Chongqing announces 4th indie film fest

Organizers of the Chongqing Independent Film and Video Festival  2010, which will be held from November 14-20, 2010 , said that this fourth installment of the annual festival will be bigger, more diverse and pursue higher quality than the previous years. The festival seeks to support cultural exchange and develop the independent film industry in China. The festival is open to all submissions and focuses on promoting film rather than competitions or awards.Submissions should be made in China or related to China or Chinese culture to fit the theme and focus of this festival.

Call for submissions deadline August 15, 2010.

http://www.cifvf.org/zh/index.php

rough translation from the above website.

CIFVF2010 sign film started (deadline: August 15, 2010)  2010-08-06 19:00:58CIFVF2010 (11 月 14 日 -20 days) will be held in Chongqing, after the first three festivals of experience, this year CIFVF in overall size, the pursuit of quality and diverse programming, inter-cultural exchanges, and more extensive peripheral activities and so continue the fine tradition of last year, and try to do better.  2010 video collection has been started to work actively welcome all friends to attend.Application forms and prospectus information please go to the download page to download.-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- --------Contrast Youth: The Fourth Film Exhibition in Chongqing civil works exhibition prospectusChongqing Independent Film & Video Festival 2010 4th edition, 2010 RegulationsContrast City: Chongqing civil Film Exhibition (Chongqing Independent Film & Video Festival, CIFVF) purpose is to promote the private film and digital video media creation and exchange, to encourage Chongqing and China's New video creators, and the expansion of youth groups artistic vision and imagination.The Film Festival by the Milky Way Film Co Ltd and Chongqing outdoor movie studio (Open-air Theatre Studio), organized 90 minutes movie studio 90 Minutes Film Studio) Co; in November each year, held in Chongqing, China.  This festival every effort to provide high quality images for the local audience programs throughout the world to create images of space to express freely; in the audience and between the structures of a liberal, freedom, equality, exchange and communication platform.Nature1.  The festival is to work for the main purpose of screening the exchange of image arts and cultural activities;2.  This does not establish any official film festival awards.Qualifications1.  No qualifications, all artists are invited to submit their works;2.  The festival no entry fee.1  pre-work.  Accepted genres include drama, documentary, animation and experimental films; welcome cross-type creation, declined to TV column and commercial applications programs;2.  Works shall be in January 2009 and thereafter produced;3.  Video show length does not exceed 60 minutes, the length of a long slide show of not less than 60 minutes;4.  Works shall not contain any violation of PRC laws and regulations related to the content;5.  Works of non-Chinese dialogue, accompanied by bilingual subtitles; Chinese Putonghua works, accompanied by English or in Chinese and English subtitles; Chinese works of non-Mandarin dialogue, accompanied by subtitles in English and Chinese;6.  All works completed by CIFVF selection of films pre-selection panel; CIFVF film selection panel constituted by the following persons: to be bright, Ou Ning, the cloud (LI Yun-bo), Zhou Hao, Li Ning and Lei Lei.

Submit1.  Limit each participant to submit entries of up to more than two;2.  Entries must be submitted in each of two identical standard DVD discs (PAL format) for pre-selection;3.  Entries must each also submit the following materials:• A completed application form• According to a director, JPG format, size less than 1M;• two different photo stills and a job, JPG format, within each size of 3M;• A work summary, 500 words or less, WORD or plain text format;• A director explained, 500 words or less, WORD or plain text format;• Director Biography and other works of the situation, WORD or plain text format;Submit the above materials in kind to the film festival organizers, digital files, please send an email to  opentheatre@gmail.com .4.  All participating works, together with a completed application form and relevant explanatory documents to be submitted before the deadline Film Festival Organizing Committee;5.  All works submitted must be clearly marked on the DVD disc title, name of film and director;6.  All work from the field sent to the organizing committee, please use EMS, DHL or other courier services to package the form of submission; delivery costs borne by the participants;7.  DVD disc of all submitted works and related materials will not be refunded.DeadlineAugust 15, 2010.Screening time and placeNovember 14, 2010 -20 Day.  China • Chongqing, Galaxy Pictures Shapingba Chongqing University, and other cinema and screening room.Selected works 1.  Works selected filmography will be held in late September 2010 the official web site; all sign up will receive if selected for the work of individual notice; 2. All candidates will receive a certificate of selected screenings; 3.  Selected will be required to provide complete copies of the works and new (video or DVD) for screening purposes; screening copy copy the contents to be consistent with the pre-selection; 4.  If selected to provide a screening copy of the DVD, will not be refunded; if selected to provide a screening copy of the video, except with the prior statement, the organizing committee will retain copies of the show; for all the work to retain copies of the Organizing Committee, panellist will ensure that only for data archiving and academic activities; 5.  Provide screening of selected videos, the acceptable format for DV, DVCAM, HDV or BETACAM SP, PAL standard; 6.  For the prior statement to the return of the pony show video, the organizing committee is responsible for showing video from the day before the festival to play the end of the custody period, if lost or damaged, the Organizing Committee will only compensate for the corresponding number of new formats and blank video; 7.  Apply to all field work participants sent to the participants own expense, send the cost of the return video showing borne by the Organizing Committee.

InviteAll selected works director (a) the whole festival will be invited to attend the event, accommodation and food costs during borne by the Organizing Committee; and to provide full, as the case from tolls or subsidies for certain travel expenses.

Participants authorize  one.  Participants are required to ensure full copyright ownership of the work / or may authorize the public screening of the works; 2.  Participants Organizing Committee may be authorized to work pieces (not more than 3 minutes) and the relevant data for television channels, print media, radio and the Internet for non-commercial promotional activities; 3.  Organizing Committee have the right of participants to modify their work, but will only be made after participants agreed to amend; 4.  Participants are required to fill out the application form to ensure that all personal and other information with the authenticity of the Organizing Committee to consider whether the information is only for selected purposes, and subject to the laws and regulations on the protection of personal privacy terms of constraints; 5.  Participant agreement with the Organizing Committee, if the participants in the festivals because under this statute the violation of intellectual property rights of any person, portrait, reputation or contain defamatory, or for any other reason of any breach of the provisions, resulting Zuwei Hui or suffer any third party actions, proceedings, claims, claiming, liabilities and expenses, at any time, participants must take full responsibility, and to ensure not involved with the organizing committee.

The right  one.  Participants enroll in this festival not only of accepting the Constitution, not the Constitution in the face of limited cases, the committee will be handled through consultations with the participants, as participants do not accept the negotiation of handling, the Organizing Committee the power to make the final decision; 2.  The festival organizing committee reserves the right to charter all.-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- --------Contrast City: Chongqing civil Film Exhibition (CIFVF) Organizing Committee Contact: Ms Zang (CIFVF Film Festival co-ordination) Address: Jiangbei District, Chongqing Jianxin Road 2 North City Arts Building (next to the New Century) 14 F -11 E Postal Code: 400020 Tel: +86 13696406684 E-mail: opentheatre@gmail.com Official Website:  http://www.cifvf.org