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<\/figure>RULES AND REGULATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n FIRST FESTIVAL EDITION <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 \u2013 10 OCTOBER 202<\/strong>7<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n FESTIVAL PERIOD<\/strong> The festival does NOT charge submission fees.<\/p>\n\n The festival guarantees that all submitted films are properly viewed and considered, provided that the respective film submissions are correct and complete. <\/p>\n\n\n FESTIVAL SELECTION<\/strong> INVITED FILMS<\/strong> FESTIVAL SCREENINGS<\/strong> FESTIVAL AWARDS<\/strong> – OUT OF THE ECLIPSE Award for Outstanding Film Creation<\/em> \u2013 awarded by the Festival’s Artistic Director, and consisting of an Official Diploma and a Cash Prize of 1000 SEK (both going to the Director of the film).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The following optional<\/em> awards<\/em> may be added to the award list, if so decided by the festival:<\/p>\n\n\n\n – OUT OF THE ECLIPSE Screenplay Award <\/em>(Feature Film and \/ or Short Film) \u2013 awarded by the Festival Jury, and consisting of an Official Diploma;<\/p>\n\n\n\n – OUT OF THE ECLIPSE Female Acting Award <\/em>(Feature Film and \/ or Short Film) \u2013 awarded by the Festival Jury, and consisting of an Official Diploma;<\/p>\n\n\n\n – OUT OF THE ECLIPSE Male Acting Award <\/em>(Feature Film and \/ or Short Film) \u2013 awarded by the Festival Jury, and consisting of an Official Diploma;<\/p>\n\n\n\n – OUT OF THE ECLIPSE Directorial Debut Award <\/em>(Feature Film and \/ or Short Film) \u2013 awarded by the Festival Jury, and consisting of an Official Diploma (going to the Director of the film). MARKET SELECTION<\/strong> ACCEPTANCE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS<\/strong>
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The First Edition of the Eclipsed Films Festival [EFF] will take place Online from the 6th of October 2027 until the 10th of October 2027.
FESTIVAL ORGANIZER<\/strong>
The Eclipsed Films Festival is organized and administered by the Swedish creation, production and distribution company Dorobantu Film & Television<\/a>.
FESTIVAL MISSION<\/strong>
The Eclipsed Films Festival aims to promote original feature and short films of high artistic quality and to support independent cinema worldwide, by facilitating the access of high-potential films to international market distribution and sale.
Both among the films submitted to the festival and among the films selected for festival participation, feature films and short films with high market potential will also be selected for film sale \/ distribution agreements and cooperation. In such cases, the rights holders of the respective films will be contacted by the festival management office either<\/em> during the film selection process or<\/em> short after the end of the festival (as specified under “Market Selection” here below).
FILM ELIGIBILITY<\/strong>
Eligible are feature films (with a length between 60 minutes and 500 minutes) and short films (with a length between 1 minute and 59 minutes) \u2013 regardless of the respective feature \/ short films\u2019 production year and premiere status \u2013 belonging to the following categories: fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, hybrid.
All film genres are accepted.
Not eligible are television series (or episodes of such), educational \/ instructional films, advertising films, promotional films, music videos.
FILM SUBMISSION<\/strong>
The Eclipsed Films Festival accepts Film Submissions during the time period 9 October 2026 \u2013 9 August 2027, both through the Film Submission Form available on the Festival Website and through Festhome.<\/p>\n\n
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Important Note: Kindly observe that all films which are not in English Language must be submitted with ENGLISH SUBTITLES. (Otherwise, the respective films will NOT be considered.)
Please submit your film ONLY ONCE, through ONE of the above-mentioned submission channels ONLY.
No film submitted twice within one and the same festival edition will be viewed or considered.
One and the same film entrant may submit several films, by filling the entry form for each submitted film.
The festival only accepts submissions of films which are made by directors who are at least 18 years old.
Film submitters must also be at least 18 years old.
We strongly recommend that you kindly submit your film as early as you have it ready.
All film entrants will be notified about the festival participation selection results<\/em> in the beginning of September 2027 at the latest.
Film entrants whose films are selected for film sale \/ distribution agreements and cooperation will be contacted by the festival management office either<\/em> during the film selection process or<\/em> short after the end of the festival (please read more details under “Festival Awards \/ Market Selection” here below).
By submitting their films to the festival, the film entrants confirm that they possess all legal rights necessary for the submission of their films to the festival and for the screening of their films in the festival (in case that their films are selected).
The festival has no legal responsibility related to any third-party\u2019s legal complaint or legal action regarding the presentation of the submitters\u2019 films in the festival (for example, related to \u2013 but not limited to \u2013 copyright issues and \/ or other legal matters, aspects, or issues connected to the films\u2019 content, such as music, picture, sound and sound effects, and so on). The film submitters alone will meet such third-party legal complaints and \/ or legal actions (if any), and the same film submitters undertake to keep the festival, its organizers, and all its representatives, as well as any physical or juridical person or entity in any way connected or related to the festival, totally free from any implication of any nature in any legal cases, disputes, consultations, or anything similar \u2013 in a court of law or in any other circumstances.
For any submission-related questions, please contact eff.submission@dorobantu.biz<\/em> \u2013 and kindly add eff.submission@dorobantu.biz<\/em> to your list of e-mail contacts (in order to ensure the safe delivery of messages) and kindly also check your Spam folders regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A number of feature films and short films at the discretion of the festival will be selected and invited to participate in the Official Competition by the Festival President and Artistic Director.
The selection decisions are final and cannot be contested.
ALL film submitters will be notified about the festival participation selection results<\/em> in the beginning of September 2027 at the latest.
ALL film submitters are invited to kindly add eff.selection@dorobantu.biz<\/em> to their list of e-mail contacts (in order to ensure the safe delivery of messages) and to also check their Spam folders regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Film submitters \/ legal rights holders (who accept the festival participation invitations for and on behalf of the selected films) will sign a Festival Participation Guarantee and Commitment which they will send to the festival (as a legally binding document) both by e-mail (as a scanned document) and by physical post (as an original document) \u2013 at the date required by the festival, and in accordance with the precise instructions received from the festival.
Film submitters \/ legal rights holders (who accept the festival participation invitations for and on behalf of the selected films) will also send to the festival by e-mail a clear, scanned copy of their valid Identification Document \u2013 at the date required by the festival, and in accordance with the precise instructions received from the festival. (The respective ID copy will remain confidential and will only be used for the legal identification of the film submitters \/ film rights holders, who are legally responsible for the films\u2019 festival participation.)
Once the above-mentioned formalities are completed, the selected films may no longer be withdrawn from the festival under any circumstances.
For all invited feature films and short films, the following materials must be received by the festival within a time frame which the festival will specify in its communication with the legal representatives (submitters \/ legal rights holders) of the selected films:
1) a high-quality, progressive (non-interlaced) festival screening copy of the selected feature film or short film as a H264\/.mp4-file not bigger than 10 GB (with Burnt-in English Subtitles, if the respective film\u2019s language is other than English), having the film\u2019s original aspect ratio and frame rate (or down-scaled frame rate, only if required from the perspective of the maximum accepted file size \u2013 but still preserving a high quality); the recommended sound settings are AAC, 48 KHz, 320 kbps (only stereo or mono format);
2) a high-quality JP(E)G-file containing the film poster (if possible, preferably not bigger than 2 MB);
3) a WORD-document (not bigger than 2 MB) containing both the film logline (what the film is about, in one or two lines) and the film synopsis (a summary of the film content), as well as the basic film data [film title both in English and in the film\u2019s original language (Latin alphabet only), film genre, film length in minutes, production year, country \/ countries of production, dialogue language(s) \/ no dialogues, debut film or not];
4) a WORD-document (not bigger than 2 MB) containing the main crew list [including film director(s), producer(s), screenplay writer(s), director(s) of photography, film editor(s), original music composer(s)] and the main cast list (only if the film has a cast).
The festival screening copy of the selected film \u2013 as specified at 1) here above \u2013 must be sent:
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as a downloadable (password-protected or unlisted) Vimeo link to eff.selection@dorobantu.biz<\/em> in an e-mail marked with the selected film\u2019s title
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through https:\/\/wetransfer.com by using the e-mail address eff.selection@dorobantu.biz<\/em> and marking the file transfer with the selected film\u2019s title
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through https:\/\/www.swisstransfer.com by using the e-mail address eff.selection@dorobantu.biz<\/em> and marking the file transfer with the selected film\u2019s title.
The materials specified at 2) \u2013 4) here above must be sent (zipped, if necessary) in an e-mail marked with the selected film\u2019s title to eff.selection@dorobantu.biz
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The festival will cancel any selected film\u2019s participation in the festival, if the festival does not receive all of the above-required materials in time, or if the festival receives materials of unsatisfactory quality.
The legal representatives of the films participating in the festival undertake to display the festival\u2019s \u201cOfficial Selection\u201d laurel logotype \u2013 and, if applicable, the festival\u2019s \u201cAward\u201d laurel logotype \u2013 in the opening credits of their respective films, as well as on all film-related publicity and promotional materials. The festival\u2019s above-mentioned laurel logotypes \u2013 together with the related usage guidelines \u2013 will be made available on the festival\u2019s official website and \/ or will be sent by official e-mail to the films\u2019 legal representatives. Any unauthorized download and \/ or use of the respective festival laurel logotypes is strictly prohibited.
Each participating film\u2019s screening copy [as specified at 1) here above] as well as informational and promotional materials [as specified at 2) \u2013 4) here above] will remain in the festival archive for documentation and promotional purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The festival does NOT pay screening fees.
All selected and invited feature films and short films participating in the festival will be available for online screening, in the festival\u2019s screening rooms, during the festival period only.
The festival is NOT responsible and shall NOT be held responsible for any damages, losses, or other inconveniences possibly suffered by the films or by the films\u2019 submitters and \/ or legal rights holders as a result of the online availability \/ screenings of the films in the festival, or as a result of any technical disorders, malfunctions, or security breaches of any website or internet platform used by the festival.
All persons visiting the festival website will have full, free access to all participating feature films\u2019 and short films\u2019 informational and promotional materials, including the respective films\u2019 posters, synopses, main crew list, main cast (if any) list, and basic data \u2013 which all may be published and displayed on the festival\u2019s official website before, during, and after the festival period.<\/p>\n\n\n
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– OUT OF THE ECLIPSE Award for Best Feature Film<\/em> \u2013 awarded by the Festival Jury, and consisting of an Official Diploma (going to the Director of the film) and a Cash Prize of 1000 SEK (going to the Main Producer of the film).
– OUT OF THE ECLIPSE Award for Best Short Film<\/em> \u2013 awarded by the Festival Jury, and consisting of an Official Diploma (going to the Director of the film) and a Cash Prize of 1000 SEK (going to the Main Producer of the film);<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award winners will be announced and informed within approximately three weeks after the festival period.
Cash prizes will be paid by bank transfer within a period of six months after the festival, provided that the cash prize receivers provide the festival with their accurate and complete bank account information \u2013 as required by the festival. In case that the main producer of an award-winning film consists of more than one person, the respective cash prize will be equally divided between the respective persons. Cash prize receivers are entirely responsible for any and all potential taxes to be paid in connection with receiving the respective cash prize amounts.
Award diplomas will be sent by electronic mail (in a printable format) within a period of six months after the festival, provided that the award receivers provide the festival with their accurate and complete electronic mail addresses \u2013 as required by the festival.
All awards (diplomas and cash prizes) will only be delivered directly to the award winners \u2013 without any intermediaries.
The festival may change the lists of awards at its own discretion, at any time, without notification.
The members of the jury will be announced on the festival website before the festival start date.
Persons in any way related to the feature films \/ short films in competition may not be part of the jury.
All award decisions are final and cannot be contested.
Within a period of six months after the festival, each film participating in the festival and not receiving any award will receive by e-mail an Official Participation Certificate in a printable format, provided that the legal representative of the respective film will provide the festival with an accurate and complete electronic mail address (which can be the same as or different from the film submitter\u2019s electronic mail address) \u2013 as required by the festival.
In due time, Festival Laurels will be made available electronically to the legal representatives of the participating films and award-winning films \u2013 together with precise information on how the respective Festival Laurels may be used.
Legal representatives of the festival-participating films and award-winning films undertake to include in their respective films\u2019 opening credits and promotional materials precise and complete information about their films\u2019 participation and award win in the Eclipsed Films Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n
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ALL feature films and short films submitted to the festival (not<\/em> just the ones selected for a festival participation) will also be selected for film sale \/ distribution agreements and cooperation. In such cases, the rights holders of the respective films will be contacted by the festival management office either<\/em> during the film selection process or<\/em> short after the end of the festival.
ALL film submitters are invited to kindly add eff.market@dorobantu.biz<\/em> to their list of e-mail contacts (in order to ensure the safe delivery of messages) and to also check their Spam folders regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Submission of films to the Eclipsed Films Festival legally implies an automatic, full and unconditional acceptance of the festival\u2019s Rules and Regulations.
The festival has the right to change its Rules and Regulations at its own discretion and at any time, without notification. Please follow this site, in order to stay updated.
The Festival President has the power to settle all cases which are not covered by the festival\u2019s Rules and Regulations. His decisions are final and may not be contested.<\/p>\n\n
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