International tourism film festival „Tourfilm-Riga 2012” regulations

1. International tourism film festival „Tourfilm-Riga 2012” organized by Riga City Council will take a place in Riga on 28th of April, 2012.
2. The aim of event is :
-    to show and judge audio-visual products - tourism films;
-    to promote Riga.
3. Festival audience:
-Tourism professionals to gain experience, learning about trends in the area of tourism film industry;
- Stakeholders to gain visual information about the potential tourism destinations in Latvia and abroad.
4.  Festival is ranks films that present a tourist product or a specific city, region or country as a tourist destination. There are five nominations:
4.1.Cultural tourism;
4.2. Eco tourism;
4.3. Adventure tourism;
4.4. Commercial tourism;
4.5. Latvian tourism product.
5. Application of  short films / clips in the festival:
-    The film must present tourism product or the determined city, region or state as a tourism destination;
-    Film that is not older than three years;
-    The film must be not longer than 60 minutes;
-    The film must be in the excellent technical condition, must be recorded in a standard DVD format.
6.Application form must be submitted out online in the web page of the festival www.tourfilmriga.lv  
7.  Closing date for entries - 1st of March 2012.
 8.  Film in a DVD format must be submitted to Foreign Affairs Office of Riga City Council (Address: Ratslaukums 1, Riga, Latvia, LV-1050) or film-file must be downloaded on the ftp server - address: ftp://213.175.125.105 user: rtkic, password: swu7rube.
9. Films are demonstrated and judged as well as Application of film is accepted without the charge.
10. Expenses that are connected with sending materials are covered by the Applicant. The film is not returned to the Applicant.
11. Signing the Application Inquiry Form and submitting the film, the Applicant is responsible for the content of registered film and for observing copyrights, as well as agrees on screening the film during the Show free of charge.
12. The Board of festival has rights not to include in the festival those films and clips which content, or the technical quality does not conform to Regulations of the festival.
13.  The film is judged by a professional international jury according to the following criteria:
(Each entry will be valuated with a maximal of 50 points):
    Concept                   1- 10 points   
    Creativity                   1- 10 points  
    Visual performance         1- 10 points   
    Acoustic impression         1- 10 points   
    Information value             1- 10 points   
14. According to assessment, the jury awards:
      - The main award – Grand Prix;
      - Award in each of the nominations;
      -  Award of jury.
15. Festival's official language is Latvian and English.
16.  International tourism film festival Tourfilm-Riga" is a member of the International Committee of Tourism Film Festival (CIFFT).