Euro Vidéo Festival / Videofun

It is our pleasure to announce at this early stage the photokina video competition 2004 after a total facelift. What is new? People in Europe are invited to send at most three video films per entrant with a maximum duration of three minutes per film on the subject ' Daily Events ' to : Prophoto GmbH photokina videofun 2004 Karlstrasse 19-21 60329 Frankfurt am Main Germany Entries are accepted from amateur filmmakers in Europe who submit to us ready-for-presentation films on the subject ' Daily Events ', either on CD in .avi format uncompressed or on DVD. This is the starting signal for Europe's great video competition! Closing date is 15 April 2004. After a first selection round the 30 best entries will be published on the homepage of Prophoto GmbH - www.prophoto-online.de. From May to July 2004 internet users will give ratings to the selected 30 films. The participation in Europe's great video competition is rewarding in three ways. This is not only about competing with other amateur filmmakers from all over Europe - a first prize of 2,500 euros awaits the winner. Altogether over 10,000 euros will be distributed among the 10 highest rated contestants. And there is more: All 30 selected films will be presented to national and international audiences at the trade fair photokina 2004, the World of Imaging, from 28 September to 3 October 2004 in Cologne/Germany. What else should be observed? All film entries must be marked with the following details: Title of the film, date of shooting, name and address of the author. By sending an entry to the competition photokina videofun 2004 contestants confirm that they are authors of the respective films and that films are no older than two years. Entered films will be treated with utmost care but no liability is assumed for any loss or damage in the mail. By participating in this video competition contestants give their consent to the public performance of the films they have entered for non commercial purposes (presentations, press and public relations work within the photokina videofun 2004 and photokina). The copyright remains with the authors. Films entered in this competition are not returned. We intend to publish on the internet the names of 30 contestants who sent in the best videos as well as the 30 videos they contributed. For this reason only videos with contents, e.g. music possibly used, are admitted for which contestants have all rights necessary for such a publication (in particular copyrights, exploitation rights, rights of performing artists and rights to their own image of persons shown) or for which contestants have the necessary rights of use and assign these rights of use to Prophoto GmbH for purposes connected with the above mentioned video competition. By sending in their video contributions, contestants give their consent to the publication on the internet by Prophoto GmbH and state that the rights of third parties are not infringed in any way. The decision obtained in the internet rating is final; no legal action is possible. By taking part in the competition photokina videofun 2004 entrants accept the conditions of participation. The organiser of photokina videofun 2004 is Prophoto GmbH who wishes to provide a platform for amateur filmmakers in Europe.