CALL FOR FILMS

UNDER_the_RADAR_2019 is the 9th Austrian interdisciplinary film/media festival/conference, intersecting animation, art, experimental media, exploratory filmmaking, and digital culture. The focus is on ANIMATED SHORT FILMS, with a non-exclusive emphasis on experimental and documentary work in the international section. Hybrids, composites, mixtures, crossbreeds, and combinations are welcomed and favoured.
We present and celebrate:

The following festival-award categories will be featured in 2019:

This category is open to any artists or students from the entire planet.
Films must have been produced after 1 January 2018.
Films may be up to 2 minutes long!
RADAR RAW is for anything that is absurd – bizarre – crazy – distorted – enigmatic – freakish – grungy – hilarious – insane – jolly – kooky – lunatic – mad – nuts – offbeat – perplexing – queer – rough – strange – twisted – unsettling – volatile – wild – xenolithic – yipping – zany
If your film is using language (written or on the audio track), it either has to be in English, or it has to include a translation into English through embedded English subtitles.

This category is open to any artists or students from the entire planet.
Films must have been produced after 1 January 2018.
Films may be up to 10 minutes long.
RADAR INTERNATIONAL is for anything that is artistic with a clear exploratory, experimental, reality-related direction. If your film is using language (written or on the audio track), it either has to be in English, or it has to include a translation into English through embedded English subtitles.

This category is only open to artists with Austrian nationality, or to artists who live or work in Austria and produced a film during their time in Austria. In case you do not fulfil these requirements your film will not be accepted for this category.
Films must have been produced after 1 January 2017!
Films may be up to 10 minutes long.
RADAR AUSTRIA is awarded to films with animation of any kind being a predominant element. Artistic approaches and expressions are favored. If your film is using language (written or on the audio track), it either has to be in English, or it has to include a translation into English through embedded English subtitles.

This category is only open to students with Austrian nationality, or to artists who study in Austria and produced the submitted film during their studies at an Austrian educational institution. In case you do not fulfil these requirements your film will not be accepted for this category.
Films must have been produced after 1 January 2018.
Films may be up to 10 minutes long.
RADAR STUDENT is awarded to films with animation of any kind being a predominant element. Exploratory, experimenting and investigative work is preferred. If your film is using language (written or on the audio track), it either has to be in English, or it has to include a translation into English through embedded English subtitles.

If you don’t have a film freeway account you can also admit to the RADAR VIENNA AUSTRIAN FILM Award and the RADAR VIENNA AUSTRIAN STUDENT Award via the regular submission form. Important: the form will only work until the regular submission deadline, April 7, 2019

Alternative submission form: RADAR VIENNA AUSTRIAN FILM
Alternative submission form: RADAR VIENNA AUSTRIAN STUDENT