DEADLINE JUNE, 30 2009
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Entry Form for ALL CATEGORIES35mm - HD 720p - DVCAM - DV - DVD - HD BLU RAY
IMAGINARIA 2010 Festival Dates: Conversano August 2010
CALL FOR ENTRYFINAL DEADLINE: june 30, 2010
Submitting your film for selection to the Imaginaria Film Festival automatically gives you different benefits:
1) IMAGINARIA Awards 2010 - if selected (deadline june 30, 2010)
2) Your film will be automatically listed in our FILMMARKET SECTION, an online catalogue listing Imaginaria participants. Allows Distributors, Agents, Web Content Buyers and other industry professionals to contact you directly 3) IMAGINARIA On Tour - The Imaginaria takes our hottest films on a non-stop trip to film festivals, screenings, and events around the world.
* Monthly Screening Series - audience elected monthly winners will be entered into the annual Imaginaria Audience Award competition.
RULES & REGULATIONS
To submit your film to the Imaginaria Film Festival, please read our eligibility requirements below.If you're able to comply with these rules, please complete our online APPLICATION.Enter your information in the required fields, print the form, and sign it. Then simply send it along with your DVD with Italian or English subtitles and press kit (see "what to send" ) to:
IMAGINARIA FILM FESTIVAL P.O. BOX 50
Note: All international submissions please clearly mark "NO COMMERCIAL VALUE - FOR CULTURAL PURPOSE ONLY" on your packages.
If you have any questions please link to the contacts section.
ELIGIBILITY
Films must have been completed after December 2007.
Running time for feature films must be no more then 20 minutes for shorts.
Short Films/videos must not have received italian network television distribution (including cable and PAY-TV). Competitive entries must not have commercial distribution in Italy to be eligible.
Foreign films submitted to the Festival must be subtitled in Italian or English.
Entries with Master Digital Supports (Blu Ray, DVD - HD 720p, DVCAM, DV) must be made available for presentation at least three (3) weeks before the event date.
Submissions are only accepted on DVD (PAL or NTSC). Entries, as well as accompanying materials, will NOT be returned and will become property of the organization and its archive.
Those selected for screening during the IMAGINARIA Awards will be notified at least one(1) month before the event starts by telephone or e-mail.
Those selected for the monthly screenings will be notified at least thirty (30) days before the event date by telephone or e-mail.
One official entry form must accompany each individual submission.
Film producers must also agree to include in future promotion material the mention of the participation at the Imaginaria Independent Film Festival, the relevant section and any award received, along with the official IMAGINARIA LOGO.
The works already sent to the previous editions of “Imaginaria Film Festival ” will not be admitted.
THE JURY
IMAGINARIA AWARD recepients are determined by a jury of professional filmmakers, actors, distributors, agents and journalists.IMAGINARIA AUDIENCE AWARD is determined by audience votes.All awards will be split equally between the director and the production company of the film as shown in the credits.
IMAGINARIA AWARDS
The prizes and special mentions for international competition:- Best International short Film- Best animated short- Best animated feature- Best direction- Best actor/actress - Best screenplay- Best soundtrack
Up to 50 films will be selected as finalists in the Imaginaria Awards competition. The winners ill be chosen by a jury of entertainment industry professionals, and announced at the Gala Ceremony.
WHAT TO SEND
The following items MUST accompany all entry forms or will otherwise be returned.
- DVD with English or Italian subtitles.- Short Synopsis (on CD Rom)- One line Synopsis (on CD Rom)- Director's Biography (on CD Rom)- n.1 B&W or color stills of director (we prefer JPEG/TIFF 300 DPI on CD Rom)- n.2 B&W or color stills of film (we prefer JPEG/TIFF 300 DPI on CD Rom)- Complete principal cast/credits list (on CD Rom)
These items may be used in our catalogue or web site and may be released to the news media in order to promote selected films.
NOTICE: As part of our mission statement, our organization may refer names and contacts of submitting filmmakers to independent distributors, creative agencies, press and internet companies. Tapes and other related materials, however, remain in the strict possession of the Festival's archive.
Application Fee:
Submission is free.
Mailing address: IMAGINARIA FILM FESTIVAL P.O. BOX 50 - Casa delle ArtiConversano 70014 - Italy
