MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Festival
25 April – 2 May, 2009




Main Location: Győr (Hungary)
Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Poland





MEDIAWAVE Festival – "ANOTHER CONNECTION" expects the applications of
artists, whose individual way of creation is independent of fashion
streams; for whom technique is the means not the purpose; who attempt
to create an individual film code set - whether they live in a
minority group or in a less exposed part of the world. We want a
festival where an abundance of original, new and particular views
will play a major role instead of exotic productions and tricks;
where artists with different ways of thinking and free thoughts will
come together.
Our geographical borderline situation gives us a chance to
consciously mediate between the artistic movements of the Eastern and
Western- European region - still rather isolated from each other. Our
purpose is not to unify them, but to expose local values and
characteristics. On the border of East and West, in the eastern
border fortress of the old political and the newest/modern cultural
and economical iron curtain, we attempt to reveal the products of
modern age migration in film, a program supplemented by other visual
performances (theatre, movement theatre, exhibitions) and folk-music,
improvised and alternative music concerts.

Film and video programs:
After receiving and previewing the film and video entries, first the
preview jury selects the films to be shown at the festival. They also
decide whether the films will be screened in the competitive program
or in panorame programs. The preview jury is entitled to grant
special professional awards.
After viewing the films of the competitive program, the international
jury will present one major award (independent of category), also
category awards - independent of category - (best youth film, best
cinematographer, best actor, best editor, best sound, etc.). Special
awards: award of critics, award of the audience, award of the student
jury, etc.

You can enter with films of any of the cateories or genres.
MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Festival attempts to serve as
a scene where you can see and show films which are excluded from the
traditional structure of distribution, thus they are rarely shown in
cinemas and television, because of their unique and irregular visual
world or topic.
Thus the Festival gives an importance and welcome especially:
• features, short fictions and documentary films with uncommon
structures, with the emphasis on the image and film realisation,
instead of verbalism,
• musical films: associated with jazz, contemporary or archaic folk
music, also musical films creatively using or dealing with ethnic-
based contemporary or improvised music,
• dance and movement films: inspired by the subjects of dance and
movements (with the exception of documentation of these),
• animation films: based on different animation techniques,
especially those expanding the limits of animation,
• erotic films: with artistic contents,
• films adapting and comparing East and West European visual and
cultural values,
• experimental films which use technics as instruments rather than
goals.

In 2009 MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Festival organizes its
special film program around the topics of:
- global warming,
- '69 – sexual revolution.






ENTRY REGULATIONS




1. General information
- The number of entries and their duration are not limited.

- Films and videos may be entered that were made after January 1,
2007.
- The languages of the Festival are English and Hungarian. The
dialogue list of films of any other languages, also those of films
with English subtitles, should be sent to MEDIAWAVE before the
preview selection starts (January 10, 2009*). Dialogue list and
subtitles will be translated for the Hungarian audience.

*Packages must be postmarked by January 10, 2009.

2. Entry Form
- There is no entry fee. The preview copies sent to the Festival will
not be posted back; they will be filed in the archives of the
Festival.
- Please complete the entry form in English or Hungarian only! The
entry form should be printed. If you enter more than one film, please
use a separate form for each work.
- Entry forms must be completed, signed and submitted before January
10, 2009* along with the following enclosures: Preview tape;
Biography and filmography of the director; Dialogue list of the film
with time codes; Synopsis; Photographs (stills or slides) at least
one!; Photo of director; Poster and booklet (if available)

VERY IMPORTANT!!!
For custom reasons, please return the Pro Form Invoice attached to
the entry form, along with the preview tape, otherwise we are not
able to accept the tape. Please indicate on the form the value of the
VHS tape as only 1$(EUR). (It is only a custom value it has nothing
to do with the insurance.)

3. Dispatch of the prints (applicable only if the film is selected
into any of the screening programs)
- The Festival is not able to pay any rental or screening fee.
- The prints must arrive in Hungary before April 10, 2009 and must be
available for the Festival until May 4, 2009. The sender should
inform the Festival about the way and date the copy of the film was
sent, also we need to know the reference or tracking number.
- A pro forma invoice must accompany the print.
- The films must be sent prepaid. The Festival will only pay the
return transportation charges.
- All prints will be returned within four weeks after the end of the
Festival. If the film has to be returned to a different address, this
has to be marked on the application form, as well as the desired date
of arrival to the return address.
- Any damage to the film print must be reported to the Festival in
writing within two weeks after its return, and before any following
screening.

- If the original or an appropriate copy (16 mm, 35 mm, Betacamp SP,
dv) of the film selected into the competition program doesn't arrive
in the Festival until 10 April, 2009, we will be able to screen the
film on dvd (sent to the preview jury earlier) out of competition!
(We are forced to use this method because of several earlier year's
experiences, the prestige of the festival and the fact we cannot
change the announced film program after 10 April, 2009).





4. Postage – Customs
- On the package of the preview tape please mark: "NO COMMERCIAL
VALUE" in order to facilitate custom clearance. It can be mailed by
regular post service.
- The original film copy should be mailed or sent by courier (DHL,
TNT, UPS, EMS etc.). Do not send film prints by air freight (air
cargo)!
It can result in excessive custom problems, and MEDIAWAVE will not be
able to accept those films.
Please mark on package and pro form invoice:
"NO COMMERCIAL VALUE, GOODS ON LOAN FOR FESTIVAL PURPOSES ONLY."
- Film makers from Eastern Europe and Central Asia are requested to
indicate on the entry form, how the screening copy will be sent to
Hungary, if selected for screening in the Festival program. If postal
services are not reliable, please contact the Hungarian embassy in
your country.
Also indicate the best way we can return the copy after the Festival.

5. Entry Deadline : January 10, 2009*

*Packages must be postmarked by January 10, 2009.

6. Screenings
MEDIAWAVE Festival reserves the right to use the whole film as
promotion for non-commercial purpose in different areas of media for
presentation and educational screenings and and to use excerpts of
the film for promotion on the festival's web-site (max 3 min for long
films, max 10% of the total length for shorts)
Films selected by the preview jury will be screened at the expected
Central East European venues of the festival (last year they were:
Győrújbarát – Csorna – Fertőd– Kapuvár – Mór – Mosonmagyaróvár –
Székesfehérvár – Táp (Hungary), Bratislava - Dunajská Streda –
Levice – Šala (Slovakia), Myslowice – Warszava – Wroclaw – Sanok
(Poland), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Romania), on Betacam SP or DVD copy.
A brief excerpt of my film or video will be presented on the website
of the festival, for promotional purposes only.



CONTACTS -------------------------------------------------------------
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Festival Main Office
MEDIAWAVE Foundation
H-9021 Győr, Kazinczy u. 3-5. Hungary
Telephone: +36-96-517-667
Fax: +36-96-517-668
E-mail: info@...
www.mediawave.hu

International Relations
Contact: Zsolt BEDE FAZEKAS
Telephone/Fax: +1-416-693-8312 (Toronto)
E-mail: parameter@...

Representative in China
Contact: George GOCZE
E-mail: gocze.george@...