REGULATIONS

 

Regulations for the Nordic-Baltic Competition 2009

 

Ordinance

• Fredrikstad Animation Festival (FAF) is organiced by Norsk Animasjonsforum.
• The object of the festival is to promote screening of animation and increase the awareness of animated expressions in the Nordic-Baltic countries.
• Fredrikstad AnimationFestival is a Cartoon d´Or partner festival, and is obliged to nominate film to the Cartoon d´Or Award.

Entries

• Any frame by frame or computer assisted film or video may be entered.
• Maximum running time: 30 minutes.
• Films must have been completed January 1st.  2008 or after.
• A film can´t enter the competition twice.
• The director of the film must be a citizen of the Nordic and Baltic countries, or the country of origin of the film must be a Nordic or Baltic country. The Nordic-Baltic countries are defined as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

 

Deadline and submission

• The submission deadline is September 1st. 2009.
• The following material has to be sent together with each submitted film:

a completed electronic Film Entry Form

a  DVD-PAL preview copy of the film (only one film pr. DVD)

at least 1 digital picture from the film (by e-mail to entry@animationfestival.no).

If your film has dialogue that is not English and is not subtitled,  include an English dialogue script (by e-mail to entry@animationfestival.no).

• The festival will not return preview copies.
• Submitting films is free of charge.

 

Transport and insurance

• The entrant is responsible for transport and insurance of the film to the festival, as well as any other charges.
• Fredrikstad Animation Festival is responsible for storage, insurance of the films while in the festival’s custody and return transportation.
• In case of loss or damage of a print, the obligation of the festival is limited to the replacement value.

 

Selection and screenings

• The preselection is organized in cooperation with at AnimationVolda 2009.
• The preselection results will be announced October 2009.
• All films selected for the competition will be screened at FAF 2009.
• Jury and awards will be presented at www.animationfestival.no.

 

Acceptance of the Regualtions

• The board of Norsk Animasjonsforum will decide on any cases of doubt which have not been mentioned in these regulations.
• By submitting the Film Entry Form for Fredrikstad Animation Festival the entrants accept the terms of regulations as stated above.