Terms & Conditions

  1. International Women Filmmakers Festival 2021
  2. Official Selections
  3. Terms & Conditions

TERMS & CONDITIONS

TERMS & CONDITIONS/SPECIFICATIONS for FILM SCREENING and SUBMISSION OF REQUIRED MATERIALS

  • Film owners must completely fill out the form given below in order to attend the 4th International Women Filmmakers Festival Turkey (IWFFT).
  • Festival screening copies must be sent by until December 31th 2020, the latest.
  • The screening copies of featured films must besent to the festival in H 264 or MOV formats, and the documentary and short films must be in H264 or MOV formats.
  • Screening schedule of the selected films is to be decided by the festival.
  • The forms of all films will be processed and published in the festival catalog following the official announcement of the selected films,
  • In order to avoid mistakes in the festival catalog and website, you are kindly requested to fill in the selected fields in the form as accurately and completely as possible.
  • Films participating in the festival cannot be withdrawn from the program after the application deadline.
  • 4th IWFFT will be entitled to use a part of the film at maximum of 3 minutes for press and the media presentations after the film is officially selected to the screening program.
  • Documentary, short, feature and animated films will be screened during the festival.
  • There must not be any watermarks such as logo, time code, etc. over the trailer of the film in order to be used in the festival promotional film or/and television promotions.
  • Director of the movie may send his or her own curriculum vitae, filmography and the photograph (at least 300 dpi) by e-mail with the form below.

4th INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL TURKEY SCREENING REGULATIONS

A) PURPOSE

IWFFT aims to make women directors and their films visible by bringing together female directors and female film workers in the first week of March every year within the scope of 8 March International Working Women's Day.

B) FESTIVAL and APPLICATION DATES

The application dates for the 4th International Women Filmmakers Festival, which will be held between March 1-7, 2021, are November 9 - December 31, 2020.

C) PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS, SELECTIVE COMMITTEE AND WORKING CONDITIONS

1) Directors can participate in the festival with more than one work.

2) At least one of the directors must be a woman.

3) There is no time limit for participating films. Selected films will be evaluated within the international section at the festival.

4) All films that have not been shown in the previous years can apply for the screening program.

5) The application deadline for screening is THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31st. Directors must apply online to the website www.kadinyonetmenlerfestivali.com.tr by 31 DECEMBER THURSDAY, the latest .

6) All films included in the program are monitored and pre-screened by the pre-jury and the films to be included in the program will be announced on the website www.kadinyonetmenlerfestivali.com.tr between 10-15 January 2021 .

7) The pre-jury consists of female directors and cinema workers.

8) Providing that the director requests, the justified reasons for the unselected films will be disclosed with an online meeting during the festival (1-7 March 2021)

9) Film applications cannot be withdrawn from the festival after the deadline; regardless of whether they are selected or not for the festival.

10) The pre-jury make their decisions regarding the films, taking into account the "artistic" qualities of the them and their compatibility with the content.

11) There is no application fee for applying the festival.

12) Screening of the international films are royalty-free at IWFFT 2021.

13) The applicant must be in a position to certify that he/she has all the authority to apply and that the necessary permissions have been obtained from all relevant institutions and organizations. If the film of the applicant is selected, it undertakes to send the declaration stating that he/she is the legal owner of the film.

14) Films will be screened in the halls or online platform within the schedule of the festival program. During the screenings, hall, platform or schedule changes cannot be recommended or made to the festival board or the hall, platform officials.

15) Applicants who do not give consent to show their films online must indicate this in the application form.

16) Regarding that an offer from TV broadcast etc. of the film, IWFFT board helps establishing a relationship between the film's producer or director.

17) The party to any dispute regarding copyrights that may arise from any image, music, text or any subject used in the film is the sole legal owner of the film.

18) All producers participating in the competition are deemed to have accepted the matters contained in this regulation.