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UNICA 2005 Awards			UNICA 2006 Timetable
UNICA Patronage Film Festivals			21st - 25th August	Goldene Diana Festival
26th - 29th January	Den Menchen Lieben		6th - 8th October	ARSfilm - Kromeriz
17th - 19th March	Berliner Film Fenster Grenzenlos		13th - 15th October	Tatras Chamois
24th - 26th March	Munich International Short Film Festival		11th - 12th November	Videofestival Internazionale Grand Prix Sony
8th - 13th May	Concorso Internazional RTSI Videoamatori		1st - 3rd December	Seniorforum (CZE) - Kromeriz
23rd - 26th May	The White Nights Festival		Other Festivals
26th - 27th May	One Minute Cup		31st March - 2nd April	British International Amateur Film Festival
18th - 24th June	Festival der Nationen		1st & 2nd September	The Cotswold International Film Festival
			14th & 15th October	The Guernsey Lily International Festival

FUTURE UNICA FESTIVALS & CONGRESSES

2006 * 21st August to 3rd September * 68th UNICA * Daegu & Kyeongju (Korea)

2007 * 1st - 9th September * 69th UNICA * Liptovský Mikuláš (Slovakia)

2008 * 22nd to 31st August * 70th UNICA * Hammamet (Tunesia)

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Programme for the UNICA Congress 2006 in Korea

Tuesday 22 - 08 - 2006

13.00 Seul Airport - Meeting Point. Boarding of the busses - departure - lunch - tour of Cheon Wa Dae (Presidental residence) - Kyungbokkung (Palace with changing of the guard) - National folk museum - Insandog street (shopping center) - dinner in Seoul - hotel

Wednesday 23 - 08 - 2006

Tempel Dosunsa & Tempel Hwang-yesa (Buddhist Temples) - lunch in the permises of the Hwagyesa Temple with monks - visiting the Yongsan electromarket (the largest in Seoul) - visiting the Seoul Tower (panoramatic view) - dinner

Thursday 24 - 08 - 2006

Visiting the Suwon Castle - bow archery - lunch - departure for Gimpo Airport - leaving for Jeju Island (in the South) - hotel

Friday 25 - 08 - 2006

Sangumburi (Crater) - Seongsan Ilchulbong (famous palce to watch the sunrise) - lunch - Chusang Cheolri (basat columns) - Bunjae Park (collection of bonsai plants) - Youngmori (Dragon´s Head) - dinner - back to hotel

Saturday 26 - 08- 2006

The Dokkaebi Road (a road posing a mystery) - lunch - Jeju Airoport - leaving for Daegu - registration of participants - 18.00 opening ceremony - 20.00 opening show with banquet

Sunday 27 - 08 - 2006

Film projetions (3 national programmes)

14.00 lunch - half day excursion with a sight-seein tout of Daegu - Mount Apsan offering panoramatic view of the city - Gatbawi Buddha - Donghwasa Temple - event i Korean style and tradition - after dinner transfer to Concorde Hotel in Gyeongiu (former imperial City) where all the events of UNICA Congress will be staged

Monday 28 - 08 - 2006

Full day film projections and discussions.

Tuesday 29 - 08 - 2006

Film projections and discussions

12.30 half day tour of Gyeongiu - lunch - Bulgusa temple - Cheomseongdale Observatory - Gyeongiu National Museum - Daenguwon Tombs - dinner and returning

Wednesday 30 - 08 - 2006

Full day film projections and discussions.

Thursday 31 - 08 - 2006

UNICA General Assebly

12.30 half day excursion to Golgulsa (Buddhist Temple) - tea ceremony according to Korean tradition - Sunmudo - dinner

Friday 01 - 09 - 2006

Full day film projections and discussions.

Saturday 02 - 10 - 2006

Public jury discussion

17.00 Prize Award Ceremony - 19.00 Closing Ceremony & Banquet

Sunday 03 - 08 - 2006

Departure by bus to Seoul and take off.

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Sequence Of The Showing Of Films At UNICA 2006

1.KOREA (KOR)  2.BELGIUM (BEL)  3.LIECHTENSTEIN (LIE)  4.UNITED KINGDOM (GBR)  5.SLOVAKIA (SVK)  6.ITALY (ITA)  7.ESTONIA ( EST)  8.RUSSIA (RUS)  9.SLOVENIA (SLO) 10.NETHERLANDS (NLD) 11.SWEDEN (SWE)

12.TUNESIA (TUN) 13.IRAN (IRN) 14.SWITZERLAND (CHE) 15.POLAND (POL) 16.FINLAND (FIN) 17.CROATIA (CRO) 18.FRANCE (FRA) 19.LATVIA (LTV) 20.LIETHUANIA (LIT) 21.USA (USA) 22.HUNGARY (HUN )

23.UKRAINE (UKR) 24.CZECHIA (CZE) 25.MACEDONIA (MKD) 26.GEORGIA (GEO) 27.SPAIN ( ESP) 28.ARGENTINE (ARG) 29.BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA (BIH) 30.AUSTRIA (AUT) 31.LUXEMBOURG (LUX) 32.ANDORRA (AND) 33.GERMANY (DEU)

Projection time limit:

Each country gets a minimum projection time allowance of 60 minutes.

Quality time-bonus: If more than 30% of the entered films of the last 3 years have been discussed by the jury a country receives a bonus of 5 minutes. If this percentage is more than 40% the bonus is 10 minutes. If this percentage is more than 50% the bonus is 15 minutes.

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67th UNICA 2005 Awards

GOLD:

• BEN-LA MOUCHE - Jean-Paul Thaens (FRA)
• MEDIANERAS - Gustavo Taretto (ARG)
• GOING TOGETHER - Suk Jea Pak (KOR)

SILVER:

• SEN -Jaroslav Nykl (CZE)
• FINAL Y PRINCIPIO - Carlos Marqués Marcet (ESP)
• CHURROS CON CHOCOLATE - José & Manuel Lagares (ESP)
• LA FUNA - Leo Alessandro Leone (ITA)
• WILGOC - Daniel Wawrzyniak (POL)
• MARCO I ZLODZIEJE ROWEROW - Boda Kax (POL)
• DE KOMISCHE TREURNIS VAN TEUN HACKS - Ton Reekers (NDL)
• LA BATAGLIA DELLE ARANCE - Karin & Bernhard Hausberger (LIE)
• J'AI PAS BESOIN BEAUCOUP POUR ETRE HEUREUX - Roland Achini (CHE)
• ICH HATTE EINE FARM IN AFRIKA-Jürgen Roller (DEU)

BRONZE:

• LOUAGEUR- Robert Devin (BEL)
• WIE IS VINCENT? - Lacroix & Armand (FRA)
• OUTCOME - Anouar Lahouar (TUN)
• EL RUIDO - Javier Prieto (ESP)
• 00156 - Eugenio Squarcia (ITA)
• OMAR E SARAH - Claudio Alberti (ITA)
• VER-RUCKT- Angelika & Wolfgang Allin (AUT)
• FLASHBACK - Fritz & Martin Kober (AUT)
• AUTONONSTOP - Dominik Matwiejczyk (POL)
• TIEMPO MODERNOS-Simon Farnco (ARG)
• DE TREUGKEER -Vladimir Murtin (NDL)
• GUKSI - Heikki Jokiniemi (FIN)
• UNLOCKING YOUR MINDS - Terry & Debbie Mendosa (GBR)
• 225 - Christopher David (GBR)
• ENTRE DEUX - Arlyne & Darryl O'Donovan (CHE)
• FLASHBACK - Bezhad Rasoulzadeh (IRN)
• EBENE 4 - Filmklub Reinikendorf (DEU)
• NASSE ZIGARREN FOR BERLIN - Stephan-Flint Muller (DEU)
• BIYIK- Lale Nalpantoglu (DEU)
• ME AND I - Andy Lamesch (LUX)
• ECOLES AU FIL DE L'EAU - Michel Poulliot (FRA)
• THE STONE EGG - David Bronchard (FRA)

FILMSCHOOL AWARDS

• Filmschool Gold Medal: POUTA NEJSILNEJSI -Vit Karas (CZE)
• Filmschool Silver Medal: APARTE DE MARIA - Ariel Nahon (ARG)
• Filmschool Bronze Medals:

• KOOMA - Asko Kase (EST)
• OPERATIONEN - Magnus Gillberg (SWE)
• JAMNA PLAGOR - Simon Gunnarson (SWE)
• LA CANTINA DI FERRO - Matija Debeljuh (HRV) * BUKET - Petra Oreskovic (HRV)
• KOHUTIK JARABY - Marian Tutoky (SVK)
• TYOPAIVA - Sakari Luhtala (FIN)

The most interesting programme

• Germany

Special Awards

• Special prize for a remarkable idea: BETWEEN WALLS - Gustavo Taretto (ARG)
• Special prize for an exceptional realisation: WILGOC - Daniel Wawrzyniak (POL)
• Special prize for the best jeunesse film: GOING TOGETHER - Suk Jea Pak (KOR)
• Special prize for a remarkable use of special effects: 225 - Christopher David
• Special prize for transition between generations: ABOUT MARIA - Ariel Nahon (ARG)
• Special prize for a remarkable idea: OUTCOME - Anouar Lahouar (TUN)

WORLD MINUTE MOVIE CUP

• 1. MOOT, MAAR VOORAL MEEDOGENLOOS - Jef van Gompel (BEL)
• 2. MUSTERUNG - Frank Dietrich (DEU)
• 3= FLITS - Leon Derous (BEL) and
• 3= VERHANGNISVOLLE VERWECHSLUNG - Karl & Ilse Mader (AUT)

Jury:

• Julien Loncke (BEL)
• Michel Creten (BEL)
• Diana Nenadic (CRO)
• Dr. Georg Schorner AUT)
• Dave Watterson (GBR)
• Rolf Leuenberger (CHE)
• Pawel Leski (POL)

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UNICA PATRONAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS

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January 26-29th * DEN MENCHEN LIEBEN (POL) * Centrum Kultury, PL-Oswiecim

Topics:
Contact:	Tel.: + 48 33 842 25 75 Email:  ock@ork.org.pl Website: www.ock.org.pl
Closing:

17th - 19th March 2006 * 2nd Berliner Film Fenster Grenzenlos *
Videofilmer - This Time´s Chroniclers

Topic:	the best amateur film the best low-budget film the best student film
Format:	VHS, S-VHS (PAL, Secam), miniDV, DVD (+/-) Films in mother tongue are only allowed with the English or German subtitles.
Contact:	ars cinema berlin e.V., Mrs Beate Müller Pistoriusstraße 31 D - 13086 Berlin tel./fax: (++49)(30)926 92 50 e-mail: ars.cinema@berlin.de &  helfried.mahn@t-online.de website: www.ars-cinema.de
Closing:	31st December 2005
Venue:	WABE, Danziger Str. 101, D - 10407 Berlin - Ernst Thälmann Park, Germany organised by ars cinema berlin e.V., * Kulturamt Pankow * WABE
Programme:	Friday 17th 05.30 p.m * Opening of the festival 05.45 - 07.30 p.m. * Film session and discussion 08.15 - 09.45 p.m. * 60 YEARS OF DEFA Saturday 18th 10.30 a.m. - 06.00 p.m. * Film session and discussion 07.00 p.m. UNDER THE BRIDGES OF BERLIN Sunday 19th 10.00 a.m. - Awards ceremony

March 24-26th	Munich International Short Film Festival (DEU) - Mathaeser Bayerstrasse 3-5, D-80335 Munich
Topics:	Films up to 15 minutes. Festival language is English.
Contact:	Muenchner Filmwerkstatt e. V.P.O.Box 860 525 D-81632 Munich Tel. + 49 (0)89 / 20 333 714 Fax +49 (0)721/151 377 629 Website: www.muc-intl.de
Closing:	31st December Submissions only online at Reelport

May 8-13th	5. Concorso Internazional RTSI Videoamatori (CHE) - Lugano, Trevano
Topics:	Films up to 15 minutes on any aspect of mountains. Mini-DV.
Contact:	Tel.: + 41 91 945 00 00 Email: rolf.ti@bluewin.ch Website: www.ciac.ch
Closing:	31st March Good cash prizes. The RTSI. Television Switzerland will become the exclusive and perpetual owner of all the rights of diffusion of the three winning productions (by broadcast, cable and satellite), as well as of the relative copyrights, for the territory of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

23rd - 26th May	* 48th White Nights Festival * (St. Petersburg,Russia)
Topic:	All topics except films praising violence or pornography. Maximum length 20 minutes.
Format:	PAL VHS/SVHS, miniDV, DVCAM, DVD. As far as possible please provide a Russian version of the text in the film. Otherwise provide English or German text for translation.
Contact:	Entry fee may be sent to Harald Lorenz von Tresckow-Str. 7 D-49809 LINGEN/Ems Germany email: < amateur.rus@mail.ru>
Closing:	1st May. Accepted entries asked to pay 10 Euros.

May 26-27th	One Minute Cup (CRO) - Požega
Topics:	Films up to 60 seconds.
Contact:	GFR FILM-VIDEO pp 709 HR-34000 POŽEGA CROATIA Tel-fax: (+ 385) 34 273 605 Email: gfr-film-video@po.t-com.hr Website: www.crominute.hr
Closing:	15th April

June 18th-24th	The Festival of Nations * (Ebensee, Austria)
Topic:	For all non-commercial films less than 30 minutes long. (Special section for films under 5 minutes.) Films must have been completed in the last two years.
Format:	DVD and all video systems (preferably VHS / S-VHS, DVCAM, DV / miniDV). For 16mm and 8mm please send a copy in a video format for preview.
Contact:	Erich Riess A- 4060 Linz Gaumbergstraße 82 Östereich tel: ++43-732-666 2 666 or ++43-732-673 693 fax:  ++43-732-666 2 666 email: eva-video@netway.at website: www.8ung.at/filmfestival
Closing:	1st March 2006.

August 21-25th	Goldene Diana Festival * (Carinthia, Austria)
Topic:	Any subject. Up to 2 entries per author. Maximum length 20 minutes. Also a special 1-minute competition.
Format:	PAL VHS, SUPER VHS and Mini-DV.
Contact:	Internationales Festival des nichtkommerziellen Fim Goldene Diana p/a Paul Kraiger Buchhalm 42 A-9141 Eberndorf Austria / Europe email: < obmann@golden-diana.com> website: www.golden-diana.com
Closing:	1st August. Entry fee 15 Euros.

October 6-8th	ARSfilm amatéru (CZE) - Kromeriz
Topics:	Films up to 20 minutes: films and videomovies about art (all sorts of art are allowed to be presented) animated films and videomovies videoart and experimental works
Contact:	Ladislav Frantis Tel: (+420) 573 330 543 Email: ladislav@recom-km.cz Website: www.csfv.org
Closing:	15th September.  Fee 12 Euros or 15 USD per film

October 13-15th	Die Tatras Gemse (Tatra Chamois) (SVK) - Liptovsky Hrádok
Topics:	Films up to 20 minutes on: Culture and monuments Environment formation and protection Contemporary way of living
Contact:	Dr. Zuzana Skoludová Námestie SNP 12 812 34 Bratislava Tel: (+ 421) 918 716 049 Email: skoludova@nocka.sk Website: www.amatfilm.host.sk
Closing:	1st July Entry fee 10 Euros per person no matter how many films they enter.

November 11-12th	Videofestival Internazionale Grand Prix Sony (CHE) - Chiasso
Topics:	Up to 10 minutes fiction or documentary and One-Minute movies and Schools
Contact:	tel.: + 41 76 322 30 24 Email: info@grandprixsony.com Website: www.grandprixsony.ch
Closing:	2nd October

December 1st-3rd	Seniorforum (CZE) - Kromeriz
Topics:	The international film festival for authors over 58. Films up to 15 minutes on any subject.
Contact:	Dum kultury Tovavovského 2828 767 01 Kromeríž Tel: (+420) 573 330 543 Email: ladislav@recom-km.cz Website: www.csfv.org
Closing:	15th November The entry fee is 100 Czech crowns or 12 Euros (12 USD) per movie.

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OTHER FESTIVALS

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31st March - 2nd April * British International Amateur Film Festival * (Bedford, England)

Topic:	Amateur cine or video on any topic and of any length.
Contact:	IAC Competition Manager P.O. Box 538 Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 8WD Britain website: www.fvi.org.uk/central/festival download entry forms in English, French, German and Dutch.
Closing:	4th January 2006

1st - 2nd September * The Cotswold International Film Festival * (Stroud, England)

Topic:	Any topic except pornography. Maximum length 16 minutes (Open class 22 minutes).
Format:	PAL: VHS, S-VHS, Mini DV, DV, Digi 8, Hi8, DVD-R NTSC - VHS or DVD-R only.
Contact:	Festival Officer P.O. Box 64 Stonehouse GL10 2YH Gloucestershire England UK email: <leepres@anglovideogxy.demon.co.uk> website: www.cotswoldfilmvideofest.co.uk
Closing:	15th May 2006. Entry fees vary. Amateurs 8 GBP

14 - 15th October * The Guernsey Lily Festival * (St. Guernsey,Channel Islands)

The Island of Guernsey is situated only 80 miles from the South Coast of England. The unique atmosphere inspired Renoir and Victor Hugo.

Topic:	Any topic. Maximum length 30 minutes. Films made in the last two years.
Format:	DV, Mini DV, VHS or S-VHS (PAL)
Contact:	Peter and Mary Rouillard Moneta, Marette Road St Martins, Guernsey Channel Islands GY4 6LB tel: +44 (0) 1481 236461 fax: +44 (0) 1481 236461 email: < rouillard@cwgsy.net> website: www.guernseylily.com
Closing:	31st May. Entry fee 14 Euros.

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