Call for Entries / Einreichbedingungen VIS 2013
Submissions for the 10th edition of VIS Vienna Independent Shorts can be made
exclusively via reelport.com until the 13th of January 2013.
We are looking forward to receiving your films. For your information please
find the submission guidelines below.
Being the largest short film festival in Austria and the Euroregion of Centrope
its primary task is to represent international short film to its fullest
extent. VIS Vienna Independent Shorts has International Competitions and
National Competitions.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
International Competitions
The international competitions consist of short films with a maximum length of
30 minutes without limitations concerning country of production. The
international competitions are divided into three sections: Fiction &
Documentary, Animation Avantgarde and Music Video Competition. Fiction &
Documentary and Animation Avantgarde each have their own jury and all sections
have their own awards.
• Fiction & Documentary (fiction, documentary, narrative animation) - Awards:
Vienna Short Film Award, Audience Award; and other awards.
• Animation Avantgarde (experimental, non narrative animation) - Awards: Asifa
Austria Award, Audience Award; and other awards.
• Music Video Competition - Award: Audience Award
National Competition
The National Competition is conceived as a showcase of current Austrian short
film-making. The competition is open to short films with Austria as country of
production. For coproductions of several countries, Austria must be listed
first as country of production. The nationality of the filmmaker has no effect
on the eligibility.
• Austrian Competition - Awards: Austrian Short Film Award, Audience Award
• Music Video Competition - Award: Audience Award
Regulations for all competitions 2013
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
Each short film must be entered for one of the competitions (Fiction and
Documentary OR Animation Avantgarde OR National Competition OR Music Video
Competition). However, should the need arise, the selection committees reserve
the right to assign it to another competition or special program at VIS Vienna
Independent Shorts 2013.
Short films from the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 of up to 30 minutes may be
submitted. All languages are accepted. If the original language of the
submitted film is neither German nor English, there must be English subtitles.
If the film is screened at the festival and the language of the film is not
English, a copy of the film with English subtitles has to be provided (see
section 5)
2. EXCLUSIVITY
The entrant agrees that his or her film will not be screened publicly in Vienna
from the 1st of December 2012 until he or she has received a letter of
rejection (due 1st of April) or, if the film is being screened at the festival,
until after the end of the festival. Exempt from this rule are private
screenings and television broadcasts.
3. DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION
The submission deadline is January 13, 2013. The following material is needed
together with each submitted film:
1) At least 1 film still (300 dpi)
2) Brief director's biography (max. 350
characters)
3) Director's filmography
4) A list with previous screenings of
this submission
5) Main credits
4. RIGHTS
The person or institution submitting the film is responsible for clearing all
rights to the content of the work. By submitting, they state that they are
authorized representatives thereof, i. e. that screening or other use of the
film by the Festival does not infringe rights held by third parties. They
furthermore shall indemnify the festival against all third-party claims in
connection with screening / using the film in the course of the Festival. This
includes covering any legal costs that might be incurred.
The owner(s) of the rights of the selected film(s) grant VIS Vienna Independent
Shorts the right to make copies of the selected film(s) for the purposes of
screening at VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2013 as well as archiving these
copies.
The festival reserves the right to show excerpts of up to one minute of the
films included in the festival program for advertising purposes on television
or in cinemas. This right expires four weeks after the end of the festival.
Furthermore the festival reserves the unrestricted right to publish, for
advertising purposes, film stills of those films shown at the festival.
The festival is entitled to show the chosen films during the duration of the
festival.
5. NOTIFICATION
The festival chooses freely from the submitted films. The entrants are not in
any way entitled to have their film shown at VIS. They will be notified whether
or not their films will be shown until the 1st of April 2013.
6. SCREENING COPIES
Accepted formats:
Film: 16mm and 35mm;
Video: DigiBeta, Betacam SP
File: DCP
(2k, 24p, compatible with Doremi Server), .mov (ProRes / H.264), .mp4 (ProRes /
H.264)
If a DCP is submitted a backup file (in one of the above mentioned
formats) must be submitted along with the DCP
The screening copies must arrive at the festival office no later than the 1st
of May 2013.
If the original version of the film or video is in a language other than
English, the film must be subtitled in English. The festival does not bear the
cost of film rental. The selected filmmakers are not awarded compensation for
participating in the festival.
7. INSURANCE
The films will be insured by the Festival for the whole time of their being in
the festivalʻs possession.
8. DISPATCH
Dispatch inside Austria or from abroad: By mail or courier. All deliveries from
outside the European Union must be marked with the phrase “no commercial value
- for cultural purposes only”. We will not accept shipments for which we would
have to bear shipping fees, duties, taxes or customs duties, and will not
assume any responsibility for such shipments.
9. DISPATCH COSTS
The applicant is responsible for the costs of sending the viewing and screening
copies to the festival. The festival covers the costs of returning/forwarding
screening copies.
10. RETURN DISPATCH
All screening copies will be sent back to the applicant as soon as possible
after the festival.
Please note: Preview copies will not be returned, but stored in the VIS Vienna
Independent Shorts archive.
11. FESTIVAL CONTACT
If you have any further questions contact [email protected]
Please do NOT send a DVD directly to the festival. Either upload your film
directly on reelport or send a DVD to reelport (upload charge 5 reels(5 EUR)).
ENTERING A FILM IN THIS FESTIVAL IMPLIES THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE REGULATIONS!
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