regulations

1. Professional film and video makers or video artists can submit to the Festival, as well as amateurs.
2. Festival entry is free.
3. Only digital productions are accepted - short films or video art projects. Maximum running time of submissions should last no longer than 30 minutes. There are no running time limits for the special nominations "Audiovisual performance" and "Video installation". Film copies aren`t accepted!
4. Russian films participate in the International competition without any special conditions.
5. One author can submit to the Festival any number of works.
6. Each film can be entered to one of seven nominations.
7. Festival nominations: Fiction, Documentary, Experimental, Animation, Video art, Audiovisual performance, Video installation. 
8. The Festival accepts films and videos produced after the 1^st of January 2010 only.
9. Deadline for entries - April 1, 2012.
10. If submission is late to the competition 2012 (delivered after the 1st of April 2011) it would be automatically postponed to the next year competition.
11. Only submissions accompanied with detailed Entry Form are accepted. You can fill out Online Entry Form or download printable version on our web-site. 
12. Visual materials (films, video art works, etc.) can be submitted and uploaded at reelport.com (in this case you won`t send us application by post).
13. Only DVD-copies (screening quality) of your entry can be sent by post. Please do not send us DVD copies with copyright protection as such applications aren`t accepted.
14. In case of postage by express mail use this address: Labazov Pavel, NCCA, International Kansk Video Festival, Zoologicheskaya st., 13, build.1, Moscow, 123242, RUSSIA
15. When sending from abroad please mark your submission with "No commercial value, for cultural purposes only".
16. If original language of your entry is neither Russian nor English, film should be subtitled in one of those two languages or an English dialogue list must be attached.
17. All entries will be shown to the Selection Committee.
18. The Selection Committee has the right not to inform about criteria of selection or non-selection to the competition programme and special screenings.  
19. Works submitted to nominations "Audiovisual performance" and "Video installation" are selected by special curator appointed by the Festival Committee.
20. All submissions selected to the competition programme will be showed to the Jury. Non-selected entries can be shown in the framework of the festival special screenings.
21. All submissions will be kept in the festival archive. We do not return entries to authors (please send us only copies, not originals).
22. Festival awards:
    Gran Prix - Palm Secateur D`Or
    1st, 2nd, 3rd Diplomas
    Diploma for the Best Russian Film
    Special Diplomas of Jury
23. All entries will be posted on our web-site after 1st of May, 2012.
24. The list of selected films will appear on our web-site after 1st of July, 2012.
25. Authors of selected films are invited to participate in the festival. We cover transportation and hotel expenses for all period of your stay. Author is obliged to be present at his film`s presentation.
26. Award winners will be announced on the web-site on 26th of August, 2012, after closing ceremony of the Festival.
27. Authors of films selected to special screenings can participate in the Festival by their own expenses only.
28. Grand-Prix Winner 2012 will be invited to the Festival Jury 2013.

If you agree with the Festival Regulations please fill out the Entry form and send us your submission!

Submission via reelport.com

Submission via the Festival web-site