<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times;">VAFA- Video Art For ALL<br>International Open Call Festival</span></span> <br>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><b>Regulations </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">1. Requirement of the entry:</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">1.1 Submitted videos must have been completed after January 2008.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">1.2 Running time must not exceed 10 minutes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">1.3 Non English spoken videos should have English subtitles.</span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">2. Submission of the entry form and Delivery of the entry:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.1 Entry form can be submit via e-mail.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.2 Each submission should have one entry form.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.3 Videos can be sent online with the entry form or can be sent by post on a </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> DVD with a printed version of the entry form.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.4 If you choose to send a DVD, please label it with title, author’s name, running time </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> and aspect ratio.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.5 If you choose to send online, only AVI, MOV or MPEG files via free </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> upload service like </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/"><span style="font-family: Times;">www.sendspace.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> or </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.pando.com/"><span style="font-family: Times;">www.pando.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> would be accepted.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.6 Videos without application form will not be accepted for the competition.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.7 All deliveries from international participants must be marked: </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> NO COMMERCIAL VALUE, CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.8 The selected entry will be asked to send a mini-DV tape or a DVD.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">2.9 Shipping expenses are the responsibility of the entrant.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">3. Mailing address:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> All required material should be delivered to one of the following address:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> - </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:vafa.videoartforall@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: Times;">vafa.videoartforall@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> - VAFA - Video Art For All</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> Rua Francisco Xavier Pereira 45-59, 3 Floor</span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">4. Submission deadline:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> The submission deadline is on September 30, 2010</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">5. Exhibition date and venue:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> Exhibition will run from November 5, 2010 to December 3, 2010 </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> at Casa Garden – Fundação Oriente, Macau.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">6. Jury:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">6.1 All submissions will be selected by the invited juries composed by Video artists </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> from Macau and Hong Kong. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">6.2 Selected artists will be informed by email of the results 3 weeks </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> before the exhibition opening.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">6.3 All decisions are final.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">7. Awards:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">7.1 The best video will be awarded with 1000 US and the artist will be invited to present </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> the work at the exhibition opening.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">7.2 A catalogue will be made.</span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">8. Criteria:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> Video Art is today recognized as an autonomous art form therefore we have no fixed </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> criteria concerning work theme or form as long as it stays in the art field. </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> The only works that the selection committee will not consider are ones containing </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> any kind of offensive or aggressive message/content.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">9. Numbers of the entry:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> Max 3 videos can be submitted.</span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">10. Others:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">10.1 The Festival entry is free.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">10.2 Copies will not be returned, but will be kept in the organizer archive.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">10.3 Selected works will be used in research work and non-commercial screenings </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> related to the event.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">10.4 Author accepts that an insert from his video, 30 seconds long at most, can be </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;"> presented for Festival promotion purposes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">10.5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">All decisions are final.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">10.6<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11pt;">The organizers have the right to explain this regulation.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;">VAFA – Video Art for All</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">International Open Call Festival 2010</span></div>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> Entry's information: (Please write in Capitals) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Times;"> Original title: ______________________________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> Title in English: _____________________________________________________________</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> Director/Author: ___________________________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Times;"> Country of production: ______________________ Duration: ____________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> Year of production: ___________________ Format: _____________________</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> Actors: ___________________________________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Times;"> Music: ____________________________________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> Other: ____________________________________________________________________</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times;"> E-mail: ____________________________________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: Times;"> Contact number: ____________________________________________________________</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">Applicants should also submit the following information and materials:</span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times;">Synopsis (Max 300 words/submission, English only in plain text, RTF (Rich Text Formal) or Word .doc as attachment)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">Biography (Max 300 words/submission, English only in plain text, RTF (Rich Text Formal) or Word .doc as attachment)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">2 screenshots for each submitted work (jpg, 800x600 px)</span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><i>If you choose to send by post have this info on a separate CD.</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><br>
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declare that the information submitted in my application is complete
and truthful, and I shall abide by all rules and regulations of the
Competition. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="position: relative; z-index: 2;"><span style="height: 47px; left: 359px; position: absolute; top: -1px; width: 137px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 9pt;"><b> </b></span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 9pt;"><b>Signature: </b></span><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
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