The International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy （ known as ISFVF ） is organized by the school and held every year, on campus, during the month of November.

ISFVF is officially supported by CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et de Television, International Association of Film and Television Schools ) .

The 7th ISFVF will be held from 9th  to 15th November, 2008 .

The Purposes of the Festival

1. To provide an occasion for the students and teaching faculty of BFA and of other Film and TV schools in the world to appreciate works of students from all over the world .
2. To strengthen personal and professional exchanges between film and TV schools around the world .
3. To encourage and support the future film and television professionals .
4. To advocate personality, art exploration, technical innovation and self-expression .

Categories and Awards

Entries are accepted in the following categories:
1. Fiction
2. Documentary
3. Animation
4. Others

Entries may be submitted by participating schools or by individual participants. All entries will undergo a pre-selection process conducted by representatives from each department of Beijing Film Academy . The directors of selected works will be informed following their successful entry into the festival screening program.

Programs and Awards:

The 7th ISFVF consisted of two parts: International Student Film Competition and Chinese Student Film Competition. For the International part will screen all entry films (including Chinese students' films)and set up the International Short Film Award; the Chinese part will screen Chinese students' films only(including Hong Kong, Macao and Tai Wan areas)and set up the Chinese Short Film Award .
All selected works will be subjected to a second round of jury and audience evaluation at festival time

Screening and Forum of ISFVF

The 7th ISFVF will be held on the campus of Beijing Film Academy for a week from Nov.9 to Nov.15, 2008. The program for this festival which is held once a year is officially recognized and listed in the academy teaching schedule.
We plan to hold the screening and forum activities below. Beijing Film Academy reserves the right to alter the events and venues listed below at its discretion .

a. Screening for the selected films
Selected films will be screened in our 1000-seat auditorium. Each film will be shown for twice. Directors will be introduced to the audience during the screening of their films.
The festival committee will invite all directors of selected works to attend the festival in Beijing . (If the directors cannot come themselves, they can name anyone who's also from the film crew, to come in behalf of them). The festival may provide some foreign students with part of the traveling expenses and accommodation under special circumstances.

b. Student Director Q&A
All participating directors will be introduced to an audience composed mainly of students from BFA who will then be given an opportunity to pose their questions directly. This activity will be held throughout the festival.

c. Faculty Exchange
Teachers from Chinese and overseas film schools will be welcomed to attend this meeting and have a discussion with faculty from BFA.
Education professionals who want to attend the festival will have to pay for their own travel and accommodation expenses. The festival committee is available to help with accommodation arrangements. Under certain circumstances, the festival may also consider providing some of the foreign teachers with traveling expenses.

d. A Tour around Beijing
The festival will provide invited students and teachers with a tour of the Beijing's most magnificent attractions, including Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Summer Palace, etc.

e. Awarding night and banquet
After the award ceremony on the night of Nov.15 th , there will be a banquet for the invited students and teachers. Leaders from BFA and Chinese film industries, officers from relative embassies, and sponsors will also be in attendance.

Entrance Requirements

1. The deadline of online submission is 31 st August 2008 . Films submitted later than that date will not be accepted.
2. Films must have been completed by the student directors during their studies at school. Those who participate for the single award should also have their films completed during their studies at school. The contents filled in the forms are required to be absolutely complete and accurate.
3. Films must have been made after 31 st August 2006 , must not exceed 30 minutes in length.
4. Each participant must fill out and submit the festival entry form online first.
One entry form for one film only. Films not submitted online first will not be accepted.
5. For the submission, we kindly invite you to send us a VHS, DVD or DV copy of your film, together with a printed fulfilled official entry form of the festival. At pre-selection stage, we would not recommend you send us BETA(SP/DIGITAL), 35mm ,or 16mm ． Submitted materials will not be returned.
6. After the pre-selection, if your film is selected for the final screening, we will ask you to send us another copy with higher quality as 35mm , 16mm , BETA SP(Pal only), DIGITAL BETA(Pal only),or HDTV(Pal only)and etc.
7. Films of non-English languages must have English subtitles.

Announcements
1. After the screening of the films, the organizing committee of the festival will choose some of the outstanding works and make a DVD collection. Once your work is selected, the organizing committee of ISFVF will automatically get the non-exclusive copyright property of your work and will include it in the will- publishing DVD collection just for academic and educational purpose in China (mainland). The DVD will not be used for any commercial purpose. The organizing committee will not receive any commercial interests from it. Please write down the contact information of the copyright owner when you fill out the entry. If there is any law suit according to the copyright, the author will take the responsibility.
2. During the collecting and screening of this festival, the selection committee will choose part of your film on the official website, for information purpose. When you fill in the registration form, please communicate with your film's copyright owner, and choose the column if authorize the selection committee to use your work's net copyright. Selection committee will decide if we have obtained the net copyright according to what your have chosen. Therefore, if it arouses any legal conflicts for the net copyright later, the one who signed the form will take the responsibility.


How to submit

1. Please submit your film online at http://www.isfvf.cn before 31 st August 2008 . No further submission will be accepted.
2. After you submit your film, please send the following materials to our email address isfvf@bfa.edu.cn before 31 st August 2008 . No further submission will be accepted.
· English or Chinese dialogue list of your film.
· Stills of your film (at least 2)
· Photos of the director (at least 2)
· Biography and filmography of the director
Notice: No .zip or .rar in the attachment. The dialogue list must be in “.txt” format, and the photos must be in “.jpg” format (300 dpi at least). Please name your file as “Film name - Still” or “Film name – Director”.
3. After your submission, please download the entry form and send us one copy of the fulfilled entry form along with your film. All the material must be reached no later than 31 st , August 2008.
All the material should be sent to the following address


Committee of the 7 th International Student Film & Video Festival

Beijing Film Academy

4, Xitucheng Road , Haidian District, Beijing

P. R. China

100088

TEL:  + 86 10 8204 1955 ， FAX ： +86 10 8204 2132

Special Explanation : If there is any dispute concerning the regulation, the committee of ISFVF has the final explanation right without public discussion.