Mantawi Festival Documentary Competition: The Draft

I had a meeting with Cheryl Ouano and Ted Madamba at the Mandaue City Hall regarding the Mantawi Festival Documentary Competition. They gave me the lowdown on what they want to happen with the competition and what the expected results should be.

Yes folks, I will be the Chairman for this competition and will be the over-all co-chair for Documentation of the said event. It's a rather big task since It'll be my first time to organize a competition this big.

Anyway, since I am tasked to create the guidelines for the competition, I shall post the draft on this blog:

Mantawi Festival Documentary Competition 2005 Draft

Guidelines

- All filmmakers are eligible to join.

- Competitors must have completed and/or submitted the following:

1. A duly accomplished registration form.

2. A recent 2x2 photo of the filmmaker/s

3. Registration fee of 350 pesos per camera used.

- The filmmakers will be required to attend a one-day briefing with the organizers of this competition. Date of the briefing will be announced soon.

- Deadline of submission of entries is on June 4, 2005.

- Awarding will be on June 15, 2005.

Rules and Regulations

- All films must be in English or subtitled in English

- Films in competition must not have had a commercial distribution or broadcast, in part or in its entirety.

- Films must not be more than 50 minutes total running time.

- Music used in the films must be original, licensed or in the public domain.

- The completed work must be submitted in DVD format on or before June 4, 2005 5:00pm to the Mantawi Festival Documentary Competition Secretariat.

- Entries should be labeled properly with the following information:

1. Title of the documentary

2. Full name of the Director

3. Full name of the Producer

4. Contact Numbers of the Filmmakers

5. Total Running Time

- The organizers of this competition and the City of Mandaue reserve all intellectual property rights to show and distribute all entries.

- The organizers, committee heads and the City of Mandaue will not be liable for the loss or damage of DVDs in transit.

- In case of loss or damage of the DVDs, the filmmakers are obligated to submit another copy to the organizers of this competition.

- The organizers of this competition and the City of Mandaue reserve the right to refuse or disqualify any entry it deems have not completed the requirements mentioned above.

- Winners of the competition will be notified and are required to attend the awarding ceremony.

As soon as things get finalized, I shall post the dates and the final guidelines as well as some information regarding the competition.