"Cinema Vérité" Iran International Documentary Film Festival 15-19 October 2008

Regulation

Documentary & Experimental Film Center (DEFC) organizes "Cinema Vérité"

Iran International Documentary Film Festival, on 15-19 Oct 2008 in Tehran, Iran.

The festival tries to express the relationship between reality and truth though documentary films.
Sections:

International Competition
National Competition
Market
Production Fund
Retrospective
Tribute
Special Screenings

Iran documentary Fund-IDF (supporting the production of high-quality, creative documentaries all around the world, the maximum contribution for production and post-production is Euros 20.000)

I. International Competition

The international competition consists of two sections: the films and videos up to 60 minutes, the films and videos longer than 60 minutes.

The eligible documentaries:
- Produced after January 2006
- All lengths, formats and subjects.

II. Non-competitive section

All the documentaries in all lengths, formats, and subjects produced before 2006 are eligible to participate in "Tribute, Retrospective or Panorama" which is non-competitive sections.

III. Doc Market

Doc market is reserved to Iranian documentaries, applied for the festival.Doc Market offers the international distributors ,buyers, Festival and TV representatives a good opportunity to view recent Iranian documentaries.

IV. Iran documentary Fund (IDF)

Established by Documentary & Experimental Film Center (DEFC), Iran Documentary Fund (IDF) supports the production of high-quality, creative documentaries all around the world.

Iranian and international documentary directors and producers are eligible to apply for IDF.

IDF contributes the selected projects in production or post-production.

Projects without a producer won’t be accepted.

IDF’s jury will judge each project on its own merits.

The maximum contribution for production and post-production is Euros 20.000


How to apply:

Applications must be accompanied by following articles, and sent to:

idf@irandocfest.ir, before June 1st, 2008

1- A synopsis (one page)
2- A treatment (two pages)
3- A director’s statement (motivation) (one page)
4- A research summary (three pages)
5- A script (4 pages)
6- A detailed budget plan and shooting schedule
7- A financial plan and agreement letter(s) of financer(s).
8- A filmography and biography of the director (one page)
9- A filmography and biography of the producer (one page)
10- A DVD of previous work(s) of director and producer
11- A demand letter for contribution singed by director and producer

• Projects with rush sample or rough cut have the priority.

• The deadline for submitting the applications to IDF is.
Persian Carpets IDF and “Iran National Carpet Center” support documentary projects about Persian Carpets up to Euros 20.000.

Applications must be accompanied by above materials, and send to:

idf@irandocfest.ir