INTRODUCTION
This second edition of the Mi Doc_Arte_Music, International documentary film festival on art, architecture, cinema, theatre, music and dance will feature the best documentary productions in cinema and television between 2006 and today and will run in October/ November 2008.
MIDOC_ART_MUSIC
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Mi Doc_Art_Music is divided into three sections: :
 1. ART AND ARCHITECTURE
This section comprehends documentaries produced all over the world between 2006 and 2008 on the theme of visual arts and architecture. Documentaries featured in this section portray painting, sculpture, performance art, art shows, new trends in contemporary art, great exponents in the arts and their exhibitions, restorations, events, inquiries and historical investigations on the art of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, architecture, design, computer graphics employed in modern construction techniques, monuments, churches, museums, palaces, cities, neighborhoods, contemporary and historical constructions, restorations, landscaping, architectural installations, biographies of architects and archival footage on the art of building and rebuilding.
CINEMA AND DRAMA
This section comprehends documentaries produced all over the world between 2006 and 2008 on the theme of the cinematographic and dramatic arts. Documentaries featured in this section portray biographies of actors, directors, producers, scriptwriters and playwrights, as well as stories surrounding cinematographic and dramatic performances, etc..
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
This section features productions made between 2006 and 2008 from all over the world about musicians, opera, classical, folk, pop and jazz music. Documentaries accepted in this section are related to the world of classical music, melodrama, concerts, rehearsals, portraits of authors and singers, biographies of musicians and performers, stories pertaining to music of any nature and quality, tv programs and news segments on music, concert halls, folkloristic events, musical artisanship, the construction of spaces and venues intended for music, musical exhibitions, folk, pop, rock and jazz music from all over the world, from its more traditional expressions to the age of electronic experimentation, as well as films on the stories of its protagonists, filmed biographies of its greatest exponents, concerts, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, events, etc.
ALL ABOUT DANCE
This section features documentaries from all over the world and produced between 2006 and 2008, on the theme of classical ballet, and modern and contemporary dance. Documentaries accepted in this section portray all genres of dance, the rehearsals and performances, dance academies, folk and popular dance, tango, samba, belly-dancing, flamenco, acrobatic and athletic dancing, mime, rock and roll, waltz, polka, ice-dancing, etc. This section also includes documentaries on the history of dance, dancers' biographies, performances, costumes, choreographies, cross-contamination of genres, and important dance events
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Participants are to specify for which section they are submitting their film. The selecting committee reserves the right to move any of the submitted films from one section to another.
PRIZES FOR THE MIDOC_ART_MUSIC INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
A selecting committee will decide which of the submitted works to include in the competition.
A jury will assign the prizes for the three best works in competition.
The "President's Plaque" will also be awarded.
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PARTICIPANT RULES
The Midoc_Art_Music festival will only accept productions from 2006 to 2008 featuring the content specified above. International films must provide subtitling in Italian or in English. If subtitled in English, we also require dialogue transcripts.
The following material must be sent to the Milano Doc Festival by JULY 15, 2008:
this electronic application form, fully filled out, must be sent by clicking on the link below.
a DVD (PAL STANDARD) copy of the film;
a paper copy of the application form, fully filled out and signed by the copyright owner;
All material should be sent to the following address:
Milano Doc Festival
c/o Doc Fest
Via Tarvisio, 2
00198 Roma, Italia
By entering the contest each individual filmmaker or producer is responsible for the content of his work and warrants that the grant of this licence will not infringe the copyright (sound or picture) or any other rights whatsoever of any third party. By applying the Festival the participants explicitly allows the use of sound and video materials. Milano Doc Festival may also show short clips or images from the submitted entries on television news, broadcasts and in all kind of promotion and communications activities related to the Festival. Copyright's owners also authorize further showings of their works without any charge for non-profit purposes.
The subscriber declares that all the submitted information are true and allows their use for promotional and communication purposes related to the Festival (catalogue, web site, press releases, etc.). Subscribers will also be requested to send two pictures related to their film if admitted to the competition (jpeg 300 dpi).
Both the admitted and the non-admitted titles will NOT be returned to the film senders, as they will remain for good in the archive of the Festival for documentary purposes. They will not be used for commercial purposes and could be seen within the archive for free.
Signing in the competition entry form implies full acceptance of all the terms and conditions.
These rules are considered part of the application form and must be signed and attached to it.
In case of controversy, the Court of Milan will have jurisdiction. Should there be any interpretation problems of terms and conditions, the Italian version will be considered final.
Personal information will be dealt according to the terms of Law no. 675 of 31/12/1996 and following changes and additions.
INFO:
Milano Doc Festival
c/o Doc Fest
Via Tarvisio, 2
00198 Rome, Italy
Tel. +39 06 8840341
Fax. +39 06 8840345
Email:
info@midoc.it
Web site:
www.milanodocfestival.it |
