The recruit­ment for the 50^th edition of Krakow Film Festival has just star­ted. The regulations regar­ding sub­mit­ting new films to the festival have chan­ged, and con­sequen­tly the for­mula of the Festival will be modified.

n 2010, Kraków Film Festival will have been organized for 50 years. Despite a fair age, the oldest film event in Poland is chan­ging year after year, trying to meet the demands of the film profes­sionals and the audience, as well as adap­ting to the inter­national stan­dards. Chan­ges, which are inc­luded in the regulations of the 50^th edition, are inten­ded to streng­then its position among the most impor­tant film events presen­ting short and documen­tary films, by specifying its for­mula. The most impor­tant alterations are listed below, while the full text of the regulations is available on the website: www​.kff​.com​.pl.

Novel­ties and chan­ges in a nut­shell:

** The for­mula of the feature-​length documen­taries com­petition have been expan­ded: apart form full-​length, also shor­ter documen­taries, ran­ging from 30 to 60 minutes, will be accep­ted. This means introducing two equivalent awards: Gol­den Horns for direc­tor of the best film up to 60 minutes and for direc­tor of the best film lon­ger than 60 minutes. There will also be two Silver Horn awards of equal rank, given for special artistic value. Thus, the festival will receive a new name: inter­national documen­tary films com­petition.

** The length of documen­tary films accep­ted into the inter­national short film com­petition is also chan­ged. In 2010, documen­taries, animations and short feature films not lon­ger than 30 minutes can be sub­mit­ted to the festival, which means that documen­taries lon­ger than 30 minutes will not be taken into account while selec­ting the films for the com­petition. Such documen­taries can be sub­mit­ted to the inter­national documen­tary films com­petition.

** The regulations of the national com­petition are unchan­ged. Accep­ted films inc­lude:
• documen­taries not lon­ger than 60 minutes
• animations not lon­ger than 30 minutes
• feature films not lon­ger than 30 minutes
The selec­tion com­mit­tee will choose films to represent Poland on inter­national com­petitions from the films sub­mit­ted for the Polish com­petition.


** The Polish premiere requirement applies only to the inter­national documen­tary films com­petition. In other ones, Polish premiere is not required, though priority is given to the films which have not been shown in Poland during any festivals held prior to 50^th KFF.

** Only films com­pleted after 1^st January 2009 are eligible for the com­petitions.

** Deadlines for film sub­mis­sions:
• films com­pleted before 31^st August 2009: 30^th Novem­ber 2009
• films com­pleted after 31^st August 2009: 11^th February 2010

NEW REGULATIONS AND REGISTRATION FORM available on www​.kfff​.com​.pl
  (04.10.2009)