CONDITIONS FOR APPLYING TO 2024 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
1. Films eligible for the competition include documentaries and animations produced in the last 2 years featuring architecture and urban issues. Regarding architecture and urban issues, the festival also focuses on subjects such as the liveable environment, housing problems, urban rights, urban and social justice, and urban transformation.
Films should not have participated in this festival before.
2. Films attending in the competition are limited to 60 minutes.
3. a) Films from abroad whose language is not English must have English subtitles. All films that pass the pre-selection (English and/or non-English) must be submitted to the festival committee along with their dialogue lists, time codes, and SRT files. Films without an SRT file cannot participate in the competition.
b) Films to be submitted from Turkey, whose language is not Turkish, must have Turkish and English subtitles.
c) Turkish-language films to be submitted from Turkey must have English subtitles.
4. Regardless of the original format, a copy of the movie in H.264 format with an MP4 extension can be sent to the organizing committee via the “Filmfreeway (https://filmfreeway.com/Archfilmfest)” website and data transfer programs such as Vimeo, WeTransfer etc. The application form must be downloaded from www.archfilmfest.org and sent to archfilmfest@archfilmfest.org together with other documents. If any technical problems occur during the preview of the film, the director or the distribution company will be notified. The director or the distribution company is obliged to send a new copy within 48 hours at the latest. Otherwise, the film will be excluded from evaluation process.
5. The downloadable copy of the film to be sent to the Organizer Committee must be accompanied by:
a) The competition application form (Participants participating through Filmfreeway are not required to submit this form.)
b) 2 images from the film
c) 1 photograph of the director
d) Turkish and English biographies of the participating directors from Turkey, as well as English biographies of the international directors (limited to 50 words each).
e) The plot of the film, maximum 50 words, and also A 3-minute trailer from the pre-selected film must be added.
f) The selection committee has the right to exclude films that do not meet the application requirements.
6. The participants may participate in the competition with multiple films.
7. The films passing the elimination stage will be placed in the festival archive and can be included in non-commercial screenings upon notification to the director. The Chamber of Architects branches can show films from the festival screening programme for educational and non-commercial purposes. Universities studying architecture and urban planning can screen those films for free educational purposes. The film directors and producers will be deemed to have accepted this condition from the beginning.
8. Of the films that participate in the competition, the Festival Organiser Committee may include in the festival programme all or some of the films passing the preliminary elimination. The jury will evaluate these films and award the winners.
9. Competition Announcement: June 10, 2024
10. Application Deadline: July 31, 2024.
11. Announcement of the results: The films to be screened will be announced on August 15, 2024, and the winning films will be announced at the award ceremony on October 12, 2024.
12. The author is responsible for any copyrights that may arise from third parties during film screenings.
13. If necessary, the Organiser Committee may replace any Selection Committee members and form a preliminary jury.
14. Awards:
Sami Yılmaztürk Special Award (National Category Only): 15.000 TL
Documentary category:
First prize: 15.000 TL
Second prize: 10.000.-TL
Third prize: 8.000 TL
Animation category:
First prize: 15.000 TL
Second prize: 10.000.-TL
Third prize: 8.000 TL
The festival will transfer the prize to the referred bank accounts of the awarded directors. The festival bears the bank charges in Turkey, but is not responsible for the commissions of intermediary banks.
15. Board members and employees of Istanbul Metropolitan Branch, Chamber of Architects, Union of Chambers of Turkish Architects and Engineers (TMMOB), selection committee members, those whom selection committee members provide consultancy and/or act as a business or project partner, etc., and their first-degree relatives cannot participate in the competition.
16. The decision of the selection committee is final. Decisions are made by a majority of votes.
COMPETITION SELECTIVE BOARD (in alphabetical order):
Dağhan Celayir (Director, Scriptwriter)
Emrah Erkanı (Academician, Director)
Savaş Güvezne (Documentary Director)
Veli Kahraman (Art Director, Director)
Nazlı Eda Noyan (Bahçeşehir University Animation Department Head, Prof. Dr. Faculty Member)
Lalehan Öcal (Yeditepe University, Department of Radio Television Cinema, Dr. Faculty Member)
Ayşe Derin Öncel (Architect, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Prof. Dr. Faculty Member)
Eser Yağçı (Architect, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Dr. Faculty Member)
Cansu Yapıcı (Architect, Istanbul Planning Agency)
ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Alper Ünlü (Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Architects Istanbul Metropolitan Branch)
Ahmet Erkan (Secretary Member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Architects, Istanbul Metropolitan Branch)
Koray Atay (Board Member of the Chamber of Architects, Istanbul Metropolitan Branch)
Koray Güler (Board Member of the Chamber of Architects, Istanbul Metropolitan Branch)
Ayça Yazıcı (Secretary Member of the Chamber of Architects Istanbul Metropolitan Branch Trakya BKBT)
Selma Erdem (Festival Secretary)
Festival poster: Behiç Ak
APPLICATION ADDRESS:
Selma Erdem
TMMOB Chamber of Architects
Istanbul Metropolitan Branch
Karaköy, Kemankeş Cad. No. 31
Beyoğlu 34425 İstanbul – Türkiye
Tel: +90 (212) 251 49 00 – 205
Fax: +90 (212) 251 94 14
E-Mail: archfilmfest@archfilmfest.org
Web: www.archfilmfest.org