Rules and Regulations

The festival‘s subject is human rights. No further preliminaries on the film‘s content, style or techniques apply. Films and videos may be submitted either for the international competition or the non-competition screenings by the filmmakers themselves, by producers, distributors or their legal representatives.

Application for the festival

  • No entry fees are due for submitting films, videos or new media projects
  • Film productions completed after January 1, 2009 are admissible to the competition
  • Only VHS or DVD copies will be accepted in order to process the application. The following screening formats will be accepted: 35 mm, 16 mm, Beta-SP.
  • If the film's original language is neither English nor German, the viewing copy should be subtitled in either one of these languages. Otherwise a text list should be provided with the video.
  • English subtitled versions of German films are welcome
  • A separate application form should be used for each film. After completing the online registration please send a screener to the festival address and e-mail stills from the film. The form must be completely filled in. The form, all the necessary documents and the viewing copy must be received by perspektive by April 01, 2011.

Please also provide the following:

  • A short outline of the story in English or German
  • At least two different stills from the film
  • A short biography of the director(s)

Return of the preview VHS tapes or DVDs

  • Submitted tapes will not be returned to the entrants
  • perspektive keeps the videos for non-circulating reference in its archive
  • Those who request return of the videocassettes will be asked to cover postal expenses to the value of 10.– €

Selection of the film/video programme

  • The festival's selection committee makes the first selection of films, videos and new media works
  • Selection decisions made by the festival committee are final
  • Priority might be given to films that address topics chosen for the festival
  • Priority might be given to German, European or world premieres
  • Priority might be given to works that are examples of formal and technical innovation
  • If a film or video is selected, publicity material (press books, posters, stills, etc.) must have been received by the festival organisation by August 1st, 2011.

Authorization

After a film/video’s official selection in any perspektive programme, the festival has the right to:

  • Use three minutes of a documentary or feature film for broadcasting purposes on television
  • Use three minutes of a documentary or feature film for broadcasting on the internet
  • Use the publicity material (press books, posters, stills etc.) to promote the festival

Transport of festival prints and videos

The deadline for prints, videos and extra materials to arrive in Nuremberg is September 12th, 2011. Works which arrive after this date will not be guaranteed inclusion in the festival.

Beta SP tapes, 35 mm prints and DVDs should be sent to:
perspektive – International Human Rights Film Festival
c/o Filmhaus
Koenigstrasse 93
90402 Nuremberg
Germany

In addition, the sender will be asked to sent a dispatch note to the festival by airmail, fax or E-mail, indicating the date of shipment. A pro-forma-invoice for maximum $ 50 (it must not be higher) should be enclosed in shippings per courier service from non-EU countries, stating the name of the sender, the title of the film, its size, length, number of reels, and whether it is in colour or black and white.
The festival will return the material within four weeks after the festival unless otherwise arranged. Please bear in mind that the consignee is responsible for the re-importation charges at the country of destination.
The applicant is responsible for the one-way shipping costs of the projection print to the festival. The festival will bear the costs for returning the print to the sender.

Insurance

The films and videos will be insured by perspektive from the time of reception by the film festival to the time of their return to the shipping company. Transport insurance in both directions is the responsibility of the participants.
Upon gaining possession of the film or video from the shipping company which, in consultation with the festival organisation, is responsible for shipment of film or video, the festival will only then accept limited responsibility for the film or video extending to the time that the festival organisation returns the film or video to the shipping company. The definition of this limited responsibility only includes a refund of laboratory expenses for making a new print of the roll or rolls of film damaged, or in case of a video, a duplication of the videotape. This refund will be calculated according to current German laboratory prices. It does not extend to negatives, positives or any other type of film component. In case of faulty projection, the festival cannot be held responsible for immaterial damage suffered by director, producer or distributor.
Complaints will only be considered if you lodge them within 6 weeks of the festival’s end. Press kits, photos, videocassettes and other material are not included in this limited insurance responsibility. It should also be pointed out that guests of the festival are not covered by the festival insurance.
The inclusion of any film or video considered technically unfit for public screening may be refused. The appropriate laws of the Federal Republic of Germany apply.

Important dates

  • Application deadline: 01 April 2011
  • Deadline for reception of preview video: 01 April 2011
  • Deadline for festival prints: 12 September 2011
  • Festival opening: September/October 2011

General

The festival director's and jury's decisions are final. Entry and inclusion of films/videos implies acceptance of the regulations. In unspecified cases, the festival management will make a final decision.
Entry forms, preview cassettes (VHS or DVD), a short outline and documentation material, as well as all correspondence should be addressed to:

perspektive - International Human Rights Film Festival
c/o Filmhaus
Koenigstrasse 93
90402 Nuremberg
Germany
Tel: +49 911 231 83 29
Fax: +49 911 231 83 30
E-mail: team[at]fitame.de
www.humanrightsfilmfestival.org