Rules

DocBrazil Festival 2012: 3rd Brazilian Documentary Film Festival in China

From September 2th to 30th
Submissions: from December 15th to March 15th, 2012

DEADLINES

• March 15th – Authorization for Use of Images, two DVDs copies with English subtitles, photos, promotional material and dialogue list. ALL the requested materials must be posted until this date, otherwise the work will not be considered for selection.
• May 5th - Notification of selected works on the festival website: www.docbrazilfestival.com

DOCBRAZIL FESTIVAL OBJECTIVE’S

DocBrazil developed its partnerships and program of parallel activities in order to attract a wider audience to participate in the celebration of Brazil.

TYPE OF FESTIVAL

Non Competitive

SUBMISSIONS AND ELIGIBILITY

• No entry fee is required.
• There is no restriction regarding themes or genres.
• There is no limit in the number of works submitted per entrant. However, a separate entry form is required for each work.
• On no account will the festival pay exhibition fees for any selected or invited film.

SELECTION PROCESS

• For the selection process, copies with English subtitle of the submitted work must be a final edited version EXCLUSIVELY ON DVD, preferably region 0 (free region), recorded on DVD video, 4x3 or 16x9 anamorphic format, preferably NTSC, WITHOUT INTERACTIVE MENU.
• The DVD must run in standard DVD players. DVDs that only run in computers will be automatically disqualified for the selection process.
• Works that are unfinished or in progress will not be considered for selection.
• It is obligatory to send one work per DVD.
• It is obligatory to send, in a DVD copy, at least one still photograph of the work and the producer, in jpeg format (.jpeg), with minimum resolution of 300 dpi, approximate size dimensions of 15x10 cm (6x4 inches), RGB, for the catalogue and for promotional purposes of the festival.
• In order to avoid any loss, please print our office address, available on the website
  
• All materials requested for selection process must be sent prepaid and will not be returned. They will be placed in the festival’s archives.
• IMPORTANT: GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SENDING WORKS AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
• Promotional material and DVDs must be preferably sent by express mail service (EMS). 
• Shipments by regular airmail must be done the earliest possible.

SUBTITLING

• The festival will take care of the Mandarin electronic subtitling of ALL films. In order to do so, a text file ( in English or Portuguese) with time-code information will be required.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Every selected work will receive a Certificate of Participation, DocBrazil’s clipping and the exclusively posters created by our designers team.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT US:

docbrazilfestival@gmail.com