TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SENDING OF NECESARRY MATERIALS AND FILM SCREENINGS
• Documentary, short, feature and animated films will be screened during the festival.
• Festival screening copies must be sent by until 15/01/2025, the latest.
• Screening schedule of the selected films is to be decided by the festival.
• Films participating in the festival cannot be withdrawn from the program after the application deadline.
• The screening copies of featured films must besent to the festival in H 264 or MOV formats, and the documentary and short films must be in H264 or MOV formats.
• If the director of the film wants their film to be shown in DCP format, they must send the DCP file before the specified deadline.
• The information forms regarding the films included in the selection of the 8th International Women Filmmakers Festival must be completely filled out and sent via email.
• The forms of all films will be processed and published in the festival catalog following the official announcement of the selected films.
• • In order to avoid mistakes in the festival catalog and website, you are kindly requested to fill in the selected fields in the form as accurately and completely as possible.
• 8th IWFF will be entitled to use a part of the film at maximum of 3 minutes for press and the media presentations after the film is officially selected to the screening program.
• There must not be any watermarks such as logo, time code, etc. over the trailer of the film in order to be used in the festival promotional film or/and television promotions.
• Director of the movie may send his or her own curriculum vitae, filmography and the photograph (at least 300 dpi) by e-mail with the application form.
C) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION, SELECTING COMITEE AND WORKING CONDITIONS
1) Directors can apply and/or participate the festival with more than one film.
2) With films that have more than one director, one of the directors must be a woman
3) There’s no time limit for the participating films. Each film is included in screening program with its own category (feature, short, documentary etc.).
4) All films that have not been shown at the festival in previous years can apply for a screening program.
5) The deadline for submitting an application for screening is 5th December 2024. Directors must make an online application on https://filmfreeway.com/iwffturkey website till this date.
6) All films included in the program are watched by the selecting comitee and subjected to pre-selection. Selected films will be anounced on www.kadinyonetmenlerfestivali.com.tr website on the date of 15th January 2025.
7) It is mandatory for the films to have subtitles in English. Selected films will be screened with Turkish electronic subtitles. Screening copies of the films must have English subtitles. If it’s not possible for the films to have English subtitles then director must provide an English SRT file for the English electronic subtitles.
8) Selecting comitee consists of women directors and women cinema field workers.
9) The reasons for the films that have not been screened are explained by an online or one-on-one meeting with the director between the dates of the festival if the director(s) wishes.
10) The applied films cannot be withdrawn from the festival after the deadline, whether they fit the festival’s criteria or not.
11) The selection committee makes its decisions regarding the films that will be included in the selection, taking into account the “artistic” qualities of the films and their relevance to the content.
12) The billing information and bank account information required for copyright payments must be consistent with the information of the legal owners specified in the application form.
13) The copyright fees for the screening will be paid no later than 15th June 2025
14) Copyright and broadcast RIGHTS FEES are only paid for national selection films. No fees are paid to the international films. Due to the exchange rate differences copyright fees cannot be paid to international films.
15) The accurateness of all the information written in the application document binds the person who signed it. The legal responsibility that may arise due to this information belongs to the signatory.
16) The applicant must be able to document that they have all the authority to apply, that the necessary permits have been obtained from all relevant institutions and organizations. It undertakes that the applicant will send the film, if selected, the necessary consent for the cost of the screening and a declaration stating that they are the legal owner of the film with a signature. These documents are required for the report of the Court of Accounts of municipalities that will pay copyright fees.
17) The films are presented to the audience in the halls that the festival management will deem appropriate and within the framework of the festival program. During the screenings, the festival management or the hall authorities may not recommend and make changes to the hall or the programme.
18) If there is an application to the festival management about the airing of films on TV channels, the festival management aids in establishing a communication between the TV channel and the producer and/or director of the film.
19) The legal owner of the film is the sole party to any dispute regarding the copyright that may arise in any image, music, text or any matter used in the film.
20) All producers participating in the competition are deemed to have accepted the points contained in this regulation.
