a) The participants can be production houses, professionals, post production houses, TV channels, music houses, agencies and announcers from around the world.

b) The Festival has an international profile, which means it welcomes the participation of all countries from around the world.
Cíclope´s organization establishes English as the official language of the festival, considering it a ¨universal language¨ and recommends strongly the registration of the pieces in the English language.
Nevertheless, because the festival evaluates aspects related to the technical or artistic production, the piece can be registered in any language since in practical terms the judgment will not be influenced by what it is said but by ¨how¨ it is said.

c) The registration of the pieces, as well as their payment, shall be made exclusively via the online registration system of the Festival and the registration of the piece does not entail an additional cost because it is included in the registration fee.

The piece shall not be considered as registered without completing the uploading process of the material and the reception of its corresponding payment.

d) The registered pieces must count with the authorization of the announcer, of the agency and/or the owner of the reproduction rights of the work; and the pieces must have been made for a brand at a valuable cost, with exception of the cases of projects of public good or charity. This norm must by fully complied with and is the sole responsibility of the person registering the piece; the Festival shall not be held accountable for any type of responsibility which may arise in the shape of legal or other claims of third parties for this or any other motive related to the intellectual, property or reproduction rights of the work.

f) The pieces must have been broadcasted, or projected publically for the first time between 10/08/2010 and 10/08/2011.

g) The organization, if considered appropriate, will have the right to demand proof of emission in any of the instances of the contest and the participant shall be complied to present it in a maximum of 72 hours.

In the case the proof is not presented in due time it will be automatically disqualified.

h) Pieces which have participated in previous editions of the Festival are not able to participate, without exceptions.

j) The organization (and not the jury), has the right to move the pieces to a different category from the one where it was registered at its sole discretion when it considers it necessary, without the need of communicating it previously.

k) The pieces must be registered in the exact form they were publically broadcasted or projected. They must not, under any circumstances, be modified to be registered in the Festival, except for their English subtitles.

l) The Director´s Cut or special reductions will not be considered suitable for the Festival and that´s why they cannot participate.

m) With the goal of promoting the Festival, the organization is authorized to project or publish the registered pieces free or charged in public or private presentations, or where the organization considers it appropriate, without the need of any type of compensation to third parties.

n) The participant declares to own the projection rights of the work. The participant also holds the festival harmless from all third party claims both from individuals or companies.

In the case the organization confirmed that the piece does not comply with the before mentioned requirements, or any other expressed in the present rules and conditions, at its sole discretion it will have the right to automatically remove or disqualify the piece without the need of compensation or severance pay to the participating company or person. And if for reasons of time the piece had already been decorated, the Festival shall have the right to invalidate the award communicating its decision officially in all available media.

o) All entries will be judged and shown at the festival during the event.

p) In the first round, the jury will vote for the pieces which shall be in the short list from those which won’t. Those included in the short list will receive a certificate.
Secondly, the jury will vote from the short list and will award the gold, silver and bronze.
Gran prix: 10 points
Gold: 7 points
Silver: 5 points
Bronze: 3 points
Finalist: 1 point

q) Trophies will be given during the award ceremony in Buenos Aires. Those winners who are not at the venue at that moment would be able to receive it by courier on their own cost. Please send us an e-mail to  info@ciclopefestival.com to know the rates.