
• Media Attendance: 24
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 161
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 399
• Total Number of Films Screened: 223
• Total Screenings: 76
• Total Domestic Films Screened: 132
• Total Foreign Films Screened: 91
• Total National and International Premieres: 54
• # of Shorts Screened: 199
• # of Features Screened: 24

• Competitive
• Retrospective
• Catalog
• Online Festival
• Has Panels
• Workshops

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

The Vendôme Film Festival offers a European Short Film Competition and a French National Film Competition. The competition is open to every short-film not exceeding 40 minutes (fiction film, documentary, animation, and experimental, which have been produced with the financial support of a local authority (regional and local art boards supporting cinema within a selective scheme). The European Competition includes European Union member states (27 EU countries except France), countries from the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) as well as Switzerland and Croatia. The Vendôme Film Festival screens more than 200 short films competing in the National or European category. It was the first European event dedicated to regional film production and features round tables, panels and workshops.

PRIZES / EUROPEAN COMPETITION – The following prizes are given:

FIRST PRIZE, awarded by the professional jury. To the Director: presentation of the Jacques Tati trophy, 1500 € given by the Centre Regional Council. To the Producer: 1500 € in film materials given by KODAK.

JURY SPECIAL AWARD, awarded by the professional jury. To the Director: presentation of the Jacques Tati trophy, 750 € given by the City of Vendôme.

YOUTH AWARD, awarded by a young jury of the Ronsard Secondary School in Vendôme, of the Rotrou Secondary School in Dreux and the Saint Paul Bourdon Blanc Secondary School in Orléans. To the film Director: 750 € given by the "Conseil Général de Loir-et-Cher".

AWARDS FROM ALL THE FILMS IN BOTH COMPETITIONS BEST FILM DIRECTION AWARD, awarded by a student jury. To the film Director: 750 € given by the University of Orléans.

INTERPRETATION AWARD, awarded by the professional jury. To the best actor or actress: 800 € given by the Transports du Loir-&-Cher (TLC).

AUDIENCE AWARD, awarded by the audience who attended the festival. To the film Director: presentation of the Jacques-Tati trophy, 750 euros given by the Agence Régionale du Centre pour le Cinéma et l’Audiovisuel.

Vendôme Film Festival is organized by Centre Images, a part of the Centre for Cinema and Audiovisual, at Chateau-Renault. Centre Images provides guidance and support to writers, directors and producers with their cinematographic and audio-visual works, from the creation to the distribution. In support of film production, this approach encompasses development training, programmes for raising public awareness and the networking of key players within the film industry. As a cinema outreach post for the Regional centre, working in close collaboration with the French government, Centre Images has come to the fore as an established example of cinematographic decentralization. Since 1991, Centre Images has been involved in devising the tools required for the exchange and evaluation of programmes led by the European local authorities and promoting inter-regional co-operation. Supporting, co-operating, heightening public awareness, disseminating information - Centre Images assists the key players in cinematographic and audio-visual production to develop their projects, thus contributing to the emergence of new talent.

Film Submissions:

• Uses exclusive submissions agent
• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.centreimages.fr/ vendome2011/ wp-content/ uploads/ 2011/ 06/ reglement-compet-euro-2011-FFV.pdf