The Fifth 25 FPS will take place from 22nd to 27th September 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 1st of May 2009 (please note: films received in Zagreb later then 20th of May 2009 will not be considered)
SELECTION RESULTS: beginning of July 2009
ENTRY FORM: www.shortfilmdepot.com

ABOUT   
25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival is organized by the 25 FPS Association for Audio-visual Research in Zagreb, Croatia. 25 FPS promotes works that aim to use every conceptual, technological and production possibility of film and video, works that relate to the tradition of experimental and avant-garde film making in an innovative way, works that reveal new forms of the moving image.

PARTICIPATION   
Experimental works up to 20 minutes produced after JANUARY 1st 2007 are applicable for the Competition Program. Accepted formats of the PREVIEW copies are DVDs (PAL & NTSC!).

If it's non-Croatian or non-English speaking film, preview has to be subtitled to English, or it won't be considered for Competition Program.

The preview DVD must be sent together with filled out and signed entry form, dialogue list, and received in Festival office by the MAY 20th at the latest.

Delivery cost for the preview will be borne by the applicant. All preview tapes will be added to the 25 FPS archives and will NOT be returned.

When sending your work, please indicate "For cultural purposes only, no commercial value" on the outside of the package or you may be required to pay customs duties.

SELECTION   
The list of selected works will be published on Festival's website from JUNE 15th.
Festival will NOT inform ALL the authors who applied to the Festival, but only ones selected for the Competition.

SCREENINGS    
The Festival will contact all authors of selected films to send all the materials to our e-mails by the mid JULY:
• 4 high resolution stills (JPEG format, 300 dpi),
• biography and filmography,
• synopsis,
• festival history and awards,
• full credit list, including production and distribution addresses,
• dialogue list in English (if any.

Screening tapes and film prints subtitled to English (if non-English speaking film) must be in Zagreb on the 10th of SEPTEMBER at the latest if it isn't arranged differently.

SCREENING FORMATS  
35 mm, 16 mm film, Digital Betacam PAL, Betacam SP PAL are screening formats for the Competition Program.
Programmed works may be excerpted (max. 30'' of running time) for television and other promotional, non-commercial, and educational purposes, and may be screened up to three (3) times during the Festival.

Festival Selection Committee has the right to refuse any work which is of a dubious technical condition, and which may cause problems during the screening, including non-PAL formats and DVs or DVDs.

COPIES AND SHIPPING
All master tapes and film prints will be returned within two weeks after the Festival at the Festival’s expense to the address stated in the entry form. In case of loss or damage during the period between receipt and return, the responsibility of the Festival is limited to covering the costs of replacement of the print. Any complaint regarding the condition of film prints must be made within 30 days after the date of their return shipment. If sending by the EMS (DHL, Federal Express, UPS...), dispatches must be accompanied by a pro forma invoice amounting to a maximum of 10 EUR or 10 USD.

All previews will be kept in the Festival's archive and may be consulted at leisure. The organizer undertakes to use these copies exclusively for its own, strictly cultural, educational and non-commercial purposes, educational projects or for Festival's presentations and tributes in Croatia or abroad.

VIDEO LIBRARY
All preview DVDs submitted for the Competition will automatically be available at the video library for the professionals. If the author doesn't want his/her work to be available in the library, he/she has to specify it in the printed and signed entry form. 

AWARDS
1. Three Jury Prizes: Members of the international jury (3) give three equal cash prizes. Each member of the jury will give one prize. Each prize amounts to 500 Euro.
2. Croatian Society of Film Critics Award
3. Audience Award
4. 25 FPS Award: Handed by 25 FPS Association (the Festival's organizer)

The Festival will consult the winning author, producer or distributor for the precise instructions considering money award transfer.

OTHER
Cases not covered by these regulations will be considered directly by the Festival's Committee in compliance with the regulations of international festivals of short film. In case of litigation, only the courts of the City of Zagreb shall be competent and have jurisdiction.

CONTACT
25 FPS
VLAŠKA 70
10000 ZAGREB
T/F: +385 (0)1 457 22 03
info(at)25fps.hr