25 FPS
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
23 – 28 SEPTEMBER 2008, ZAGREB, CROATIA
The 4th Edition
25 FPS REGULATIONS
25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival is organized by the 25 FPS Association for Audio-visual Research in Zagreb, Croatia.
CATEGORY
Short experimental film and video up to 20 minutes.
25 FPS is looking for works that use conceptual and technological possibilities 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.
DATES
Deadline for submission: May 1st 2008
Festival dates: 23 - 28 September 2008
Selection results: June 15th 2008
PARTICIPATION
Works produced after 1st of January 2006 are applicable for the Competition.
Accepted formats of the preview copies are DVDs.
The preview tape must be sent together with filled out and signed entry form, including full contact details.
If the film has dialogue in language other than Croatian or English, the preview tape must be subtitled in English, or accompanied with printed dialogue list.
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.
Please indicate "For cultural purposes only, no commercial value" outside of the package or you may be required to pay customs duties.
Send the entry form and preview tape by the 1st of May 2008 to:
25 FPS
Poljana Zdenka Mikine 10
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Please note: films received in Zagreb after 15th of May will not be considered.
SELECTION AND SCREENINGS
The Festival Committee will contact the authors of all selected films by the 15th of June 2008.
35 mm and 16 mm film, Digital Betacam PAL, Betacam SP PAL are accepted screening formats of selected films.
The screening copy must be in Zagreb by 10th of September at latest, if it isn't arranged differently.
Because of the specific nature of the Festival's catalogue, it is required to send 4 or more stills in high resolution JPEG format (300 dpi).
Programmed works may be excerpted (max. 30 sec 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 DVDs.
COPIES AND SHIPPING
All master tapes and film prints will be returned within two weeks after the Festival's ending at Festival’s expense to the address stated in the entry form together with the Festival's catalogue. 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 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 her/his work to be available in the library, she/he has to specify it in the printed and signed entry form.
AWARDS
1. Three Jury Prizes - Members of the international jury (3) will 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.
The Festival organizer will send the award to the winning author or producer's address. The Festival organizer will consult them 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
POLJANA ZDENKA MIKINE 10
10 000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
T: +385 (0)1 37 55 281
F: +385 (0)1 37 56 335
E-MAIL: [email protected]
WEB: www.25fps.hr