1. The Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival is open to any documentary film featuring cultural heritage and concerning ancestral stories. In order to be publicly screened, the programs will be received on BETACAM SP videotape, PAL standard.

2. Each filmmaker is allowed to submit one or more entries but each entry must be no longer than 90 minutes. It is recommended that entries are submitted in English. Non-English submissions will be subtitled by the festival organisers in English. and in Chinese. Film selection is made by the festival organisers. There are no entry fees.

3. Throughout the festival entries will be screened publically and before an international panel of judges.

4. The jury will award seven prizes: a Grand Prize, a Jury Prize and Special Prizes for innovation in style or content. The winners will be announced on Closing Night.

5. In order to promote the event, organisers reserve the right to use a short excerpt or still from any entry for electronic and print media placement. In order to further promote the event, the organisers request the rights to a single television broadcast. The organisers consider that intellectual property is safeguarded by on-screen logo placement at the time of broadcasting.

6. Applications to participate should be sent before 31 July 2003 * to:

Grand Entertainment (GZ) Company Limited,
Rm.1501,
1512 Globe Plaza,
829 Ren Min Road North,
Guangzhou,
Guangdong,
P. R. China 510170.

Applications should be accompanied by the following materials and information:
- entry form (please use the attached form)
- technical entry form (please use the attached form)
- a full list of credits
- curriculum vitae of the director(s)
- a list of previous screenings
- three stills (for media release purposes)
- three iconographies – slides 6x6 cm (for print media purposes slides)
- a complete text of the programs narration and dialogues in the original language
together with an English translation.
- the return address and a statement attesting to the film's replacement stock value

7. Entrants considered eligible will be notified by email or fax within 30 ** days of the
application being received. On receipt of an email or fax, entries in the required
format should be sent to Grand Entertainment, before 30 September 2003. ***

8. The festival organizers will accept responsibility for storing and insuring films between
receipt and their subsequent reshipment. All transport and insurance costs associated
with reshipment will be met by the festival organizers. In the event of loss or damage,
the liability of the festival organizers will be limited to the replacement stock value.

9. Participation in 2003 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival implies, complete acceptance of the conditions of these rules. In the event of dispute, China courts shall have sole jurisdiction.

* Due to continuing expressions of interest in this festival, the application deadline has
　been extended to 30 September 2003.
** Now 15 days after the application deadline.
*** The required format deadline is now extended to 30 October 2003.