International Portrait Film Festival

1. Dates and locations

Main festival: screenings of the Official Selection and accompanying events: Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, and Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria), 10-20 November 2022.

Online edition of the festival, including the Official Selection + 2 additional selections "For the peculiar-eyed" and "Thrilling Impressions": 20-30 November 2022.

2. Conditions for participation

2.1. Deadlines for submission
- Earlybird deadline - 5.02 – 05.04.2022
- Regular deadline - 05.04 – 05.07.2022
- Extended deadline - 05.07 – 25.08.2022
- Notifying and announcing the selected films - 05.09.2022

2.2. Film duration
Maximum accepted film duration is 30 minutes.

2.3. Time when the films were made
The festival accepts films made after 1.01.2005.

2.4. File formats
- For selected films: H264, МР4. After a film is selected to be part of the official festival programme, the organiser will contact each author in order to determine the exact technical requirements regarding the screening of their film.

2.5. Language and subtitles
The festival’s working language is English. If an applying film is not in English, it is mandatory that it has appropriately embedded English subtitles.
For all the films selected in the competition programme, the festival team will translate and produce subtitles in Bulgarian. In this case, the author must provide a CORRECT TIMECODE SRT file in English. This is absolutely OBLIGATORY!
For films in Bulgarian, if selected in the competition programme, it is mandatory to provide a copy with embedded subtitles in English.

2.6. Materials from the authors of selected films
The authors of films selected in the competition programme must send video and photo material (trailer, poster, film stills, other appropriate material, photos of the creators - director, cast, others if applicable), short bio(s) of the filmmaker(s) and a full list of the production team (credits). IPFF is allowed to use this information for publicity and advertising purposes.

2.7. Copyright
The applicant party must have full authority to submit their film to the IPFF and to own the copyright of the work, including all rights to the music used. IPFF is not responsible for any claims made by a third party regarding copyright and related rights.

The applicant party agrees that the films selected in the competition programme will be screened within the framework of the festival programme in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, as well as in the online edition of the festival and IPFF’s accompanying events.

The applicant party agrees that their film could also be potentially screened in various cities of Bulgaria as part of IPFF's accompanying programme throughout the following year (2023). If an opportunity for that occurs, the festival team will contact the applicant party for confirmation. In case of a lack of response by the latter, IPFF can still showcase the film if the event is free of charge and doesn't bring any financial profit to the festival's team or any other physical or legal entity.

2.8. Submission fees
- Earlybird deadline - 5.02 – 05.04.2022 - 12 USD
- Regular deadline - 05.04 – 05.07.2022 - 15 USD
- Extended deadline - 05.07 – 25.08.2022 - 18 USD

- The submission fees for the category Portrait of a company for the same three time periods are as follows: 50/55/60 USD.

Submission fees are not refundable.

2.9. Application procedure / platforms and notification
The application will be considered accepted upon the cumulative fulfilment of the following conditions:
- the applicant has completed all the fields required by the relevant platform;
- the applicant has paid the relevant participation fee.
When submitting a film, the applicant agrees, in the event that the film is selected in the competition programme, to give IPFF permission to download a copy or to provide a link to access the film outside/beyond the application platform. The copy or link provided will only be used for access by festival jury members.

3. Categories
The categories in 2022 are 7:
- Film portrait
- Film self-portrait
- Collective portrait
- Alternative portrait
- Portrait in motion (screendance/dance film)
- Portrait in a magic lantern (animated film)
- Portrait of a company

4. Awards
The awarded films in each category are determined by an authoritative international jury. IPFF will award the best portrait creations with:

The grand prize IPFF 2022 - MAYA Award
Award for the most wonderful portrait creation in each category
Film Dedication Award (a film about a cause aiming towards a brighter and better world)

5. Festival organiser
Portret Films Ltd.

6. Funding
IPFF is a film festival that is funded and financed by Portret Films Ltd. and by submission fees from applicants.

By submitting an application through the FilmFreeway platform, the applicant agrees to all the conditions in this RULES AND TERMS section regarding participation in IPFF.