Participation of Bulgarian and foreign filmmakers is allowed. The number of people on each team is not restricted but the number of authors, registered for a film should be no more than 4 (four), regardless of their particular position in the film shooting.

The films, sent to the festival, must be shot with a cell phone or any other mobile device with a built-in camera. Films must be edited in advance. The filmmaker decides about the use of special visual and sound effects, music, titles and others in the final film version. The duration of the films can be up to 5 minutes.

The films selected can be presented to the public outside the festival Internet site no earlier than a month following the announcement of the winning films.

There is no restriction regarding the topic, genre and type of film (feature film, documentary, cartoon, science fiction) of the films registered.

Foreign films must be provided with an annotation in Bulgarian language.

The responsibility for the rights of the materials used in the film (narration, music, art, etc.) is assumed by the makers of the competitive film. In case of any claims regarding the use of third party’s products, all expense and responsibility is born by the authors of the film presented.

Each filmmaker or team of filmmakers may register up to 3 (three) films in the festival.

Materials, allowed to the festival, can be used for the purpose of popularising the festival, for any educational needs and other non-commercial goals. In case the films are used for any commercial purposes, authors’ consent is necessary.

Films sent are not to be censored or returned.

Films must NOT:

1. AIMS AND PURPOSES

1.1. The goal of the festival A Movie in Hand is popularising the independent film work by using contemporary mobile technologies.
The festival aims at supporting versatile and creative personalities, developing socially active citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria who succeed in fulfilling the possibilities of their personality by giving meaning to cultural and historical experience, to common human values of local and world culture by mastering modern technologies.

1.2. Main tasks:

– Distribution of common human values by using the vast possibilities of short films;
– Finding and encouraging gifted young people, dealing with cinema and providing a platform for presenting them in front of large audience;
– Supporting youth initiative for realising socially important activities;
– Making film work popular among young people and directing their attention to the new possibilities of contemporary cinema;
– Supporting the creativity of young people and stimulating the practice of new and unusual work with art and new media;
– Stimulating innovation and experiments in the development of short films;
– Starting an open dialogue among creative young people using the resources of the cinema.

2. MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION

2.1. The festival is organised and held under the guidance of the Board of Trustees of Dobri Voinikov-1856 Community Centre – Shumen with the help of Shumen Municipality. Co-organisers of the festival are Audiovideo Orpheus Ltd and Supernova media. For the purposes of organising and holding the Festival, an Organisational committee is established, led by the Chairman of Community Centre Board of Trustees. The committee includes the secretary of the community centre, the chairman of the jury, a representative of the co-organisers and the Chairman of Madarski konnik cinema club.

2.2 . In the course of preparation and duration of the Festival, different institutions, associations, unions, TV and radio companies, mass media, state and administrative structures, cultural and charity foundations and others could be involved as being co-organisers.

2.3. The festival is held annually.

2.4. The award ceremony is held at Dobri Voinikov-1856 Community Centre – Shumen.

3. RULES AND ORDER FOR PARTICIPATION

3.1. Participation of Bulgarian and foreign authors is allowed. The number of people on each team is not restricted but the number of filmmakers, registered for a film should be no more than 4 (four), regardless of their particular position in shooting the film.

3.2. The films, sent to the festival, must be shot with a cell phone or any other mobile device with a built-in camera. Films must be edited in advance. The filmmaker decides about the use of special visual and sound effects, music, titles and others in the final film version. The films should last from 1 to 5 minutes.

3.3. Films must be shot specially for the festival. They must not have been presented in any other festivals or must not have been shown to the public on the Internet, in the social media or during any other public events.

3.4. The films selected can be presented to the public outside the festival Internet site no earlier than a month following the announcement of the winning film.

3.5. There is no restriction regarding the topic, genre and type of film (feature film, documentary, cartoon, science fiction) of the films registered.

3.6. Foreign films must be provided with an annotation in Bulgarian language

3.7. The responsibility for the rights of the materials used in the film (narration, music, art, etc.) is assumed by the makers of the competitive film. In case of any claims regarding the use of third party’s products, all expense and responsibility is born by the authors of the film presented.

3.8. Each filmmaker or team of filmmakers may register up to 3 (three) films in the festival.

3.9. After the festival ends, the Organiser Dobri Voinikov-1856 Community Centre – Shumen shall keep the films and the non-exclusive rights for their usage. They are to be used for the purpose of popularising the festival, for any educational needs and other non-commercial goals. In case the films are used for commercial purposes, authors’ consent is necessary.

3.10. Films sent are not to be censored or returned.

3.11. Films must NOT:
– Violate the active legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria;
– Offend the pride and dignity of the citizens;
– Provoke interethnic hatred, racial and religious intolerance;
– Contain scenes of violence and inhuman treatment of animals;
– Advertise alcoholic drinks, cigarettes and narcotic drugs, etc.
– Advertise any other commercial products

3.12. The festival programme includes::
– the possibility for the films selected to be watched on Vbox7 channel (https://www.vbox7.com/kinovdlan), facebook page of the festival (https://www.facebook.com/mkino.org/) and in the Videos section of the site https://mkino.org where viewers shall have the chance to vote for the film they liked;
– performing the films, nominated for the festival awards;
– performing the winner films;
– creative meetings, workshop, press conferences with the nominated films’ authors;
– award ceremony

4. REQUIREMENTS FOR FILM DESIGN

4.1. The films sent to the festival must be recorded in a proper video format and supplied with an annotation and electronic explanatory notes.

4.2. The submitted application for participation is the only document necessary so that the author can be included in the festival participants list.

4.3. Films are welcome on the site: https://mkino.org/ in Registration section, in the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mkino.org/ after pressing the Sign Up button or on VBox7 channel of the festival https://www.vbox7.com/user:kinovdlan?p=custom.

4.4. Films with technical problems are not allowed to participate in the festival.

5. TERMS:

5  Films apply for participation  in the period until 15 September 2024.

6. WINNERS AWARD CEREMONY

6.1. The jury members are approved by the Board of Trustees of Dobri Voinikov-1856 Community Centre. The members are specialists from different walks of life, related to cinematography

6.2. The Festival Jury:

– evaluates the films, selected for participation;
– concludes the results and determines the winners;
– announces the results from the Internet voting for the audience award;
– could provide comments on its decisions regarding the festival films grades.

6.3. Films evaluation criteria are:

– originality of film opinion and complete realisation;
– social and citizen commitment;
– individual point of view on contemporary life and celebration of positive beginnings;
– professional skills and art value;
– innovative approach and solutions

6.4. Authors, awarded at the festival, are presented with a diploma, certificates, plaques and other awards. All festival participants receive certificates of participation.

6.5. The jury gives the following awards:

– The Great Award of Shumen Municipality
– First Prize;
– Second prize;
– Feature Film Award;
– Documentary Feature Award;
– Cartoon Award;
– Award for a film of social importance;
– Telenor Award;
– Krastyo Sarafov NATFA Award;
– UniBit Award;
– Episkop Konstantin Preslavski Shumen University Award;
– Award of the audience (determined by voting on Vbox channel and Facebook page of the festival);

6.6. Partners, sponsors of the festival and other organisations can also establish special awards. Sponsors awards are given by a representative of the sponsor organisation who presents a letter of acknowledgement.

6.7. Travelling expenses and allowance are provided by the participants themselves.

6.8. All disputes, not specified in the Statute of the Festival are to be settled by the applicable legislation of the Republic of Bulgaria and other normative documents.

ATTENTION!

If you have not been present during the final events regarding giving the awards, the Organisers has the right to send the winner: a diploma, a certificate, a letter of thanks and also send all participants certificates to their respective emails.
Complete information regarding the terms, place and winners is to be announced on the site: https://mkino.org/ and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mkino.org/ .

Approved during a Session of the Board of Trustees of Dobri Voinikov-1856 Community Centre.

A Movie in Hand is the first festival for films, shot with cell phones, established in our country. It is directed to young independent film makers, ready to experiment with modern technologies.

The first festival edition was held in the eve of the 160th anniversary of Dobri Voinikov-1856 Community Centre and the 90th anniversary of the start of the cinema-fan movement in Shumen. Until the deadline for submitting the films, 120 works were received and 107 of them were allowed to the competition as they complied with the festival requirements.

The prevailing age of participants was between 13 and 28, as most of the films were made by creative teams of several people, the total number of participants exceeded 500 people.

The award ceremony was held on January 30-th, 2016 in the concert hall of Dobri Voinikov-1856 Community Centre during which all films awarded were shown to the audience. Prior to the award ceremony, all prize winners met the jury members and discussed the themes, genres, style solutions of the winning films. During that discussion, film makers shared interesting details related to the film making process and to their motivation for realising their own creative ideas with the means of short cinema.

The media partners of the festival, as well as other national and local media broadcasted the event. On 04.02.2016 BTV’s central news programme showed a report on the festival and an interview with the filmmaker who won the Great award and later on 07.02.2016 the same interview was shown in This Saturday and Sunday Show. On 22.02.2016 the prize winning films were shown at the Cinema House with the media support of The Day Starts With Culture Show on BNT