REGULATIONS
OF THE IV INTERNATIONAL TOURFILM FESTIVAL
P£OCK 2009
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There are the following organizers of International Tourfilm Festival in P³ock ( International Tourfilm Festival P³ock): Business Integration Group Ltd., Foundation "EUROPE 2004" and the Office of the City P³ock.
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The Festival is managed by the Festival Board, composed of Organizers representatives.
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Presentation and evaluation of the audio-visual productions, of their artistic level and essential content is the aim of the Festival. Festival supports also development of national and foreign tourism as well as it helps in international promotion of submitted movie productions.
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International promotion of the City of P³ock is also the aim of the Festival.
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International Tourfilm Festival in P³ock ( INTERNATIONAL TOURFILM FESTIVAL P£OCK) is a member of International Committee of Tourfilm Festivals - C. I. F. F. T. ( Comité International des Festivals du Film Touristique) with a seat in Vienna.
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The programme of the Festival includes also seminars, discussions and experience exchange among representatives of tour trade, authors, journalists as well as concurrent cultural, social and commercial events.
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1. Festival accepts films, television productions and spots promoting tourism and leisure time activities, as well as commercial interests in tourism.
2. Movies presenting nature, history, tradition, culture ( culinary culture, folklore, artistic craft) of different regions of the world take part in MFFT too.
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The statutory prizes of international competition are awarded in the following categories:
1. GRAND PRIX for the best film of the Festival;
2. Spot promoting country, region or city;
3. Commercial Spot (advertising: Travel Agencies, hotels, services, products);
4. Tourist Film - film or documentary programme on tourism and travels presenting history, tradition and local culture (art, architecture, craft, folklore, cuisine, nature, landscape values) - maximum length 60 min.;
5. Ecology film - presenting nature and promoting nature conservation;
6. The best pictures;
7. The best screenplay;
8. The movie about P³ock.
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Jury will award also in the category: The best Polish Tourist Film.
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The selective committee appointed by Board of the Festival will choose movies from submitted productions for the movie competition. Committee can in well-founded case change category of submitted production or to direct it to not competes section.
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The competitive productions are evaluated by international Jury, appointed every year by Board of the Festival. Jury consists of movie and television creators, experts from tour trade, critics and movie producers. Decision of Jury is final. The members of Jury can not submit their own productions to movie competition.
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1. International Jury will give statutory awards cited in § 7. Every production can be awarded by more than one award.
2. Jury and Board of the Festival can also give extra-schedule special awards.
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The president of the City of P³ock will award his own award, independently of decision of the Jury.
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Applications
1. Productions should be submitted in at least two copies.
- Films should be registrated in the tipical formats : VCD, DVD Video, PAL 725x576, aspect 4:3 or 16:9.
- Sound - track schould be coded in dolby digital or Linaear PCM.
- Prefered languages versions of video spots and films are Polish and English.
- If film contains soundtracks or subtitles in different languages than polish or english, VCD or DVD schould be contain interactive menu with language direct choice.
2. In ITF 2009 movies produced in years 2006-2009 can take part.
3. Copies of the films should be sent together with application form to address: INTERNATIONAL TOURFILM FESTIVAL, ul. ¦mia³a 5/7/30 01-523 Warszawa, Poland.
4. For promotion purposes, summaries of subject, photos ( format .jpg or .gif) as well as promotion materials can be joint to every production.
5. Costs of delivering the movies to the Office of Festival in Warsaw are covered by the participants. We do not give back sent materials.
6. Deadline of submissions ends on 15th April 2009.
7. Movie submitted to the movie competition has to be in perfect technical state and ready for presentation.
8. Both cover and carrier must contain the following information: title, time of duration, language of production.
9. Every production has to be delivered on separate carrier.
10. Board of the Festival is not responsible for damages resulted from delivery of the films.
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The submission of production to the festival competition is free.
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1. Every participant is responsible for content of submitted work and for eventual problems related to copyright.
2. Person who submits a movie has every rights to present submitted production according to regulation of the Festival.
3. Board of the Festival is not responsible towards third parties.
4. Board has right to reject movies or spots if their content or technical quality does not satisfy conditions of the Festival.
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By signing the application form every participant agrees to use a film or a spot for free to promote the festival and during festival projections.
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The submission of production means full acceptance of all points of above mentioned regulation.
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