Regulations ScreeningClub

1. The 24th International Children's Film and Television and New Media Festival Cinekid will take place from 20 to 29 October 2010 in Amsterdam.
2. Cinekid is an independent festival organized by the Cinekid Foundation and is a member of the International Centre of Films for Children and Young People (CIFEJ) Montreal and the European Children's Film Association (ECFA).
3. The festival aims to provide a survey of the best new international children's films and television productions and wants to stimulate the discussion on quality in children's and youth media.
4. The festival programme comprises the following sections:
   1. International feature films for children and young people, 4-14 years (competition)
   2. International children's and youth documentaries
   3. Recent Dutch children's and youth films (features and shorts)
   4. TV productions (national and international)
   5. New media productions
   6. International Panorama
5. The ScreeningClub consists of up to 250 selected film and television productions for children.
6. (Inter)national productions for Children and Youth produced in 2009 / 2010 can be selected for the ScreeningClub.
7. Productions can be entered by digitally submitting a complete ScreeningClub entry form and one DVD screener by mail. Please note that the DVD copy will not be returned unless requested.
8. Selected productions will be included in the ScreeningClub catalogue.
9. The entry forms are to be sent on before 15 September 2010 and are to be accompanied by one DVD.
10. Cinekid will send a report on which productions have been screened by which buyers and/or producers to the submitting companies.
11. The submission of an entry implies acceptance of these rules.

General requirements

• The film/series should be the final cut. The color correction and sound mix should also be final.
• If the programme is not in the English language, copies with English subtitles must be provided.

The technical specifications for the DVD

• The DVD must have subtitles burned-in and one audio stream. No language menu.
• Each episode should be on a separate DVD. The DVD should not contain a menu with different video files.
• The DVD should not be copy protected.
• The DVD shouldn't begin with a black screen or test chart.
• The DVD should have the highest possible encoding options. Please use two-pass MPEG2 encoding.

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