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Honolulu International Festival
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All fiction and documentary feature films or videos will be accepted in The HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL.
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The movies will have to appear in its original language. For those films in a language other than English, the Festival requires English subtitles.
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No work or artist will be either discriminated or favored by their country of origin, language, age, race, education, ideology, or by their economic resources. Every content, every form, every technique will be admitted with no censorship of any kind.
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For equality of opportunities, whichever the original format (film, analogical video, digital video, animation), the movies will be processed alike: using approved software by the Annual Program Without Frontiers and lodged in auxiliary servers for digital screening.
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Producers will submit the Entry Form by Internet, and a DVD, CD-ROM, MiniDVCAM, MiniDV or VHS copy of the film to the technical provider address for digitizing, converting to official format, and uploading to Festival servers, only for evaluation of the Committee of Art and the Jury.
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As a first stage, all the films will be displayed by the Committee of Art of the Program to consider its possible invitation to the Annual Gala Ceremony. The Committee of Art can also determine Special Mentions.
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At last, the Jury of the Festival will award the following Categories: screenplay, direction, actor and actress performances, art, photography, edition, and integral realization. In addition to the Prizes by Category, the Jury will grant the Special Prize to the Best Fiction Film and the Special Prize to the Best Documentary Film.
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The Awards will be announced by Internet and distributed by International Press Media. The Prize, the Festival and the Program of the F.F.I.F. must be mentioned in all public display and promotion material of the films awarded.
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The Film Festival International Federation reserves the right to select and to invite any of the films registered, to the Annual Gala Ceremony or other events and media.
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In order to participate in the Festival, films bear an entry fee of USD 20.
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