1. OPEN are the competitors who have won at least one national and/or international competition or the ones who contribute to specialized magazines, even though discontinuously.
2. Colour and in black and white prints are admitted in the size from 20x30cm to 30x45cm, without passe-partout or any other kind of frames.
3. Open competitors should present a 3 Print Portfolio bearing on the back: name, surname, address, phone number, work title and pertaining theme.
4. Jury’s decisions are inappellable.

1. Beginners are the competitors who participate in underwater competitions for the first time and who, in practice, have never won any national or international competition.
2. Beginners can participate with max. Nr. 1 colour print for each theme in the size from 20x30cm to 30x45cm, without passe-partout or any other kind of frames.
3. Prints should bear on their back: name, surname, address, phone number, work title and pertaining theme.
4. Jury’s decisions are inappellable.

1. The 5th Underwater Video Trophy “TOWN OF FAENZA” will take place from 22nd. March to 06th. April 2008 and it is divided in 2 categories: OPEN and BEGINNERS.
   Beginners are the video amateurs never awarded a prize in other competitions.
   Open are the video amateurs who have awarded a prize in other competitions.
2. The deadline for the entry and video submission is 03rd. March 2008.
3. The Organization will reject any parcel sent carriage on delivery and will also refuse the entry.
4. The Centro Sub Faenza undertakes to handle the works with the utmost care and won’t be held responsible in any way for any losses or damages occurred to the works.
5. The entry fee is of 30,00 Euro for the first movie in competition and of 15,00 Euro for any additional movie. Each participant can enter up to a max of 3 videos using one entry form duly filled in for each video.
6. Only the works chosen by a pre-selection Jury will take part in the competition.
7. Movies in competition can be sent in the following video standards: VHS, Mini DV, Video CD, DVD, Hi8 and DVDCAM.
8. The use of TV images already broadcasted is strictly forbidden, if not for documental purposes.
9. Movies in competition can be presented by more than one author and cameramen.
10. Maximum length allowed for each movie is of 20 min. although shorter videos will be more appreciated; nevertheless, the underwater shooting must take at least the 50% of the entire movie duration.
11. The 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd placed will be awarded by the Jury in both Open and Beginners categories.
12. At the end of the competition each participant will be given the results and the Jury’s opinion.
13. The awarded works will be Centro Sub Faenza-owned and they will be used to promote the Underwater Video Trophy “TOWN OF FAENZA” for non profit purposes and mentioning the author.
    This use won’t imply the payment of copyrights or any other kind of rewards. People interested in buying a work will be put in touch directly with the author/s.
14. The Organization, in compliance with the fixed regulations of copyright, consider that the works in competition are exempted from any artistic property rights or any other right stemming from third persons. The authors commit themselves in assuring the Organizers of Centro Sub Faenza against any legal action that might be taken against them by possible entitled parties.
    The Centro Sub Faenza cannot be considered responsible should any dispute or quarrel arise.
15. Jury’s decisions are inappellable.
16. The participation in the 5th Underwater Video Trophy 2007 “TOWN OF FAENZA” implies the acceptance of all the conditions stated in the a/m regulations.
    

2nd. DIGITAL FILM-SHOW COMPETITION REGULATIONS

1. The UNDERWATER DIGITAL FILM-SHOW Competition is open to all underwater photographers, without distinction of category.
2. Competitors can send their underwater shots recorded on CD or DVD, as a multi-media film-show.
3. The sound-visual film-show cutting can be made using the most common software programmes available on the market. REMARKS: a digital film-show is a sequence of fading images or shown with any other visual effect, accompanied by a sound track. The subject is completely free and it is open to all kinds of underwater shots. The only obligation being that, at least once in the film-show presentation, a slide multi-film-show is simulated, with the use of at least 3 slide-projectors.
4. Maximum length is of 6 minutes. It is allowed to insert location/terrestrial shots on condition that they don’t exceed the 20% of the entire film-show duration.
5. Jury’s decisions are inappellable.
6. ENTRY: The entry fee is of 25,00 Euro. Each participant can send one film-show only.
7. The first three placed will be awarded.
   

• In the UNDERWATER VIDEO competitions (OPEN and BEGINNERS categories) and in the DIGITAL FILM-SHOW competition the first three placed will be awarded.
• In the UNDERWATER PHOTO competition (OPEN category) the first three PORTFOLIO and the 1st placed of each theme will be awarded.
• In the UNDERWATER PHOTO competition (BEGINNERS category) the first three of each theme will be awarded.
• In the PRINT section, a global entry fee of 30,00 Euro is requested as reimbursement of expenses.
• In the UNDERWATER VIDEO section, an entry fee of 30,00 Euro is requested for the first video in competition, as reimbursement of expenses, plus 15,00 Euro for each additional video.
• In the DIGITAL FILM-SHOW section, an entry fee of 25,00 Euro is requested as reimbursement of expenses.
• For the entire duration of the exhibition the public can give their preference by voting their favourite print among the ones exhibited by means of a card.
  The “2008 Public’s Prize” award will take place on April 05th.

Card registration PRINTS		Card registration VIDEO

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