The Victoria Film Festival
presents more than 140 features, documentaries and shorts every year to an appreciative audience during it’s ten day celebration of film.
Eclectic and inspiring, the Festival hosts an array of guests
that includes film directors, producers, distributors, festival and
TV programmers. In recent years the Festival has been sited in
such media as The Globe and Mail, The Seattle Times, Variety,
and CBC.
Deadline for Entries
Earlybird postmark deadline: August 25th, 2008
Regular postmark deadline: September 24th, 2008
Special note to international participants: the Customs
Declaration should state that the preview video is being
shipped to Canada and is “for cultural purposes and has no
declared value”.
Entry Fees
Earlybird entry fee: $15.00
Regular entry fee: $25.00
Acceptable methods of payment include cheque or money
order payable to Victoria Film Festival. All funds must be in
Canadian or US Dollars. Please note on your cheque/money
order, the name of the film being submitted. Enclose payment
with this entry form.
Submissions
1) May be fiction, documentary, animation or experimental of
short or feature length.
2) Only films completed after June 1, 2007 will be considered
for admission.
3) Films which have received television and/or theatrical exposure
in the Victoria, B.C. area prior to the festival are not eligible.
4) Films available on the internet are also not eligible.
InVision: Student Competition
The Victoria Film Festival hosts a film student competition. Works
submitted for this program must have been completed while
attending a recognized film school.
Formats
1) Preview copies of entries for jurying must be submitted in
VHS or DVD in NTSC or PAL format and labelled with the film
title, running time and contact information (including name,
address and phone number). The festival is not responsible for
compatibility issues if DVD preview copies do not play.
2) Preview copies will not be returned.
3) Entrants may submit more than one entry provided that each
entry is accompanied by a separate entry form and is on a
separate VHS tape or DVD disc. Otherwise, we will only consider
the first entry on the preview copy.
4) If selected for the festival, exhibitions prints may be presented in
35mm film, NTSC/PAL VHS, NTSC DigiBeta or BetaSP, NTSC/PAL
DVD or NTSC/PAL DV (in DV SP or DVCAM mode only). Filmmakers
must deliver final format as indicated for festival screening. No
exceptions. Shorts will be compiled into program tapes for screening.
Invitations
The director of each world premiere feature length film
or documentary (70+ minutes in length) will be invited to
attend as the Festival’s guest. The Festival will provide
complimentary V.I.P. Passes for two representatives of each
feature length film or long form documentary (70+ minutes
in length) presented and for one representative of each short
work. The Festival will provide the director of each feature
length film or documentary with six complimentary tickets
to one screening of his/her film. The Festival will provide
two complimentary tickets to each short film director to one
screening of his/her film.
Program Selection
Entries will be reviewed by a Selection Committee appointed
by the Festival Director. The Selection Committee will provide
a list of those film and video works which it feels should be
part of the Festival and will provide a short list of nominees for
Festival awards. Entrants will be notified of the decisions
of the Festival by December 31, 2008.
Upon Acceptance
All shipping costs to Victoria must be paid by the participant.
The Festival will pay the cost of shipping exhibition prints back
to the participant. For international films and videos, our print
traffic coordinator will contact you with specific instructions.
Please do not submit an entry if you are unable to ship the
print upon acceptance. Promotional materials of films selected
for screening become the property of the Victoria Film Festival
and can be used to promote the Festival and the programs of
the Festival in all mediums including film, television, radio and
the internet.
Insurance
The Victoria Film Festival will make every effort to ensure the
safe keeping of all films and videos submitted for exhibition.
However, the applicant in applying to the Festival agrees
to release the Festival, its Officers, Directors and other
representatives from any and all claims arising in any way
from the submission of materials by or on behalf of the
Applicant, whether film, video or otherwise to the Festival.
If you wish to insure your film, please make arrangements
with the programmer. Your signature on the entry form is your
acceptance of these conditions.
Release
Your signature on this entry form implies that you have the legal
right to represent and submit this film for consideration along
with your acceptance of The Victoria Film Festival regulations. By
signing this form, you also agree to allow the festival the use of your
film and its publicity materials for promotional purposes. Shorts may
also be included in a promotional DVD to be screened promotionally
at other festivals but you will be contacted before we do this. Please
sign below and return this Entry Form with one preview copy, one
black and white and one colour still, and your entry fee.
(Please note: if printing this form from our web site you need to send in both pages)
VICTORIA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - CANADA
JANUARY 30th - FEBRUARY 8th, 2009
Early deadline: Aug. 25th, 2008
Regular Deadline: Sept. 24th, 2008
CALL FOR ENTRY
FESTIVAL CONTACT INFO:
1215 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC V8W 3J4
ph 250.389.0444 fax 250.389.0406
email:
www.VictoriaFilmFestival.com
Festival Director: Kathy Kay
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