Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary in Turkey and a Chance to Win 10,000 TL

Film Free Way invites amateur and professional filmmakers around the world to participate in the BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary which will take place between 13-20 October 2021 in Bozcaada, Turkey.

• Fethi Kayaalp Grand Award (10.000 TL).
• 2nd Prize (7.500 TL).
• 3rd Prize (5.000 TL).
• Gaia Student Award (3.000 TL).

• The Festival’s competitionis open to films inspired by environmental issues and produced after January 1st, 2017.
• BIFED’s aim is to bring distinguished films on ecology (nature, human society, culture) from all around the world to Bozcaada, to unite the fields of arts and ecology, and to award the most outstanding documentaries among the finalists.
• Copies (flash discs, DVDs, cards, etc.) for the pre-selection process will not be returned, and they will be kept in the archive of BIFED. If requested, the copies will be returned at the film owner’s expense.
• The applicant documentaries for the competition will be evaluated by an international selection committee and the jury consisted of international artists and professionals in the field of film, arts, ecology, and environment and will be accepted for BIFED 2021 for its final judgment.
• The authors accepted for the competition will be informed by July 15th, 2021. The decisions of the selection committee & the jury are absolute.
• BIFED has the right to a second public non-commercial screening of the productions after the festival to promote its primary aims specified above.
• Video specs:
  • H264 codec
  • 15000-20000 kbps bitrate
  • AAC or Dolby with preferably 320Kbps bitrate or LPCM Audio
• The films have to include English subtitles either as an option (preferably) or embedded. Additionally, the time-coded dialog list in English has to be submitted (.srt, .pdf…).
• The shipping costs of all materials sent are to be covered by the entrants.
• All films in foreign languages will be subtitled. Turkish films are required to be subtitled in English. All Festival documents will be published in both English and Turkish.
• The official Submission Form to the Festival constitutes unconditional agreement to all the regulations herein.

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