II. Films (feature films, short films, documentary films)
1. Categories
• Amateur photographers (children, young people, adults)
• Professional filmmakers (including those still studying, apprentices, etc.)
2. Genres
• Feature film
• Video short film
• documentary
• Mobile phone short film
• TV commercial and cinema trailer (see genre VIII. A Advertising/PR)
3. Form
• At least 1(one) video short film of up to a maximum 20 minutes
• File size of up to 50 MB and for publication purposes an additional ZIP file of 1 GB
maximum in the highest possible resolution
and/or
• At least 2 (two) mobile phone short films of approx. 1.5 minutes each
and/or
• One (1) feature film
• a documentary
• The film must not contain any canned music
• Entries to be submitted as MOV or MP4 (H264) files
• HD resolution (1280x720 or 1920x1080) or SD resolution (16x9)
4. Topics
4.1. Range of topics
Violence – Consequences – Solutions
4.2. Range of topics
Looking to the future to the diversity of a life full of joie
de vivre, sincerity, harmony, love, friendship, the laughter of children and much more
Example: "What made you happy last week?"
5. Conditions of participation
- Video short films, mobile short films and documentary must be uploaded to the digital film database by participants
- Feature films must be submitted by participants as a link (e.g. to Vimeo or equivalent provider)
- Amateur filmmakers and "filmmakers in training" must describe the topic of the work
- Bilingual texts and/or dialogues (written, spoken, sung, displayed etc.) in German and English; one of both languages sufficient as a PDF,
(the translators will be integrated in a possible prize ceremony/award), - Feature film in German is sufficient
- this work will further be entered in Category V. (Film) Music/Sound/Design as well;
- films that include animation will further be entered in the Category for Animated Films as well (see below);
- At the organisers’ request (for example, in the event of winning a prize/a special recognition), the participant is to provide a high-resolution version of the submitted work on a data DVD (video-DVD)
- Simultaneously, the work must be submitted in genre V. Soundtracks/Sound Design
- Participants must send a completed and signed entry form as an attachment to the e-mail address provided, participation is not possible without registration.
- The organisers’ decision is final. There is no recourse to legal action.
Closing date for entries: 31 July 2016
We recommend uploading works to the database at least four days before the closing date and mailing the written entry form (PDF) in good time.