Festival start: 18 April 2020
Festival end: 22 April 2020
We are glad to inform you that 1st International Migration Film Festival will be held between the dates of 18th and 22nd of April 2020 in Gaziantep; an ancient city in Eastern Anatolia, famous with touristic sites such as Zeugma Mosaic Museum that is one of the most important mosaic museums in the world; Bakırcılar Çarşısı / Coppersmith Bazaar; Naib Hammam; Mevlevihane which is a dervish lodge next the a historical mosque, and also being one of the only eight creative gastronomy cities of UNESCO in the world.
The festival, which is planned to be traditional and repeat in a different city every year, is held by General Directorate of Migration Management under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In this first year in Gaziantep, UNICEF also will be part of the organization, holding and awarding an international short film competition during the event.
International Migration Film Festival will mainly focus on films with themes on immigration, immigrants, refugees and cultural impacts of immigration, and plan to host over 500 guests both from Turkey and all over the world, including not only well-known filmmakers, journalists, actors but also representatives from government agencies and NGOs who work with refugees and immigrants in Turkey. The festival aims to draw attention to and raise awareness about refugees in Turkey of whom the numbers are increasing daily, and to create sympathy and understanding towards them via cinema.
Hosting 3,6 million Syrian refugees -about 60% of the whole- Turkey has the largest refugee community in the world and only 3% of them live in detention camps. Although Syrian refugees have overcome lots of initial troubles and settled down here in Turkey since 2011 when they first started to arrive, the cultural impacts of the arrival of are still visible
Festival will bring together the audience with the most qualified productions throughout the world and also, besides the competition excitement in Gaziantep, there will be a full cinema week with many events. During the festival, panel discussions, exhibitions, workshops -both on cinema and immigration / refugee subjects- and concerts will take place in addition to the film screenings.
Cash Prizes: 25,000€
An international feature film competition and international short film competition will be held within the framework of Migration Film Festival which aims to promote filmmakers around the world who work and create films on given themes. 10 feature films and 10 short films will compete for 3 awards, best film -with 15.000 Euro monetary award- , best inspiring script -with 5000 Euro monetary award- and UNICEF short film -with 5000 Euro monetary award.
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION FILM FESTIVAL - GAZIANTEP
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION REGULATIONS
18-22 APRIL 2020
A) ORGANIZER
Directorate General for Migration Management is the founder and organizer of the International Migration Film Festival - Gaziantep. The festival is carried out by the Festival Committee composed of professional figures of the film and culture industry.
B) DATES
The International Migration Film Festival - IMFF will take place between 18 - 22 April 2020 in Gaziantep, Turkey.
The submission deadline for the festival is the 9th of March, 2020
C) OBJECTIVES
IMFF aims to call attention to migration all over the world, starting with Turkey, by welcoming films that explore the issues regarding the communities that either migrated or were subjected to migrating.
The Festival mainly focus on films with themes on immigration, immigrants, refugees and cultural impacts of immigration and / or films directed by an immigrant director.
Migration Film Festival aims to draw attention to and raise awareness about refugees in Turkey of whom the numbers are increasing daily, and to create sympathy and understanding towards them via cinema. During the festival, panel discussions, exhibitions, workshops -both on cinema and immigration / refugee subjects- and concerts will take place in addition to the film screenings.
D) PROGRAMME
Festival Committee chooses and invites films to Festival Competition Programme sections, as well as non-competitive Festival programme.
Fiction features, shorts and documentaries can be selected for the following programmes:
Competition Programme - Feature Films
Competition Programme - Short Films
Non-competitive Festival programme
Films with themes on immigration, immigrants, refugees and cultural impacts of immigration and/or directed by an immigrant director will be considered for the Festival Programme.
E) JURIES
The films in the competition section are evaluated by a jury composed of leading figures of the film and culture industry. The jury members are appointed by the Festival. Persons directly associated with the production or the rights of usage of the competition films and people that are related to them in the first degree cannot serve as jury members. The Chairpersons of the Jury are decided by the jury members or the Festival. The Jury may watch the films within the festival period, in theatres or at special screenings, altogether or separately. The Festival may appoint an observer who does not have the right to vote in the jury decision meeting. The competition results are submitted by the Chairpersons of the Jury to the Festival, along with the detailed decisions signed by all the members.
F) COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILMS
1) Feature films that are over 60 minutes of duration; printed on DCP and suitable for the screening in movie theaters are accepted.
2) Fictional, animated features and documentaries can be selected for the competition. Films with themes on immigration, immigrants, refugees and cultural impacts of immigration and/or directed by an immigrant director will be considered for the Festival Programme.
3) The competition titles must have been produced not before than January 2018
4) Priority is reserved for the films that will have their Turkish or Regional premiere in the Competition Program of the Festival
5) The festival committee selects and invites the films participating in the competitive section.
6) The films that are selected for the competition will be announced by the festival by the end of March 2020.
7) The films in the competition will be screened in their original language with English and Turkish subtitles. The screening copies of the applicant films whose original language is not English must have English subtitles on them. A dialogue list in English must also be sent to the Festival in due time, together with an online secure link. The International Jury will evaluate the films in the following categories:
-Best Film
-Best Inspiring Script - Not artistically, but thematically.
8) The Jury has to select the Best Film and Best Inspiring Script among the competing films. The Jury might also select a third film for the Special Jury Award.
9) Best Film, selected by the Jury, will receive a monetary award of 15.000 Euro and the Festival Award. The awards are given to the producer of the film. This award cannot be split between films. Best Inspiring Script, selected by the Jury, will receive a monetary award of 5.000 Euro and the Festival Award. The awards are given to the script writer of the film. This award cannot be split between films.
10) The Jury, in the case that it sees necessary, may give a Festival Award due to outstanding achievement in only one of the categories of directing, screenwriting, acting, directing of photography, editing, music and art direction.
11) The documents that are requested by the festival has to be sent by the applicant until March 9th, 2020.
12) The screening prints/copies of the films that are accepted for the Festival must arrive at the Festival Centre by April 1st, 2020.
13) The award winner is obliged to attend (or send a representative) the Award Ceremony. Competitors who do not attend (or send a representative) the ceremony without a legitimate excuse lose their claim to any prize including the monetary prize.
14) Award winners are expected to mention the award as announced, nationally as well as internationally, in related publicity and promotional material.
15) The monetary awards will be paid in 6 months following the festival closing ceremony.
16) Films are also competing for NETPAC and Audience Awards.
G) COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILMS
1) Short films of all genres with a running time of no more than 25 minutes are accepted.
2) The competition titles must be completed after 1st of January 2019 and must be shown for the first time in Turkey. Films that are screened, released and /or broadcast elsewhere in Turkey are not eligible for the Short Film Competition. Entries from Turkey are excluded from this rule. Films including Turkish titles, have neither been presented on television nor on the Internet / VOD are also not eligible for the Competition.
3) The festival selects and invites the films participating in the competitive section. The films will be expected to focus on themes on immigration, immigrants, refugees and cultural impacts of immigration.
4) The films that are selected for the competition will be announced by the festival.
5) The films in the competition will be screened in their original language with English and Turkish subtitles. The screening copies of the applicant films whose original language is not English must have embedded English subtitles. A dialogue list in English must also be sent to the Festival in due time, together with an online secure link. The International Short Film Competition Jury will evaluate the films for Best Short Film award.
6) The Jury has to select the Best Short Film among the competing films.
7) Best Short Film, selected by the Jury, will receive a monetary award of 5000 Euro and the UNICEF Festival Award. The awards are given to the director of the film. This award cannot be split.
8) The Jury might also give a Special Jury Award for artistic and technical achievement.
9) The documents that are requested by the festival has to be sent by the applicant until
March 9th, 2020
10) The screening copies of the films must arrive at the Festival Centre by April 1st, 2020.
11) The award winner is obliged to attend (or send a representative) the Award Ceremony. Competitors who do not attend (or send a representative) the ceremony without a legitimate excuse lose their claim to any prize including the monetary prize.
12) Award winners are expected to mention the award as announced, nationally as well as internationally, in related publicity and promotional material.
13) The monetary awards will be paid in 6 months following the festival closing ceremony.
H) REGISTRATION
Registration for the festival is free.
The submission deadline for the festival is on 9th of March, 2020.
Applicants must fill out the online entry form and send following materials by email to:
program@migrationff.com / sebnem.vitrinel@migrationff.com / hulya.sungu@atonicproject.org / murat.yildirim@katadromart.com
Entry Form:
Please DO NOT send any printed materials (DVD, Press Kit, Printed Entry Forms etc.) to the festival office.
a) An online downloadable secure link (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) The password should be valid until the end of April 2020.
b) A synopsis of the film
c) A complete technical and artistic fact sheet of the film
d) English subtitles and / or the dialogue list (with the time codes) of the film in English
e) Press file, poster and stills of the film (TIFF or JPEG, 300 dpi min.)
f) A résumé, a filmography and a photograph of the director (TIFF or JPEG 300 dpi min.)
g) An online downloadable link of the trailer or 2 copies of the trailer of the film with no such mark on it as a logo, time code or subtitles, in Avi/Quick Time/Mkv/Mp4 format, to be used in the Festival Advertisement Film and TV advertisements
h) Film Usage License (for the Turkish films that apply for the International Competition)
H) GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION AND AUTHORITY
1) The Festival will not pay any rental or screening fees for the films in competition.
2) The prescreening copies and printed materials that are submitted to the Festival will not be returned.
3) Films that do not have sufficient technical and legal qualifications may be left out of the program by the Festival.
4) A maximum of 5 people out of the producers, directors, screenwriters and leading actors and actresses of each film at the Feature Film Competition are invited to the Festival.
Only directors or producers from short films at the Short Film Competition are invited to the Festival.
All the invitees must attend the award ceremonies, screening of their films and press meetings of the film organized by the Festival Management. The Festival undertakes to provide transportation and full board accommodation of the representatives in accordance with its hospitality regulations.
5) The films that are selected for the competitions may use the Festival logo in their publicity.
6) Festival committee has the power to settle, decide or implement changes on regulations and also reserves the right to make decisions for any matters that are not covered by these regulations.
7) Registration and participation in the Festival imply the acceptance of all the conditions that are stated in the Regulations.
8) The participants are obliged to send all the materials mentioned in the regulations form to the festival above mentioned address. The DCP copies must be sent in their original hardcover cases clearly labelled with the title of the film. The entrant should send a notice of dispatch by e-mail to the Festival indicating the title, date and way of shipment.
9) The Festival is responsible for the insurance of the screening copy of the film during the Festival period. In case of the loss or damage of the copies, the Festival is liable to pay the rate stated on the registration form by the film company. For films that the rate is not stated on the registration form, the Festival pays 500 USD for the screening copy. Round trip shipping charges of the screening copies, their expenses of storage, customs and insurance in Turkey will be paid by the Festival. The return shipping charges are paid by the Festival, only if the screening copies are sent to the print source. If the print will be shared with another festival, then only one way shipping charge will be paid by the Festival. All screening copies will be returned to the address indicated by the entrant no later than two weeks of the last day of the festival. The entrant should inform the festival of the exact date and place the screening copy should be sent to after the festival. The Festival accepts no liability for any forwarding errors that may result from a lack of instructions or from erroneous information provided by the entrant.
10) All preview copies and submitted entry information may be available for viewing in a video library by individual accredited guests. All preview copies may be stored in the festival archive and used for research purposes. In case of selection, the festival reserves the right to use stills and excerpts from the films for promotional purposes, not exceeding 10 % of the running time, or a maximum of 3 minutes.
I) CONCLUSION
The participation in the International Migration Film Festival - Gaziantep implies the acceptance of rules and regulations. The rightful owner of the production is responsible to warn the film team about regulations.
Festival Committee reserves the right to make decisions on matters not specified here in.
FESTIVAL CENTER
Gaziantep İl Göç İdaresi Müdürlüğü
İncilipinar Mah. Şehit Mehmet Öter Cad. No: 6
Şehitkamil / Gaziantep, Türkiye
The short film competition will be held under the sponsorship of UNICEF, with the theme of child and immigration. Research and observations reveal that children are the most affected by the results of migration both in the first period of migration and in the medium and long term. Compulsory displacements are breaking the feelings of security, consistency and continuity, which are very important in terms of children's development and well-being, they also have to struggle with cultural differences and discrimination that sometimes become very heavy. With this contest, UNICEF aims to draw attention to the difficulties experienced by immigrant children, and to make the activities and the people and organizations carrying out these activities visible, which make children could cope with migration and its consequences. On selection, priority will be given to these content and themes, especially with positive messages, solution suggestions and successful practices.
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An international feature film competition will be held within the framework of Migration Film Festival which aims to promote filmmakers around the world who work and create films on given themes. 10 feature films will compete for 2 awards, best film -with 15.000 Euro monetary award- , best inspiring script -with 5000 Euro monetary award. Films might be fictional, documentary or animation. Themes and storyline must be suitable with the festival's consept, meaning they are expected to be related to migration, refugees, immigrants and social and cultural impacts of migration. Best Inspiring Script award will be given to one film scenario which is having a positive message, offering solutions, showing examples for solving conflicts, etc. IMPORTANT - The competition titles must have been produced NOT before than January 2018
