{"id":8368,"date":"2026-03-05T06:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/student-film-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:36:27","slug":"student-film-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/en\/student-film-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Student film competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Future Gate Festival is the largest sci-fi film festival in the Czech Republic, the thirteenth year of which will take place from September 28 to October 4, 2026 in the Lucerna cinema in Prague and subsequently in other cities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The competition of short student films will be held for the fifth time. An international jury will award the three best films, which will receive prizes from the competition partner <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biofilms.cz\/\">Biofilms<\/a> <\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8211; The competition is intended for <strong>young filmmakers under 30 years of age<\/strong> or students who can submit both their school work and side projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; Both feature and animated films <strong>with a length of up to 30 minutes<\/strong> will be accepted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; Students can submit their works themselves, but films nominated by the school or selected and approached by us will also be accepted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; The theme is generally <strong>sci-fi<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; The festival jury selects films in both the main Best Film category and the Best Student Film.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; The authors of the best films (the three best will be awarded) will receive services and other material rewards from the competition partners, which can help the students in the realization of their next films. The best of them will also receive our unique festival prize.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; The films will be screened in a special section within the main part of the festival in Prague and Brno.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; The winners will be announced at a gala evening in Prague, when the jury will determine the best film of the festival.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; Films produced after January 1, 2025 can be entered into the competition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8211; <strong>Films can be submitted<\/strong> <strong>until June 30, 2026<\/strong>. It is possible to send a preview of the selected film by this date. The Future Gate team will select the competitive films from all submitted films and inform their creators as well as the authors of unsuccessful films.<br><br><br><strong>Technical specifications for submitting a preview of films:<br><\/strong>\u2013 Image: 1920\u00d71080 resolution<br>\u2013 Sound: Stereo or 5.1<br>\u2013 Format: MOV or MPEG, e.g. with H264 codec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Technical specifications for submitting a film for screening in the competition:<br><\/strong>\u2013 DCP, 2K MOV or MP4 with H264 codec \u2013 min. bitrate 20Mb\/s, stereo or 5.1 sound<br>\u2013 The film should be English friendly (i.e. in English or with English subtitles in the image).<br>\u2013 and also contain Czech subtitles in SRT format, if the film is not in Czech.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Options for submitting a film to the competition:<br><\/strong>\u2013 Register, fill out the form and upload a preview video at <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/FutureGate\"><strong>www.filmfreeway.com\/FutureGate<\/strong><\/a><br>\u2013 In case of questions or problems, please contact <a href=\"mailto:anna@futuregate.cz\"><strong>anna@futuregate.cz<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FILMOVA_SOUTEZ_2025_v01_kopie_2026_v5-700x990.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FILMOVA_SOUTEZ_2025_v01_kopie_2026_v5-700x990.png 700w, https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FILMOVA_SOUTEZ_2025_v01_kopie_2026_v5-250x354.png 250w, https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FILMOVA_SOUTEZ_2025_v01_kopie_2026_v5-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FILMOVA_SOUTEZ_2025_v01_kopie_2026_v5-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FILMOVA_SOUTEZ_2025_v01_kopie_2026_v5-1448x2048.png 1448w, https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FILMOVA_SOUTEZ_2025_v01_kopie_2026_v5-120x170.png 120w, https:\/\/futuregate.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FILMOVA_SOUTEZ_2025_v01_kopie_2026_v5-scaled.png 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Future Gate Festival is the largest sci-fi film festival in the Czech Republic, the thirteenth year of which will take place from September 28 to October 4, 2026 in the Lucerna cinema in Prague and subsequently in other cities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 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