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Foiling Film Festival
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The second edition of Foiling Film Festival Competition.
The Award Ceremony will take place during the Foiling Week event
June 25th & July 7th, 2023
Malcesine, Garda Lake, Italy
FOILING PASSION
After the huge success and popularity of all the foiling sports in the last years, WE ARE FOILING and the FOILING WEEK event, awarded in 2021 as one of the special world events by the World Sailing Class, have launched the first Foiling Film Festival. The Festival brings together the best films and pictures about foiling and the spirit of adventure from around the world.
The festival, through the Award Ceremony and its events, offers you the chance to meet other filmmakers, photographers and professionals athletes and mentors around the world of sailing and foiling at 360. FOILING WEEK, the event in which the Award night takes place, is the best opportunity to exchange ideas and collaborate in a highly creative and inspiring atmosphere, as well as the opportunity to connect with leaders in the foiling adventure field, including engineers, brands, gear manufacturers, potential sponsors, and journalists.
FESTIVAL VISIBILITY
Films selected throughout the year will be reviewed and selected prior the Award Ceremony.
All selected films will be included and screened into the FFF website for the duration of one year (longer visibility will be discussed with the rights owner) and will be taken into consideration for our world tour cinema screenings. Short films are particularly popular for the programming flexibility they provide so if you are submitting a longer film, you may wish to also enter a shorter version.
WORLD TOUR
Our World Tour programs (in theatre or virtual) will reach a global audience of sailors and foiling lovers from around the globe. If your film is selected for the World Tour, our team will contact you.
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Awards & Prizes
BEST OVER ALL FILM
Best STORY
Best SHORT FILM (2 minutes to 5 minutes)
Best PICTURE
Best EDITING
Best SERIES
- The Foiling Film Festival reserves the right to make the final decision on the category of any film entered.
• Entries are not limited to one award.
• Awards may be presented to the director or the producer of the film.
All entries will be viewed prior to the Award Ceremony by a pre-selection committee chaired by the Festival Director together with We are Foiling Team. The jury will be composed by a Team of creative professionals in the field . The winners of each category will be decided prior the event. - Prior the Award Ceremony, all submitted and selected films will be available for screening on our website.
• Winners will be announced prior the event and awarded during the second edition of Foiling Film Festival Award Ceremony. It will happen during Foiling Week June 25th & July 7th, 2023. The jury reserves the right to not present an award, and its decisions will be final.
Rules & Terms
Before entering, please ensure you read the Rules and Terms in their entirety as the dispatching of any entry to the Foiling Film Festival implies acceptance of these procedures and regulations by the Entrant:
1. Completed films need to be uploaded at the time of entry. We do not accept rough cuts, trailers or unfinished projects and are unable to consider new versions of films once they’re entered.
2. Films produced in the year 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are eligible for the second edition.
3. The same film may only be entered once in the Foiling Film Festival Competition.
4. As a festival tour we will the own and the right to screen your film or use it on our social media channels for one year starting from the submission at FFF until the next edition 2024.
5. After one year from the submission, in theatre and online screening agreements may be offered and discuss with the film owners. A separate licensing agreement will be made directly with the film entrant.
6. If English is not the original language of the film, it MUST be submitted with burn-in English subtitles, or be dubbed in English.
7. Film selected (if not already free online), agree to have their film screened on our Online platforms and at multiple live venues and on multiple dates within the festival period, June 25 – July 07, 2023 and for one year starting from the selection at FFF until the next edition FFF Award 2024.
8. Selected films agree to have their film screened on our online platforms and locally in theatres after the Award Ceremony as part of an award series for one year. The year will start from the submission as FFF until the next edition FFF Award 2024
9. All submissions may be retained by the Festival for adjudication, on-demand and archival purposes.
10. All film entries uploaded via foilingfilmfestival.org or through email, along with available film overview, credits, specifications and distributor information will be made accessible for viewing during the Festival in our On-demand Screening Room to filmmakers, distributors, festival directors, Foiling Film Festival World Tour hosts, and media.
11. Films selected will be made available to the public post-Festival in Malcesine (restricted viewing on site for research purposes only).
12. The Entrant grants the Festival and its successors, licensees and assigns the right to copy and version the entry in its entirety to facilitate technical operations of the Festival, in and through any and all media formats now known or hereafter devised.
13. The Entrant grants the Festival and its successors, licensees and assigns the right to use images from the clip AND accompanying photos submitted to the Festival for promotional purposes of the Festival and WE ARE FOILING community and its activities in or through any and all media formats now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, the Internet throughout the universe.
14. The Entrant acknowledges and agrees that all matters will be decided by Festival organizers or the Festival jury at their sole discretion.
15. Applicants must have the intellectual property rights and distribution rights to enter this film into the competition. Applicants must acquire the performing rights for any music contained in the film and provide evidence should it be required.
16. The dispatching of any entry to the film competition implies acceptance of all regulations by the Applicant.
17. Foiling Film Festival has to be considered as part of WE ARE FOILING
LATE ENTRY INTO THE COMPETITION:
To be part of the Second edition, all films must be submitted by May 16th 2023. We shouldn’t accept late film entries into competition due to the timing of our programming logistics. However, if you feel strongly that your project is a worthy candidate and that the final version of your film will be completed by the 30th of May 2023, you may apply for a late entry and we will consider your application. To request details and an application form, please email info@foilingfilmfestival.org
In the meantime, please do not enter unfinished films, rough cuts or trailers into competition as we can only accept completed films. Enquiries made after 30th May 2023 will not be considered.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS PRE-SCREENERS:
Filmmakers are required to submit their film for pre-screening at the time of entry though email at info@foilingfilmfestival.org. If you are using a secured link, please keep us updated of any changes to passwords. If English is not the original language of the film, it MUST be entered into competition with burn-in English subtitles as part of the video image, or be dubbed in English. We recommend a sans-serif font with maximum readability against both light and dark backgrounds.
FINALIST MASTERS:
Film duration: From 2 minutes up to a maximum of 120 minutes (if selected, films longer than 20 minutes may be requested to be shortened to be part of the Festival Nights or world tour program).
If your film is selected, you will be required to provide a high resolution master. We accept finalist masters as either Avid DNxHD or Apple ProRes 422 codecs at 1920x1080i/p in a .mov or .mxf wrapper and our preference is to use the 10bit codecs (example: ProRes 422 (HQ) or Avid DNxHD 175X, 185X or 220X depending on frame-rate). We will also request finalists to submit their master film with the frame rate that it was edited in, to a maximum of 30 frames per second. Audio should be uncompressed PCM, .wav or .aif at 24bit, 48kHz. Finalists will be contacted by the festival with instructions on how to upload.
Notes
• If English is not the original language of your film: The Festival reserves the right to refuse films without English voiceover or English subtitles. Subtitles must be part of the video image.
• The Festival Producer will have the option to conform the content to broadcast-quality standardization or, alternatively, to charge a fee (in consultation with entrant) for Foiling Film Festival in-house corrections in the event of substandard submission.
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
If your film is selected, you will be asked to provide a variety of trailer and formats and sizes of images from the film to be reproduced, published and/or exhibited for promotional purposes as they pertain to the Foiling Film Festival (WE ARE FOILING), World Tour, and the associated FOILING WEEK Events. Details of images, thumbnails, trailers and video film intro will be sent to film finalists.
INDEMNITY
The Entrant agrees to indemnify Foiling Film Festival (WE ARE FOILING), their respective successors, assigns, licensees, and their respective officers, directors, members, agents and employees and hold them harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal fees) and penalties arising out of, resulting from, based upon or incurred because of a breach by the Entrant of any statement, representation or warranty made by the Entrant in this entry form.
GRANT OF RIGHTS AND WAIVER
By entering the film competition, the Entrant represents and warrants that:
a) The Entrant hereby grants Foiling Film Festival (WE ARE FOILING) the rights to use the film as outlined in this entry form.
b) It owns all right, title and interest, including the copyright and all intellectual property rights, in and to the film being submitted to the Festival and has the right to distribute, exhibit and promote the film in or through all media formats now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, the Internet throughout the universe.
c) All music licenses (including, without limitation, all synchronization, mechanical and master-use licenses, as applicable) have been obtained and all payments have been made that are required for the public performance of the music incorporated in the film.
d) No material in the film being submitted by the Entrant to the Festival is libelous or is slanderous or defamatory or violates any right of privacy or publicity of any person, and the full use of the rights in such film will not violate any rights, including copyright or moral rights, of any person, firm or corporation.
e) To the extent that the Film Producer may now or in the future be entitled to any so-called moral, author’s or similar rights in the film pursuant to the Copyright Act (Italy) or otherwise, the Producer hereby irrevocably waives and relinquishes all such rights in favor of Foiling Film Festival (Foiling Week) and its assignees and licensees to the fullest extent permitted by law.
f) By entering the Foiling Film Festival Competition, the entrant acknowledges and agrees to all entry Rules and Terms.
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PROGRAM:
FOILING WEEK / FOILING FILM FESTIVAL (AWARD NIGHT TBD)
JUNE 25th 2023 – July 07th 2023
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FOILING FILM FESTIVAL
Beatrice Colombo Serri / FFF Director / Creative Director We are Foiling
Email: info@foilingfilmfestival.org / Beatrice@wearefoiling.com
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