Rules

StrangerFestival 2010 Competition Rules


1. Subject: Make a video of who you are, where you are and what you are into. Be yourself. Make it personal, to the point and real.

2. Maker: The StrangerFestival competition is for makers from 15 years of age up to 25 (including 25).

3. Length: Your video should be between 1 - 5 minutes long (60-300 seconds). This should include the opening titles and the end credits of the film. Longer or shorter videos will not be eligible for the competition.

4. Date of production: StrangerFestival encourages participants to submit videos that have been produced for the StrangerFestival 2020 competition. If you decide to submit a video you have already made, this video will need to have been made after januari 2009.

5. Language: Please remember that in order to succeed in the competition, people outside your country need to understand your video. Subtitle your video with English subtitles if it includes non-English dialogue that needs to be understood. Videos with dialogue but without subtitles will not be eligible for the competition.

6. Rights for the material: StrangerFestival is run under the Creative Commons license. This means that the rights for your video stay with you but others can show your video if they credit you for it. This means that your video can be shown:

- on television
- on websites
- shared via video podcasts
- shared via Bluetooth
- screened in public events
- shown as part of the exhibition

7. Music: Using copyrighted music will limit the possibilities to show your video in events and broadcasting. We therefore encourage you to create your own music or use copyright-free music. Take a look at the following links to share and download free music:

- Moby gratis film music
- Creative Commons audio
- Jamendo
- ccMixter
- All Music

If you decide to use copyrighted music, be sure to send us the following information:

- Name of the song
- Artist
- Record Label


8. Submission: There are 2 steps you have to take to submit your video into the competition:

1. Upload your video to your StrangerFestival profile on StrangerFestival.com

2. Send it on a DVD or CD together with you personal information to:

StrangerFestival 2010 Competition
European Cultural Foundation
Jan van Goyenkade 5 
NL-1075 HN Amsterdam
The Netherlands

We need to receive a hardcopy of your video on Data-DVD/CD so that the best entries can be shown on television and in exhibitions. Videos that are not sent on a DVD/CD cannot be screened on television or in the exhibitions. So make sure you burn your video onto Data – DVD or CD in in the following format:

Preferable format:
Video: DV PAL 720×576
Audio: 48Hz
-> Other formats like: .mov .avi .mpeg or .mp4 are also welcome, but remember to send the version with the best quality.
-> Don’t forget to send a little paper with your contact details and details of each video( name of maker+titel of video) with the DVD/CD, so we know to whom belongs that video.
-> We perfer formats like: quicktime,.mov , .avi , .mpg4, but remember to send it in DV PAL 720x576 pixel.


9. Deadline: To be eligible for the StrangerFestival 2010competition videos must be uploaded to StrangerFestival.com AND sent by post to Amsterdam by August 15 2010 (postal stamp no later than this date). You can still upload videos to your profile after the competition has closed, but these videos will not take part in next year's StrangerFestival competition.


10. Awards: StrangerFestival will not have an award ceremony as it has had in the past years. The award or prize that will be given to video makers is the participation in the StrangerAcademy. The StrangerAcademy event will take place in Amsterdam in the authumn of 2010. Mark this into your calendar as all selected video makers will be invited to Amsterdam to join the festival weekend.