10th Annual

Wairoa Maori Film Festival

May 28, 2015 to June 01, 2015

 
Category

New Zealand Short Film
 

Deadlines & Entry Fees

All fees will be charged in Australian Dollar
...but you can display them in these other currencies:
Online Services Offered
Entry Form
Fee Payment
Press Kit
Submission Copy
Earlybird Deadline
February 6, 2015
 Regular Discounted
No Entry Fee 0.00 *
Regular Deadline
February 28, 2015
 Regular Discounted
No Entry Fee 0.00 *

Discounted fees apply to projects with pre-purchased Discount Packs, on entry fees greater than 30.00.

Category Details

NOTIFICATION DATE
Approximately April 9, 2015

RUNTIME
Shorts: maximum 30 minutes
COMPLETION DATE
No requirement for completed by date

PLACE OF ORIGIN
Projects may originate from anywhere in the world
PREMIERE STATUS
No premiere requirement

DISTRIBUTION STATUS
Projects may have distribution

Submission & Exhibition Format Requirements

SUBMISSION COPY FORMATS
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SUBMISSION COPY LANGUAGES
Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List
English

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EXHIBITION LANGUAGES
Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List
English
Maori

Press Kit Requirements

A press kit is requested but not required, including:

Prizes & Awards

This category is a competition.

1st Place
Festival Trophy designed by local artist Matthew Randall Ngati Rakaipaaka / Ngai Tamanuhiri
Sponsor:Wairoa Maori Film Festival

All Accepted Entries
All accepted entries receive complimentary meals, accommodation, hot springs passes and screening passes for TWO (2) people. Accommodation is backpacker-style at traditional Maori meeting house (marae).
Sponsor:Wairoa Maori Film Festival
Value of Goods/Services: 500 Australian Dollar

Category Rules

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

Individual or corporations submitting their film(s) must warrant that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations.

All DVD screeners are to be mailed to: Wairoa Maori Film Festival, PO Box 85, Nuhaka 4198 NEW ZEALAND. All DVD zones viewable. Blu Ray HD viewable.

Space for Entrant Screenings is limited. Non-assigned entries will be retained on file for future festivals

No correspondence will be entered into. Entries received without review materials will not be accepted for entry. Entries with a cost for screening will generally not be accepted into competition, but can be accepted out-of-competition. Entrants are encouraged to include supplementary material with their DVD screener (publicity stills, publicity & marketing materials, posters).

Enrolment packs with accommodation options will be provided to successful entrants, including TWO (2) Festival Passes per successful entry and TWO (2) Passes to the Festival Awards Night per successful
entry. The Wairoa Maori Film Festival reserves the right to cancel screenings due to circumstances beyond our control.

Entrering your work to the Wairoa Maori Film Festival offers rights to screen entered works by festival organisers at the Wairoa Maori Film Festival event and follow-up showcase screenings in Wellington,
Auckland and other New Zealand venues TBD (Film-makers will be provided with ONE (1) Free Pass to screenings in these other locations). These may include screenings presented in association with the New Zealand International Film Festival, which will require film makers to formally enter their film into this festival. The Wairoa Maori Film Festival does not guarantee that entries accepted into the main Wairoa Maori Film Festival event will be incorporated into the other programmes developed for screening in other New Zealand venues.

Organisers of Wairoa Maori Film Festival reserve the right to alter date of festival event subject to factors beyond our control
(inclement weather; non-availability of venues; or other reasons of unexpected circumstance).

Entrants to the Wairoa Maori Film Festival grant the right to utilise an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes.

All entry viewing tapes / DVDs are retained in the Wairoa Maori Film Festival archive. We regret that we are not able to return tapes / DVDs provided for viewing and consideration purposes.

Acceptance of these conditions of entry confirms that the undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Wairoa Maori Film Festival Inc. from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.