COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Festival is composed of the following competition sections:
- international competitive selection of full-length feature films
- international competitive selection of full-length documentary films
- international competitive selection of short feature films
- international competitive selection of short documentary films
- regional competitive selection “FilmRising!”
FILMS SUBMITION REQUIREMENTS
Copyright holders of the films submitted for the Festival’s programs (each film can be submitted only for one section) may take part in the Festival.
International competitive selections of full-length feature and documentary films are reserved for:
- films over 60 minutes;
- films produced after January 1, 2018;
- films dedicated to the Arctic or northern themes and reflecting the life of the population, primarily indigenous, of northern regions of the world.
International competitive selections of short feature and documentary films are reserved for:
- films less than 45 minutes;
- films produced after January 1, 2019;
- films of any themes and genres.
Regional competitive selection “FilmRising!” is reserved for:
- short feature and documentary films less than 15 minutes;
- films produced after January 1, 2018 on the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Region and that have never before taken part in this section of the Festival.
Out-of-competition screenings of feature and documentary films are open for submission of the films of any themes and dates of production.
JURIES
To award the prizes of competitive programs the special international juries for feature sections and for documentary sections will be set up.
Russian and foreign filmmakers, festival managers, representatives of different artistic jobs and public figures can be invited as jury members.
The number of jury members of each section may vary, but is limited from three to seven people.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions to the Festival will be accepted from October 10, 2019 to December 25, 2019.
Submissions are entered online at the Festival’s official web site http://goldenravenfilmfest.ru/ and it is obligatory to send all the materials needed for Selection committee via www.filmfreeway.com.
The submission to the competitive sections is paid. Entry fee for submission depends on deadline (all fees are tax-inclusive):
Full-length feature and documentary films:
- early deadline (before November 1, 2019) – RUB 1000
- regular deadline (before December 1, 2019) – RUB 1500
- late deadline (before December 25, 2019) – RUB 2000
Short feature and documentary films:
- early deadline (before November 1, 2019) – RUB 500
- regular deadline (before December 1, 2019) – RUB 750
- late deadline (before December 25, 2019) – RUB 1000
The submission to the regional competitive selection “FilmRising!” is free.
The final decision about including the film in the program of the Festival is taken by the Selection Committee that reserves the right not to provide any personal feedback and not to comment the reasons of the rejections to submissions.
The list of the participants of competitive and out-of-competitive sections is created by the Selection Committee and released at the official web site of the Festival http://goldenravenfilmfest.ru/ no later that on January 10, 2020.
ENTRY CONDITIONS
The participation in the Festival implies the signing of License agreement by the right holders of the film about the screening of the film during the Festival’s events and providing of a signed copy to the Festival no later than on January 20, 2020.
Each film selected to the Festival must be accompanied no later than by January 20, 2020 by the following materials:
- the dialogue list in English (for foreign films) or Russian language;
- the copy of the film for creating subtitling;
- synopsis;
- biography and photo of the director;
- stills from the film;
- poster of A1 format;
- trailer or teaser of the film;
- other press, advertising and promotional materials if available.
For the participation in the Festival the right holder of the film must supply to the Festival a copy of the film no later than on February 1, 2020. The accepted screening format is DCP. The film should be provided in its original language subtitled in Russian or in English if the original language is neither Russian nor English.
The participation of the film in the competitive sections implies the personally presence of the director or of a leading member of the cast of the film at the Festival. In case the director and/or the leading member of the cast have no opportunity to attend the Festival, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to keep the film in the competition program in case it will be represented by the leading member of the film crew.
The Festival has the right to use all visual materials related to the selected films including excerpts from the films (no longer than 3 minutes each) in order to promote the Festival and Festival’s events and to inform the auditory.
HOSPITALITY TERMS AND TRANSPORTATION OF SCREENING COPIES
The Festival provides official invitation letter for the representatives of the films participating in competitive sections in order to apply for visa and/or to arrange a business trip to the Festival.
The Festival covers the tickets from Moscow to Anadyr and from Anadyr to Moscow for one representative from each film included in competition full-length films section.
The Festival covers hotel accommodation and meals at Anadyr for one representative from each film included in competition full-length films section.
The participant is liable for the other costs not mentioned in the clauses of these Regulations including application fee for the Russian visa.
The Festival does not cover the costs of the visit of the participants of the competitive selections of short films to the Festival.
The Festival covers the costs of transport agents (for both outward and return shipment), transportation, storage and insurance expenses of the prints with the screening copies of the selected films.
In case of loss or damage of the print, the responsibility of the Festival occurs only within the cost of this electronic media specified by the producer in the technical certificate for the film.
FINAL PROVISIONS
The Artistic Director has the power to settle all the cases and issues not covered by these Regulations.
In case of objective reasons these Regulations may be amended and supplemented on the initiative of the Organizing Committee of the Festival, the Artistic Director of the Festival or the Committee for Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Chukotka Autonomous Region. Changes and additions to the articles of the Regulation are subject to mandatory agreement. The term for approval of amendments and additions shall not exceed three working days from the moment of documentary (written) initiation.
Participation in the Festival presumes agreement to all articles of the present Regulations and compliance with them.