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call: Australian International Experimental Film Festival

Call for entries
Deadline: 15 February 2010

The Australian International Experimental Film Festival
takes place annually on the weekend following ANZAC Day in its current home of The BAck doOR @ suek-artist.
30th April, 1st-2nd May.

A.I.E.F.F. Regulations and Conditions
http://www.aieff.org/regulations.html

Online entry forms can be completed at
http://www.aieff.org/entry.php
Eligability:

A.I.E.F.F. is exclusively interested in screening experimental film, video and expanded cinema work. Those works that principally fall into genres other than experimental should not be submitted. Music and dance videos will not be considered. Works that have been publicly exhibited by way of the internet in the past two years are not eligible for submission.

Submitting artists must hold the final edit and copyright control of any work submitted.

Exhibition formats:

A.I.E.F.F. will be screening works on the following formats only:

16mm, Super 8 and digital video.

Arrangements can also be made for the requirements of expanded cinema pieces.

All video works selected will screen from PAL quicktime files. The A.I.E.F.F. will NOT screen from DVD. The A.I.E.F.F. will accept PAL mini-dv tape but will transfer to a digital quicktime file for screening purposes. The A.I.E.F.F. will accept NTSC digital quicktime files but will convert to a PAL quicktime file for screening purposes (it is recommended that previous to submission the entrant converts from NTSC to PAL to ensure that the transfer keeps the integrity of esthetic value of the work that the artist intends).

If written or spoken language other than English is integral to your work, please supply it with appropriate subtitles in English.

Submission/preview formats:

Video previews will be accepted only in either NTSC or PAL quicktime saved as a data file on DVD. Works that exist as a file larger than the DVD data amount allowed can be submitted in part form or as a ‘for preview only’ small file.

Expanded cinema work must provide a ‘top to tail’ explanation of the performance along with the quicktime files of the film/video component of the piece and video documentation of a previous performance of the work (if available).

A.I.E.F.F. has a token entry fee of AU$10 (per submission). This fee will be allocated to cover the costs of promoting the Festival.

Shipping:

Submission package should include the following:

NTSC or PAL quicktime saved as a data file on DVD, clearly labeled with title, artist’s name, running time and format (ntsc/pal) and packed in a paper sleeve only – no hard cases please.
A completed A.I.E.F.F. submission form signed and dated.
Do not send hard copy or electronic press kits, images or other publicity material (other than that requested).

Packaging should be in the form of a stiff mailer (or alternatively two cardboard sheets). Do NOT use bubble wrap, packing popcorn or fibre-filled mailers.

Submission package must be marked ‘For Cultural Use Only. No Commercial Value’.

Preview and exhibition digital material will not be returned and will remain the property of A.I.E.F.F. If sending 16mm or Super-8 film for exhibition, the cost of return shipping will be the responsibility of the entrant. A.I.E.F.F. will not pay for custom charges, duties or shipping on any mislabeled or incorrectly shipped submissions.

Closing date for entry is 15th February 2010 (postmarked).

mail to:

Australian International Experimental Film Festival
c/o The BAck doOR @ suek-artist
658 Plenty Road,
Preston, Melbourne
Victoria, Australia, 3172

Selection:

Artists whose work is selected for inclusion in the festival will be notified approximately six weeks before the festival’s screening dates.

Permission :

The entrant’s signature on the submission form indicates agreement to the following:

In submitting their work to the A.I.E.F.F. for selection the entrant gives permission for the festival to screen it over the course of the festival. Those entrants that are successful in selection will be notified previous to the festival screenings of exact dates and times that their work will be screened.
If selected, the entrant will, if not already supplied, provide an exhibition copy of their film or video, including other supporting material if requested to do so, by the 3rd of April 2010. Failure to meet this deadline may result in the work being removed from the programme.
The entrant is the legal owner of the work and that any copyrighted materials included in the work have been legally cleared for use.
The entrant is liable for any expenses resulting from any claims arising from the exhibition of the work.
All shipping costs will be the responsibility of the entrant.
All NTSC and PAL quicktime data files submitted will remain in the possession of A.I.E.F.F. for archival purposes.

Australian International Experimental Film Festival
c/o The BAck doOR @ suek-artist
658 Plenty Road, Preston
Melbourne, 3072
Australia

http://www.aieff.org