Countryside Animafest Cyprus (0)

Festival start: 16 July 2014      Festival end: 19 July 2014

Animafest Cyprus Views of the World, started in 2002 as a documentary festival in a small village, and was called the Small Documentary Festival. It was later re-named Countryside Animafest Cyprus – Views of the World focusing exclusively on the art of Animated Film. The festival’s uniqueness is its setting in the countryside, and this continues to this day.

As audiences have grown significantly in recent years the festival has moved to different villages to accommodate the large number of spectators and now at the Lusignian Manor House garden located at the The ancient town of Palaipafos.It continues to draw a very diverse audience, from across the social spectrum. The fact that it draws young people from metropolitan areas to previously unknown rural areas we feel is a very important contribution to the country’s cultural life.

Animafest Cyprus is the main platform for Animated Film in Cyprus and has the official support of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus and ASIFA Cyprus. The Festival is a co – organization between the Hambis Printmaking Museum & Views of the World. HELLENIC BANK is the official award sponsor for both Cypriot and International Competition.

The festival is active through the year. It’s main activities include «Animafest Cyprus on tour», which presents the best of Animafest Cyprus at various locations around the country throughout the year, including schools, film festivals, cinemas, galleries, etc, always in non-commercial screenings; in the context of Animafest on tour we are organizing Lectures & workshops in animation, taking place at Universities and public schools. Every November we organize an Academic forum on Animation at the Cyprus University of Technology, bringing together academics from Cyprus and abroad. This forum is organised in collaboration with Media Desk Cyprus

Cash Prizes: 1,500€

1. International Competition (Grand Prix) – Prize: 1000
2. Cypriot Competition – Prize: 500

RULES & REGULATIONS


1. Entries in the National & International Competition sections will be chosen by the selection committee.

2. Films must not exceed 30 minutes in length.

3. Films must be completed after January 1st, 2013.

4. Monetary prizes accompanying the festival awards will be given to the directors of the winning films.

5. Films will be screened in their original language.

6. Films containing dialogue in any language other than English must be submitted with English subtitles.

7. When notified their film has been chosen to participate in the festival, the producers or directors are required to send a copy of the film in the screening format stated in the entry form.

8. Film excerpts of no more than 10% of the total running time will be used for publicity (internet, TV, etc).

9. The films are selected by a committee of experts, which constitutes the advisory board of the festival’s programming director. The producer or the world sales company cannot withdraw the film from the festival once participation has been officially confirmed.

10. After the decision of the selection committee all the successful entrants will be notified of their inclusion in the festival. Those entrants who have not been successful will also receive email notification. However due to the large amounts of submissions that the festival receives we are unable to give comments on individual films prior to submission or offer feedback for unsuccessful entries.

11. The decisions of the jury and the audience regarding the awards will be announced on the festival website and the press.

12. Producers and directors of films chosen to participate in the festival are required to give their permission to Views of the Worldto screen their works at the Aspects of the Fantastic film tour, provided that screenings are non-profit.

13. Awarded authors are expected to mention the award in the promotion materials of their film, both in their country of origin and abroad.

14. The Festival wants as many filmmakers, artists and authors to visit the event. For participating international films, we offer accommodation for one guest per film (up to three nights), unless agreed otherwise. For Cypriot filmmakers we are able to arrange discounts at local hotels or apartments for the duration of the festival.

15. By submitting your film you will be asked to register your contact and film details. These details will only be shared with Animafest Cyprus. Animafest Cyprus, ensures this information will never be used for anything other than direct contact from the festival and will never be shared with anyone else.

16. Animafest Cyprus has partnered with FESTHOME to accept online submissions. You are able to upload your film as a digital file via a secure external link through FESTHOME (http://festhome.com) website once your registration details have been completed. Animafest Cyprus guarantees that your film will never be used in anyway other to which you agree and will not be available online to the public.

17. All the festival entries may be stored in the festival archive and used for research and educational purposes. Animafest Cyprus will never use a film that permission has not been granted for.

18. There is no application fee.

By participating in the festival you agree with all that has been stated above.