Call for Entries

Dear Underwater Filmmakers,

We are very pleased to announce the 10th International Underwater Film Festival in Belgrade, Serbia . This event will be held, like every year, during the beginning of December, from 8th to 11th.

We will be honored to present your film or films to our audience.

Films for the contest would have to be 2005. or 2006. production, with at least 30% underwater shots and formats are BETA SP, DV Cam or MiniDV (PAL)

ONLY if it is an hardship to enter those formats, you may subit film on DVD. Similarly, we will accept NTSC if it is a hardship to submit PAL format.

The subject is free. Competition admission is free.

For the revue part, we’ll accept older productions.

We are hoping that you will find our festival interesting enough to support our desire to make it an important event and gathering point for divers and all people who enjoy watching and being in the underwater world.

Please, do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information.

Hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely yours,

Milorad Djuknic
President of the Festival
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GSM **381 63 8611455

Grozdana Bankovic
General Secretary
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Tel.: + 381 11 625032
Mob: +381 63 8293599

Address: International Underwater Film Festival in Belgrade
Pop Lukina 4
11000 Belgrade
SERBIA

Please send film by ordinary or air mail , with label ” NO COMMERCIAL VALUE “

General Rules and Regulations

1. The festival takes place every year and it is part contest, part review. Participation is open to everyone.
The competitions will include different categories:

- “A GROUP” film * (professional productions, broadcast quality, TV).
- “B GROUP” film* (amateur film makers, independent producer).

2. Deadline for registration (for contest participants) is 15th November.

3. Deadline for dispatch is 15th November.

Materials received after 20th November will not be taken under consideration.

4. Registration forms must be sent by mail ( or e-mail ) to the following address:

Please send film by ordinary or air mail , with label ” NO COMMERCIAL VALUE “

5. The Organization Board undertakes to take great care of materials but can in no way be held responsible for loss or damage of materials during the Festival or in the mailing process. Participants should therefore take out insurance if they feel it is necessary.

6. Only the works chosen by preselection jury will be presented. Its decisions will be final.

7. Official languages of the Festival are Serbian, English and French. For works presented in any other language, the author must provide a typed script of the work in English or French, on paper, diskette or via e-mail.

8. Competition submission format must be one of the following: video BETA SP (PAL), DV Cam, mini DV (PAL)

ONLY if it is an hardship to enter those formats, you may subit film on DVD.

Similarly, we will accept NTSC if it is a hardship to submit PAL format.

Every contestant can show one or more films.

The film length is not limited.
Minimum of underwater shots: 30%.
To enter the competition for one of the awards film must be made in year 2005. or 2006.
Competition admission is free.

Main award categories:

- Award for best film of the Festival; first, second and third place in (national and international) in categories:
- “A GROUP” film * (professional productions, broadcast quality, TV).
- “B GROUP” film* (amateur film makers, independent producer).
- Award for best national film of the Festival (Serbia and Montenegro production)
- Award for best camera
- Audience Film Award, and some special awards.

9. Films should be accompanied by a synopsis, and if possible a photo of the author and of filming.
10. Films, their copies to be exact, will stay in festival archive.

Hereby we would like to inform you that “International Underwater Film Festival in Belgrade” has started, since its sixth year, to archive all films presented during the Festival in the Museum of Yugoslav Archive.

By the decision of the Organization Board of the Festival all films will be permanently archived in Museum without rights for show cast or any other usage in accordance to the Law on Authors rights.

We use this opportunity to ask for your permission for archiving the films. If you do not accept these, above suggested, conditions please send us a request for return of the film and your tape/s will be sent to you as soon as possible.

11. Competitors agree to the use of their works by the Festival during non-profit-making promotional campaigns for sub-aqua activities. At each use of the works the name of the author will be mentioned but no payment for use of the copyright or retribution of any kind will be possible. No commercial use of the movies will be made by the organizers of the Festival.

All individuals wishing to purchase one of the works will be put in contact with the producers and/or authors.

By turning in their works, competitors guarantee to the Festival the right to use them (photographs and video footage), no longer than 2 years, for the purposes of promoting this contest, on printed materials, slide presentations, in video and Web page formats and for non-profit, educational purposes. Competitor holds all copyrights and every acknowledgement will be given to the author.

12. The Organizing Committee will consider that, according to law, all works presented are free and clear copyright and the exclusive property of the authors. By their participation in the Festival, the authors undertake to guarantee the organizers against any claims that might be made against them. The Festival organizers may in no way whatsoever be held responsible in cases of dispute or litigation.

13. The decisions of the jury are final. Participation in a contest entails acceptance of the above regulations.