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New Special Awards of the Film Festival

In 2024, LAMPA Film Festival is introducing new awards: Best Debut, We are Family, SDGs in Short Film, Special Focus and Grand Prix for Best Short Film. You can find a full list and description of the categories under the Rules and Regulations section

International Recognition

The Film Festival partners with the United Nations to promote the global Sustainable Development Goals. In 2018, a retrospective show of the Film Festival was included in the public report of the UN Office in Geneva

LAMPA Community

LAMPA is a community of social innovators from around the globe that brings together filmmakers, writers, cameramen, artists, real-life heroes, volunteers, philanthropists, socially responsible businesses and mass media

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In 2024, LAMPA Film Festival of socially-oriented short films, videos and advertising took place from March, 4 to June, 3. The shortlist included 60 works.

Short-list 2024

LAMPA Film Festival of socially-oriented short films, videos and advertising will be held from October 3 to 5, 2024 in Perm.

ENTRIES IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUBMISSION:

  • «Short socially oriented documentary film» — a full-fledged short film with a socially significant storyline. The basis of film is shooting real events and people. The maximum duration for the competition work is 30 minutes.
  • Short socially oriented feature film» — a full-fledged short film with a certain meaning, storyline and characters. At the heart of the film is a plot of a socially significant orientation. The maximum duration for the competition work is 30 minutes.
  • «Short socially animated film» — a short film on a socially significant topic, made with the means of animation. The maximum duration for the competition work is 20 minutes.
  • «Social video» — a short video drawing reflecting the ideas of social service, volunteering, charity in the original and artistic form. The film should be concise, have a clear interpretation, the optimal combination of image and text. The video can be filmed using any device. The maximum duration for the competition work is 5 minutes.
  • «Social music video clip» — short film or video fragment of social orientation, accompanying the musical composition. The use of a musical composition (a fragment of a musical composition) must be agreed with the copyright holder and not violate the copyright of third parties. The maximum duration for the competition work is 5 minutes.
  • «Social Advertising» — a non-commercial advertisement aimed at changing social behaviors and drawing attention to socially significant phenomena and problems. The maximum duration for the competition work is 2 minutes.

SPECIAL AWARD CATEGORIES:

  • «We are Family» — a special nomination dedicated to family, family values, and traditions, emphasizing the continuity of generations as the basis of any society and state. The nomination is timed to coincide with the announcement of the Year of the Family in Russia.The maximum duration for the competition work is 30 minutes.
  • «SDGs in Short Film» — a special category for business companies. Competitive works of any of the short film formats (fiction, documentary, video, advertising), which demonstrate the company’s social responsibility in support of the SDGs and show the results of the implementation of socially oriented programs that create the conditions for positive changes in society, take part – from 1 to 30 minutes (depending on depending on the selected format).
  • «Special Focus» — a special nomination for young directors aged 10 to 18 years old.The maximum duration for the competition work is 30 minutes.
  • «Inspiring Debut» — a special nomination for the best debut film of the XI International Film Festival of Socially Oriented Short Films, Videos and Social Advertising LAMPА. Competitive works corresponding to the following formats can take part in the nomination: socially oriented short film, social video, social advertising, animated social film, social music video.The maximum duration for the competition work is 30 minutes.
  • «LAMPA Grand Prix» — special nomination for the Best Short Film at the XI International Film Festival of Socially Oriented Short Films, Videos, and Social Advertising LAMPA The nomination is open to competitive works in the following formats: socially oriented short film, social video, social advertising, animated social film, and social music video. The maximum duration for the competition work is 30 minutes.
  • «The Road to Home» — special nomination will accept entries from filmmakers whose films address the issues of refugees and stateless persons, as well as assistance to people forced to leave their homes. The nomination also covers the topics of inclusion, family, and separation with the close ones. The organizers will also accept entries that comply with the festival regulations, from directors with forced displacement backgrounds. The maximum duration for the competition work is 30 minutes.

Change the world with us!

If you make films as an amateurish or professional director, help people as part of a public organisation or alone, implement socially responsible programmes in a business company, shoot a blog on a social topic or... just like good films — the LAMPA is waiting for you!