Mediamixx Festival
15th anniversary
3-7 June 2009
Albena resort,
Bulgaria
The Rules & Regulations have been rewritten, please read them very carefully. The material specifications, program rights issues and the deadlines are clearly outlined in this document.
Please, mind the novelties in the Rules that are marked NEW!
1.1. The traditional International Festival for Creative Media Solutions will be held from 4th - 8th June, 2008 at the Black Sea Albena Resort in Bulgaria.
1.2. The goal of the Festival is to select and reward the best creative ideas related to media and use of media, as well as to present to and update the international audience on high quality products in the field of advertising and to promote creativity and innovative ideas in the advertising industry.
2.1. Each organization, agency, independent producer or authorized representative may submit entries in the following categories:
2.2. Each applicant may submit up to three entries in each category.
2.3. NEW! Each applicant admitted to the competition program should make a presentation of the competition entry of not more than six minutes' duration to the Festival Jury and audience (video material in AVI format/ slide show/moderator to present the media).
3.1 The deadline for receiving the entry forms and competition program materials on the respective medium is 16th May, 2008.
3.2. The forms should contain up to 5 lines annotation in English.
3.3. Competition entrants should upload on the Festival website www.mediamixx.info in the participation form the following materials:
3.4. NEW! Presentation of the entry (trailer) up to 3 minutes on digital format (AVI format on CD/DVD). If the entry wins an award, the material will be shown during the Award Ceremony.
3.5. Pictures for the purposes of display should be placed on white mount and have total size of up to 50/70 cm.
3.6. Advertising materials about the programs may also be sent to support the application.
3.7. Materials sent to enter the competition program will be returned to sender at its express request, specified in the entry forms, and to its account.
4.1. For participation in the selection of the Festival each applicant must pay a fee of 78 Euro (or its equivalent in BGN) for each individual program.
4.2. Costs of sending materials to Sofia to MEDIAMIXX address and return cost will be at the expense of the sender.
Address:
Mediamixx Group Ltd.
51 Evlogi Georgiev Blvd
Fl.4, Apt 6
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
4.3. It is mandatory to note on the postal consignment that the value of the contents is less than 50 USD. The package(s) should be marked with a sticker "NO COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY".
4.4. Entry fees must be paid not later than 16th May, 2008.
4.5. Entries in respect of which no entry fee is paid within the term specified in 4.4. will be withdrawn from selection and competition.
4.6. Entry fee in respect of programs withdrawn from selection is not refundable.
4.7. Bank transfers will be made to the Mediamixx Group Ltd. account specified in the payment form.
4.8. All bank charges will be for the sender's account.
5.1. The working language of the Festival is English.
5.2. Entries to the competition should have been published, released, displayed or made for the first time after 30th May, 2007.
5.3. Entries to the competition program will be reviewed by a professional Selection Committee, in the presence of the Festival Director, in order to establish whether they comply with the stated categories and requirements of the Rules.
5.4. This Committee will also consider the quality, new ideas and formats and the manners of implementation of entries. The Selection Committee will sit from 17th to 21st May, 2008.
5.5. The Selection Committee may relocate entries into other categories if they do not comply with the requirements set forth in the Rules.
5.6. This Committee will define the program of the Festival.
5.7. In case the program does not comply with the requirements, the Selection Committee or its authorized technical associate will notify entrants of its decision, which may not be appealed, by 24 May, 2008.
6.1. Entries to the competition will be judged by a 5- member International Jury represented by professionals from the creative media industry.
6.2. The Jury members will judge according to the following rules and criteria:
NEW! Each program entering the competition may be awarded a total of up to 500 points (up to 100 points by each Jury member) divided as follows: up to 20 points for idea, up to 20 points for implementation, up to 20 points for technical craftsmanship, up to 20 points for innovativeness and up to 20 points for personal impression on Jury members.
6.3. The protocols and number of points awarded to each program will be kept and audited by an auditor company presented at the beginning of the Festival.
7.1. The following prizes will be awarded at the Festival:
7.2.Personal appearance of winners or representatives of theirs at the time of the Gala Prize-giving Ceremony is especially important to the protocol of the Event. (NB!
8.1. The correct and accurate completion of the forms is a compulsory condition of entry.
8.2. Entry forms must be completed directly on www.mediamixx.info not later than 16th May, 2008.
8.3. Entrants will at the time of completing the entry form declare their consent to the materials being used for information and advertising purposes and that they authorize the organizers to exhibit materials within the competition program of the Festival. The Festival will also have the right to use fragments of the programs in relation to Mediamixx'08 brand (events, advertisements, release of parts in TV programs, documentation, Internet, etc.) free and without any possible future claims by third parties.
8.4. These Rules are available in Bulgarian and English but if any disputes arise the English version will prevail. English is also the working language of the Festival.
8.5. By filling out and signing the entry form the participant agrees to full acceptance of the conditions set forth in these Rules.
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