Regulations of the
XX Kazan International Film Festival “Altyn Minbar”
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
The XX Kazan International Film Festival “Altyn Minbar” (hereafter the Festival) is a competition of feature, documentary, and animated films reflecting universal spiritual and moral values, cultural traditions, conveying the ideas of peacemaking, tolerance and humanism, regardless national and confessional affiliation.
The motto of the festival is “Through the dialogue of cultures to the culture of dialogue”.
The festival carries out educational, aesthetic, and spiritual missions and positively contributes to the development of Russian culture.
II. ORGANIZERS OF THE FESTIVAL
The founders of the festival are – the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan (hereafter the Ministry), Centralized Muslim religious organization the Council of Muftis of Russia (hereafter Council of Muftis), Executive Committee of municipal unit of Kazan (hereafter Executive Committee).
The place and duration of the festival:
Place – Kazan city, Republic of Tatarstan.
The terms are from September 6 to 11 September 2024.
The festival is organized by the festival Autonomous noncommercial organization “Directorate for Sports and Social Projects” (hereafter ANO “Directorate for Sports and Social Projects”) with participation of State Budgetary Institution of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan «Tatarkino» (hereafter GBUK RT «Tatarkino»), together with the Regional Department of the All-Russian public organization “Cinematographers Union of the Russian Federation” of the Republic of Tatarstan and LLC “Kinofest”.
ANO “Directorate for Sports and Social Projects,” with the participation of GBUK RT «Tatarkino, performs the functions of the Festival Directorate (hereafter the Directorate), including organizational, logistical, informational, legal, and other support of all the activities of the Festival.
The festival is managed by the following bodies:
- The supreme body of the festival is the organizational committee for its preparation and holding (hereafter, the Committee).
- The Ministry provides financial support for all festival activities, coordination, and control of the preparation and holding of the Festival, represents the interests of the Festival organizers in the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and other stakeholder organizations regarding the issues, concerning its preparation and holding.
- The Council of Muftis and Executive Committee provide organizational assistance to the Directorate, including assistance in holding events to collect sponsorship and charitable funds by making official appeals on their behalf.
LLC “Kinofest” operates the business platform of the Festival.
Procedures for conducting the festival, conditions of participation, films selection criteria, entry submission deadline, and awards based on the results of holding the Festival are defined by these very Regulations.
The directorate prepares the draft of the festival regulations, which are approved by the Ministry.
The Directorate negotiates with the Committee the events program, the official selection, the non-competition films program, the special films program, the number of honored guests, the Selecting Committee membership (hereafter the Selecting Committee), the International Jury membership (hereafter the Jury), the scripts and the procedure of solemn opening and closing ceremonies, issues of protocol matter, prizes and diplomas drafts, design-model of all printed products, merch, venues of holding the solemn opening and closing ceremonies of the Festival, business program, film screenings, drafts of decoration of the venues.
The Directorate, in obligatory order, informs the Ministry of all unforeseen situations occurring during the preparation, holding, and ending of the festival.
III. FINANCING
The festival is financed from the budget of the Republic of Tatarstan, allocated to the Ministry, sponsorship funds, funds received from ticket sales, and other sources in coordination with the Ministry, as well as sources of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation allocated to the holding of business platforms.
Any organization that supports the aims and tasks and takes part in its financing, organizing, and holding can be the sponsor of the festival.
Budget financing for the Festival is carried out by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan.
IV. FESTIVAL PROGRAM
The program of the festival consists of official selection and non-competition programs, in which feature films, short films, animated, documentary films, and short documentary films can take part.
Selected by the Committee, Russian and foreign films reflecting universal spiritual and moral values and cultural traditions and carrying the ideas of peacemaking, tolerance, and humanism in accordance with the main nominations of the festival are included in the competition program of the festival.
The criteria for selecting films participating in the official selection are:
- originality of the screenplay’s idea, development of the characters and scenario moves;
- implementation of the author’s idea and integrity of the work perception;
- compliance of the expressive means of the films with the author’s idea and principles of the festival;
- originality and propriety of the use of technical means and special effects.
A non-competition program presents the audience the best examples of Russian feature, documentary and animated films, retrospective and thematic programs.
Within the festival, Q&A sessions, panel discussions, press conferences, investment-presentational venues for film festivals, partners of the festival, business platform of the festival, and other events are held.
The business platform of the festival is the territory of unity among the specialists in the fields of cinema, education, film industry, producers, representatives of film festivals, partners, film forums, international film organizations, experts, and opinion leaders. The business platform of the festival provides conditions for project implementation and signing agreements in the field of cinema.
V. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
Those willing to submit a film for participation in the festival should officially inform the Directorate of it no later than June 1, 2024, by submitting the entry form on the e-mail info@kazan-mfmk.com.
The selection of films for participation in the festival is carried out by the committee no later than July 1, 2024. The screening program of the festival (hereafter, the screening program) is defined by the Directorate. Films produced no earlier than 2022 are allowed to the festival.
After publishing the screening program on the official website of the festival, www/http://kazan-mfmk.com no corrections are allowed.
In the official selection and non-competition program of the festival, films in MP4 and DCP formats are accepted. Official selection films are submitted to the Directorate no later than August 1, 2024.
A completed entry form for each submitted film (annex to these Regulations) confirming participation in the festival should be accepted by the Directorate in e-format no later than August 1, 2023. Along with the notification on participation addressed to the Directorate, the following documents should be submitted:
1. Full text of the film in original or in one of the following languages: Russian or English;
2. Subtitles in Russian or English;
3. Abstract, promotion materials, and press kit in Russian or English;
4. Promotional video and film shots in MP4 and DCP formats;
5. Materials for the catalogue in Russian or English (information about the filmmakers, photos, including the photo of the director, film slides).
If the film is an official selection, the participant must submit the list of subtitles in Russian until August 1, 2024.
Applying for participation in the festival, the right holder transfers non-exclusive rights to the film for participation in the festival free of charge, which implies the film screening:
- during the press screenings before the Festival starts;
- in the cinemas of Kazan within the festival program during the Festival;
- after the Festival completion in the cinemas of Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan within the promotion of “Echo of Kazan International Muslim Film Festival “Altyn Minbar””.
“Echo of Kazan International Film Festival “Altyn Minbar”” is a film event held after the festival's completion aimed at promotion of the Festival ideas and attracting additional attention of the audience towards the films-winners and films participated in the Festival.
- texts and shots from the films will be used for publication in the catalogue, on the festival website, and for mass media in terms of the functioning of the festival.
- inclusion of film scenes in local national and international TV programs and on the Internet for festival promotion.
Applications for media accreditation are accepted by the Directorate strictly until August 1, 2024. The completed accreditation forms confirming participation in the festival should be received by the directorate no later than August 15, 2024. The participant of the festival (his or her legitimate representative) agrees to personal data processing in accordance with Federal Law “On personal information” dated July 27, 2006, No. 152-FZ.
All expenses related to the presence of informational agency representatives at the festival are covered by the sending party.
The return of recordings of films submitted for selection, but not included in the festival program, is not carried out for the owners.
The return of recordings of films is a right, but not an obligation of the directorate.
The dress code of the festival during the solemn opening and closing ceremonies of the festival as well as at solemn dinners implies high-necked dinner dresses for women and suits for men.
VI. GUARANTEES FOR THE PARTICPANTS OF THE FESIVAL
The directorate decides on the invitation of the participants (right-holders, producers, and those who submitted a film for participation in the festival), the guests (specially invited persons for participation in the festival), and the terms of their stay at the festival.
For each participant in the festival, the organizer guarantees the following:
- free travel by railway or economy-class air flight. Terms of air flight are negotiated personally;
- meet at the railway station and airport terminal in Kazan;
- arrangement of departure;
- hotel accommodations. Additional services (room service, mini-bar, and other hotel services are paid by the guest himself);
- meal;
- providing with a presentation package, including a film catalogue, the festival program, and invitation cards.
Guarantees set in this part apply to no more than one person (the director, the producer, or one of the lead actors):
- presenting the film in a “Feature” program;
- presenting the film in “Short feature” program;
- presenting the film in a “Documentary” program”;
- presenting the film in a “Short documentary” program;
- presenting the film in the “Animation Film” program.
For each invited guest and the Jury member of the Festival the Organizer guarantees the following:
- free travel by railway or economy class air flight to Kazan and back. Terms of air flight are negotiated personally;
- meet at the railway station and airport terminal in Kazan;
- arrangement of departure;
- hotel accommodation. Additional services (room service, mini-bar and other hotel services are paid by the guest himself);
- meal;
- providing with a presentation package, including films catalogue, the Festival program, invitation cards.
After purchasing tickets, the exchange of tickets for the jury members, participants, and guests of the festival is not carried out.
Conditions under which Directorate has the right to refuse a participant of the Festival:
- in case if there is no written confirmation of participation in the Festival before August 1, 2024;
- in case of the visa is not confirmed before August 15, 2024.
The guarantees mentioned in this part are provided only to the persons specified in this section.
VII. THE MAIN NOMINATIONS OF THE FESTIVAL
1. Grand-prix «The best feature film» (is awarded to the producer or the director present at the Festival)
2. Best director of the feature film
3. Best screenplay of the feature film
4. Best camera work of the feature film
5. Best actor in the feature film
6. Best actress in the feature film
7. Best documentary film
8. Best short documentary film
9. Best animation film.
VIII. SPECIAL PRIZES OF THE FESTIVAL
According to the jury's suggestions within the festival, the following prizes that are determined by the founders of the prizes are given to nominees:
1. A special prize of the Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan “for humanism in cinematography” implies a cash allowance of 500 000 rubles and is handed in by the representative of the Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan;
2. The Prize of the Mayor of Kazan, the Guild of film experts and film critics of Russia, Special mention of the Jury implies statuette award.
3. Audience choice award: 1 prize with the diploma and 2 additional diplomas.
IX. NATIONAL COMPETITION
In the National competition the Committee selects 10 best films made in the Republic of Tatarstan, about the Republic of Tatarstan or with the participation of the Republic of Tatarstan (co-production).
The National competition has an official selection status of the Festival, the winners are awarded by the statuette-prize, diplomas.
National competition has the following nominations and prizes:
1. Best National film (200 000 rubles);
2. Best national documentary film (100 000 rubles);
3. Best national short film (100 000 rubles);
4. Best national film for children (100 000 rubles).
X. JURY
The competition programs are evaluated by the Jury members, the membership of which is formed by the Ministry. The jury membership is formed of experts in the field of cinema (film producers, film directors, screenwriters, actors, cameramen, composers, film experts, film critics) etc.
The Jury of the Festival consists of 10 members-representatives of different countries of the world, headed by the chairman. The chairman of the Jury has 2 votes when voting.
Those related to the production and promotion of films participating in the competition programs cannot join the Jury membership.
XI. FINAL CLAUSES
Participation in the festival implies compliance with all the clauses of these regulations. The Regulations are made in Russian.
Submitting an application for participation in the festival and providing the Directorate with the film copy means that the person who signed the entry form, agrees to all terms of these regulations and the application for participation.
Annex
to the Regulations of
Kazan International
Film Festival “Altyn Minbar”
Entry-form
Film information:
The original title of the film:
English title:
Country of production:
Director:
Screenwriter:
Director of photography:
Editor:
Music:
Producer:
Company of production:
Cast:
Year of production:
Runtime (min.):
Information about the film:
Film copy for the Festival screening:
Color film:
Brief synopsis:
The director’s biography:
Viewing link:
Name of a company:
Address:
Fax:
Email:
Sending office:
Dates:
Website:
Link to the file folder: