International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults “A Puppet is a Human Too” (10)

Festival Start: 12 Oktober 2015      Festival Ende: 20 Oktober 2015

Feel invited to submit your film to Animated Film Competition for Young Artists organized within the scheme of International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults which takes place in Warsaw (Poland), 12 - 20 October, 2015.

International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults is a festival that combines two worlds, the world of theatre and cinema. This year we decided to extend its formula with International Animated Film Competition for Young Artists (age limit for entrants is 30 years) which aims at presenting and promoting animated films for adults.

Apart from the competition the festival film programme includes a section devoted to William Kentridge,one of the world masters of animation (including an amazing documentary by Alex Gabassi "Anything Is Possible" ), awarded films from the 8th International Animated Film Festival Animator/2015 in Poznan,music animation section curated by the ciritc Nancy Phelps (including the Fleischer Borthers films) and a master class presented by Itamar Daube, a professor at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art in Israel. The festival film section will take place in Warsaw from 15- 17 October, 2015.

Geldpreise: 4,000€

- GRAND PRIX – 2.500 PLN
- 2nd Prize – 1.500 PLN
- 3 rd Prize – 1.000 PLN
- Distinctions

REGULATIONS

The 1st International Animated Film Competition for Young Artists organized within the scheme of International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults which takes place in Warsaw (Poland),
12-20 October, 2015.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The 1st International Animated Film Competition for Young Artists (age limit for entrants is 30 years) is held from 15 - 17 October 2015 in Warsaw, Poland.

2. The Festival’s distinctive characteristic is its focus on animated films realized by young people and its international character. It aims at presentation and popularization of animated films for adults.

PROGRAMME

3. The Festival programme consists of the following sections:
- International Animated Film Competition for Young Artists,
- Special screenings,
- Master class,
- Exhibition.

ORGANISATION

4. Unia Teatr is the Organiser of the Festival in cooperation with Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and Municipal Office of the Capital City of Warsaw and other co-organisers.

COMPETITION STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS

5. Art schools, film schools, production companies, film institutions, independent artists and other entitled may submit films to the competition. Entrants are required to fill in an entry form.

6. Entrants can submit to the Competition:short animated films created in any animation technique, up to 20 minutes, completed after 31st December 2013. The same film cannot enter the Competition
twice.

7. Following the decisions of Selection Board, Festival Art Director nominates submitted films for competition screening.

COMPETITION SELECTION

8. The selection of films for competition is restricted to films submitted on time and as defined by these Regulations.

10. International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults
Warsaw (Poland), 12-20 October, 2015
www.lalkatezczlowiek.eu

9. The Organiser shall accept films submitted to the selection as downloadable online high quality digital video file (via festhome.com) to an e-mail address: film.festival@lalkatezczlowiek.

The Organiser reserves the right not to accept a film for the Competition due to its unsatisfactory technical quality.

10. For a film to be accepted for selection one is required to:
- fill in an entry form (attached)
. send a preview downloadable online high quality digital video file (via festhome.com)
-send film materials (high resolution film stills (300dpi), a brief synopsis of the film, dialogue list in English) to an e-mail address: film.festival@lalkatezczlowiek.eu

11. The Festival does not charge any fees for film submissions.

12. The deadline for sending entry forms and materials for selection is 5th September 2015.

13. Entrants are responsible for the legal title to the film entry for the Festival.

COMPETITION

14. Entrants shall be given notice of their film’s admittance by e-mail, fax or post at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the Festival (only authors/producers of films selected for the competition will
be contacted). A shortlist of films will be compiled and published on the website
www.lalkatezczlowiek.eu prior to 15th September 2015.

15. After receiving information about film shortlisted, entrants are obliged to send the following documents to the Organisers within 7 days:
- Festival film copy
- Good quality photographs (300 dpi)
- Summary
- Short CV and photo of the author
- Dialogue list in English

16. The following data storage media are accepted for the competition screenings:
- high quality digital video file
Resolution:
4:3 PAL 768x576 (square pixel)
16:9 PAL 1024x576 (square pixel)
HD 1280x720
- Codec
MP4, MOV (codek H.264/MPEG4 AVC)
WMV (codek VC-1)

10. International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults
Warsaw (Poland), 12-20 October, 2015
www.lalkatezczlowiek.eu
- English subtitles should be burned onto the video (burned in subtitles)

17. The above have to be sent by 20th September 2015 to film.festival@lalkatezczlowiek.eu

18. The author is obliged to have copyrights to the music used in the film.

PRIZES

19. The International Competition Jury appointed by the Organisers will award the following statutory
prizes:
- GRAND PRIX – 2.500 PLN
- 2nd Prize – 1.500 PLN
- 3 rd Prize – 1.000 PLN
- Distinctions

20. Individual Prizes not included in the Regulations, funded by private persons, institutions and organisations, may be awarded after an agreement with the Organisers.

SCREENINGS

21. Entrants grant the Festival their right to use promotional materials delivered for Festival publications(printed material, Festival website) and for the Festival promotion in media for free.

22. Entrants grant the Festival the right to use promotional materials and parts of their films (trailers or max. 2-minute long film parts/20% of the film duration) for all Festival promotional activities for free.

23. Producers of awarded films give their consent to 10 free screenings of awarded films organised after the end of the Festival in Poland and abroad. Additional screenings require a written consent of the
producer.

24. Additional shows and TV presentations of awarded films shall be held under separate agreements.

25. The Organiser has the right to use parts of the films shown at the Festival (trailer or 2-minute long parts/ 20% of the film duration) and promotional materials for subsequent editions of the Festival

FINAL REMARKS

26. Submitting a film for the Festival shall be tantamount to the acceptance of these Regulations.

27. The Festival Organisers are not responsible for violation of third-persons rights due to the use of films sent to the Festival, unless such violation is at fault of the Organiser.

28. The Organisers represented by Festival Director shall decide on all issues not covered by these Regulations.

29. In the event of any doubt the binding version shall be the Polish version of the Regulations.