REGULATIONS FOR THE

INTERNATIONAL EURO-ARAB FILM FESTIVAL AMAL 07

 

Article 1.:

 Amal Film Festival, in this year’s edition, will be held from October 22nd to 31st, 2007. Those films selected to participate in the festival, either competing or out of the official section, will all be screened in Santiago de Compostela, site of the Festival.

Article 2.:

The films submitted for competition will be selected by the Festival’s Selection Committee. Any film, documentary film or short film produced in an Arab country or co produced among other countries and any Arab country can enter the contest. Those films produced in any other place of the world, based on Arab life or culture can also enter the contest.

Article 3

Entry forms must be submitted before July 31st. 2007. The Festival will acknowledge the signatory as only responsible prior to other persons who could have taken part in the production of the film.

Article 4.:

Entries should include the following documentation:

 

The inscription does not guarantee the exhibition of the film during the AMAL FESTIVAL. No fee should be paid for taking part in the Festival nor it will be paid for exhibiting the films submitted either.

Article 5.:

Entry forms should be addressed to:

AMAL INTERNATIONAL EURO ARAB FILM FESTIVAL

Fundación Araguaney
Rúa Alfredo Brañas, 5
15701, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña
SPAIN

Article 6.:

The preview copies should be sent in VHS (PAL system) or DVD (Region 2). Copies should be checked several times in different reproducing devices before being sent. For security reasons, send a VHS copy (PAL system) along with the DVD.

The participants can submit as many films as they wish provided that each film is accompanied with its independent entry form in a separate package containing its VHS or DVD.

Each film should have a title and a remittent.

Article 7.:

All the films submitted for competition should be subtitled in any of the following languages: Spanish, English, or French in order to be examined by the Festival’s Committee or accompanied with the script in any of the above mentioned languages. 

Article 8.:

All the films selected will be exhibited in their original languages, with subtitles in any of these languages: Spanish, English, French, Galician, Catalonian or Basque.

“Original version” means any version in which a film is exhibited in its country of origin.

Article 9.:

Films selected for the Festival will only be exhibited in BETACAM SP (PAL system), in Digital BETACAM or in 35 mm.

Article 10.:

Once the film is selected it will not be withdrawn from the program.

Article 11.:

The expenses of shipping films to the Festival’s site, as well as the insurance expenses, must be shouldered by the participants.
The copies are insured by the Organization since their arrival at the Festival premises until their reshipment.

A preview copy for pre selection purposes should be sent -carriage paid- and will not be returned and will be considered as property of the Festival’s Committee. The director will have the rights of the films submitted for competition.

Article 12.:

For shipping from outside the European Union we recommend the use of a  Parcel service. Shipments from outside the European Union that have not paid the customs tariff will not be accepted.

Article 13.:

Should a print be damaged, any claims lodged should be addressed to the Festival at the latest one month after the Producer has received it. The Festival’s responsibility could be engaged only to the value of a new copy, according to the laboratory prevailing tariffs for the printing of a standard copy.

Article 14.:

The jury will be chosen by the Festival Management and will fulfill the following conditions:

It will be composed of five members at least, a third of them being prominent personalities from any Arab country.

No person in any way connected with the production and/or commercial exploitation of a competitive entry should be allowed.

The Jury’s deliberations are secret and decisions will be taken by simple majority. The Festival Management will take part in deliberations though with no vote.

The jury members will firmly agree not to reveal any opinion about the films submitted for consideration previous to the official prize presentation.

Any complaint or disputes (in organization or management) not provided by these regulations will be solved by the Festival’s Management in accordance to these rules.

Article 15.:

The international jury will be obliged to present the awards endowed with the following quantities:

Best Fiction Long Film…………..3.500 E
Best Documentary Film…………2.500 E
Best Short Film…………………….2.000 E
Best Director………………………. 3.000 E
Best Actor……………………………2.000 E
Best Actress……………………….. 2.000 E
Amal Prize, granted by the Public… 1.500 E

Only one of these prizes can be ex-aequo.

Article 16.:

The Producers of the awarded films will agree to mention it in all publicity and press material, sparing the exact wording of the jury’s repot and using the Festival’s logo. This logo will be available at our offices and the Festival’s Web.

Article 17
The Festival will ask the producers or owners of the film’s copyright permission to keep a print in the Araguaney Foundation Film archive.
The producers or owners of the film’s copyright will authorize the Araguaney Foundation Bridge of Cultures (the organizing entity) to exhibit the above film in non ludicrous festivals, film courses or showings to be held within the Spanish territory during the year following the Festival and after informing the owner of the film’s copyright.

Article 18.:

In case of conflict interpretations of these regulations, the Spanish text should be used. Participation in the Festival means acceptance of these regulations. Should there be disputes the Festival Management will prevail, according to the rules of the FIAPF regarding International Film Events.