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Organiser and promoter of the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is the Haus für Poesie in co-operation with interfilm Berlin.
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Eligible for entry are international films which are no more than 20 minutes in duration and were completed after 31 December 2017. All films submitted for entry must be audio-visual versions of one or more poems. All languages are allowed.
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Closing date for entries is 1 July 2020. Entries must include: film file (MP4 or MOV), a completed entry form, German or English translation of the poem(s) (PDF, Word), a digital film still (JPEG or TIFF, HiRes Foto), very brief content summary of max. 200 characters incl. spaces (Log Line), biography (poet), biography and filmography (director). All texts must be provided in digital form. The film file (MP4 or MOV) must arrive at the festival for preview by no later than the closing date (1.7.2020) and will be retained for archiving. All submitted films which comply with the rules will automatically be considered for selection for the competition and the various programmes.
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A programme committee will select the films for the International Competition and the competition for the film interpretation of the Festival Poem. It will also recommend to the festival directors films which could be shown in other programmes in the festival. A jury comprising representatives from the worlds of poetry, film and media will decide on the award of the principal prizes. Persons involved in the production and utilisation of any competition entry may not be members of the jury.
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The festival reserves the right to show films which are longer than 20 minutes. The permitted screening format is DCP. Only the films on the screening copies which are not in English must have English subtitles.
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The jury’s decision will be by simple majority. The jury’s will hold its deliberations and voting in camera and its members are obliged to secrecy.
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Prize money will be given to the directors by bank transfer.
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All entrants will be informed by email by 1 September 2020 of the results of the selection viewing. Please make sure that your email address is stated correctly and legibly. No enquiries will be answered about the selection process before that date. No film may be withdrawn from the competition programme once its participation from
1 September 2020 has been confirmed by the festival. The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival will be taking place from 19 to 22 November 2020 in the Kino in der KulturBrauerei
in Berlin.