INFORMATION FOR THE COMPETITION OF FESTIVALS PROGAMMES
The International Television and Radio Festival Znojemsky Hrozen (Znojmo Grape Festival) acquires, evaluates and awards best documentary, commentary, entertaining and educational programmes and commercial spots in accordance with the themes of the respective competitive categories. The aim of the Festival is to provide the participating creators with space and possibilities for mutual exchange of experiences and opinions as well as to promote and popularize their creative activities which serve to various interests of TV and radio audiences. At the same time the Festival contributes to respect and maintain the integrity of different cultures and languages. The main organizer of the festival is the non-profit organization Znojemský Hrozen o.p.s. (registered as a benevolent organization) represented by Moravsko-ceský Hrozen, Ltd. The co-operators are the town of Znojmo and the main sponsors.
The Competition is divided into following categories
- TV commentaries, documentaries, educational and entertainment programmes
- Programmes on cooking
- Culinary geography
- Programmes on lifestyle connected with culture of drinking and eating
- Programmes focussed on gastronomy product
Radio commentaries, documentaries, educational and entertainment programmes
- Programmes on cooking
- Culinary geography
- Programmes on lifestyle connected with culture of drinking and eating
- Programmes focussed on gastronomy product
Commercial spots focussed on gastronomy
- Alcoholic beverages – beer
- Alcoholic beverages – wine, ligueurs and others
- Soft drinks
- Food products
Externally is the Festival represented by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Znojemský Hrozen and by the Festival's Director.
The jury award the following prizes
Znojemský Hrozen (Znojmo Grape) – the Festival Main Prize and the Prize of the Czech Minister of Agriculture
- Golden, Silver and Bronze grapes
- South Moravian Prize for television programme of Czech production
- City Znojmo Prize for regional broadcast programme
- Certificates of merit and special awards
- Special prizes awarded by the co-operating companies and institutions.
The program of the Festival consists of
- Competition projections and auditions of selected competition programmes persuant to the conditions laid down by the statutes
- Public projections – previews of commentaries, entertainment and education programmes
- Workshops of creative professionals, business meetings and press conferences corresponding to the mission and aim of the Festival.
Competing programmes shall be entered for the international
competition by domestic or foreign TV, Radio and/or film companies,
advertising agencies, clients, promotion companies, TV, Radio and film
producers, independent producers as well as authors themselves.
Only programmes which have been broadcast or produced in the last
three years can be entered in the competition.
The deadline for the registration till 30/6/2012.
Programmes already presented at other competition or non-competition
Festivals can also be considered for registration. Each application must be
accompanied by a short synopsis of the programme.
The acceptability of the programme shall be decided by the Organizational
Committee which has the right to reject a programme not in compliance
with the objectives and mission of the Festival. The Organization Committee
shall decide on programmes` categorization.
As far as the competition of commercial spots is concerned, the
Organizational Committee shall cooperate with the Association of
Communication Agencies AKA, the Association of Czech Advertising
Agencies ACRA-M.K. and the ARBO Media Company.
Juries are entitled not to award certain prizes. In is not allowed to divide
the prizes. The prize cannot be awarded to any programmes whose creator
is a member of the jury.
The competitive TV programmes shall be sent on DVD, if not possible
then VHS shall be also accepted. Radio programmes are accepted on MC or
CD.
Transport of subscribed program is to be secured by subscriber.
By registering, the subscriber is bound to respect the rules of the Festival
resulting from this statutes and to respect the regulations of the Festival
organization and to follow the instructions of all the Festival bodies.