The 20th International
Young Audience
Film Festival Ale Kino!
Poznań 10-15 June 2002
1. The 20th International Young Audience
Film Festival Ale Kino! will be held in Poznań from
10 to 15 June 2002. The Festival is organised by Children’s Art Centre,
Poznań Film Foundation, Multikino Sp. z o.o., in
cooperation with “Zamek” Cultural Centre.
2. The Festival aims to present and promote valuable
films for children and youths, stimulating film distribution and creating
a forum for artists, critics and film theoreticians, producers, distributors,
representatives of the audiovisual media, pedagogues and young viewers.
As well, the Festival constitutes a significant element in the system
of cultural education by means of making available to the young audience
not only the film presentations themselves but a variety of educational
forms accompanying them.
3. The Festival comprises the following sections:
- international competition,
- national competition,
- information section and special presentations.
4. International films as well as Polish films registered
in the national competition may be entered in the international competition
as long as they meet the following conditions:
- live-action or animation, unspecified running time,
- produced in 2000, 2001, 2002,
- performing not exclusively educational, scientific or advertising functions,
- on 35 mm tape, exclusively with an optically recorded soundtrack. If the film is not on 35 mm tape, it may be entered on magnetic videotape on a professional system.
Participation in and awards from other festivals do not prevent from
entering the film for competition.
5. The national competition may be entered by films produced
in Poland, and in cases of international co-productions by Polish directors
when they fulfill the following conditions:
- live-action or animation, unspecified running time,
- produced in 2000, 2001, 2002,
- performing not exclusively educational, scientific or advertising functions,
- on 35 mm tape, exclusively with an optically recorded soundtrack. If the film is not on 35 mm tape, it may be entered on magnetic videotape on a professional system.
Participation in and awards from other festivals do not prevent from
entering the film for competition.
6. Films are registered for the Festival by means of
a special entry form. Entry forms are accepted until 1 March 2002. The
entry form should be accompanied by VHS videotape; in the case of foreign
films, with English subtitles or with an English dialogue list.
7. The selection of films will be made by the organisers
of the Festival. By 30 March 2002, all entrants will have been informed
whether their films have or have not been entered in the Festival. In
the case when a film has been selected for the Festival, the following
information materials should be sent as soon as possible:
- dialogue list,
- synopsis,
- the director’s biography and filmography as well as his/her photograph,
- stills and press information package.
8. Films participating in the international competition will be evaluated by an international professional jury appointed by the organisers. The jury of the international competition will award the following prizes:
- Grand Prix - Golden Poznań Goats for the best film of the international competition,
- Silver Poznań Goats for the best live-action film for children,
- Silver Poznań Goats for the best live-action film for young people,
- Silver Poznań Goats for the best animation film.
The jury will confer the Grand Prix - Golden Poznań Goats on
one of the three films receiving the Silver Poznań Goats.
What is more, the jury will confer the International Centre of Films for
Children and Young People CIFEJ.
Moreover, the Jury may grant awards of honour.
Films presented in the international competition will also be evaluated
by the children’s jury, which will grant the award of Marcinek and by
the young people’s jury, which will grant the award of Marcin.
9. Films participating in the national competition will
be evaluated by a professional jury appointed by the organisers. The jury
of the national competition will award the following prizes:
- Grand Prix - Golden Poznań Goats for the best film of the national competition,
- Silver Poznań Goats for the best live-action film for children,
- Silver Poznań Goats for the best live-action film for young people,
- Silver Poznań Goats for the best animation film.
The jury will confer the Grand Prix - Golden Poznań Goats on
one of the three films receiving the Silver Poznań Goats.
Moreover, the Jury may grant awards of honour.
Films presented in the national competition will also be evaluated by
the children’s jury, which will grant the award of Marcinek and by the
young people’s jury, which will grant the award of Marcin.
10. Prints of the films entered into the Festival should
be sent to the following address by 1 June 2002:
Children’s Art Centre
Św. Marcin 80/82, 61-809 Poznań, Poland
Airport of Destination: Poznań - Ławica
On sending of a foreign film print and independent from the freight bill,
an original pro-forma invoice and a fax or telegram giving the date of
print dispatch, name of carrier and freight number should be sent in.
Postage will be paid by the sender of the print. Return postage and insurance
will be paid by the Festival. The insurance covering theft and damage
up to the full value of the print indicated in the entry form is valid
for the period from the receipt of the print by the Festival from the
delivering carrier until the receipt of the print by the returning carrier
from the Festival. Prints will be dispatched within 14 days from the Festival
end, unless agreed otherwise.
11. Prints and dialogue lists of foreign films should
be sent in the original version. If a print is subtitled in English then
the dialogue list should also be in English. Polish translation of the
dialogue lists will be simultaneously read by readers. The dialogue list
and information materials shall be sent in immediately following the receipt
of information on entering the film into the Festival.
12. Entering a film for the Festival is equivalent to
acceptance of the above Regulations. Any matters not covered by these
regulations will be decided by the organisers of the Festival. Regulations
of the Polish Civil Code shall apply in an event of dispute.