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パリ国際映画祭「MegaCities-ShortDocs Citizen Film Festival」
楽しくて、にぎやかで、便利な大都市。でもその裏に潜む問題に目を背ける続けることは、もう出来ません。
あなたの住む街で「おかしいな」「こうだったら良いな」と思う問題はありませんか？あるいは、それらの問題に果敢に取り組んでいる人やコミュニティを知りませんか？ あなたの紡ぐ４分間のストーリーが、ひょっとすると世界を変えることになるかも知れません。
さあ、カメラを持って現実を映そう。
2019 Edition – Delhi
Tech4Good Award
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Taste of Tomorrow
Will food be grown in soil in 100 years time? This is the question asked in this film, which depicts an innovative and efficient way of growing food, solving numerous issues of common industrial agriculture and tackling the world challenge of Food Security.
ShortDoc directed by Amit Malik & Ishaan Chawla
2019 Edition – Paris
Greater Paris Metropolis Prize
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Espero Farm
This film will take you on a visit of a unique refugee farm inside Greater Paris, where migrants from all around the world become farmers and beekeepers, working towards their own social insertion and the integration of bees and nature back inside the Parisian landscape.
ShortDoc directed by Alix Makhloufi.
Prize sponsored by the Greater Paris Metropolis
2019 Edition – Sao Paulo
Best ShortDoc Award
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Under the bridge
Meet an amazing character, Nilson Garrido, teaching boxe and priceless life lessons to homeless and marginal people under a bridge, in Sao Paulo.
ShortDoc directed by Felipe Moraes.
2018 Edition – Kinshasa
Best Documentary
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Bidon Vil
“This short film tells the story of an artist designer and performer who transforms plastic waste that pollutes his urban environment into toys for poor children. It stages sets, models and costumes to entertain, raise citizens’ awareness of the recycling culture and provide free access to the arts in the public space.
ShortDoc directed by Nizar SALEH
2018 Edition – Mumbai
Best Reporting
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Against the flow
Aabid Surti cannot stand the sight or sound of leaking faucets. For 11 years, the 84-year-old cartoonist author and artist has been visiting houses in his suburb of Mumbai, repairing defective taps free of charge. Through his initiative, the Drop Dead Foundation, he has saved more than 10 million litres of water..
ShortDoc directed by Anand HOLLA
Edition 2018 – Mexico City
Best environmental initiative
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The city of rain
A city in water crisis is a city that threatens its very existence. The people of Mexico City can be part of the solution and learn to identify with water outside of chaos. Perhaps 100,000 rainwater harvesting systems will make a difference.
ShortDoc directed by Celsa CALDERONI REYES
Initiative led by Isla Urbana
2017 Edition – Delhi
Social Prize
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Back to the roots
The film looks into the most important issue faced by MegaCities today i.e.”Food Security”. Questions like where is the food grown? Who grows it? How it is grown? Are very important issues which MegaCitizens must understand in order to ensure food quality and security.
ShortDoc directed by Meghatithi
2017 Edition – Paris
Greater Paris Metropolis Prize
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Les Débatteurs
Teenagers are getting ready to fight. Not in a stadium or on a ring, not in a fight, nor with fists. But with words and arguments to disarm their opponents. One rule: respect the word of the other.
ShortDoc directed by Julie Chauvin.
2017 Edition – Manila – Urban planning & Social impact
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Pasig River Art for Urban Change
Pasig River has long been declared dead. This year, a new approach was initiated by the local government: to turn the river into a kind of gallery for murals to painted on the river’s flood pumping stations. This film follows one artist and a community in realizing one goal.
ShortDoc directed by Janus Victoria.
2016 Edition – Tokyo
Best Documentary
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Family Phobia
Nowadays, 13.506 million people live in Tokyo, a populous metropolitan area in the world. Every day, 6.388 million of so called “salaryman” are working in this city.
ShortDoc directed by Chun Wang, student at WASEDA University.
2016 Edition – New York City
Best Student ShortDoc
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Reading between lines
One in four New Yorkers struggles to read or write. This is the story of an elderly man learning to read, supported by an organization who helps many others. Literacy Partner is an organization that teach illiterate adults to read in New York City.
ShortDoc directed by Erika Glass and Nokuthula Manyathi, students at Columbia Journalism School.
2016 Edition – Sao Paulo
Final nominee
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(H)ROPE
With the installation of swings under a bridge in São Paulo, we witness a public space revival.
ShortDoc directed by Pedro L. Fillizzola.
2015 Edition – Paris
Greater Paris Metropolis Prize
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Peel Good
In Paris, people from the Disco Soupe movement cook with food that remains unsold from supermarkets, to fight against food waste, which is a growing problem in our Megacities.
ShortDoc directed by Léa Cottais; from EICAR (International Film and TV School)
2015 Edition – NYC
New York Prize
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The New Face Of Hunger
The New face of hunger is a documentary about hunger. Hunger has no face, race or gender. People want their basic human right to be able to eat.
ShortDoc directed by Chante Graham.
2015 Edition – Paris
Best Student ShortDoc
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City of Gods
City of Gods is a visual experience rather than a traditional documentary, that showcases the cohabitation of the dozen of cults and religions inside Paris, far from the political debates.
ShortDoc directed by ChunChun Weckerle, student at EICAR, International Film and TV School.
作品の募集について
この映画祭「MegaCities-ShortDocs Film Festival」にご参加くださった皆様には、ご応募頂いた作品へのフィードバックがプロの映像作家から行われます。
受賞作のノミネート作品として選出されたすべての皆様に、パリへの往復渡航費と、授賞式典にかかる宿泊費を全額支給いたします。受賞された方、そして作品内で取り上げられる方の双方に、約20万円（1,500ユーロ）の賞金が授与されます。受賞作品は式典後、世界中の大都市で上映されます。
Calendar of the Festival
The annual calendar of the MegaCities-ShortDocs Film Festival is (almost) the same every year.
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January end Opening of the Festival
The registration platform opens on the website in January and ShortDoc Makers have until October 31 to register.
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January to May Official Screenings of the best ShortDocs from the previous Edition
In New-York, São Paulo, Lagos, Mumbaï, Shanghaï and Tokyo.
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October 31 Registration and application deadlines
ShortDoc Makers have until October 31 to register on this website and to upload their ShortDoc on ShortFilmDepot
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November Announcements of the nominees
After a Jury process, the list of nominees to the Paris Award Ceremony is announced.
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Mid December Paris Award Ceremony
The awards for the MegaCities-ShortDocs are delivered during the Paris Award Ceremony. The annual Edition of the MegaCities-ShortDocs Film Festival closes after the ceremony.
You are a megacitizen, but you don’t feel like shooting a ShortDoc?
Write us at contact@megacities-shortdocs.org
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I get in touch with the MCSD team?
You can reach out to us via our website and the email contact@megacities-shortdocs.org, or via our Facebook page and LinkedIn. We also have some Local Coordinators or Helpers in some MegaCities we could connect you to.
Who could apply?
Applications are open to all individuals. A special prize will be awarded to students therefore we require to submit the student card when applicable.
Where and when will the Paris Award Ceremony (Festival) take place?
The Paris Award Ceremony takes place every year at the end of the year. For this occasion, final nominees to the annual Edition of the Festival are invited by plane and hosted in Paris during the Ceremony.
From and until when can I apply?
Applications require a two-steps process. Step one is the online registration on our website (link), which is open from end of January to October 31st. Once registered, applicants need to go through step 2 and upload their ShortDoc to the Shortfilmdepot platform (link and tutorial) also before October 31st. Although both steps are under the same deadline, it is highly recommended to register online (step 1) long before the deadline, before starting to produce your ShortDoc and before uploading it, as it will allow you to exchange with our team and get proper advises on how to make a good ShortDoc.
Which are the 38 megacities I can shoot in?
Building on the Demographia World Urban Areas, 15th Annual Edition: 2019:04 report, MegaCities-ShortDocs decided to take into account the following 38 megacities: Tokyo, Jakarta, Delhi, Seoul-Incheon, Manila, Mumbai, Karachi, Shanghai, New York, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Mexico City, Guangzhou-Foshan, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Moscow, Dhaka, Cairo, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Kolkata, Buenos Aires, Tehran, Istanbul, Lagos, Shenzhen, Rio de Janeiro, Kinshasa, Tianjin, Lima, Paris, Chengdu, Lahore, London, Bangalore, Ho Chi Minh City, Nagoya, Chenmai, Bogotá.
How can I apply to the contest?
All applications must be done, through our website. Once the registration platform is open, applicants must fill the ShortDoc Maker registration form (name, first name, email address, description of the ShortDoc, the megacity where the ShortDoc was shooted and other personal details) and accept the Festival’s terms and conditions. Then, applicants will have to upload their ShortDoc, a short description and a picture which best represents the short documentary film into a specific digital platform (shortfilmdepot).
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Facilitator & Service Supporting Partners
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- Ibis Paris Bastille Opéra & Ibis Paris Bercy Village
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- Salesforce
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Universities & Schools
Media
NGO & Global Organizations
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- Carlos MORENO – Honorary President
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- Jean-François PENCIOLELLI
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- Positive Planet
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- Le projet Imagine
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