International Mountain Film Competition Regulations
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Dates
The Mountain Power Festival takes place on 7th, 8th and 9th June 2024 in Zakopane, Poland. The festival is organized Wydawnictwo GÓRY and a non-profit registered Association Mountain Film Meetings (MFM), member of The International Alliance for Mountain Film.
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Films
Films released after January 1st, 2023 are eligible.
Entries may include feature films, documentaries, cartoons, educational or experimental films, that are thematically linked to the mountains. The films may portray various mountaineering activities (e.g. climbing or skiing), promote environmental aspects, report on social and political issues, traditions and culture, human rights and others.
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Admission
Films are admitted to the competition by the selection committee composed of the festival’s representatives, according to the formal and thematic criteria indicated in §2 above.
Selected films can be screened twice during the Mountain Spirit Festival.
Awarded films can be screened for the third time following the awarding ceremony.
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Jury
The films admitted to the competition are judged by a Jury composed of representatives of the film industry as well as mountain and artistic communities. The Jury awards six prizes listed below.
Youth Jury awards one prize in the competition section.
The proceedings are documented.
Information about Jury members at Mountain Spirit Festival will be published on the website www.mocgor.pl and in the festival catalogue.
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Prizes
The films admitted to the competition are judged by a Jury that may award:
Grand Prix
5000 PLN
Best Polish Film
2000 PLN
Tatra National Park Director’s Prize
for the film, which pictures in the best way deep and an inseparable relationship of human and nature.
2000 PLN
Polish Mountaineering Association (PZA) Prize
for a film portraying a human being in extreme conditions.
2000 PLN
Mayor of Zakopane Prize
for a film which portrays the most important human, cultural or artistic aspects of societies living in the mountain.
2000 PLN
Financial awards are subject to Polish tax law.
The following non-financial prizes are also awarded during the festival:
Youth Jury Prize
Special Jury Prize
Audience Prize
given following the voting of the audience that last for two days of the festival
All prizes include unique statuettes that are carved by a renowned Polish artist Marcin Rząsa.
The Organizer reserves the right to modify the categories and prizes.
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Award ceremony
The winners are officially announced during the award ceremony of Mountain Spirit Festival. The organizer reserves the right not to award all the prizes.
It's at Jury's discretion how prizes are awarded so a single film may be awarded more than one prize.
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Admission
The deadline for reception of all the entries is April 21st, 2024.
Please submit your entries to FilmFreeway platform by sending:
1) Link to the film through Dropbox, FTP or other
2) Entry form (fully completed)
3) Link to the trailer
4) Dialogue list with the time-codes in SRT, TMP or SUB format
(if available, please provide the film directly with subtitles in Polish and/or in English TMP, SRT or SUB format).
5) promotional photos
6) film poster in vertical ISO format (B2 preferably) and horizontal 16:9
The outcome of the film selection will be communicated by emails by May 31st, 2023 at the latest.
Films selected for the international mountain film competition and non-competitive section are requested in the following format:
- minimal resolution: 1920x1080
- file format: MP4 h.264
- minimal bitrate: 12Mbps
- no hardcoded subtitles
Online submission is preferred. If you cannot send the entry online please send it by post to the address indicated below. The applicants cover shipment costs. The festival does not assume responsibility for any possible damages suffered by films/materials during the transport.
Wydawnictwo GÓRY Marek Obara, Piotr Drożdż s.c.
Oboźna 31,
30-010 Kraków,
Poland
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Promotion
The organizer reserves the right to make use of the films’ short extracts in the Festival’s promotional materials. The film extracts (up to 2 min or up to 10% in case of the shorts) can be used to promote the festival including production of short festival’s clips, informational and educational materials and their screening.
Following the Mountain Spirit Festival, the festival organizes promotional screenings.
All competitors are asked to give their permission for the above screenings when signing the entry form. Following permission (please refer to the Entry Form), competitors are contacted individually about the time, place and screening conditions.
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Archives
The competitors are invited to the release of a copy of the film to the Festival’s archives.
The return of the films/materials sent by post must be requested by applicants.
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Approval of the Regulations
Submission of the film to the competition denotes acceptance of the conditions of the hereby Regulations and Entry Form as well as the declaration, that the person submitting the film is entitled to do so and the submitted film does not infringe any copyrights and legal regulations.
Kraków, November 22nd, 2023
