Globo Verde Dominicano Award - Short Film Category

Globo Verde Dominicano Award
Short Film Category

Rules and Regulations

Article 1. Registration:
Registration for the III edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival is now open, as of March 10th through July 25, 2014. Applications must be done on the Globo Verde Dominicano Award webpage where you can fill out the available registration form. A copy of the application will be automatically emailed to you as proof of registration. The competition is exclusively for Dominican citizens. (To register and apply, click here)

Article 2. Deadline for submission of short films: Entries will be accepted at FUNGLODE headquarters in Santo Domingo from April 1 through July 30, 2014. It is essential that the application be filled out on the Globo Verde Dominicano webpage (see article 1) before handing in your short film entry at the FUNGLODE office. NOTE: The deadline for handing in the work is different from the registration/application deadline.

Article 3. Level of Participation: Only one (1) entry per person will be accepted.

Article 4. Topics:
Subject matter of projects submitted must focus on the environment and sustainable development with the objective of generating awareness and motivating actions to protect the biosphere.

Article 5. Conditions for Participation:

The call for entries of the third edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award is open to filmmakers over the age of 18, of Dominican nationality or foreign residents in the country who hold an official Dominican identity card.
Short films will not be accepted from foreigners who do not reside in the Dominican Republic.
The filming can take place anywhere in the world.
At a minimum, 70% of the actors in the production must be Dominican.
Films or with pornographic language or obscene footage will be disqualified and their authors will be excluded from participating in future competitions.
Television series, musical videos and advertising material of any kind will not be accepted
The submitted material must not have been made prior to 2010.
All work entered must be previously unpublished.
No work that has previously won other contests will be admitted.
The contest application is available on the Globo Verde Dominicano webpage. It is necessary to read and accept all contest rules and regulations (link to webpage application).
The work must be original and must not contain any material copied from other work that does not belong to the contestant submitting the video.

Article 6. Authorization:
The author(s) or participant(s), director(s), producer(s) and actor(s) of the short films submitted to the III edition of Globo Verde Dominicano Award, authorize the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival to publicly broadcast their name, voice and image, in any form of mass media or television distribution, audio (radio), virtual (Internet), print, graphic or any other outlets in accordance with the criteria of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award and the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival, without time or geographical limitations, and with no form of compensation, payment or indemnity.

Article 7. The Work:
Participants of the III edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award authorize the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival to edit their production according to the criteria pertaining to the Globo Verde competition as well as the Environmental Film Festival for promotional purposes of the contest, with no time constraints or geographical limitations. This authorization extends to any and all promotional media, whether graphic, television, virtual (Internet), billboards in public areas, audio (radio) and other media determined by Globo Verde Dominicano Award and the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival, with no form of compensation, payment or indemnity.

Article 8. Technical specifications of the production:
The short film must be a maximum of 15 minutes and cannot contain credits except for the filmmaker’s pseudonym or alias. Films can be color or black and white. They must be narrated in Spanish. If they are in another language, they must include Spanish subtitles. Films that do not fulfill this language requirement will not be eligible to take part in the contest.

Article 9. Copies of submissions:
In order to participate in the contest, you must present three (3) DVD copies of the video. Any other format will automatically annul your participation in the III edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award which reserves the right to inform, or not, the participant of the cancellation of his/her participation in the contest. Copies sent will not be returned and will become part of the audiovisual heritage of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival.

Article 10. Pre-selection:
Participants must complete the electronic registration form, which is available at: www.globoverdedominicano.org. Once completed, contestants will automatically receive, via email, a copy of the form with the information registered. After receiving this electronic application form and confirming that the information contained therein is accurate, participants must print it and mail it, along with a copy of the short film and the sealed letter (as stipulated in Article 5). Globo Verde Dominicano Award will confirm, via email, reception and acceptance of the submissions. In the event that the entry is not accepted, the committee in charge of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award will send an email explaining the decision not to accept the submission.

Article 11. Submitting the material (DVD):
The video must be sent in a sealed envelope, with author’s pseudonym or alias, and a sealed letter that specifies the credits (name of video, biographical information and photos of the director), three copies of the work in DVD format and as acknowledgement a copy of the application form.

In the sealed envelope, the following must be included on a CD:

Photographs of the director (minimum size 1MB/ JPEG, GIF or PNG/300dpi).
Three promotional photos of the video (minimum size 1MB, in JPEG, GIF or PNG formats, at 300dpi)
Three images depicting scenes from the short film (minimum size 1MB, in JPEG, GIF or PNG formats, at 300dpi).

The envelope must be delivered to this address:

Globo Verde Dominicano Award
Muestra de Cine Medioambiental Dominicana
Attn. Mariel Gallardo
FUNGLODE
Calle Capitán Eugenio de Marchena #26, La Esperilla,
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic

Copies of the work sent for pre-selection will NOT be returned and participants will not be able to claim them afterwards.

Globo Verde Dominicano Award/ Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival will not be responsible for any costs or expenses accrued by submissions presented in the contest. Participation in the III edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival implies acceptance of the rules, regulations and conditions specified in this document.

Article 12. Reception of the work:
Participants will receive confirmation that their submissions have been received one week after having been received by the III edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award. If a participant does not receive confirmation after seven days, he/she should notify the Globo Verde Dominicano Award team by email: [email protected] or by phone 809-685-9966, Extensions 5034 / 5036.

Article 13. Selection process:
One (1) winner will be selected in the short film category and just one prize will be given. The selection will be carried out by a jury comprised of Dominican and international film professionals. The jurors’ votes will be secret. Members of the jury agree not to publish, anticipate, discuss or distribute information regarding winners until the decision is officially made public. Winners will be announced at the closing event of the IV Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival and their names will also be published on the Festival’s website.

Article 14. Winning entry:
The winning film and its producers/directors authorize Globo Verde Dominicano and the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival to distribute their work in other national and international film festivals as well as other activities undertaken by Globo Verde Dominicano and the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival.

Article 15. Prize:
The prize for the short film category includes a trip for the director to an international environmental film festival where he/she will screen the winning short film and will be invited to participate in all film screenings and activities at the Festival. The winner will also receive a certificate for $2,000 in technical equipment.

The winner will also receive a recognition plaque.

In order to receive his/her prize, the winner must be present (this is mandatory) at the closing ceremony of the IV Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival, which will be held on September 10-14, 2014. The date for the awards ceremony will be posted on the Globo Verde webpage as well as the DR Environmental Film Festival page. In the event that the winner is not present at the ceremony, he/she will lose the right to receive the prize. If, for reasons beyond the participant’s control, the winner is unable to attend the ceremony, he/she must send a person as his/her representative who can be identified as such and can provide proof of identity in the form of a national ID card to claim the prize of the absent winner.

Article 16. Winners:
The winner must wait a period of at least 2 years before competing in the same category. However, he/she can participate in a different category in which all relevant and current rules apply.

Article 17. Rights reserved by the III edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award and the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival:
Participants in the III edition of the Globo Verde Dominicano Award accept all Articles described in the Rules and Regulations contained in this document. Globo Verde Dominicano Award and the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival maintain all rights reserved to exhibit, promote, edit and advertise the entries submitted for the third edition of the contest held in 2014 in all national and foreign media outlets.