DISTRIBUTION STATUS
Projects may have distribution

2 SUBMISSION COPIES REQUIRED

SUBMISSION COPY FORMATS

Online   Secure Online Screener DVD Video NTSC PAL SECAM DVD REGION 0     REGION 2     BLU-RAY REGION 0     REGION 2

SUBMISSION COPY LANGUAGES

Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List English German

EXHIBITION FORMATS

DVD Video NTSC PAL SECAM BLU-RAY REGION 0     REGION 2     Digital Video NTSC PAL SECAM DCP

EXHIBITION LANGUAGES

Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List German English

PRESSKIT REQUIREMENTS
A press kit is required, but only after acceptance.
> Production Still Photos - Digital
> Photo of the Director - Digital
> Biography/Filmography - Director
> Biography/Filmography - Producer
> One-Sheet Art - Postcards
> One-Sheet Art - Fliers
> One-Sheet Art - Posters
> Statement by the Director
> Press Clippings

PRIZES & AWARDS
This category is a competition.


Best Documentary Feature
Cash Award Value: 1,000 Euro
Value of Goods/Services: 2,000 Euro


Audience Choice Award
Shared with Narrative Feature Film!
Cash Award Value: 1,000 Euro
Value of Goods/Services: 2,000 Euro
This prize is shared with other categories.


CATEGORY RULES
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Any non-fiction film with a running time of 50 minutes or more. We do not include entirely scripted or improvised fictionalizations of actual events. If your documentary contains some dramatization of actual events, you may still submit in this category.


SUBMISSION CATEGORIES & ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Films submitted to Festival for consideration for the Festival may apply in one of three submission categories. The following is a description of each submission category, along with eligibility requirements for each:

14) NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS

Any narrative work of fiction with a running time of 60 minutes or more and the submitted project must either be scripted or improvisational fiction. Films have no premier requirements or prior screening restriction to enter the competition.

15) DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS

Any non-fiction film with a running time of 60 minutes or more. We do not include entirely scripted or improvised fictionalizations of actual events. If your documentary contains some dramatization of actual events, you may still submit in this category. Films have no premier requirements or prior screening restriction.

16) SHORT FILMS

Any narrative or documentary film of U.S. origin with a running time of less than 50 minutes. In order to qualify as a U.S. Short Film, at least half of the submitted project's financing must originate from within the United States. Short Films have no premiere requirements or prior screening restrictions-- they may have had any number of public theatrical exhibitions, been released on DVD, and may have been broadcast on television or the internet and still retain eligibility.

FESTIVAL PROGRAM CATEGORIES & ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Please be advised that the information listed below is subject to change at any time. Films accepted by our Jury into the Festival will be placed, at the sole and absolute discretion of the Festival Programming department, in one of three program categories.

The following is a description of each program category, along with eligibility requirements for each:

17) SHORTS COMPETITION

All short films are selected to play before features or in one of the four Shorts Programs, and all accepted shorts are eligible for awards in our Shorts Competition. Short Films must have a total running time of less than 50 minutes, including credits. There are no premiere or prior screening restrictions for short films. Shorts may have been released on DVD, broadcast on television or the internet, and/or publicly screened anywhere in the world and still remain eligible for our Shorts Competition. All short films at the Festival are eligible for the BEST SHORT Prize. Short films will also compete for the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD.

18) FEATURE FILM COMPETITION

In order to qualify, the submitted project must be either scripted or improvisational fiction and must have a total running time of 60 minutes or more. Films selected to play in this category will compete against one another for the JURY PRIZE and the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD.

19) DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION In order to qualify, the submitted project must be a non-fiction documentary subject and must have a total running time of 60 minutes or more. Films selected to play in this category will compete against one another for the JURY AWARDS and the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD.