REGULATION

ARD AL DOC FILM FESTIVAL 2011

Festival Internazionale del Cinema Documentario Palestinese e Arabo
Palestinian and Arab Documentary Film Festival
Cagliari Cineteatro Nanni Loy
16-19 Febbraio/ February 16-19, 2011
Edizione 2011/2011 Edition

FESTIVAL PROJECT

After eight consecutive editions of Al Ard - Review of documentary films about Palestine, where
have been gathered significant evidence of interest from the public and critics, Associazione
Amicizia Sardegna Palestina (Sardinia Palestine Friendship Association) presents the 2011 Al Ard -
International Documentary Film Festival about Palestine and Arab World.

This unique festival in Sardinia, will present the most important and recent documentary
productions at international level on the traditions, lifestyles, history, politics, religion and
society in Palestine and the Arab world.
Chaired by Monica Maurer with the artistic direction of Giuseppe Pusceddu it will be realized by
Association Amicizia Sardegna Palestina, no-profit cultural association, active for several years in
spreading arabic culture by documentary films about Palestine and Middle east.
The Al Ard Doc Film Festival is designed as an international competition on the theme of the
Palestine and Arab world, divided into two sections: "competing films" and "out of competition".
The "competing" section is designed for documentary films about cultural, social or political issues
related to Palestinian and Arab world which will be admitted to the final selection, after an
international call and a preliminary selection by the Selection board and Artistic Direction.
Finally the eligible films will be voted by the Expert Jury and the Public Jury which will assign the
prizes during the closing ceremony.
The “out of competition” section will show the fiction movies and shorts movies about Palestine
and arab world selected by Selection board and Artistic direction. The movies of this section will
not be awarded.
The Festival will start on the february 16TH and will end february 19TH, 2011, finishing with
the closing up Ceremony of the Awards Night. Every night, the most excelling films will be
presented and commented by eminent personalities representing the world of culture, science and
entertainment, invited by Al Ard Doc Film Festival.

The Films sent to Festival will become a permanent part of the multimedia archive of Associazione
Amicizia Sardegna Palestina, which is already a local point of reference for local students and
scholars.

The entrance to all the projections will be free.

AWARDS

• Best Film In Competition

• Al Ard Award (Best film about Palestine)

• Award for the debut film (Emerging director)

• Audience Award

RULES

Only films and videos produced between 2006 and 2010 dealing with one of the aforementioned
themes may be accepted for Al Ard Doc Film Festival in Cagliari. All languages are accepted but
non-Italian productions must either be subtitled or dubbed in Italian, in English or French.
Competition entries must be submitted by December 31, 2010 and must include: an e-mail copy
(sardegnapalestina@gmail.com) of the fully filled-in entry form

By December 31, participants are also required to send at no cost to the AL ARD DOC FILM
FESTIVAL to our address:

Al Ard Doc Film Festival

c/o Andrea Calabrese, Via Copernico, 9

09100 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Registration for the Al Ard Doc Film Festival is free.

1. The applicants must send the application form (entry form) filled in each its parts
(synopsis, biofilmography, data technicians), and accompanied by:

• A copy of the film (STANDARD PAL) Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, DVD o DVCAM;

• A printed copy of the entry form, filled in the details with an ORIGINAL SIGNATURE of
who owns the rights, indicating that the contest applicant has read and fully accepts the
competition rules.

• A photo of director and the film in electronic form (b/v, 10x15 higest quality jpg)

The works should not contain any sort of advertising.

By entering the Festival 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 sound and picture materials. Al Ard Doc Film Festival may also show short clips or
images from the submitted entries on television news, television broadcasts and in all kind of
promotion and communications related to the Festival. Copyright's owners also authorize further
showings of their works without any charge for non-profit purposes inside of reviews organized by
Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina onlus.

A fully completed copy of the entry form, in addition to the one sent with the film, must be sent by
e-mail to sardegnapalestina@gmail.com.

The undersigned states that all information submitted in the entry form is true and agrees that any
and all such information may be used in the Festival's promotion and communication materials
(catalogue, Internet site, press releases, etc.), should the entrant be selected. Entrants will also be
required to submit two photos from the film submitted.

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 or for cultural and non-profit
purposes manifestations.
Signing in the competition entry form implies full acceptance of all the terms and conditions.
Personal information will be dealt according to the terms of Law no. 675 of 31/12/1996 and
following changes and additions.

2) The films eligible to compete in the “competing section” will only be:

• Documentaries

3) The Artistic Director and the Selection board, composed by world’s culture celebrities, will
select the documentary films by international authors, related to the topic, about Palestine
and the Middle East, designing the final film list for the selection.

4) The Artistic Director and the Selection board will select the fiction movies and short films
related to the subject too, which will be screened out of competition during the Festival.

5) The films to be sent have to satisfy the following requirements:

a) Treat the topics covered by the contract related to Palestinian and Arab world

b) Be produced before no more than 48 months

c) Be in PAL format, DVD, Betacam SP, DVCAM

d) Accompanied by a dialogue list in one of the following languages Italian, Arabic, French
and English

A notice of shipment by the sender must be sent by email to

sardegnapalestina@gmail.com

SELECTED WORKS

The Management of ARD AL DOC FILM FESTIVAL will inform the authors and related
productions of the results of selection by January 17, 2011 and will publish the list of selected
works in a section of the official website of the Association at www.sardegnapalestina.org.

Documentation of the works selected, because of the proper promotion, you must send the
following advertisement:

• Exctracts from the film on DVD

 • 3 posters, 3 flyers and 5 press-books

• photographs of the film and the director (b/n, min size. 10x15, the final format of
saving: jpg max quality).

It is also required the trailer of the film, otherwise the Department will direct the assembly of
extracts. (A co-production is considered as a contribution to the body of the response). In case of the
co-production it is assumed that the consent of the other co-producers have been granted.

The management of Al Ard Doc Film Festival reserves the right to refuse the screening of films, at
its discretion, that fail to comply the Regulations and the minimum performance conditions
required.

The management will decide for each work, the day and time for the screening.

Producers and/or directors awarded will use in their advertising, the logo of Al Ard Doc Film
Festival and the name of the prize. The persons entitled to the prises must sign within 30 days of
notification of the outcome of the contest, the Regulations of the Award set up by Al Ard Doc Film
Festival. The refusal to sign the specification referred to above will be considered as disclaim of the
prise.

The Festival will accept claims on copies of the films only within one month from the date of
return.

By participating in the selection of Al Ard Doc Film Festival you authorize the Management to
initiate, through the showing of audiovisual works received, specific educational programs, of
information and education within its own institutional network of reference.

By entering the contest each individual author or producer is responsible for the content of his
work, regarding all copyrights, and clearly allows the use of musical and visual material.

Participation in the Festival implies the unconditional acceptance of these Regulations.

The application form (entry form) is an integral part of the General Regulations.
 JURY AWARDS AND SECTIONS

1. Prizes will be assigned in the competition section by the Jury of the Festival, established for
each of the sections and made of international professionals in the world of film,
entertainment and culture with the task of announcing the winners in the categories of Best
Documentary Award, Al Ard, Best emerging director (best first or second).

The Expert jury will consist of: Monica Maurer, Giuseppe Pusceddu, Antonello Zanda,
Felice Tiragallo, Ibrahim Nasrallah.

2. The decisions of the Jury are final and conclusive. All prizes are delivered directly to the
directors of the winning entries at the Awards Ceremony.

3. The public vote during the screening assigning the Audience Award.

Official Prizes assigned during the official Awards Ceremony will be:

• Best Film In Competition € 1200.00

• Al Ard Award (Best work about Palestine) € 600.00
• Award for a debut film (Emerging director) € 600.00
• Audience Award € 600.00

PLACES

ARD AL DOC FILM FESTIVAL will take place in Cagliari from 16 to 19 february 2011 at the
Cineteatro Nanni Loy.

SUMMARY INFORMATION

a) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF COPIES and Dossiers for the selection: December 31,
2010

b) Documents to provide:
1. Copy of the film (PAL) Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, DVCAM or DVD

2. Inscription ( application ) Form

3. Synopsis

4. Biography and filmography of the director

5. High-resolution photos (300dpi JPG ou en EPS)

6. Dialogue list in one of the languages among English, Italian and French

The subscriber is responsible for the accuracy of the data that, if selected, will be used for
promotion and communication of the Festival (catalog, website, press releases, etc.). From the
subscribers will also be required, for their film, a photo of the author and one for work.

ACCREDITATIONS

1. Applications for accreditation for directors and actors must be submitted before

December 31, 2010 at: sardegnapalestina@gmail.com

2. Only for the directors with a documentary film, in competition will be covered travel
expenses, meals and accommodation expenses according to availability of the festival
organization. If there is not the possibility of satisfying of all the demands, there will be a
draw for filmmakers. The cost of a Visa (VISA) will be charged to the guest.

Signing the entry form implies full acceptance of the competition Regulations.

This Regulation is part of the application form and is signed and attached to it.

INFORMATION:

website: www.sardegnapalestina.org

E.mail: sardegnapalestina@gmail.com