ENTRY FORM

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Along with its primary role as a film festival The International Student Film and Video Festival FILOFEST is accompanied by additional programme in the form of lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions, social happenings and other events.





The competition part of the programme is open exclusively to independent student films, whose authors must be amateurs without formal film education. The films must be made in home production without any help from professional production companies and/or film schools and academies. The non-competition part of the programme is open exclusively to films directed by students of film academies or film schools (films that have been produced and/or co-produced by film academies or film schools).
The festival accepts fiction, documentary, animated and experimental films. The festival reserves the right to show any film, which does not fall into any of these four categories. The festival accepts short and feature films; there is no length limitation.





The producer or the copyright owner of the film chooses a category in which he or she wants the film to appear. In case the film does not meet the criteria for the chosen category, the festival is entitled to transfer the film to another category.

A printed out copy of the application form, which has to be correctly filled out and signed, has to be enclosed in the package, together with two selection copies of the film in DVD PAL format, region free. Each DVD can contain one film only. In case the applicant sends more than one film, each of the films has to be on a separate DVD. Along with the printed out application form and two copies of the film on DVD, the applicant has to enclose a CD with the following files: a text file with the short synopsis of the film, a text file with the complete cast list, photos from the film, photo of the director, a text file with the biography and filmography of the director, and a text file with the original dialogue list. Applicants should not send the obligatory enclosures on paper or via email.

All submitted films have to be subtitled in English unless the dialogues are in clear English. The same rule applies to both selection copies. Only exceptionally and subject to agreement with the category selector can a copy without subtitles be sent for selection, provided that a full dialogue list in English is enclosed with the application form. The selection copy is used as the screening copy.

Selection closes by 5 November 2010. Results of the selection will be published on the festival website (www.filofest.com) within ten days after the closing of the selection.





The festival has the right to present submitted films free of charge and in any format for promotional purposes. The festival has the right to screen any submitted film in the "Best of Filofest" selection for a maximum of three (3) times on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia and for a maximum of three (3) times abroad.

The festival provides accommodation for foreign authors selected into the competition programmes (one author per entry). The festival will however help other authors in finding suitable accommodation upon request. The festival does not cover travel expenses. The festival will help the authors in finding sponsors for travel expenses. Potential sponsors are embassies of foreign countries in Slovenia, cultural centres or institutes, and other suitable organisations.





When applying for selection, the original application form and all required documents have to be enclosed with the selection copies. Selection copies have to be in DVD PAL format. The material is to be sent to the festival address:

FILOFEST
Filozofska fakulteta
Askerceva 2
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Europe

With "FOR SELECTION - DO NOT OPEN" written on the package.


Material sent in the last 10 days before the deadline should be sent via fast mail (UPS, DHL, FEDEX, etc.) and the festival should be notified via email. On the package containing the DVDs a visible declaration has to be written "NO COMMERCIAL VALUE / CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY / FESTIVAL PRE-SELECTION". The DVDs have to have the title of the film written on them. Expenses for sending the copy are covered by the applicant.

It is obligatory for the applicants to meet the deadline. It is not possible to apply after the deadline. Applications sent after the deadline and incomplete applications will not be accepted. Applications are valid if they were SENT before the deadline (the date on the postmark applies). This year's call for entries opens on 1st September 2010 and closes on 15th October. Packages sent before 1st September 2010 and after 15th October will not be accepted into selection.

There is no application fee. The festival does not return selection copies. After having sent the selection copy, the applicant is required to inform the festival via email. The applicant has to give his or her name, contact number, date of sending the package, title of the film and the AWB number if possible (only for air mail). For further information visit our website at www.filofest.com or send us an e-mail at info@filofest.com.



The festival jury consists of at least three members, one of which is the president of the jury. No one who has participated in making of any of the films entered in the competition part of the festival programme can be a member of the jury.

The jury can only present awards to films entered in the competition part of the programme. The jury presents awards for best film, best directing, best screenplay, best performance, best fiction film, best documentary film, best animated film, and best experimental film. All winning films receive awards. The main award of the festival, the award for best film, will receive a cash prize of €500.00. The award for best film is presented to the producer of the winning film. The jury has the right not to present an award in any of the categories. The jury can award a special recognition to films, when it so chooses. This recognition is called "Special mention by the jury" and is not a material award.

The festival reserves the right to give out special awards. The festival may permit domestic or international organisations to present their own awards. Should an organisation decide to do so, it is obliged to provide the festival with the rules for presenting such an award and secure the prize fund.





The festival is the only one responsible for the protocol and is entitled to freely compose the schedule of projections and other accompanying programme.





Equal conditions apply for all students who enter the festival. They are all bound by these festival rules. By applying their film to the festival, the applicants agree to an unconditional acceptance of these rules. In case of any dilemma, the Slovenian language version of the Rules and regulations is valid. The festival director has the right of decision about anything not specified in these Rules and regulations.





The festival film archives include selection copies of every film that has ever applied for festival selection. The festival is entitled to use films from its archives for the promotion of FILOFEST at other festivals and events and for other projections with the aim of promoting the festival. The festival may also use the films for educational purposes at the workshops organised by the festival.