Selection for the contest programme

The Selection Committee shall watch all the films submitted to the Festival contest, and shall define the participants of the Festival contest programme. After that the Jury will define the winners among these participants.

The Selection Committee has the right with the agreement of the author to transfer a film from one category to another.

The contest programme is approved by the Directorate of the Festival.

The Directorate of the Festival shall make a decision about the number of the nominees in each category taking into consideration suggestions of the Selection Committee. The Directorate of the Festival has the right to include additionally up to five films into the contest program of the Festival.

The Selection committee shall not submit written or oral explanation of its decision to film-makers submitting their films to the contest.

Date, time and procedure of films screenings in the program shall be established by the Directorate.

Responsibility for complaints and claims of third parties relating to copyright and related rights, rests on the legal or natural person representing the film contest programme, for which the dispute arose.

Deadline for applications is May, 31 this year. It is determined by post stamp and recorded in the act of acceptance of the application.

Films selection and formation of the programme ends on the 1^st of July. The results of the selection shall be published on the Festival website, as well as personal notification by e-mail, fax or telephone.

Films that are not included in the contest programme, on agreement with the authors, may be included in the thematic programmes of the Festival.

FORWARDING OF MATERIALS, STORAGE OF MATERIALS, STORAGE OF FILM COPIES

The films shipping costs are carried by the film owner.

DVD discs, sent for selection, shall be the property of the Festival, enter the archives, and transferred to the autonomous public institution of culture "Irkutsk Regional Cinema Foundation" (subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and the archives of Irkutsk Region), which ensures their proper storage.

Films can be used by the founders of the Festival for non-profit screenings for educational and academic purposes.

The costs associated with sending awards and prizes are at the expense of festival organizers.

INVITATION

The Festival Directorate invites one representative for each film selected for the contest programme to take part in the Festival and provides them with accommodation and board. Travel costs to Irkutsk can be reimbursed within available funds of the Festival. This will be mentioned in the invitation. All other expenses are paid by the participants themselves.

All the participants invited must abide by the regulations of the Festival; participate in all events including media-events in the framework of the Festival. Otherwise, the organizers shall not reimburse the expenses of the participants.

The conditions of official guests’ stay are specified in their personal invitations.

Any organisations and individuals willing to participate in the Festival as guests should notify the Directorate of their intention in advance and no later than two months before the Festival to agree on conditions of participation.

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