MISTER VORKY
5th International Festival of One Minute Film
1st – 3rd June 2018, Ruma, Serbia
Rules and regulations:
1. Mister Vorky is an International Festival of One Minute Film, which promotes the best one minute films from all continents. Organizer of the Festival is Independent Film Center Vorky Team which in this way pays tribute to the great Serbian-American film artists Slavko Vorkapich.
2. Fifth edition of the Festival will be held in Ruma, Serbia from 1st – 3rd June 2018.
3. Goal of the Festival is a presentation of author films of the shortest form and all genres of the seventh art (fiction, animation, documentary…).
4. Submitted films must have length to maximum 60 seconds (one minute), together with opening and closing titles (in exceptional cases it may be tolerated that film has closing titles which prolongs complete film longer than one minute). Films produced in the period from 2016 to 2018 are eligible to participate. Festival selector can select up to 5 films that were created before 2016, if they deserve to be screened at the festival
5. Festival doesn’t charge any submitting fee or pay screening fee.
6. One author may submit more than one film but each submitted film needs to have separate application forms.
7. Submitted films stay in the Festival Archive and they might be used exclusively in non-commercial screenings at educational and cultural facilities and related festivals in Serbia and abroad in order of Festival promotion.
8. Deadline for submitting films is 30th April 2018. All authors which films are selected will be informed by e-mail till 14th May 2018.
9. Films which are selected for Festival programs (competition and accompanying) must be delivered via link for download in .mp4 (H264) or .mov format, latest till 21st May 2018.
10. Films from non-English speaking countries must have English subtitles.
11. Festival has competition and accompanying (non-competition) program – Panorama.
12. Selector of the Festival selects films for competition and accompanying program.
13. International jury composed of professionals from the field of cinema decides on Festival awards.
14. Official Festival awards are:
Grand Prix for the Best Film – plaque “MISTER VORKY”
Award for the Best Serbian Film – plaque “MISTER VORKY”
Award for the Best Foreign Film – plaque “MISTER VORKY”
Audience jury award for the Best Film - diploma “MISTER VORKY”
International jury can choose maximum three special awards (diplomas) for certain film categories. Organizer holds the right to increase prize fund depending on resources of the Festival.
