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Japan Wildlife Film Festival 2011 Information & Rules

1. NAME Japan Wildlife Film Festival 2011
2. PURPOSE
To encourage international wildlife production by honoring the very best films. The Festival aspires to strengthen worldwide networking among wildlife filmmakers, especially those in Asian countries. For the general public, Japan Wildlife Film Festival aims to increase awareness of the need to protect and conserve our natural environment by screening the films.
3. DATE August 4 (Thu) - August 7 (Sun), 2011
PLACE Toyama International Conference Centre,
Japan
4. ORGANIZER Nature Film Network
IN COOPERATION WITH Wildscreen (UK)
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (USA)
UNEP
5.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
1) Entry is free.
2) Entries must have been completed on or after May 1, 2009 and the central focus must be on aspects of nature and wildlife, environmental and conservation issues, or nature and people. Productions already submitted to the last Japan Wildlife Film Festival are not eligible.
a. Entry should be made on DVD NTSC (region 0 or 2). Only in exceptional circumstances, we also accept DVD PAL.
b.

Please include with the completed Entry Form:
a) Script (English or Japanese). The official languages of the Festival are Japanese and English. Productions in other languages must be accompanied by an English or Japanese script with time code.
b) Three different still photographs with digital from each production.
3) Entry packages should be sent to:
Nature Film Network - JWFF Office
Akagishita-machi 11-1, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 162-0803, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5261-9908
4) Entrants must confirm by Fax or E-mail when packages were sent, giving the following information: entrant's name, company, full contact information, shipping date and shipping method.
Festival Office
Fax: +81-3-5261-9760
E-mail: jwff@naturechannel.jp
5) Shipping costs, customs and insurance fees are to be paid by entrants. The Festival organizer is not responsible for damage or loss of entries during the shipment.
6) Publicity and Promotion
a. Entrants automatically grant consent for up to three minutes of each production submitted to be made available, free of charge for a promotional tape of the Festival, its web site, for broadcast media, and for use in any reasonable way connected with the promotion of the Festival both at the time of the event and the months following.
b. Entrants automatically grant consent for Nature Film Network to use information on the entry form and accompanying photos in Festival publications and on its web site. They may be used for news information material for TV, print media and others.
7) Entrants automatically grant consent for their productions to be available for viewing by JWFF delegates in the on demand library during the festival.
8) Entries will not be returned. They will be retained in the film library by the Festival organizer. If you would like to have your entry returned, it should be indicated on your entry form and the return postage enclosed.
6. DEADLINE FOR ENTRY REGISTRATION
Entry registration will be closed on February 15, 2011.
(On-line entry is available on our web site.)
Tapes should arrive by February 28, 2011.
7. JUDGING
1) Entries will be screened and judged by the Judging Committee. Entries selected by the committee will be nominated as finalists for awards.
2) Finalists will be notified by the Festival office as soon as possible after the selection. During the Festival, films will be judged in relation to each award by the International Judging Committee. Award winners will be announced on August 7th at the Gala Ceremony which closes the Festival.
8. SELECTED NOMINEES
Nominated films will be made available for public screenings during the Festival.
1) Nominees will be notified and asked to submit one NTSC Beta SP or Digital Beta copy of the master.
2) Non-Japanese films will be subtitled or voiced-over into Japanese by the organizer, the costs of which will be covered by the organizer.
3) One person for each finalist film will be invited to the Festival with his/her accommodation and travel in Japan covered by the Festival organizer. Please note that expenses outside and to/from Japan will be paid by the finalist.
4) After the Festival, all works of the finalist films will be retained by the Festival organizer, and will be shown at non profit screenings in line with the purposes of the Festival. In some cases, a small admission charge may be made to cover administration costs.
9. AWARDS
Best of Festival Grand, Best Animal Behavior,
Best Underwater, Best Cinematography,
Best Underwater Cinematography, Best Nature and People, Best Environmental Conservation,
Best Educational, Best Animation, Best Children's,
Best Asia - Oceania,
Toyama Ptarmigan Award (by audience poll)

* The judging committee, at its discretion, may present special awards to deserving films which do not qualify in any of the categories listed above.
For further information, please refer to 'Award Categories' on the back of the entry form.
10. VALIDITY
The submission of an entry registration for the Festival implies full acceptance of these rules. Should any matter come into dispute, only the Japanese version of these rules will be valid and any such dispute must be settled under Japanese law.