The 42nd Tampere International Short Film Festival will take place in March 7.-11, 2012. Tampere Film Festival is a short film festival with an International and National Competition. The Competitions are open and free to submit a film. The festival is organized by the association Tampere Film Festival and it receives financial support from the City of Tampere, the Finnish Film Foundation, the Ministry of Education and culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union Media-programme, Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture in Finland and other public and private partners. The Festival is acknowledged by the International Federation of Film Producers Association FIAPF/IFFPA and abides by its instructions and regulations. It is a member of the International Short Film Conference ISFC
Admitted are all films and videos of all genres not exceeding length of 30 minutes. In exceptional cases the Festival reserves the right to accept films of longer duration. Films must have been completed January 1st, 2010 or after. The selection will be made on completed productions. It is up to the applicant to ensure that the preview DVD / Blu-ray is in full working order, unreadable preview DVDs will not be considered for selection. Films which have been shown or awarded at other international film festivals are eligible. There are no entry fees.
You can enter via Tampere Film Festival’s online entry form (http://submission.tff.fi) or via Reelport (www.reelport.com).
* Tampere Film Festival’s online submission (http://submission.tff.fi):
Fill in the online entry form
Upload at least 1 still photo and complete English dialogue/commentary list (in case the dialogue/subtitle is other than English)
Send a preview DVD or Blu-ray disc (max. 3 films per disc) to Tampere Film Festival’s office
For preview screenings only DVD and Blu-ray discs will be accepted. Discs must be sent by mail or courier service and carry the declaration: "FOR TEMPORARY, CULTURAL PURPOSE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL VALUE."
* Reelport (www.reelport.com):
Fill in Reelport’s entry form, upload the film file and click the film to be entered to Tampere Film Festival’s preselection.
The Festival will select the films for the International Competition from all entered contributions during January 2012. Entrants will be notified of the selection results by mid-February 2012.
Remember to mark all the dispatches: "FOR TEMPORARY, CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL VALUE."
a) Entry forms (via Online submission) and preview copies and other required material must be received by December 1, 2010 at the following address:
(by mail) Tampere Film Festival, P.O. BOX 305, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
(by courier service) Tampere Film Festival, Tullikamarin aukio 2, FIN-33100 Tampere, Finland
(film department) tel. +358 3 213 0034, fax +358 3 223 0121, email: filmdept@tamperefilmfestival.fi
b) Festival screening copies of selected films must be sent by courier service to the address above. Dispatches from non-EU-member states must be accompanied by a pro forma invoice amounting to max. 50 USD (no higher amounts will be accepted by the Festival.)
The screening copies will be returned within two weeks after the Festival to the return address given to the Festival two weeks before the festival starts (except DVD's and Blu-rays). The festival must be notified of any changes in the return address before the beginning of the Festival. The shipping costs to Tampere must be paid by the sender. Return expenses will be covered by the Festival. Preview copies will not be returned.
The films will be insured by the Festival for the whole time of their being in the Festival´s possession. The insurance will follow the instructions of FIAPF.
For festival screenings the Festival accepts 35mm and 16mm film prints, HDcam (PAL), DigiBeta PAL, Betacam SP PAL, Blu-ray (region 0/2 PAL) and DVD (region 0/2 PAL). The screening copies must be at the Festival office by February 14, 2012. The films will be electronically subtitled in both Finnish and English. This will, however, only be done if a dialogue list/post-production transcript has been sent in due time to the Festival Office (see point 3).
The organizers will nominate an International Jury of five members, one of whom is Finnish. The jury will award the following prizes to the film directors:
1) Grand Prix: Festival trophy "Kiss" & 5000 € for the best film in the International Competition
2) three Category Prizes: Festival trophy "Kiss" & 1500 € each
3) Diplomas of Merit. A Diploma of Merit will be awarded to the best film of the International Competition voted by the audience.
The Festival will digitise each submitted film for the online Film Market in co-operation with Reelport. All the preview copies are automatically entered in the online Film Market and made available for individual viewing for registered professionals only. A digitised online Film Market will open in the beginning of the festival and will be open for registered professionals a limited time after the festival. If the entrant does not want to have the film digitised for the film market, it should be notified when entering the film to the competition
The Festival Directorate will decide on any cases of doubt which have not been mentioned in these regulations (in accordance with FIAPF International Regulations). Participation in the Festival implies recognition without reservation of these regulations and the entry form (in accordance with the regulations).
film department Tampere Film Festival, Tullikamarin aukio 2, 33100 Tampere, Finland filmdept@tff.fi, tel +35832130034
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