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International Prize
for Film and Media Music 2002
I. Objectives
Since the 80’s, the cultural and economic importance of music and
sound design within the media landscape is constantly increasing,
which not only refers to film but also to television, video and multimedia.
This dynamic development includes the fields of production, distribution
and reception equally. It changes job profiles as well as, for example,
the copyright law. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the vitality
of this development, to make creative use of it and to support appropriate
achievements. For this the International Filmmusic Biennial, founded
on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of film in 1995, provides
an international forum.The International Prize for Film and Media
Music in particular is an indicator for the future and unique throughout
the world with its international arrangement of the Endowed, the Honorary
and the Main Prize.
II. Kuratorium (Board of Institutions)
The International Filmmusic Biennial was established in 1995 by the
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland and is
since 1999 being organized together with the Filmstiftung
Nordrhein-Westfalen jointly. A board of film, music and other
culturel institutions supervises the contents of the initiative and
manages the development of the event. Members of the board of institutions
are, next to the two organizing institutions., Deutscher Kinemathek
Verbund, the German and the European
Music Council, Deutsche
Phono-Akademie e.V., Franz Grothe-Stiftung, GEMA-Stiftung and
the Goethe-Institute e.V.
III. Criteria for the Awards
1. The prize is awarded on the basis of a competition which is international
in nature, i.e. not subject to national limitations. Achievements
that have already won prizes at other events are also eligible.
2. The prize will be awarded for the outstanding compositional quality
of film music or an exceptional achievement in the domain of sound
design (integrated design for the soundtrack) and/or for the dramatically
logical and intelligent use of sound and music in the context of the
images in question. When reaching its decision, the jury will also
bear the respective cultural context of the film in mind.
3. As a rule, two awards are made. Prizes are given for an overall
achievement as well as individual achievements, and especially innovative
achievements. The prizes are bestowed on the composers and/or the
persons responsible for the sound design.
4. The awards ceremony will be on June 28, 2002 in the framework of
a gala event at the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik
Deutschland.
IV. Selection committee and international jury
1. Two independent bodies, selection committee and international jury,
will be convened by the organizers to assess the entries and reach
a decision on the winners.
2. The selection committee will meet at the end of April/beginning
of May 2002 in order to compile a competition program for the International
Film Music Biennial; the international jury will select the prize-winners
from among the members of the program.
3. The international jury will consist of at least five persons and
will sit in June 2002 during the International Film Music Biennial.
4. The selection committee and jury will reach their decisions in
the framework of the aims of the International Prize for Film and
Media Music. The jury will decide on the prize-winners by simple majority.
No legal objections can be raised against their decisions.
V. Entry conditions
1. 35mm or 16mm feature films can be submitted for the competition;
as a rule, they should be longer than 60 minutes. They can be entered
by the producer or by the originator of the film music or sound design
and must have been produced after June 1, 1999.
2. The films must have been registered by the attached form by April
16, 2002 at the latest including the copleted registration form (see
V. 5.) and the Office of the International Prize for Film and Media
Music must have received a technically error-free VHS or Betacam copy
of the film by the same date. Additional, a detailed list of the staff
as well as press material about the production has to be submitted
with the registration forms.
3. Original-format copies of films chosen from the selection committee
for the Biennial must arrive in Bonn by June 10, 2002. Foreign-language
films must bear subtitles in English or in German. The costs of sending
the film copy or video cassette shall be borne by the person entering
them in the competition. The Biennial will cover the costs of returning
the film copy or video cassette to that person. Video cassettes will
only be returned if this is explicitly requested.
4. The selection committee shall decide on special cases.
5.  Entry form
are available in English, German and French via world wide web (www.bundeskunsthalle.de/filmmusik).
6. Video cassettes and film copies should be sent to the:
Office of the International Prize for Film and Media Music:
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,
Friedrich Ebert Allee 4, 53113 Bonn, Germany
fon: +49 228-9171-479
fax: +49-228-9171-233
filmmusik@kah-bonn.de
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