RULES:
1. Applicants should fill in all required fields of the application, marked by asterisks. Non-required fields will be unmarked. If a required field is not filled, a plausible explanation ought to be put in its place (e.g. Music/Audial Style*: This film has no soundtrack, sound editing, or sound effects)
2. Filmmaking and Awards Shows should be done In-Character, while the IFI body acts Out-Of-Character during policymaking, and members may interchange as they please during the critiquing and judging of films.
3. Applicants may, and are encouraged to go into detail about the scenes, including specific details which might be aesthetically important to the film. Please do not explain how or why something works or makes your film good.
4. All cultures are uniquely different from each other, and the committee recognizes that. Some are especially different, evident by nations ruled by dinosaurs and robots. The IFI will, to the best of its ability, remain open-minded to ALL FILMS SUBMITTED, regardless of how they are made and who they are made by, but will acknowledge that members may have their bias, and that they are incidental, not intentional.
5. All films entered were produced in the nations that submitted them.
6. A film entered in a previous awards show or festival are ineligible be entered again. The IFI will maintain a record of all films submitted and will not tolerate any reused films.
7. Rule 6 does not apply to remakes.
8. Remakes must be succinctly different from the film they are based off of. Differences might include changes to the story, setting, production, or other such qualities. Furthermore, remakes may only be entered if permission is given from the maker of the original film, or if the film is in the public domain.
9. All films made by ex-nations are automatically transferred to the public domain.
10. Do NOT plagiarize. The IFI will ban films that are deemed to have borrowed significant elements from other films, including specific writing, plot elements, or copyrighted songs. The IFI will address ALL serious complaints concerning alleged plagiarism. Claims that the person was told of the idea then immediately stole it before the original maker could post it will be disregarded. The IFI does not assume responsibility for the appropriation of material that was compromised by the mistake of its own creator, NO EXCEPTIONS.
11. Films that violate international law in the process of making them MAY BE SUBJECT to bans, voiding from IFI-related functions, and condemnation from the international community. This does not affect films that only reference or represent crimes in their content. The IFI will otherwise not ban films for their content.
12. Do NOT use actors, directors, or other artists without the consent of their native countries, seeing as their free will is controlled by the entities that control their governments. It must be specified in their writ of permission whether the artist is rented, having a prolonged stay, or will be permanently transferred, in which case control of their free will in granted to the entity that controls the government of the nation that they are permanently moving to. The IFI will recognize cases in which artists express their will to leave their country, against that of the government, that are expressed by the entity that “controls” them (and incidentally, also controls the government of the nation trying to detain them).
13. Rule 12 does not apply to different artists with the same names, but the IFI reserves the right to punish applicants who abuse this loophole.
14. Tom Cruise, Batman, Steven Spielberg, Transformers, McDonalds, and any other like real world private entities are ineligible to be recognized IN ANY WAY by the IFI, as are materials that make reference to them.
15. Reference MUST BE MADE in applications if the film is based on any other material (In-Universe) or any historical events (In-Universe).
16. Posting in awards show threads may ONLY be done if cued or if you are a host.
17. IFI members reserve the right to judge, interpret, and critique the films submitted to them independently and without censorship.
18. ALL IFI members have the right to vote on all IFI matters and to abstain from said votes.
19. The IFI must agree on the description of, then vote on, new award categories and application fields to enact them. Those approved by a 50<% majority are added to their respective areas.
20. All award recipients are entitled to a quick, but heartfelt, acceptance speech.
21. Guests (award nominees and presenters) are expected to attend and account for themselves at awards shows. If a recipient does not respond within ten to twenty minutes of receiving their award, then the awards show shall continue without an acceptance speech for that category.
22. Individual presenters entrusted with information of award winners may ONLY divulge them when cued, and after setting themselves up and naming all nominees in the category. Offenders are barred from all future IFI functions.
23. All functions and attendants at an IFI event must be decided on before the show (thread) begins.
24. To ensure integrity and prevent misunderstanding, knowledge of ALL films, awards, individuals, and details pertaining to them must be made accessible to the public.
25. People posting where they are not supposed to, or making posts that are threatening, defamatory, or obstructive, MAY BE SUBJECT to unspecified punishment by the IFI.
26. All voting done by the IFI pertaining to ANY MATTER must be done by secret ballot counted by the IFI Chief Justice.
27. There is no set period of time that must pass for new contests (monthly, daily, annually, etc.), and award shows will be held at the IFI’s leisure.
28. All further IFI policies will be discussed and enacted in The Official IFI Thread.
29. To make a motion to amend IFI rules, procedures or policies, IFI member must state clearly what their motion intends to do. A second IFI member shall then have to second said motion.
30. Any given IFI member (or her or his puppets) may submit films for consideration in any IFI-sponsored competition, provided that said IFI member shall recuse himself or herself from voting on said film in any competition category in which it has been nominated, nor shall said IFI member seek to influence other IFI members in voting for said film in any competition category in which it has been nominated.
31. The following policy shall be followed for voting procedure:
(a). No more than eight (8) nominees may be entered in any one category of an IFI-sponsored film competition. The members of the IFI as a whole are responsible during the nominee selection process to ensure that this subsection is not violated. This proposal does not address the selection of candidates as nominees in a given category of an IFI-sponsored competition.
(b) The Chief Judge shall be responsible for drawing up the ballots, distributing them to IFI members, receiving them from IFI members, and tabulating the votes. She or he shall also be responsible for providing reports as specified elsewhere in this proposal.
(c) In casting a ballot for nominees in a given category of an IFI-sponsored film competition, each IFI member shall rank the nominees in order of preference, with the member’s favorite being ranked first (1), his or her second favorite ranked second (2), etcetera until all nominees are ranked. If an IFI member fails to rank a nominee, or because a nominee is associated with the IFI member’s own film submission and may be, by prior rule, ineligible to receive said IFI member’s vote, then the nominee in question shall be considered for voting purposes as unranked and shall receive no votes from that ballot except discretionary votes if allocated.
(d) Upon receiving a ballot the Chief Judge shall, for eligible ranked nominees, award one (1) vote to the last nominee, two (2) votes to the second-to-last, etcetera on up to eight (8) votes to the first ranking in a category containing eight nominees. If there are unranked nominees they shall receive zero (0) ranking votes but shall occupy the lowest tiers of the ranking with all eligible ranked nominees having higher rankings. All unranked nominees shall be considered as unplaced and below the last eligible ranked nominee.
(e). For each category there shall be allocated to each IFI member a certain number of discretionary votes which each member may allocate to the eligible nominees as they see fit. The IFI member shall place the number of discretionary votes they wish to allocate to a nominee after the nominee’s name in the ranking. If the IFI member exceeds the allowable number of discretionary votes in a given category, then the Chief Judge shall determine the number of discretionary votes cast by said IFI member and prorate his or her votes. If the IFI member does not allocate all of his or her allowable discretionary votes, then the Chief Judge shall strictly count the discretionary votes as cast and ignore the remainder not cast by the IFI member.
(f) For a given category, the number of discretionary votes that an IFI member may allocate amongst nominees shall be as follows:
* Zero (0) nominees exactly -- no (0) votes.
* One (1) nominee exactly -- no (0) votes.
* Two (2) nominees exactly -- one (1) vote.
* Three (3) nominees exactly -- two (2) votes.
* Four (4) nominees exactly -- three (3) votes.
* Five (5) nominees exactly -- five (5) votes.
* Six (6) nominees exactly -- seven (7) votes.
* Seven (7) nominees exactly -- nine (9) votes.
* Eight (8) nominees exactly -- twelve (12) votes.
(g) After all ballots are received and counted for an IFI-sponsored film competition, the Chief Judge shall determine the number of ranking votes and discretionary votes legally cast for each nominee. The nominee with the greatest number of votes in a given category shall be declared the winner of that category for that competition. There shall be no ranking nor announcement of placement of the other nominees with regards to the winner.
(h) The Chief Judge shall communicate in summary form the winners in each category to the host of the IFI-sponsored film competition and to the President of the International Film Institute. The Chief Judge shall also issue an after-action report to the President of the International Film Institute which shall give the vote totals in each category, and any explanation of irregularities (if any occurred), but shall be forbidden from mentioning the name or alluding to the identity of any IFI member in making such a report so as to preserve the secrecy of the ballot.
CURRENT ENTRANT APPLICATION:
WE ENCOURAGE QUALITY
Title*:
Genre (may choose all that apply from Action, Adventure, Animation, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film-Noir, History, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War and Western)*:
Length (Short length or Feature length)*:
Characters and their Actors (Describe Look and Personality and designate lead(s))*:
Plot Summary (Beginning to end; describe every important occurrence.)*:
Musical/Audial Style*:
Score Writer*:
Songs (Include artists and describe use in film.):
Director*:
Producer:
Writer*:
Editor*:
Costume Designer*:
Production Designer*:
Make-Up Artist*:
SFX Director*:
Distribution Rights (If any hold rights outside of your nation, add their nationality. If you wish to forfeit distribution rights and put your film in the public domain, enter public domain):
(Feel free to leave anything in parentheses out of your posted application)
CURRENT AWARDS:
International Film Institute Awards (IFI Awards)
Award (Recipient)
Best Picture (Director)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Actor)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Actress)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Actor)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Actress)
Best Animated Feature (Director)
Best Short Subject (Director)
Best Documentary (Director)
Best Director (Director)
Best Original Screenplay (Writer)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Writer)
Best Costuming (Costume Designer)
Best Hairdressing and Make-Up (Make-Up Artist)
Best Production Design (Production Designer)
Best Original Score (Score Writer)
Best Original Song (Song Artist)
Best Editing (Editor)
Best Visual Effects (SFX Director)
JOBS:
• IFI Chairman (Job includes appointing responsibilities to members, and making key decisions over management of IFI (At least for the time being) )(Occupied by Aardenland)
• IFI Headquarters location (Koningstad, New Koninghaven, Aardenland)
• Chief Recruiter (Job includes recruiting members) (Occupied by Aardenland)
• Documenter-in-Chief (Job includes documenting ALL films submitted and their details, and keeping track of artists’ movements, and might include documenting job and location changes) (Occupied by Afalia)
• Chief Judge (Job includes checking films for plagiarism, receiving plagiarism complaints, and attending to all breaches of international and IFI law. Will also count ballots) (Occupied by Alunya, Temped by Northumbria)
• Spokesperson (Unjob, as all members have a right to speak for themselves as members of the IFI.)
• Communicator (Job includes telegramming nominees and presenters, and insuring they know rules and procedure)
• Hosts: Different for each award show. May defer to guests (for initial chit-chat and stuff, IC), presenters (At first just the host, then celebs), and award winners.
THREADS:
• Recruitment Thread: Up, and link in my signature. No action yet, so we ought to keep chatting in the Arts and Fiction section. You may include the link in your signatures too, and you are encouraged to raise as much rapaciously raging rabble for this rapturous running as you rish… err… wish.
• Official IFI Thread (Closed): Involves discussing management of the IFI.
• Application Threads: Will be made each time there is a competition.
I. Members' Festival Thread: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=245105
• Awards Discussion and Voting Threads (Closed): Same as above. Will involve discussing specific events coordinated by the IFI.
• Awards Events (Closed, invite): Same as above. Invited guests get to speak on cue.
• Film Discussion/Criticism thread: Open to all. May review or discuss IFI films. Continued columns or reviews are encouraged from those who are enthusiastic about it.
Member List (By Seniority):
1. Aardenland
2. Alunya (Temporarily out)
4. Meryuma
5. Kanaria
6. Afalia
10. Calorax
11. New Waterford
13. New Hayesalia
14. Elykyellek
15. Al-Qarn
16. Ainin
17. Crolacia
18. Grandais
19. Northumbria
20. United states of jayland
21. Lyncanestria
22. Glaswegistan
