KEY DATES
March 1st, 2017 - Submissions open
May 31, 2017- Submissions close – all entries must have been completed and received by the Festival at this time.
July 04, 2017 - Announcing the Selected short films.
September 9 – 16, 2017 - 2nd Annual Arroios Film Festival in Lisbon, Portugal (the “AFF 2017”)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ARROIOS FILM FESTIVAL 2017
1. FILM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Registration deadline: May 31, 2017
Registration fee: no fee
Year of production: Films completed after January 1st, 2007
Running time: Films with 30 minutes or less
Country of production: all countries
Accepted Genres: All genres related to theme of “inclusion”
Non-English language works must have English subtitles at the time submitted
2. SUBMISSION
Submission to 2nd AFF starts from 1st March 2017 and will end 31 May 2017.
Participants are requested to submit their films online via any of our submission partners:
FilmFreeway
3. SELECTION
The result of selected films will be available by the festival’s organization at the end of June 2017. The producers of the Arroios Film Festival will inform the selected films’ directors.
The list of selected films will be available on the festival’s website.
4. DISPLAY FORMAT
MPEG2 or MP4 or MOV (H264 Codec), with English subtitles included.
5. AWARDS
Up to 4 films receive prizes including the following:
- AFF Best Film (€ 3,000)
- Best Narrative Short film (€ 1,500)
- Best short Documentary (€ 1,500)
- Best short Animation (€ 1,500)
Note: (VAT is included)
6.IF YOUR PROJECT IS SELECTED
If your project is selected to be recognized at the AFF 2017, you will be notified by the Festival of your status. Your project may also be exhibited at the Festival. If your project is selected, you must fulfill the following requirements by the date(s) designated by the Festival:
You must execute a release agreement wherein you
(i) Accept responsibility for obtaining any and all clearances necessary to exhibit your project in connection with the AFF 2017;
(ii) Warrant that you have the rights necessary to exhibit your project in connection with the AFF 2017; and
(iii) Indemnify and hold harmless Arroios Film Festival, its affiliates, and subsidiaries and any of their respective directors, officers, employees, partners, contractors, and representatives against any claim arising out of exhibition of your project in connection with the AFF 2017.
Then you must provide at least MP4 or .MOV file of the final, completed project for Festival archives and internal purposes.
7. PUBLISHING PERMITS
All text, data and photos sent by the participants to the Arroios Film Festival (www.arroiosfilmfestival.com) will be used for reference in several bilingual online and paper publications. This material may be translated, corrected or edited by the Arroios Film Festival team before being published. Under these terms and conditions, all participants give Arroios Film Festival the permission to publish and use this material for the above purposes.
8. EXCEPTIONS AND UNFORESEEN SITUATIONS
The Arroios Film Festival reserves the right to consider and decide on any matter omitted from these terms and conditions.
9. FESTIVAL’S ADDRESS:
Arroios Film Festival
Mailbox:
Largo do Intendente Manique Pina, No. 27, 1100-285 Lisboa, Portugal
Email:
arroiosfilmfestival@jfarroios.pt