2009 Entry Procedure and Regulations

Festival Overview
The NZ Mountain Film Festival is a competitive event bringing the best films on the worlds remote places, extreme sports and their spirit of adventure from around the world to the alpine village of Wanaka, New Zealand.

The festival provides an opportunity for filmmakers to showcase their work, receive merit and win cash prizes. We invite you to submit your film for pre-screening consideration. All films selected as finalists will be screened at our festival in July, 2009.

The theme is: Adventurous Sports and Lifestyles. But please be aware subject matter criteria is extremely broad and as long as there is a link with adventurous sports or people and take place in the world’s mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans or skies, that's fine (mountain climbing, rock or ice climbing, caving, kayaking, white water rafting, base jumping, paragliding etc are all including)

Festival dates
July 3-7th , 2009

Entry Fees
There is no entry fee to enter a film into any category.

Entry Deadlines
4th June, 2009 (later by special arrangement).

Receipt of entries will be acknowledged by e-mail ONLY if requested.

Tips for First Timers
Make the film short. Better to have 10-15 minutes of great footage, than to loose your audience with 40-50 minutes of average footage.

Categories and Awards
The NZ Mountain Film Festival accepts films depicting any aspect of life in the world’s outdoors. Think: Adventurous Sports and Lifestyles.

Entries are judged in the following categories: Entrants need not specify a category unless they only wish to be considered for one.

• Grand Prize $1000
  
• Best New Zealand made Film; The Hiddleston/MacQueen Award $1000
• Best Film on Climbing.
• Best Film on Adventurous Sports and Lifestyles.
• Best Film on Mountain Culture and Environment.
• Best Short Film (15 minutes or less)
• Best Snow Sports Film
• People's Choice
  

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Rules and Entry Details
• The Judges reserve the right to withhold prizes in any category they consider not to be of a sufficiently high standard. Their decision will be final and neither the judges nor the organisers will enter into any correspondence regarding their decisions.
• All cash prizes are in New Zealand funds.
• Awards may be presented to the director or the producer of the film.
• Special Jury Awards may be given to films deserving recognition.
• Entries are not limited to one award and many films could fit into a couple of categories.
• Please indicate if you are also entering the New Zealand filmmakers category.

The dispatching of any entry to the festival implies acceptance of these procedures and regulations by the entrant.

Entries can be of any duration, in either: narrative, story, animated or experimental art form, and can be submitted by professional or amateur filmmakers.

Filmmakers from any country may enter the festival.

The Best New Zealand made film prize must be collected by a New Zealand citizen or resident, but need not necessarily be filmed in New Zealand.

The judges decision will be final.

Entries with soundtracks in any language other than English MUST be accompanied by an English translation in sub titles and/or narrative.

Entries MUST be accompanied by a summary of the film.

An admission charge will be made to the public in order to defray the costs of the festival.

Receipt of entries will be acknowledged by the festival organisers as long as the correct e-mail address is supplied and ONLY if a request made.

Finalists will be notified by June 15th, 2009.

The entrant acknowledges and agrees that all maters not covered by these Regulations, and questions arising from them, will be decided by festival organisers or the festival jury at their sole discretion.

Technical Requirements
All entries will be viewed prior to the festival by a pre-selection committee chaired by the Festival Director. Finalists chosen by this committee will be screened by a jury; these entries will also be viewed by the public over the festival weekend. Winners will be announced during the award ceremonies on Friday, July 3. The jury reserves the right not to make an award, and its decision will be final.

All entries must be high quality DVD or VHS, PAL standard preferred but NTSC accepted. Computer files are also accepted. DVD's MUST NOT ne copy protected as the films may be coppied onto a hard drive for probelm free screening during the festival.

Promotional Material
Entries should be accompanied by two or three images from the film for the festival promotional use. Photos saved as jpegs on CD are preferred but prints and slides are accepted.

Please include a press kit and director's CV, if available.

Rights
By entering into the festival, the entrant represents and warrants that:
i. It has the authority to enter the film in the festival.
ii. It owns all rights, title and interest, including the copyright and all intellectual property rights, in and to the film being submitted to the festival and has the rights to distribute, exhibit and promote the film in or through all media formats.
iii. No material in the film being submitted by the entrant to the festival is libellous or defamatory or violates and rights of privacy or publicity of any person and the full use of the rights in such film will not violate any rights, including copyright or moral rights, of any person, firm or corporation.

Indemnity
The entrant agrees to indemnity the NZ International Film Festival, their respective successors, licensees, and their respective officers, directors, members, agents and employees and hold them harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal fees), and penalties arising out of, resulting from, based upon or incurred because of a breach by the entrant of any statement, representation or warranty made by the entrant in the entry form, these procedures and regulations.

Entry Instructions
i. Entry forms (one per entry), promotional images, along with two copies of the film (DVD or VHS tapes) must be sent PREPAID by airmail, parcel post or courier in bubble packaging.
ii. Films can be returned if return freight cost is prepaid. Entries from outside of New Zealand will need a customs declaration. Please state GOODS FOR EXHIBITION AND RETURN and put a nominal value of US$10.
iii. The greatest possible care will be taken to prevent loss or damage from occurring to the films, no responsibility for loss or damage will be accepted by the festival organisers.

MAILING ADDRESS:
NZ Mountain Film Festival
P.O.Box 563
Wanaka 9343
New Zealand

COURIER ADDRESS
NZ Mountain Film Festival
17 Drake Place, Lake Hawea
RD2, Wanaka, 9382, New Zealand

Phone: +64 3 443 1609

Any other questions or inquires should be directed to the Festival Director, Mark Sedon. E-mail: mark.sedon@xtra.co.nz. Phone/Fax 64 3 443 1609.

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