All productions made on 35mm, 16mm, Digital and video formats are eligible for applying to the festival. All films to be submitted to the festival should be recorded on a PAL system DVD. In order to be used for all sorts of communications and catalogues, applicants should send the festival: a PAL system DVD copy of the film, stil photos (at least 2), a photograph of the director, director’s short biography and filmography (English), a short synopsis of the film (English). All directors of the films selected for the festival will receive a certificate. Festival keeps its right to withdraw the films which are not technically suitable for screening. National and International Competition Regulations: International Izmir Short Film Festival opens a short film competition on national and international categories. Applicant should maket he applications via www.izmirkisafilm.org online. Other applications will not be considered. The applicant should indicate which competition (national or international) he/she is applying to.

It is not possible to apply to the competition with the same film. However, national competition jury might suggest a film to the international competition jury. In this case, the film’s director is informed. In the national and international competitions, a winner be selected in each of the fiction, experimental, documentary and animation categories. Jury misht also give an award to a film outside the scope of these categories. In order to compete in the national competition, the director or one of the producers must be Turkish citizen. All films less than 20 minutes are eligible for competitions. For documentaries, time limit is 30 minutes. Only films made in 2008 and 2009 might be submitted.

Film submitted to the festival can be submitted to other national and international competitions and can be awarded. The deadline for sending the films to the festival Office is 09 October 2009. Applicants might submit more than one film. Films selected for screening and nominated for awards will be announced on www.izmirkisafilm.org on 19 October 2009. Preselection commitee is composed of artists, academics and professionals selected in and/or out of the festival management. Main jury will be announced later.

Special Conditions: Festival management, if demanded, might give the permission for the films selected to be screened in “out of competition” categories of national and international film festivals, in academic institutions and proper cultural events. In this casei festival management informs the involved parties who have their signatures on the application form if only possible. Films selected by the festival amangement might be screened via internet sites in collaboration with the International Izmir Short Film Festival for only one time within a special programme.

Films submitted can not be withdrawn after 09 October 2009. Films will be screened to the public in halls which are found proper by the festival management and according to the official programme. During the screenings, a change can not be offered to the festival management or the hall directors.