IV International Festival of Graphic Humor at the Iguassu Waterfalls (Brazil)

CONTEST RULES 2006

The city of Foz do Iguaçu, through the Fundação Cultural, with the purpose of encouraging and publicizing the work of graphic humorists, invites to take part in the IV International Festival of Graphic Humor at the Iguassu Waterfalls.

DATES

Entry of works: Up to the 8th of December of 2006
Opening of the Festival: 14 th of December of 2006
Place: Foz do Iguaçu City
Time of the Festival: From the 14th to the 17th of December of 2006
Exhibition: from the 14th of December to the 31th of January of 2007.
PARTICIPATION

The participation is open to all cartoonists, either professional or amateurs, from any nationality and above 16 years of age, who will be allowed to enter only unedited works. Each author will be allowed to enter up to three works. The participation of officials (or relatives of these) related to the organization of the event is utterly prohibited.

AWARDS

Five prizes will be granted in a total amount of US$ 20.000,00 (Twenty Thousand U.S. Dollars - minus all the applicable taxes according to the legislation in force) divided as follows:

1º place, prize in the amount of US$ 10.000,00
2º place, prize in the amount of US$ 5.000,00
3° place, prize in the amount of US$ 3.000,00
4° place, prize in the amount of US$ 1.500,00
5° place, prize in the amount of US$ 500,00

* Payment up to the 01 st of July of 2007

PRESENTATION OF WORKS

Topic: “Airplane”.

Category: Cartoon (definition: graphic joke about universal and timeless theme), respecting the specified topic.

Techniques: Works produced with any technique will be admitted.

Specifications: Maximum size in format A4 (21,0 X 29,7 cm or 8,3 X 11,7 inches), in vertical or horizontal, digitalized in 300 dpi, color mode RGB, in format JPG (medium quality) or PDF, not exceeding the maximum limit of 1,5 MB, sent by e-mail (e-mail addresses below) or recorded in CD and sent to our address (safer option).

Data: The following data must necessarily be sent within the body of the e-mail message: Full name of the author, artistic name, full address, telephone, e-mail, number of I.C. (identity card), number of tax registration and bank data. A summed résumé and a photo may as well be sent, though no mandatory, to the database of the Festival.

SENDING OF WORKS

The deadline for the sending of works will be the 8th of December of 2006. Works sent by e-mail or mail after this date will not be admitted in any case.

By e-mail: The works can be sent by e-mail to the following e-mail addresses that respond to sending criteria based on regions, according to the residence of the designer.

humor@humorfalls.com.br

The following indications must be attended at all times: Each and every entry must contain, in the body of the e-mail message, all the data about the participant and only one picture can be annexed to each message.

By mail: The sending of works by mail, recorded in a CD, is always safer. It may as well be accompanied, or not, by the printed archive. It is important to note that there must be a text archive, (extension .doc or .txt) with all the data about the participant. The date of the post office stamp will be the one valid in regard of the entry (no later than 08/12/2006).

The works must be mailed to the following address:

International Festival of Graphic Humor at the Iguassu Waterfalls
Fundação Cultural de Foz do Iguaçu
Rua Benjamin Constant, 62 – Foz do Iguaçu – Paraná – Brazil
CEP: 85.851-210


Telephone +55(XX45) 3521 1480

GENERAL INFORMATION

Information Web Sites:
www.humorfalls.com.br
www.humorfalls.com
www.festhumordascataratas.com.br
E-mail: artenatural@compubras.com.br
Telephone: +55(XX45) 3523-7072

CONTEST

There will be one jury for the selection and another jury for the awarding composed by qualified professionals in this field and the decisions will be in all cases unappealable:
If the jury finds any irregularity or plagiarism in any entered work, they will have the right to revoke the prize granted to that work. The Organizing Committee might establish other additional prizes and acknowledgments.
The list of the selected and awarded works will be made known by the press and the web sites of the Festival.

EXHIBITION

The selected works will be exhibited during the Festival and in traveling exhibitions. They will also be granted to publications that help with the advertising of the event, and included in the book (catalog) of the Festival.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

In accordance with the rules herein, presented in compliance with the Law of the Author’s rights (law N° 9.610/98), participants are fully aware of, and agree with, the following articles:

1. The sent works will become since then, part of the collection of the Festival and, therefore, shall not be returned under any hypothesis;

2. Those works that were selected will be reproduced in order to become part of expositions, catalogs and for the advertising of the event;

3. On the act of the entry, the author grants, totally, universally and definitely, the author’s rights of the work, without any additional retribution, and also grants the right to use it in any way as part of the property of the International Festival of Graphic Humor at the Iguassu Waterfalls. The author, therefore, agrees to hold the International Festival of Graphic Humor at the Iguassu Waterfalls harmless and indemnify against any claim, demand, action, suit, proceeding, or any expense whatsoever arising from claims of infringement of copyright or proprietary right;

4. The FIH disclaims liability for the astray of the works, damage resulting during the sending of the work, or either for the incorrect identification of this;

5. In any situation not provided by these contest rules, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to choose the best and most appropriate solution;

6. The participant, by performing the entry, automatically agrees on the whole with the terms of the present contest rules.

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