The 18th Cinerail -International Festival Train & Metro on Film will take place again in Paris on 2th- 9th March 2010. This international event is co-founded and supported by UIC, SNCF, UITP and a large number of railway related partners.

An important part of the programme will be the presentation to professionals of the most recent audiovisuals produced for railways or public transport companies. This unique event entirely dedicated to audiovisual communications and movies produced on railway themes, became after 16 editions a world-wide reference. It gives to professionals dealing with railway communications an extremely valuable opportunity to exchange on experiences and best practises in the use of audiovisuals.

The corporate film presentations will take place at UIC Headquarters : 2 days programme on 4th-5th March.
A competition will take place in order to evaluate with the support of an international jury the quality and efficiency of audiovisuals presented.

In preparation of this international event, railways companies are invited to register the films / audiovisuals they intend to present at this event, and send to Cinerail Organisation a DVD for first viewing and selection.

Relevant categories are :

– Corporate communications films (audiovisual ’business cards’, presentation of large rail projects, etc.),
– Commercials, TV spots,
– Internal communications on Staff training, Safety, Security,..
– Documentaries produced for TVs on railway issues,
– Feature films (cinema, TV) produced with support / sponsorship of UIC member railways.

Technical specifications for a presentation in Paris in March 2010 are :
– films with English voice or subtitles,
– not longer than a standard TV documentary (50’),
– Accepted format : Beta sp or Beta num/digit format - DVD-R or DVD+R only

Schedule :
Régistrations deadline : 15th January 2010