Terms and Conditions for Admission:
- Films will be selected by independent selection committees with the supervision of the Festival Director
- All films submitted should be suitable for children and young adults
- Only films produced after January 2017 are eligible for submission
- Short films should not be longer than 15 minutes and feature length films should not be less than 75 minutes
- Films should not have been screened in the previous editions of the ICFF
- A maximum of two feature length films from each country and three feature length films from Iran shall be selected for competition sections
- All films that will be screened in the festival competitive sections, will receive certificates of participation
- The films will be screened in two different age groups : (5 to 12) and (12 to 16)
- The Public Relations office of the festival will plan official press conferences and interviews with media partner agencies for the cast and crew of the selected films
- In case of any shipment, all in-bound and out-bound costs shall be covered by the submitter/participant
- Once the film has been selected and confirmed, the film cannot be withdrawn from the festival program
- Participation in the festival implies acceptance of all aforementioned regulations
- The deadline for the delivery of the hardcopy or link of selected movies is August 6th,2019
- All Submissions Must Contain the Following:
- Fully completed online entry form
- A digital copy of the film with English subtitles shall be submitted before July 6th, 2019
- Alternatively, submissions can be sent by mail, containing a copy of the completed entry form and the screener in mp4 file-format, labeled with the film's title and director's name
- The director's statement, biography, filmography, director's photo, film poster, brochure, film sound tracks and at least 3 film stills shall be uploaded through the festival website
- The English dialogue list of the film shall be sent via email along with the screener.
- Acceptable Technical Formats:
- Non-Encrypted DCP file with English subtitles (D-Cinema)
- Video Compression Type: Jpeg2000
- Max. Video Bitrate: 250 Mb/s
- Resolution: 2K (1.85:1 Flat; 1.89:1 Full Container; 2.39:1 Scope)
- Frame Rate: 24/25 FPS
- Sound: 5.1 Channels PCM OR 2.0 Channels (24 Bit/s, 48 KHz)
- DCP Standard: SMPTE OR Interop
- In special cases, based on previous agreement, one of the following formats can be accepted:
- DPX
- APPLE PRO-RES 4,4,4
- APPLE PRO-RES H264 HD
• Selection and participation in one of ICFF’s competitive sections entails unconditional acceptance of the festival rules & regulations. Only the producer, distributor or any authorized party of the film is entitled to submit the film.
• The abovementioned regulations have been drawn up in both Persian and English languages. If problems of interpretation shall arise, the Persian version of the regulation will prevail.
• The board of management of the ICFF is entitled to take decisions that are not foreseen in the above regulations and to modify them unders special circumstances.