The film contest regulations
20th European Film Festival Integration You and Me
§ 1.
1. The 20th edition of the European Film Festival Integration You and Me will be held between 5th and 9th September 2023.
2. The Festival is organised by: Socio-Cultural Society of Koszalin and Joachim Lelewel's Public Library of Koszalin.
§ 2.
The aim of the Festival is to promote documentaries, feature and amateur films dealing with various aspects of disability.
§ 3.
The Festival consists of the following contests:
1. the contest of feature films
2. the contest of documentaries
3. the contest of amateur films. A film should be made by the disabled or with their substantial creative and organisational help of the disabled. The film does not have to deal with the problematicity of disability – there is a free choice of the topic.
§ 4.
Films submitted for the contest must fulfill the following conditions:
1. They must meet artistic criteria qualifying them for the contest (match the formula of the Festival).
2. Running time limits:
a) documentary and feature films - no limit,
b) amateur films - up to 10 minutes.
3. Films must be produced between 2021 and 2023.
4. Formats and carriers:
I Preferred
a) Blu-ray Video (bd or mp4, 1920 x 1080, 16:9 (pixel aspect ratio 1.4568), PAL (25 fps)),
b) DVD Video (mpeg2 or mp2, 720 x 576, 16:9 (pixel aspect ratio 1.4568), PAL (25 fps)),
c) DCP (Digital Cinema Package).
II Optional
a) mp4 file (codec h.264), 1920 x 1080, 16:9 (pixel aspect ratio 1.4568), PAL (25 fps),
b) mp2 file (mpeg2 or mp2, codec dv or h.264), 720 x 576, 16:9 (pixel aspect ratio 1.4568), PAL (25 fps).
§ 5.
1. The condition for admitting a film to the selection is filling in the application form available at http://integracjatyija.pl and sending it together with a DVD or BlueRay disc to the address of the Festival Organizing Office. All copies must have subtitles and dialogue in English.
2. The film submission deadline is May 1st, 2023.
3. The applicant submitting films qualified for the festival competition is obliged to send promotional materials (foreign films - electronic dialogue list, poster, stills from the film in electronic version, director's dossier, synopsis trailer) by June 15th, 2023.
4. Submitted films will be qualified by a selection committee appointed by the organizers.
5. The shipping costs of the copy are covered by the sender.
§ 6.
1. Submitted films will be awarded by the Jury which will consist of the representatives of the film industry and the disabled people from an artistic circle .
2. The Jury will award honorary prizes – statues of the “Butterfly 2023” - in the following categories:
a) The best documentary film,
b) The best feature film,
c) The best amateur film.
3. Organizers have the right to grant additional awards, including financial prizes.
§ 7.
1. An applicant agrees on a free-of-charge use of four screenings of the film during the Festival or for promotional or educational purposes.
2. 2.Organizers of the Festival reserve the right to organize free-of-charge film screenings during activities in 16 study and local cinemas in Poland.
3. In case of a compulsory shutdown of cinemas, Organizers of the Festival reserve the right to organize free-of-charge on-line film screenings. Organizers covenant to agree the date of such screening with a producer or a distributor in advance.
§ 8
The applicant states that:
1. He is the author and creator of the submitted film and his work of art is original and creative.
2. Only the applicant has all unlimited rights for the film described in § 4, including the right to use the film concerning copyright and neighbouring rights and that the applicant's rights as an author are not in any way limited by the third party, which would limit or disable submitting the film to the Festival.
3. The work of art is fully original, it does not infringe the copyright of the third party, it is free from any borrowings and there are no circumstances which could expose the organiser of the Festival to responsibility towards the third party because of the use of the film.
4. The applicant states that the statement in §8 of the Contest Rules and Regulations is true and it authorises the organiser of the Festival to use the statement and pass it to the third party.
§9
The applicant states that:
„I hereby agree for processing personal information by the organisers of the Festival for the purposes of the organisation of the Festival in accordance with the Contest rules and regulations of the Festival, and for the disclosure of my personal data by the organisers of the Festival to entities authorised to publicise the information. I state that I have been informed that revealing my personal data is voluntary and that I have the right to access and correct the data”.
§10
1. The applicant states and guarantees that the people shown in the film have agreed to show them, especially on the Internet and during screenings at the Festival and its accompanying events.
2. The applicant is fully responsible for the content of the film and a possible infringement of the rights of the third party.
3. The application to the Festival means acceptance of the rules and regulations.