«LAMP» International film festival of socially oriented short films, videos and social advertising (0)

Festival start: 30 November 2017      Festival end: 30 November 2017

Every year entries reveal stories about people, volunteers, who contribute to changing people’s lives within their communities and around the world.

In 2017, the theme of the festival is «Human. Action. Choice».

Festival is popular among both amateurs and professional filmmakers, concerned with solving socially significant problems worldwide. NGOs, volunteers, groups of activists and young people, interested in developing of creative potential and making our world a better place submit entries annually to the Jury of the Festival.

In June 2017, the cinematic platform was presented in the framework of the International conference EDUCATION#INFOCUS at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland). It was highly estimated by international experts, who highlighted the importance of promoting volunteer values through the language of cinematography.

1. Winners are determined for each nomination according to the results of the Competition.

2. At least 3 winners will be determined in each nomination.

3. All winners of the Competition will be awarded with Diplomas, valuable prizes from the Organizers and Partners of the film Festival.

4. The best submissions will receive organizational and informational support, and will be recommended for practical implementation.

5. Works of winners will be placed in the mass media with mandatory indication of the authors.

6. Awarding of the Film Festival winners will be held at the Awards Ceremony within the
framework of Closing Ceremony of the International Forum «Volunteer of Russia 2017» in Perm, Russia.

OBJECTIVES OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

1. Developing such a system in the information space, which promotes ideas of volunteering and charity, social activity of children and youth, resolving of social problems of the local community with the help of cinematographic means of artistic expression.

2. Searching for «new heroes» who are capable of social achievement beyond the call of duty, who set moral guidelines and solve social problems of those, who found themselves in a difficult life situation.

3. Creation of conditions for establishing of amateur and professional cinematographic studios for children and youth.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

1. Participants of the Film Festival are determined on the basis of the Competitive Selection of socially-oriented short films, videos and social advertising (hereafter – the Competition).

2. The Competition is open to everyone who wishes to participate (individually or groups) without age restrictions, who submitted all necessary documents in accordance with terms and conditions of the Competition.
«Special focus» - exclusive nomination for children and youth between 10 and 18 years old.

3. Entries are to be submitted through the website of the Film Festival. Each entry should be accompanied by a completed Application. The application is a document, which is necessary to include films in the general list of entries.

4. The relevant content of chosen topics is to comply with the nominations of the Competition.

5. One participant (group) can submit no more than 5 entries in any nominations.

6. Entry should be a socially-oriented dramatic or documentary short film with a duration of no more than 20 minutes, social video clip with a duration no more than 3 minutes, social advertising with a duration no more than 1 minutes.

7. All entries are to comply with the main subject of the Film Festival.

8. The Organizing Committee has the right not to include any material in the Competition without explaining the reasons.

9. All submissions must follow the regulations of the Russian Federation, including the law of the Russian Federation «On narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances», the law of the Russian Federation «On the mass media» and the law of the Russian Federation «On advertising».

10. The Organizers of the Film Festival reserve the right to use entries, submitted to the Competition, before the official announcement of the winners (with the obligatory indication of author’s name) without paying a monetary reward to the author. Once materials have been sent, they will not be returned and reviewed. The Organizing Committee is not responsible for any complaints from the persons and (or) organizations appearing in submitted entries, in case of showing or online publishing and distribution in mass media

11. All submissions are free of charge.

NOMINATIONS. REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRIES

1. The nominations are following:
1.1. «Social video clip» – a short video sketch, demonstrating the subject of the Film Festival in the original and artistic way. The video should be concise, have an unambiguous interpretation, an optimal combination of image and text. The video can be filmed using any device.
1.2. «Social advertisement» – an advertising message, containing the popularization of the leading universal values, attracting the society attention to socially significant problems, contributing to the shaping of public opinion on challenges of social significance. The entry, its content, a plot, acting persons and characters must not contradict the laws of the Russian Federation (the Federal Law of 13.03.2006 No. 38-FL «On Advertising») and these Regulations:
• the text is meant to be short, concise, unique;
• the presence of emotional coloring, which are colors, lights, printing type, illustrations and etc.;
• the absence of information that does not correspond to reality (invalid date);
1.3. «Short film» (documentary or dramatic format) – a full-length short film with a certain meaning, storyline and characters.

2. Requirements for entries: codec (preferably) H.264, container — MP4, MPEG. Video resolution is preferably 1920*1080 (Full HD, 1080), not less than 720х576. The frequency of sound from 24 kHz and more. Compression of sound in video clips: MP3, WAV, AAC.

3. It is obligatory for each entry to have captions: first and last names of all participants of the project (including the people involved), and the date of publication.

4. Entries must be posted on the «YouTube» service in the mode of «Open access» or «Access by link» until the results of the Film Festival are announced. The link to the contest video has to be placed in the Film Festival Application.

5. All entries submitted in time are allowed to be selected for the Competition if their content complies with declared nominations and topics of the Film Festival, mentioned in these Regulations.

6. All submissions should be life-asserting, calling for creation, partnership, desire to change their views and the way of life towards positive actions. Submissions should morally and spiritually enrich the audience, promote patriotic ideas, cultural and historical heritage, social activity, volunteering, charity, change the values towards kindness and tolerance.

7. Examples of awarded submissions of previous years are available at the website of the Film Festival www.eng.lampakino.ru.