24th WORLD FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILM – ANIMAFEST 2014 REGULATIONS

The 24th World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Films for Children Competition Zagreb (hereinafter: Festival) is an international competition 1.Selection preview of the film: DVD or file with technical  Best film for children festival of short animated films that will be held in Zagreb specifications: Format: Quicktime or MPEG4; Codec: H264; Commissioned Films Competition from 3 to 8 June 2014. FPS: Native; Resolution: Full or Native. Films with dialogues  Best Commissioned Film or narration in languages other than English must have “Mr. M” Award – audience award GENERAL CONDITIONS English subtitles. Best School – award to an educational Animafest’s submissions are open to films applying all 2. Screening copy: 35 mm, Digital Betacam PAL, HDCAM institution for the best choice of films submitted for animation techniques, including combinations of live action (PAL), DCP – no KDM encryption key. The Festival reserves selection (at the discretion of the Student Competition and animation. Over 50% of the production must consist of the right to refuse a screening copy of dubious technical Selection Committee) animated sequences. Films must be completed after 1 condition that may cause problems during the screening. January 2012 and with maximum running time of 30 Films with dialogues or narration in languages other than The Festival may permit other Croatian or international minutes. Films previously entered at Animafest will not be English must have English subtitles. organizations or institutions to present their own awards. taken into consideration. Should they wish to do so, they must supply the Festival FILM SELECTION Organizers with their own award regulations, prior to the Films can be submitted for one of the following competition Films are selected by international selection committees Festival opening. categories: Grand Competition, Student Competition, Films whose members are chosen from the ranks of animation for Children Competition, Commissioned Film Competition. experts. The Festival Council appoints selection committees RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSOBILITIES NOTE: Films suitable for children that are submitted for whose duty is to preview each work entered on time and to Each applicant declares to be the author or rights owner of Grand or Student Competition category can also be decide which of them are to be accepted for festival the submitted film(s) and to own all literary, dramatic and submitted for the Films for Children Competition category. competition programs (Grand Competition, Student musical rights. The producers and directors of award- Competition, Films for Children Competition, Commissioned winning films should mention the name of the prize, the There is no entry fee required. Online entry forms are Films Competition) and which for panorama programs year and the name of the Festival (World Festival of available on the official Festival website: (Grand Panorama, Student Panorama). The decision of the Animafest Film – Animafest Zagreb) in all advertising www.animafest.hr/en. Submission deadline is 1 February Selection Committee is final. materials. 2014. The list of films selected for the competition will be announced at the Festival’s official website not later than 1 Selection previews of the films will not be returned, but will The Festival does not pay screening fees for the works April 2014. All participants will be notified regarding the be included in the Festival’s library. The Festival reserves selected for the Competition and Panorama programs. selection results. Each director whose film is chosen for the the right to use the films for strictly non-commercial, official festival program will be contacted by the festival educational purposes. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE management for hospitality arrangements. The Festival has the right to use all materials related to the - For each film the applicant is required to fill out a submission as well as a film excerpt up to maximum 10 per separate online entry form and submit a selection SCREENING COPY TRANSPORT cent of the total length of the film for promotional preview of the film and additional materials The sender bears the cost of sending the screening copies of purposes. - The submitted works must be in the final edited version. selected films for competition and panorama programs, Works in progress will not be considered. Films with while Festival covers the cost of the return. The sender must The Festival takes responsibility for the screening copy of dialogues or narration in languages other than English inform the Festival on the manner and date of sending of the film from the arrival at the festival office to its returning. must have English subtitles the screening copies. Parcels arriving from abroad should be In case of damage during the festival period, the Festival will - Required additional materials: directors’ biography, marked with: “For cultural purposes only, no commercial reimburse only the material value of physical copies (after a filmography and list of awards; director’s photograph; 3 value”. Materials sent by express courier (DHL, FedEx, UPS presentation of the original invoice). The Festival is not film stills (300dpi); dialogue list in English; synopsis for etc.) must be accompanied by a pro-forma invoice responsible for copies lost in transport, unless the loss has the official festival catalogue; press kit (optional) amounting to a maximum of 20 EUR or 20 USD. been caused by the Festival’s doings. - A film preview and additional materials can be submitted: The screening copy will be returned within two weeks after 1. Online – including the URL for the download of the film the Festival on the address stated in the entry form. DONATIONS preview and additional materials within the entry The Festival gratefully accepts donations of screening copies form. Preview of the film and additional materials must JURY AND AWARDS for Animafest Film Library and Croatian National Film be available for download until 1 April 2014 Members of the international juries of the Grand Archive. 2. Regular (air) mail and express courier – film preview Competition, Student Competition and Commissioned Films on a DVD and required materials on a CD or DVD Competition are chosen by the Festival Council. Films for ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS should reach Animafest’s office until 5 February 2014. Children Competition Jury consist of five children between 6 Participation in the Festival, and its film submission process, All materials should have your submission ID number and 14 years of age. implies acceptance, without reservation, of the terms of the clearly marked on all the covers. All materials need to present regulations. An entry form is valid without a be sent to the following address: Grand Competition signature and a seal. The Regulations are written in Croatian World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb  Grand Prix (best short film of the festival) – cash award and English languages and in case of ambiguities the c/o: Hulahop Ltd of 2,500 € Croatian version is binding. 18/3  Golden Zagreb Prize (encouragement of creativity and 10 000 Zagreb innovative artistic achievement) – cash award of 2,000 CONTACT € World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb NOTE: Please mark 'For cultural purposes only, no  “Zlatko Grgić” Prize (best first production apart from c/o Hulahop Ltd. commercial value' educational institutions) – cash award of 1,500 € Nova Ves 18 Student Film Competition 10000 Zagreb, Croatia  “Dušan Vukotić” Prize (best student film) – cash award Email: [email protected] of 1,000 € Web: www.animafest.hr