41st Tampere International Short Film Festival

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REGULATIONS - INTERNATIONAL COMPETION 2011

1. OBJECTIVES

The 41st Tampere International Short Film Festival will take place in March 9.-13, 2011. Tampere Film Festival is a short film festival with an International and National Competition. The Competitions are open and free to submit a film. The festival is organized by the association Tampere Film Festival and it receives financial support from the City of Tampere, the Finnish Film Foundation, the Ministry of Education and culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union Media-programme, Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture in Finland and other public and private partners. The Festival is acknowledged by the International Federation of Film Producers Association FIAPF/IFFPA and abides by its instructions and regulations. It is a member of the International Short Film Conference ISFC.

2. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Admitted are all films and videos of all genres not exceeding length of 30 minutes. Films must have been completed January 1st, 2009 or after. The selection will be made on completed productions. In exceptional cases the Festival reserves the right to accept films of longer duration. Films which have been shown or awarded at other international film festivals are eligible.

3. DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION

The submission deadline is December 1, 2010. The following material has to be sent together with each submitted film:

1) a DVD or Blu-ray of the film (max 3 films per disc)
2) a FULLY filled entry form (via Online Submission)
3) a complete list of dialogue, commentary and/or text inserts in original language AND in English (via Online Submission)
4) at least 1 photo (via Online Submission)

For preview screenings only DVD and Blu-ray discs will be accepted. Discs must be sent by mail or courier service and carry the declaration: "FOR TEMPORARY, CULTURAL PURPOSE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL VALUE."

Submission is possible also through Reelport (www.reelport.com)

4. SELECTION

The Festival will select the films for the International Competition from all entered contributions during December 2010 and January 2011. Entrants will be notified of the selection results by mid-February 2011.

5. SHIPPING PROCEDURE

Remember to mark all the dispatches: "FOR TEMPORARY, CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL VALUE."

a) Entry forms (via Online submission) and preview copies and other required material must be received by December 1, 2010 at the following address:
(by mail) Tampere Film Festival, P.O. BOX 305, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
(by courier service) Tampere Film Festival, Tullikamarin aukio 2, FIN-33100 Tampere, Finland
(film department) tel. +358 3 213 0034, fax +358 3 223 0121, email: filmdept@tamperefilmfestival.fi

b) Festival screening copies of selected films must be sent by courier service to the address above. Dispatches from non-EU-member states must be accompanied by a pro forma invoice amounting to max. 100 USD (no higher amounts will be accepted by the Festival.)

6. RETURN OF THE SCREENING COPIES

The screening copies will be returned within two weeks after the Festival to the return address given to the Festival two weeks before the festival starts (except DVD's and Blu-rays). The festival must be notified of any changes in the return address before the beginning of the Festival. The shipping costs to Tampere must be paid by the sender. Return expenses will be covered by the Festival. Preview copies will not be returned.

7. INSURANCE

The films will be insured by the Festival for the whole time of their being in the Festival´s possession. The insurance will follow the instructions of FIAPF.

8. FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

For festival screenings the Festival accepts 16 mm and 35 mm film prints, Betacam SP PAL and DigiBeta PAL, DVD (region 0/2 PAL) and Blu-ray (region 0/2 PAL). The screening copies must be at the Festival office by February 14, 2011. The films will be electronically subtitled in both Finnish and English. This will, however, only be done if a dialogue list/post-production transcript has been sent in due time to the Festival Office (see point 3).

9. JURIES AND PRIZES

The organizers will nominate an International Jury of five members, one of whom is Finnish. The jury will award the following prizes to the film directors:

1) Grand Prix: Festival trophy "Kiss" & 5000 € for the best film in the International Competition
2) three Category Prizes: Festival trophy "Kiss" & 1500 € each
3) Diplomas of Merit. A Diploma of Merit will be awarded to the best film of the International Competition voted by the audience. A Participation Diploma will be given to every film selected to participate on the International Competition.

10. DIGITISED INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM MARKET

A digitised Film Market will be open during the Festival. All the preview copies are automatically entered in the Film Market and made available for individual viewing for accredited professionals only. The Festival will digitise each submitted film for the Film Market in co-operation with Reelport. If the entrant does not want to have the film digitised for the film market, it should be notified when entering the film to the competition.

11. NON-SPECIFIED CASES

The Festival Directorate will decide on any cases of doubt which have not been mentioned in these regulations (in accordance with FIAPF International Regulations). Participation in the Festival implies recognition without reservation of these regulations and the entry form (in accordance with the regulations).

Tampere Film Festival PL 305, 33101 Tampere Finland
Tel .+358 3 223 5681