CRITERIA:
Films made after January 1, 2006 are eligible for entry. To ensure that the full range of mountain filmmaking will be available to the participants and audience of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, no restrictions have been set in terms of discipline, genre, length, and format. The entries can be documentaries, full-length features, shorts, animation or experimental art forms. Filmmakers can also choose their own themes, whether ethnographic, adventurous, investigative, abstract, reportorial, or introspective.
ENTRY CONDITIONS:
Entry is free of cost. Entries without the duly filled-in entry form will not be considered. All entries must be accompanied by labeled still photographs/slides from the films for use in the festival catalogue and promotion. Films once entered cannot be withdrawn. The cost of mailing the films to KIMFF must be covered by the entrants themselves. The festival will not be responsible for any loss, damage, and/or delay of films in transit.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:
All entries must reach the Festival Secretariat in Kathmandu by August 15, 2009.
SENDING PROCEDURES:
Entries for selection will be accepted only in DVD or VCD formats, and they have to be sent by courier. In order to facilitate customs procedures, the entry package should be labeled “Only for cultural purpose, no commercial value.”
FILM SELECTION:
All entries will be viewed by a preview committee and the selection will be completed by October 1, 2009. The directors and/or producers of accepted entries will be immediately notified and requested to send copies in professional video formats for screening at the festival. The festival does not send out rejection letters. The preview committee will decide whether the Nepali entries will be screened in the international or ‘Nepali Panorama’ section.
FORMAT FOR FINAL SUBMISSION:
Video: mini DV or DV Cam.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR FINAL PRINT OF SELECTED ENTRIES:
The professional video format for screening should reach the Festival Secretariat by October 30, 2009.
PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL:
The festival may use up to 10 percent of the entry's running time for promotional purposes.
JURY AND AWARDS:
Cash prizes, along with citations, will be awarded for overall excellence to the directors of the three best documentary films chosen by an international jury.
RETURNING OF ENTRIES:
Entering films for KIMFF 2009 indicates that the entry copies will be part of the KIMFF Archive maintained by the Festival Secretariat. These copies will be maintained as a record and for reference. The films kept in the Archive will not be distributed or screened commercially. The final prints, however, will be returned within a month after the festival.
The dispatching of any film to the festival implies acceptance of the festival regulations. Filmmakers are encouraged to attend the festival, and the organizers shall make every effort to help with travel advisories and subsidized stay in Kathmandu.
In case of any controversy on a matter not mentioned in the above regulations, the Festival Director, in consultation with the Festival Organizing Committee, will decide on appropriate action. The Director’s word shall be final.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Ramyata Limbu
Festival Director
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
Patan Dhoka, P.O. Box 166, Lalitpur
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel.: 977-1-5542544
Fax: 977-1-5541196
E-mail:
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