Art. 2
Prizes will be awarded to those works, either feature films or documentaries, made after 1999 in the media of film and video. The competing works must deal with alpine adventure and exploration, the natural environment, mountain culture or sports. The above-mentioned works have to be sent to the Festival in the Betacam SP PAL format or 16 or 35 mm print.

Art. 3
Competing works will be examined by an International Jury composed of the director of one of the most important international mountain film festivals and personalities from the cinema and mountain community. The Jury will be coordinated by the management of the Festival. Decisions of the Jury are unquestionable.

Art. 4
Films selected by the Jury will be awarded with the following prizes: - First Prize and ¤ 3500 awarded to a movie selected from a pool of international film festival award-winners. - Two prizes of ¤ 2500 and 1500 each awarded to a movie chosen from films that have participated to the aforementioned festivals. Works competing for this prize don't need to be winners of previous festivals. - One prize of ¤ 2000 awarded to a feature film. -Further special prizes, provided to the jury by organizations not involved with the Festival, will be distributed according to the organizations' will.

Art. 5
The Award ceremony will take place on the last night of the event. It will be open to the public and various representatives of the film industry and the media.

Art. 6
Competitors agree to leave a Betacam copy of the film for the Festival archive. Competitors also agree to allow the Festival to screen the films for promotional and cultural reasons with italian subtitles. Competitors also allow the television to use a few minutes of their film for promotional reasons.

Art. 7
The showing of works entered into the contest (and of other works) will occur in the order and program determined by the direction of the Festival, whose decisions are unappealable. Film-makers will be invited to introduce their movies on the day of their public showing. Upon arrival, each competitor receives a permanent admission card valid for two persons.

Art. 8
Applications enclosed with this set of rules must be correctly filled in and sent to the marked address by 4/30/2002. Please, enclose in the same envelope: -VHS PAL copy, summary of the subject, brief CV and filmography of the director as well as a minimum of 5 b/w or color prints or slides (one of them portraying the filmaker). The Direction of the Festival reserves the right to publish them free of charge. These documents are to become property of the Festival.

Art.9
Competing works must arrive at the Festival by 5/31/2002, enclosed with: -Italian subtitles or 3 copies of the entire set of dialogues in English, French or German in order to allow their simultaneous translation into Italian or italian subtitles. -Director and producer's address as well as a return address for all material.

Art. 10
Films, correspondance and required documents must be sent to: PROMOCINEMA VALERIANA ROSSO - Festival Director Via C. Alberto 55 - 10123 Torino - Italy Tel/fax: 0039,011,837538 - mob: 335,6881182 e-mail: valeriana.rosso@libero.it

Art. 11
Although we commit ourseleves to preserving and turning these materials over to qualified persons, the direction refuses all responsibility in case of loss or damage to the films. Therefore it is suggested you insure your film.

Art.12
Shipment of the material to the Festival is at the competitors' expense.

Art.13
Admission of the movies is subjected to all the norms and conditions as provided in this set of rules.

5° Cervino International Film Festival
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