GENERAL RULES FOR ENTRIES 2024
Who can enter?
Film companies, TV companies, production companies, independent producers, filmmakers, festivals, TV- broadcasters and journalists, newcomers and established professionals, are all welcome to participate in Vaasa Wildlife Festival 2024 festival.
Entry fees?
No entry fees or delegate fees are required for Vaasa Wildlife festival.
Which films qualify?
Entries produced after January 2022 may qualify in the competition:
These productions must have NATURE AS A MAIN THEME in their content. Interaction between human and nature, science films underwater films, are also welcome to participate. Ethnographic documentaries without Nature and Environment as their main theme, are not qualified for this competition.
Production/Commission
Film Entries must have been produced/co-produced or commissioned by the submitting organisation.
Language
Non-English speaking productions have to be narrated or subtitled in English.
Synopsis
A synopsis for each program submitted is required (100 words maximum). The festival organisers reserve the right to edit these synopses.
Award Category
Participants may indicate the award category in which they wish their film to compete. However, it is up to the festival Juries to decide for which award category the entry might qualify.
Format - Film/Video
Each entry must be accompanied with a preview copy of the film, which can be sent via file transfer in HD file-format (.mov, .avi .mp4) Preview material is non-returnable. Finalists will be required to submit a screening copy of their qualified program for public screening purposes.
Sponsorship/Advertising
While sponsorship maybe acknowledged, deliberate advertising is not permitted.
The award-winner
If a production company wins an award it is up to the company to determine who will be the recipient.
Copyright related issues
Submitting to Vaasa Wildlife festival in 2024 you are simultaneously agreed to:
-PERMIT entries to be shown publicly at the screening venues in conjunction with the festival, without any charge to the festival organizers. All screenings will have a free entrance.
-PERMIT the closed circuit playback of entries for delegates, potential buyers, journalists, experts or other persons welcomed by the festival.
-PERMIT the festival to keep a copy of each programme for archive and educational non-profit purposes during the school-screening events.
Since 2021, Vaasa Wildlife Festival’s, printed material is preserved and available to the public, at the library of the Finnish National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI) in Helsinki.
- PERMIT the use of a max. 3 min excerpt of the qualified programs for publicity and promotion purposes through social media and potential TV-broadcasting purposes during the festival days.
