12th Annual

Green Film Festival in Seoul

May 07, 2015 to May 14, 2015


Category

Green Competition
 

Deadlines & Entry Fees

All fees will be charged in

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 13, 2015
 Regular Discounted
No Entry Fee 0.00 *
Late Deadline
February 20, 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 March 31, 2015

RUNTIME
A runtime of any length is permitted
COMPLETION DATE
Projects completed after January 1, 2013

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
Online
  Secure Online Screener
DVD VideoNTSCPALSECAM
DVD
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BLU-RAY
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Digital VideoNTSCPALSECAM
DVCAM  
DigiBeta  
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Analog VideoNTSCPALSECAM
VHS
SVHS
BetaSP
Media Files
  .FLV (Flash Video)
  .MPG (MPEG or MPEG2)
  .AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved)
  .WMV (Windows Media)
  Other - Digital
  .MOV (QuickTime)
  CD-ROM

SUBMISSION COPY LANGUAGES
Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List
Korean
English

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DVD VideoNTSCPALSECAM
BLU-RAY
REGION 0
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Digital VideoNTSCPALSECAM
SDV    
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DigiBeta  
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Analog VideoNTSCPALSECAM
BetaSP  
Media Files
  .MOV (Quicktime)
  .MPG (MPEG or MPEG2)
  .AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved)
Film Gauge
  35mm

EXHIBITION LANGUAGES
Subtitled Dubbed Dialog List
Korean
English

Press Kit Requirements

A press kit is requested but not required, including:
> Production Still Photos - Color Print
> Production Still Photos - Digital
> Photo of the Director - Color Print
> Photo of the Director - Digital
> Biography/Filmography - Director
> 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 Feature Film
Green Competition is a competitive section open to outstanding foreign and domestic environmental films. This section is to show the latest efforts and trends of environmental filmmaking as well as to encourage the production of environmental films.
Sponsor:The Seoul City Government
Cash Award Value: 10,000,000 Korean Won

Best Short Film
Green Competition is a competitive section open to outstanding foreign and domestic environmental films. This section is to show the latest efforts and trends of environmental filmmaking as well as to encourage the production of environmental films.
Sponsor:The Seoul City Government
Cash Award Value: 5,000,000 Korean Won

Special Jury Award
Green Competition is a competitive section open to outstanding foreign and domestic environmental films. This section is to show the latest efforts and trends of environmental filmmaking as well as to encourage the production of environmental films.
Sponsor:The Seoul City Government
Cash Award Value: 3,000,000 Korean Won

Audience Choice Award
Green Competition is a competitive section open to outstanding foreign and domestic environmental films. This section is to show the latest efforts and trends of environmental filmmaking as well as to encourage the production of environmental films.
Sponsor:Seoul City Government
Cash Award Value: 1,000,000 Korean Won

Category Rules

Submission Deadline: Feb 13, 2015 (on arrival)
Selection Results: March 13, 2015

Eligibility:
 Films completed after January 1, 2013, never been submitted to GFFIS before
 Films that deal with environmental issues regardless of genre or contain environment-related topics at large (please, refer to keywords in the entry form)
No entry fees
Official Languages: Korean, English


Art. 1
Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFFIS) is the first and biggest film festival in Korea focusing on environment issues. Established in 2004 by Korea Green Foundation, GFFIS is a festival that seeks to share the hope for a better world where all the lives can live in harmony with environment and nature. Through cinema, the festival hopes to promote ideas of environmental protection and life respect to encourage public awareness and action for positive changes. GFFIS is an annual event with one international and one domestic competition among other non-competitive sections, and its 11th edition will be held from May 7 to 14, 2015. GFFIS would like to welcome all to join the festival where the concerns and visions about the future of our environment can be found and shared.

Art. 2
To enroll the competition, a full-length preview DVD or file(avi, mov, etc) or private link that is the exact same version as the screening material, together with a completed and signed entry form and other requested materials(see the entry form) must arrive in the festival office no later than Feb 13, 2014

Green Film Festival in Seoul
A/2F 89-20, Seosomun-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-120, Korea
TEL +82-(0)2-2011-4398, 4379 / FAX +82-(0)2-725-4840

Art. 3
All the materials submitted for selection (including tapes and DVDs) will not be returned. All the costs of transportation and insurance must be fully paid by the entrant. Please note that the declared value should be equivalent to the materials only(less than USD 10).

Art. 4
Unless otherwise indicated on the entry form, submitted films will be considered including non-competitive sections after pre-selection for the competition.

Art. 5
The festival's preliminary juries will select the films for competition and the entrant will be notified of the selection results individually no later than the first week of March. A selected film cannot be withdrawn from the program after March 13. The final winners of the competition will be selected by GFFIS Juries during the festival, and will be announced at the festival’s awarding ceremony on May 13, 2014. Films in the competition will compete to win seven prizes, worth of about 29 million Korean won in total, as follows:

Green Competition: Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Special Jury Award, Audience’s Choice
Korean Green Competition: Grand Prize, Excellence Prize, Special Audience Jury Award

Art. 6
GFFIS accepts the following formats for finalists: HD-Cam, Digi-beta, Beta SP, DV 6mm, 35mm and DCP. All prints/tapes should be sent to the address in 'Article 2' by March 31, 2014.

Art. 6-1
Once a film is selected for the competition, detailed shipping instructions will be sent to the print suppliers specified in the entry form. The one-way trip transport and insurance costs for the film must be prepaid by its sender. GFFIS will pay for the return cost only. Shipments to other festivals are exceptional, to which standard practice of cost sharing will be applied.

Art. 6-2
For films that are selected for non-competitive sections in GFFIS, detailed shipping instructions will be sent to the print suppliers. The round trip transport and insurance costs will be remunerated by GFFIS only when the shipment has been made through the official courier service designated by the festival and the return is to the origin of the print. Shipments to and/or from other festivals are exceptional, to which standard practice of cost sharing will be applied.

Art. 7
In case of damage or loss of a film during the festival, GFFIS is only responsible for the costs involved in making a new print or replacing the damaged reel(s) based on the current laboratory rates for ordering a standard print.

Art. 8
If not with dialogues in Korean or English, films must be subtitled in English. Additionally, all entrants must provide the festival with a script either in English or Korean. GFFIS reserves the right to reject entries that do not have English subtitles.

Art. 9
Once a film is selected for the official program, GFFIS can use footages from a film, with a maximum of 3 minutes (or up to 10% of the running time of the film), for promotional purposes. In the event that footages are not available, and it is understood that under no circumstances the entire print may be lent out, GFFIS is qualified to copy, under its strict supervision, one or more excerpts from the film for promotional use on television, the internet, mobile media and in theaters.

Art. 10
All the submitted or provided previews and copies of screeners to GFFIS will be kept in the Green Archive run by GFFIS. GFFIS welcomes the donation of the applicants’ films and any other related materials. The donated materials will be kept in the Green Archive permanently and will be used for non-profit, educational and research purposes.

Art. 11
All the films which are submitted to or screened at GFFIS can be included in the tour screening of the festival or the Green Archive under the agreement of the filmmaker or his/her representative. As for the GFFIS award winning films, the festival has been given the approval to screen the winners in its tour screenings or in Green Archive for 1 year after the event, but only with non-profit, educational and research purposes.

Art. 12
This regulation is valid once the initial application of a film is submitted to GFFIS, which contains the approval of the filmmaker or his/ her representative in signature. GFFIS reserves the right to make an independent decision on matters not concerning the above or where no decision has been specified.

Contact
Program Department, Green Film Festival in Seoul
A/2F 89-20, Seosumun-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-120, Korea
TEL +82-(0)2-2011-4398, 4379 / FAX +82-(0)2-725-4840
Email: gffiskorea@gmail.com
www.gffis.org