REGULATIONS

Preamble
Lisbon’s International Independent Film Festival (IndieLisboa) aims to contribute for the discovery and revelation of new films and new directors in Portugal, within independent cinema, both national and international.

Article 1
(Objective)
IndieLisboa intends to stimulate public exhibition of films, which are neither distributed nor exhibited within Portugal’s traditional circuits.

Article 2
(Dates)
IndieLisboa will be held between April 21st and May 1st 2005.

Article 3
(How to apply)
1. To apply to the IndieLisboa’s Official Competition, all films must fill the following conditions:
- fiction, animation, documentaries and experimental short and feature films;
- first and sophomore films;
- 35mm, 16mm and video;
- produced in 2004 or 2005;
- first public presentation in Portugal during this festival.
2. To apply to the Observatory Section, films must fill the following conditions:
- fiction, animation, documentary and experimental short and feature films;
- 35mm, 16mm and video;
- produced in 2004 or 2005.
3. The Festival may decide, exceptionally, to select films that do not fill these conditions.

Article 4
(Subtitling)
1. All selected films will be screened with Portuguese and English subtitles.
2. Portuguese films will be screened with English subtitles.Article 5
(Official Competition Jury)
1. The Official Competition Jury will be composed by five recognized personalities of the cinematographic milieu, of which at least one should be Portuguese.
2. Personalities with direct interest in the production and/or exploitation of the films presented within the Official Competition cannot integrate the Jury.

Article 6
(Awards)
1. The awards comprehend a trophy, a diploma and money.
2. The Official Competition Jury will attribute the following awards:
- Feature Film Grand Prize, in the amount of 5.000 euros;
- Short Film Grand Prize, in the amount of 2.500 euros;
- Best Cinematography Prize (amount to be announced)
- Best Portuguese Film, awarded to the director (amount to be announced)
2. The Official Competition Jury may also attribute honourable mentions, when these are justified.
3. The Audience Jury (which is constituted by the audience of the Official competition and the Observatory sections) will attribute the following awards:
- Feature Film Prize (amount to be announced);
- Short Film Prize (amount to be announced).

Article 7
(Submitting)
1. The submission should be done, preferentially, online in www.indielisboa.com.
2. To confirm your submission please send to IndieLisboa, Rua Gonçalves Crespo, 56, 1º, 1150-158 Lisboa, Portugal the following data:
Until 21st February 2005 (for selection)
Copy/Receipt of the online registration
Portuguese or English Synopsis (max. 40 words)
VHS/DVD PAL, with English subtitles (in case of non-Portuguese films)
Dialogue List
Film and director’s picture
Director’s biography and filmography
Until 12th April 2005 (for exhibition)
A print of the selected film (in the requested exhibition format)
Posters, postcards, EPK (electronic press kit) and other promotional materials.

Article 8
(Film staying)
All films screened during the festival must remain there until its ending, and will be returned only after the closing ceremony.

Article 9
(Transportation)
1. The transportation costs of the VHS/ DVD for selection are the entire responsibility of the film’s candidate.
2. The selected print transportation costs (round trip), as well as its insurance, are the Festival’s responsability, except when the film is sent to another festival. In this case, IndieLisboa will pay only for the print’s arrival, as accorded in all international film festivals.

Article 10
(Insurances)
All films insurances are the entire responsibility of the Festival, since its arrival and until its return.


Article 11
(Publicity)
The producer (and/or the owner of the exhibition rights of the movie in festivals) that has been awarded during this festival must compromise and mention IndieLisboa in all publicity and press/promotion materials produced right after the attribution of the prize to the film.

Article 12
(Acceptance)
Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of all the afore-mentioned regulations and respect of the present regulation.

Article 13
(Omitted cases)
The Festival’s Direction will decide regarding all issues not included in the present regulation, according to the international rules of Film Festivals.