Jahorina Film Festival (0)

Official awards are diplomas, plaques, statues and cash prizes:
-Grand prix of the Festival (diploma, crystal ROCKBITTER statue and cash prize)

-The best film in the category of cultural and artistic heritage (diploma and cash prize)
-The best film in the category of natural heritage (diploma and cash prize)
-The best film in the category of ecology (of soul) (diploma and cash prize)
-The best film in the category - promotion of tourism” (diploma and cash prize)
-The best author film (diploma and cash prize)
-The best student film (diploma and cash prize)
-The best dedicated film (diploma and cash prize)
-The best children’s film (diploma and cash prize)
If for their quality some films stand out, jury can award them with special diplomas for directing, animation, music, design and scenario. Final amount of the cash prize will be determined by the council of festival, depending on budget, each year, 60 days before the official award giving. Special prizes may be awarded by the festival, professional organizations, non government organizations, media…etc

JAHORINA FILM FESTIVAL – REGULATIONS

ARTICLE 1/ GENERAL TERMS
JAHORINA FILM FESTIVAL is a constant cultural event, whose founder is association of Citizens Jahorinafest. It is both domestic and international competitive film festival of artistic achievements in the field of documentary film made by film or video techniques. The festival takes place in Pale, once a year and begins in the last week of September.

ARTICLE 2 / PROGRAM
Festival consists of three main program components:
-Competitive domestic program
-Competitive international program
-Supporting, non-competitive, film and other contents

Domestic and foreign short film, documentary and short films intended for public presentation may participate in the festival. All legal entities registered for the production of films and film authors can apply to the festival. Foreign films and films that have not been done in languages from Bosnia and Herzegovina must be translated into one of those languages. Festival includes programs that do not have competitive nature, such as retrospectives, interviews with authors, exhibitions and workshops. Festival reserves the right on final decisions of the program in which the film will be shown.
Domestic and international competitive program has seven categories:
1. Short student film
2. Short experimental film
3. Short animated film
4. Documentary film that lasts up to 50 minutes
5. Documentary television film
6. Short feature film
Classified into 4 sections:
1st section: “Cultural Heritage” (films which content relies on cultural and artistic heritage of their origin countries)
2nd section: “Natural Heritage” (films which content relies on natural heritage of their origin countries)
3rd section: “Ecology (of soul)” (films which pay special attention to the importance of the preservation of natural environment or the purity of human soul)
4th section: “Tourism” (films that promote touristic potentials of their origin countries)


ARTICLE 3 / TERMS OF APPLY
Domestic and international films apply to the Festival and compete in categories.
The Festival shows films recorded or finalized in digital BETA, BETA SP, DVD or DV formats.
Films submitted can not be withdrawn from the festival program. The final decision on the festival program is made by the Council on the proposal of selector, selection committee and artistic director. Submissions are not charged. Director or authorized person who reported the film undertakes not to withdraw the film from the festival after publication of the official festival program. Director, producer and distributor of award-winning films are bound to mention the prize in official promotion materials, as well as during the film distribution.
Films shown at previous festival will not be considered for selection. Signing the application considers acceptance of the festival rules.

ARTICLE 4. / SENDING
Movie (s) along with the completed applications should be sent to the following address:
JAHORINA FILM FESTIVAL
St. Karađorđeva no25
71420 Pale, Bosna i Hercegovina

All incoming charges are paid by the sender.

The festival is responsible for the storage and insurance of film prints exclusively for the package. In a case of loss or damage of the copy, it’s the organizers obligation to cover the expenses material. For that purpose cost of material should be specified. The deadline for submission of films selected for the competition part of the program is no later than 45 days before the beginning of the Festival.

ARTICLE 5 / SELECTION AND SCREENING
All submitted films that correspond to the propositions of the festival will be displayed
in one of the festival's programs. The films selected in the official competition, for which the consent of the author or the authorized person was obtained, will be shown via ground based transmitters of regional TV station (OSM). The rest of the films will be presented at the Festival center “Cekovica kuca”.
The selection of films that will take part in competitive program is carried out by the assessment panel.
The producer has the obligation to provide DVD with English subtitles if the movie uses one of the languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for films selected for the competition program.
Audiovisual records of submitted films (screeners) will remain in the archives of the Festival for the documentary, educational and cultural purposes. For ease of storage, movies may be included in the digital database. Festival reserves the right to screen the awarded films in the projection areas without special charge, but with notification of the copyright holder, for promotion of awarded
films and the festival itself.


ARTICLE 6. / JURY
Festival Jury consists of five members. Members of the jury are led by the regulations for the work of jury. Decisions of the jury are final and irrevocable. The jury is obligated to review all films in Program competition. Jury members must be provided with adequate working conditions. Movies that are in any way connected with the jury members are not allowed to participate in the competition for Awards. The jury is making evaluation according to their own criteria, and their work follows the procedure rules for jury and the Festival procedure rules.

ARTICLE 7/ AWARDS
Official awards are diplomas, plaques, statues and cash prizes:
-Grand prix of the Festival (diploma, crystal ROCKBITTER statue and cash prize)

-The best film in the category of cultural and artistic heritage (diploma and cash prize)
-The best film in the category of natural heritage (diploma and cash prize)
-The best film in the category of ecology (of soul) (diploma and cash prize)
-The best film in the category - promotion of tourism” (diploma and cash prize)
-The best author film (diploma and cash prize)
-The best student film (diploma and cash prize)
-The best dedicated film (diploma and cash prize)
-The best children’s film (diploma and cash prize)
If for their quality some films stand out, jury can award them with special diplomas for directing, animation, music, design and scenario. Final amount of the cash prize will be determined by the council of festival, depending on budget, each year, 60 days before the official award giving. Special prizes may be awarded by the festival, professional organizations, non government organizations, media…etc


ARTICLE 8/ PRESS MATERIAL AND SHIPMENT
In addition to the application form, following materials should be sent in the form of e-mail:
- Short synopsis of the film
- At least three photos from the film that are adequate for printing
- Director’s photography and biography including the year of birth
- Promotional material (press packages, posters…etc)
With the signature provided on the application form, the festival is given permission to use and publish all the materials mentioned above, in the festival catalogue, on the internet, as well as for the press service needs.
At the same time festival is given permission to publish sequences of the film (up to 10% of total duration) for the promotional purposes. Selection materials will not be returned. Festival reserves the right to reject film prints of poor technical quality that can cause problems during playback. Signing the application producer or director accepts the rules of Festival and guarantees for
the accuracy of the data given.

ARTICLE 9 / THE ORGANIZER
The association of citizens Jahorinafest is the organizer of the festival.
For all artistic decisions, including festival appearance (promotion, festival trailer, catalog)
and the program of the festival, the organizer is responsible to the Festival Council, composed of prominent members of the cultural and social life in the surroundings,


ARTICLE 10/ FINAL PROVISIONS
Items that are not covered by these regulations shall be considered directly by Festival organizers in accordance to the statute. In the case of a dispute all issues related to Festival are subjected under the jurisdiction of the court in Istočno Sarajevo. The festival organizer has the discretionary right to decide and resolve cases that are not specified by this ordinance, but always in interest of art and film. With the entry into force of this Regulation, the previous regulation is repealed.

JAHORINA FILM FESTIVAL
St. Karađorđeva 25
tel: 057 226679
fax: 057 224788
e-mail: direkcija@jahorinafest.org
web: www.jahorinafest.org