FILM REGISTRATION

Film submissions for the 26th Film Festival of the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University are now open!

Do you make amateur films? Want to test your skills against others, or simply looking for a place to share your work with the world? You’re in the right place! Create a short film up to 8 minutes long and submit it to this traditional student festival, which has been supporting emerging filmmakers since 2001. The theme, genre, and format are entirely up to you.

We are looking for films by emerging filmmakers, especially students and graduates of schools specializing in audiovisual production. Co-authors must not be professionals in this field. Films can be in Czech, Slovak, or English and must not be older than three years from their release date. Full rules can be found below.

◾Registration and participation are completely free.
◾Deadline for submissions: April 5th, 23:59

With us, you can showcase your film to hundreds of people – and if your film impresses the jury or the audience, you will be rewarded with prizes.

1st place – 5000 CZK

2nd place – 3000 CZK

3rd place – 2000 CZK

Prizes from festival partners

0. Preamble

0.1. This document regulates the relationship between the organizer and the authors within the framework of the FF FI MU. By submitting a film, the author agrees to these terms and conditions.

1.Terms

1.1. Festival – The festival (FF FI MU) is a public display of short films. The display consists of a main (competitive) part and a bonus (non-competitive) part.

1.2. Organizer – The festival is organized by the Laboratory of Electronic and Multimedia Applications (LEMMA) FI MU as part of the education at FI MU.

1.3. Time and place of the event – The festival usually takes place in Brno during the credit week at FI MU in the spring semester of the academic year.

1.4. Dramaturgy committee – The dramaturgy committee is made up of LEMMA teachers who will (along with various other experts) select the movies to be projected on the evening of the festival.

1.5. Expert jury  – The organizer will appoint a jury of industry professionals to evaluate the short films screened at the festival and determine the ranking of the best ones.

1.6. Author – The author of the work is understood to be the copyright holder of the collective work, typically the director. Only the author of the work can submit a film to the festival under their own name. In the case that multiple directors have contributed to the film, only one of them is allowed to submit it (with the consent of all co-authors).

1.7. Amateur film – A film that was not produced by professional authors. The competition is primarily aimed at aspiring filmmakers, particularly students and alumni of high schools, colleges, and universities, including those with a focus on audiovisual production.

2. Rights and obligations of the author

2.1. Submitter. The film can only be submitted by the film author; the author must be a permanent resident of the EU under their own name. An exception can be requested from the organizer.

2.2. Film submission. Films must be submitted and uploaded using the web form via the link at https://festival.fi.muni.cz by the date listed on the website, typically no later then 46 days before the start of the festival. The author guarantees their adherence to the technical specification, along with the correctness and completeness of the metadata listed in the online form. By submitting a film, the author agrees to this proposition.

2.3. Cooperation of the author. When submitting a film, the author must provide texts and graphics materials for the festival brochure, including a short synopsis of the film, information about the crew and cast, and the film’s subtitles.

2.4. Attendance at the ceremony. When submitting a film, the author declares that if the film is selected for the competitive section, they or their representative will be present at the award ceremony. Otherwise, his/her prizes will be forfeited without compensation.

2.5. Language of the film. The submitted film must be in English, Czech, or Slovak. Films in Czech or Slovak must include English subtitles; films in English must include subtitles in Czech or Slovak.

2.6. Length. The main competition is open to short films of any genre or form (live-action, animation) up to 8 minutes in length. The bonus section is open to short films of any length (they may exceed 8 minutes).

2.7. Age of the film. On the day of the festival, the submitted film must not be older than 3 years from its first publication.

2.8. The theme of the films is not limited in any way and is not dependent on the theme of the festival.

2.9. The co-authors must not be professionals in the audiovisual field. The organiser reserves the right to reject declarations of unprofessionalism within the framework of its discretion and with justification.

2.10. Artificial Intelligence. When submitting a film through the application form, the author is obliged to truthfully state whether and in what way artificial intelligence (AI) was used in the creation of the film.

2.11. Copyright guarantee  – By submitting a film, the author declares that:

2.11.1. He holds all copyrights or licenses to the film (visual, musical, sound) and has settled rights with the performers in the work.

2.11.2. The film does not violate the laws of the Czech Republic, and only legal processes (intellectual property works) were used to create the film.

2.11.3. He is responsible for copyright, personality, and data protection and for any damage to third parties.

2.11.4. The film does not contain hidden advertising, is not a promotional film, and is not a film of a commercial or business entity. The film is non-commercial in nature, and its licence was not part of a commercial contract or commercial distribution. Another co-producer (commercial entity, school) does not hold majority rights to the film.

2.11.5. The author guarantees that the use of AI tools has not resulted in a violation of copyright, personality rights, personal data protection, or any other legal regulations of the Czech Republic or the EU.

2.12. Copyright licenses. By submitting a film, the author declares that he/she is entitled to grant a royalty-free, non-exclusive license and has reserved the property rights to the film and other copyrighted works provided to Masaryk University (further also "MU"). The author grants these rights to the organiser for the purpose of public screening of the film at the festival, for online publication of the film worldwide without limitation to specific platforms for a period of 1 month after the festival, for preservation of the film print in the FI library and in the non-public archive of the LEMMA laboratory, for possible screening of the entire film in the context of teaching at MU, for promotion of MU and for non-public screening for the MU academic community. The author also grants the right to use parts of the film (video and audio track) for the creation and public screening of the audiovisual work for the purpose of promoting the festival (video trailer and cut of the nominated films) and the right to use photographs, posters, screenshots and other materials submitted with the application as part of the promotion of FF FI MU on all online and printed materials. The granting of this license is irrevocable upon submission of the film.

3. Rights and obligations of the organizer

3.1. Dramaturgy. The organizer reserves the right to exclude entries that do not comply with these terms and conditions or are in conflict with Czech legislation. Films containing excessively vulgar and offensive footage that would substantially limit the festival's accessibility to the general public will not be accepted.

3.2. The selection of films to be screened and the dramaturgy of the evening will be determined by the dramaturgy committee led by the festival director. There is no legal right to the inclusion of a film in the festival programme. The authors of the film will be informed whether their work was accepted or not through the contacts provided in the application form.

3.3. Rankings and awards. The organizer will announce the placement of the three best films in two categories:
a) Ranking and awardment by the jury, where the author receives a financial reward.
b) The audience award, where the author receives physical rewards.
The organizer reserves the right not to declare a winner in a certain place or category without providing a reason. The author of the film has no legal right to receive the prizes; the non-monetary prizes cannot be alternatively fulfilled or converted into money.

3.4. Award ceremony. The prizes will be awarded based on a written agreement between the author and the organizer. The physical rewards will be handed over to the winner at the festival. In the case that the author (or the representative) of the winning film does not attend the ceremony in person, both the financial and material prizes will be forfeited without compensation.

3.5. GDPR. All personal data provided within the author’s application is confidential and will be handled in accordance with Act No. 110/2019 Coll and GDPR. The organizer will not provide this data to third parties.

Mandatory technical specifications

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