Rules and Regulations

General Rules and Regulations

Rules and Regulations for the Animation Schools Panorama

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1. Organization and Dates
ANIMA2011 – VI Córdoba International Animation Festival is organized by the Centro Experimental de Animación of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina; the University Film Society – SEU, UNC; and the Centro Cultural España ● Córdoba. It will be held from October 6th through October 8th, 2009.

2. Objectives
The Festival’s main objectives are:
● To support the recognition of the art of animation, both in its technical and cultural diversity.
● To generate a space for reflection, encounter and exchange among the different areas that, from their particular activities, contribute to cultural industries.
● To promote technological developments in the region.
● To favor and stimulate animation production, distribution and exhibition.
● To promote specific training instances in the field of animation.

3. About the films
The Festival is open to animation films of every genre, topic, format and screening media (film, video, television, Internet). Special interest is granted to those works where the filmmaker’s expressive intention stands out from marketing requirements; and also to school productions. Participation is open for artists all over the world, with special interest in those from Latin America. There is no limit in the number of works an author can send, but a separate Entry Form must be completed for each work, and shipping instructions must be respected.

There is no entry fee.

Films that have been submitted for any of the previous editions of the Festival will not be accepted.

4. Categories
Feature Animation Animated films over 50 minutes running time.
Animated Stories Animated shorts with a strong narrative profile.
Themes and Rhythms Animated shorts with a strong experimental and/or abstract interest.
Music Video
Animated TV Series for children
Animated TV Series for adults
Advertising Animation

The Organizers do not compromise to exhibit the total number of entries. The Festival’s Artistic Director will be responsible for organizing a selection of entries for the Festival’s screenings, in both the competitive and non – competitive categories. Decisions taken in this respect are final. If the entrant would rather not have his / her film considered for the non-competitive categories, he / she should check the appropriate box on the Entry Form.
Once the Selection Process has been completed, the entrant may not withdraw his / her entry from the Festival.
Those whose entries have been selected for exhibition – either competitive or non-competitive categories – will receive a Certificate of Participation in the Festival and the Festival Catalog.
The result of the Selection Process will be notified to all entrants starting August 15th, 2011.

5. Juries and Distinctions

International Jury Awards
The Centro Experimental de Animación will name a Jury, which shall be integrated by three persons of whom at least one must not be a natural from Argentina. Each member of the Jury must have considerable background regarding the art of animation. The Jury will award the following distinctions, and its decisions are final:

● Grand Jury Prize
● Best Animation for each of the competitive categories.

Besides the distinctions mentioned before, the Jury may also award Special Mentions in its criteria.

Argentine Jury Award
The Centro Experimental de Animación will name a Jury integrated by representatives of the Argentine Animation panorama. This Jury will award the Best Argentine Animation selected for the Festival’s categories. The Argentine Jury may also award Special Mentions, and its decisions are final.

Student Jury Award
The Centro Experimental de Animación will name a Jury integrated by students of the Dept. of Film and Television, University of Córdoba. This Student Jury will award the Best Student Animation to an in – competition production proceeding from a Film, Video or Animation School. The Student Jury’s decisions are final.

Audience Award
The Audience Award will be handed to the film – selected for competition – that achieves the largest percentage of votes by the audience.

The directors of the awarded films will receive a statue of “Elña”, the Festival’s mascot, and a Diploma.

6. Entry procedures

Those interested in submitting an entry to the Festival, must:
● Complete the online entry form, available at http://www.animafestival.com.ar
● Send two stills of the film and one photograph of the director, JPEG format, minimum size 4 inches X 6 inches (10cm X 15cm) at 300dpi resolution, to the e-mail address fotos@animafestival.com.ar
● Send a DVD with the film in digital format. The DVD case must be properly labeled with the registration tag. (This does not apply for Internet Animation).
Recommendations for sending the films:
+ Video and audio (original) in the same file. MPEG2-DVD aspect ratio 4:3 or 16:9, NTSC o PAL, SD o HD. Stereo Audio. If there are more audio tracks in other languages, save as different files.
+ In case it is needed, transcoding format should be: MPEG2-DVD PAL CBR 8Mbps stereo
+ Recorded on DATA CD or DVD, no MENUS or EXTRAS

The Festival’s official languages are Spanish and English. If the film has dialogue in a language other than Spanish, the entrant must send a subtitled copy in either Spanish (preferred) or English, and a time – based dialogue list (Spanish or English) in .srt format.

If your animation is made for the Internet, your film must be online from registration until October 10th, 2011.

Submissions to the Festival will not be returned, they will be stored at the Centro Experimental de Animación’s Animation Archives. This entity will have ample faculties of disposal of the copies; including the right to screen them publicly of privately anywhere in the world, by itself or by a third party; but only with free admittance and on cultural or educational purposes.

Deadline: Registration will be open until Friday, May 13th 2011 Friday, May 27th 2011. No entries will be accepted after this date.  In case the entry is sent by mail, the entrant should take the necessary precautions for the entry to arrive to the Festival’s office up to that date.

Shipping expenses must be borne by the sender, who is also responsible for any kind of tax, toll, tariff, custom fees, etc, that might be charged on the entry by postal or custom authorities. The Festival WILL NOT PAY, IN ANY CASE, fees that are derived from the mailing of the entries. All the DVDs, envelopes, containers, etc., should be labeled “For cultural purposes only – NO COMMERCIAL VALUE”. Should a customs declaration or a pro-forma invoice be requested, you should declare “No commercial value” and amount lower that U$S 3.- (United States Dollars three).

7. Mentions

The entrants of the award-winning films at ANIMA2011 should mention the Prize obtained and the text “VI Córdoba International Animation Festival ANIMA2011” in the credits of their short and on all related documentation.

8. Other Information
About Copyright Issues
Works which employ pre-existent images or sound will be accepted under the entrant’s responsibility in which respects to third party’s copyright. The authors will be responsible for claims of any nature that third parties might perform in respect to production credits, copyright, inclusion rights, performers´ rights, etc.

9. Acceptance of the Rules and Regulations
All participants, just by sending an entry to the Festival, fully accept these Rules and Regulations. Should any problem arise, it will be solved by the Organizers considering the Spanish version of these Rules and Regulations.

10. Contact

For any further information or inquiry, please contact
ANIMA2011 c/o Dpto. de Cine y TV
Escuela de Artes, FFyH,
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Pabellón México, Ciudad Universitaria
5000 – Córdoba
ARGENTINA

Tel / Fax ++ 54 351 4334195 Int. 32
http://www.animafestival.com.ar
info@animafestival.com.ar

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The Animation Schools Panorama will be a non – competitive section of the ANIMA2011 – VI Córdoba International Animation Festival. The main objective of this section is to promote and foment education on the specifics of the art and techniques of animation both in a national and international context.

Any educational institution where animation is taught as a career,  or as a specific subject, may enter. The institution may be public or private; and may be of primary, secondary or higher level of education. In any case, the institution must be accredited by the competent educational authority in its location.

Every institution may send a 10’ (ten minutes) animation compilation, integrated by student’s films, films of end of studies, thesis films, or any other animated production generated by their animation students. The following will not be accepted: Films made by teachers; incomplete, not finished or work – in – progress films.

Registration
Those institutions interested in participating should send the following:
- The animation compilation in digital format on a DVD. The schools may include an institutional ID, logo or presentation at the beginning of their compilation, and another at the end. These IDs should not last longer than 5 seconds. DVDs who fail to comply with this directive will not be admitted.
- An official letter in letterhead paper soliciting participation in the Animation School Panorama, signed and sealed by the school’s competent authority (Headmaster, Principal, Director, Dean, Secretary, etc.).
- In paper AND in .rtf format: a list of the films included in the compilation, full name of the student filmmakers, full name of the responsible teacher, name of the career or subject.

All required materials should be sent to:

ANIMA2011 c/o Dpto. de Cine y TV
Escuela de Artes, FFyH,
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Pabellón México, Ciudad Universitaria
5000 – Córdoba
ARGENTINA

Tel / Fax ++ 54 351 4334195 Int. 32

http://www.animafestival.com.ar

info@animafestival.com.ar

In case the total screening time of the audiovisual material sent by all the schools is higher than the available screening time for the section, the Artistic Director of the Festival will curate the section, selecting material from every school.

The institutions that enter films in the section, their participating careers or subjects, the films that compose the compilations and the participating filmmakers / students will be mentioned on the ANIMA2011Festival catalog.

Deadline: Friday, May 13th 2011. No entries will be accepted after this date.  In case the entry is sent by mail, the entrant should take the necessary precautions for the entry to arrive to the Festival’s office up to that date.

Shipping expenses must be borne by the sender, who is also responsible for any kind of tax, toll, tariff, custom fees, etc, that might be charged on the entry by postal or custom authorities. The Festival WILL NOT PAY, IN ANY CASE, fees that are derived from the mailing of the entries. All the DVDs, envelopes, containers, etc., should be labeled “For cultural purposes only – NO COMMERCIAL VALUE”. Should a customs declaration or a pro-forma invoice be requested, you should declare “No commercial value” and an amount lower than U$S 3.- (United States Dollars three).