3rd International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra Awards

The International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra (IDFI) is 
organized by Xrysea nonprofit corporation, on August 6th to 10th, 2016. 
Film viewing has been scheduled at theaters (Melina Mercury , “Tzami” 
Venetian Castle) and at external places (Tzami Square). 
Aim of the festival. IDFI’s main purpose is the promotion of Art of 
Documentary making, presenting a multifaceted universal film program 
during the event. 
One of the important aims of the festival is the promotion and the 
diffusion of documentary production, as well the cooperation and the 
development of esprit of friendship amongst the artists. 
However, equally important is highlighting the local civilization 
and especially the Minoan one and its contribution to Universal Culture. 
The aim of IDFI is therefore, the qualitative upgrade of cultural and 
intellectual life in local, national and international level, because we 
believe that culture and cultivation of the intellect are indispensable
requisites of our lives. 
The IDFI is an annual institution and is divided into Panorama 
where international or national documentary productions (awarded or 
not), are viewed and the Contest Part. 
Terms of Participation. 
a. Production Year of All the Contest Section films should be 2012‐2015. 
b. All Greek and foreign Directors have the right to participate, 
irrelevantly if they live and work in Greece or abroad. 
c. Participation right to the Contest Part have all Documentaries with 
subjects under the following topics: 
Human Rights 
Recordings of Memory 
Docudrama 
Views of the World 
True Stories 
Greek Panorama 
Human Journeys 
Human Portrait 
Young Directors 
d. The Documentaries are divided into short films (duration up to 30
minutes) and feature films (duration from 35 until 120 minutes) 
e. The festival accepts the following film formats for viewing: BLUE RAY 
disk, DVD as accompanying disk and mp4 file. 
f. Special attention will be given to the film’s artistic quality as a total. 
Also to the Documentary theme and to the direction’s exclusivity and 
originality. Films which do not fulfill the above features will be excluded 
from the IDFI. 
g. 1/The films will be viewed with original dialogues, with Greek subtitles 
2/ If dialogues are Greek, the film must have English subtitles. 
3/ Copies for the preselection process will be submitted with Greek 
subtitles in DVD/PAL format 
4/ Only one film per participant and film category will be accepted. 
5) IDFI is strictly a cultural institution. Viewing fees will not be given to 
any film. 
Participation Regulations. Film Directors and Producers are obliged to 
complete and submit the participation form, in which technical data of 
the documentary will be stated. They are also obliged to comply with the 
terms and rules of the festival. 
a. Deadline for submissions is June 20th, 2016. 
b. The same deadline (June 20th, 2016) applies also in case an 
application form has been e-mailed by the director or producer. In this 
case the signed hard copy of the application form and the copies of the 
film (2 DVD /PAL and 2 Blue Ray Disks) should be sent by registered mail 
to the festival address: 
International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra Secreteriat 
Stratigou Samouil 22 Ierapetra Greece, 72200, 
Tel. 2842020345, Mob. 6948541393 
or 
Astrous 100, Kolonos, Athens, 10442 
info@festivalierapetra.gr

c. The festival will contact only the selected film directors/ producers 
until July 1 
st 
, 2015. 
d. After submitting the application, the director/producer have no 
right to withdraw their application for any reason. 
e. Participation details and application form can be found at the 
festival site: 
www.festivalierapetra.gr/en 
el‐gr.facebook.com/festivalierapetra 
All applications should include: 
Application form properly filled in and signed by the director and 
the producer plus accompanying material consisted of: 
1. Two BLUE RAY disks of the film. 
2. Two (2) DVD of the films. 
The above DVD/ BLUE‐ RAYs should have Greek subtitles embedded (in 
case of English dialogues) or English (in case of Greek dialogues). 
3. Film Summary (up to 140 words) in Greek (optional for foreign 
participants) and English in digital format. 
4. Director’s Biography (up to 70 words) in Greek (optional for 
foreign participants) and English in digital format. 
5. Four (4) snapshots of the film (horizontal) and one (1) director’s 
photo, preferably 10Χ15 εκ. at 300 dpi or corresponding size. 
6. Director’s Filmography as a column from latest to oldest (Date, 
Title, Genre) in Greek and English in digital format 
7. Trailer / DEMO of the film in DVD disk for viewing. 
8. Supplementary advertising material (posters, brochures) if 
available). 
7) Hosting: IDFI will host the film director for 2 nights. 
8) Organizers have the right to arrange accordingly any issue not covered 
by these terms and regulations. 
9) Scenes from the documentary (less of 10% of total duration) can be 
used for publicity purposes (internet, TV etc.) 
10) The Festival has the privilege to show the selected Documentaries in 
other affiliated Festivals, strictly for cultural purposes.