8th Worldfilm festival in Tartu, Estonia at
March 21rst–27th 2011
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Worldfilm is a documentary film festival, developing
interest towards anthropological, analytical approach to cultures and
societies. We welcome film entries from all over the world. Especially the independent
filmmakers are
encouraged to submit their works. We also encourage submitting student films. Each year, the festival becomes a lively community of filmmakers and the
audience. We invite authors of the submitted films to be present at our
festival in order to introduce their films and discuss their works after the
screening.
The event is open to everybody, including creative,
curious and knowledgeable filmmakers, scholars, students and all the others,
who care about the world around them and love the films bringing this world
closer to them. About 50 films will be screened during the festival
week.
Festival does not have competition program. In addition to the film program, the festival involves round tables, workshops, exhibitions and special programs.
We welcome you to Tartu!
Regulations
For the festival, all films, which have been produced after
January 1st 2008 and have not yet been screened at Worldfilm festival or
rejected by Worldfilm program committee, are eligible.
Entry fee
No
fee is charged for entry.
Deadlines for entry
DEADLINE FOR FILM SUBMISSION AND DELIVERY OF PREVIEW
TAPES: OCTOBER 15th, 2010
Please note that it is important to enter your documentary at the
earliest possible moment.
Format, language and version
Worldfilm accepts the following screening formats (PAL): Betacam-SP (2 audio channels), HDV, MiniDV, DVCAM.
Expenses
and returns policy of the preview copy
All postal/shipping
expenses to the festival are to be paid by the entrants, as well as
all other expenses incurred, such as insurance, etc. When filling out shipment
or customs forms, please assign the package a value that does not exceed 10
Euros or 10 dollars and state on the envelope: “No commercial value, for
cultural purposes only”.
Please note that Worldfilm festival will not return submitted materials to the entrants.
Authorizations
After selection of a documentary, the festival has the right to:
- use a maximum of four minutes of video from the documentary for publicity and
online purposes
- use all publicity material to promote the festival
- keep the DVDs of selected documentaries in its archive for non-circulating
use and educational purposes
Transport and insurance of the screening copy
Transport
The festival must receive the screening copy of the selected film by March 1rst 2011. The festival will return the copy
within four weeks of the end of the festival.
Transport costs
The costs of transport of all videos (both from the EU as well as from outside
the EU) to the festival office are the
responsibility of the applicant, but Worldfilm will pay for their return to the
destination of choice.
Insurance
Insurance for the shipping of films and videos to and from the Estonia is the responsibility of the participants.
How to enter your film
In order to submit your film, the festival must receive:
- completed entry form (print version)
- copy of the film on
DVD (PAL) (English subtitles, dialogue or voice-over),
- synopsis in English,
abt. 200 words (electronic and print version)
- short
biography/filmography of the director (electronic and print version)
Your entry will be accepted only if all the required materials and
information are received on time. We will only consider copies of the films on
DVD, no versions uploaded online will be taken into consideration.
A complete entry form is available HERE. Please print it out, sign and enclose it with the preview copy.
Contact information
Entries, DVDs and documentation, as well as all correspondence, should
be addressed to:
WORLDFILM 2011
Estonian National Museum
J.Kuperjanovi 9
Tartu 50409
ESTONIA
e-mail: festival@worldfilm.ee
phone: + 372 735 0447
Selection procedure, required items and authorizations
Selection Procedure
The festival program team selects the documentaries. In case of a film being
selected, the festival will notify the applicant by the end of December 2010.
If
selected, we need the following by 15th of January:
- Synopsis in English,
abt. 200 words (electronic version)
- A list of credits
- A biography and filmography
of the director
- The following publicity material:
A digital photo of the director. Minimum requirements: 2000 pixels wide, 600 kb, 300 dpi. Preferably jpeg.
- in addition, separate press kits are welcome, too