Festival statute

The aim of the festival is to present the best film comedies every year. The International Film Comedy Festival will take place from 24.5.-31.5.2025. Works with a premiere in the period from 1.1.-31.12.2024 may be entered into the competition. The works are assessed by an expert committee, which is an advisory body to the festival's program board. Each applicant is notified of the result.

Only short and feature-length comedies can be entered into the festival. A short comedy is a film up to 60 minutes long, a feature-length comedy is a film over 60 minutes long.

The applicant is responsible for the costs associated with the transport of the carrier with a copy of the film and for insurance from the time of receipt by the festival, unless otherwise agreed. The festival is responsible for the costs associated with the insurance of the carrier against loss or against loss or total or partial destruction for the period from receipt by the festival until its return to the carrier. In the event of loss or destruction of the media during the festival, the festival is only responsible for the costs associated with replacing the media. Complaints regarding the technical condition of the returned copy must be notified to the festival no later than 30 days after receiving the copy.

The applicant is obliged to notify the rights holder of the selection of the work, unless the applicant is the holder of these rights. In the event that the work cannot participate in the competition, the applicant must inform the festival of this fact within a week of receiving the notification of the selection. If the festival does not receive a dissenting opinion within this period, it considers the film's participation in the competition to be confirmed.

The expert jury is composed of prominent filmmakers. Each member of the jury selects two films in a given category that, in his opinion, are the best in his profession. The other members of the jury then vote to select one of these films to be awarded. A juror has the right to nominate a maximum of one film on which he himself collaborated. All members of the jury are bound by confidentiality. The festival director or members of the festival program board may attend the jury meeting, but do not participate in the voting.

Each of the submitted films should send a representative to the award ceremony, which will take place on May 31, 2025 in the KD Střelnice social hall in Jindřichův Hradec. The name of the representative(s) participating in the closing ceremony will be communicated by the film applicant to the festival production no later than May 30, 2025.

The jury awards prizes for sound, editing, cinematography, direction, best supporting and leading actress, and best supporting and leading actor.

The films are always rated by the audience themselves after the screening by voting. If the films have the same rating, the expert jury and the festival director decide on the result.

The screening of the competition films may be followed by a short debate about the film between the filmmakers and the audience, or an autograph session. We therefore ask that you send a delegation of creators (director and actors) to the festival along with the film. Please include the names of the delegates in the notes section of the application form, or provide them later after the film's acceptance into the festival is announced. The delegation of creators and actors of competitive films screened in the evening (19:30 / 20:00) will have accommodation paid for by the festival production (two double rooms per film). In unclear situations or cases unforeseen by the statute, the director of the International Comedy Film Festival will decide.

In serious cases, the organizer reserves the right to make changes. By submitting a work, the applicant confirms that all copyrights to the work, including the music used, have been taken care of, that he or she is authorized to dispose of this work and provide it to the festival for public screenings in a given year. Participation of the work in the festival competition presupposes agreement with this statute.