Media Guidelines

Media Accreditation Introduction
DIFF has rapidly evolved into one of the largest Middle East events to attract the media, with last years’ edition having seen an attendance by 815 members of International, regional and local press.

Press accreditation is solely reserved for those working for the media. The number and type of accreditations per medium is attributed according to the periodicity of the media company, its size (circulation, audience), its specificity to the film industry and its expected coverage of the Dubai International Film Festival 2007.

Kindly submit your application at the earliest possible, since there is a limit to how many people can be accredited.

Guidelines for Media Accreditation

Accreditation to DIFF 2007 is open to print publications, television and radio stations, photographers, press agencies, photo agencies, audio-visual agencies, online press and freelancers.

  • PRINT MEDIA
  • BROADCAST TV
  • BROADCAST RADIO
  • PRESS AGENCY
  • PHOTO AGENCY
  • AUDIOVISUAL AGENCY
  • ONLINE PRESS
  • FREELANCERS

From August 2007 onwards, you can complete the Accreditation form online. Accreditation forms can be completed in the ‘To Register’ section

Please upload your passport photograph to the website upon completion of the accreditation form. Once your online application form is completed, please print out your receipt for future reference.

You can send the supporting documents listed in the section regarding your profession by post to our PR agency Jiwin at the following address:

Majid Wasi
Jiwin
Dubai Press Club
First Floor- Al Thuraya Tower
Dubai Media City
Dubai, UAE
+971 (4) 361 3882

N.B. The deadline for accreditation applications is November 15, 2007

Special Cases
If you represent several media companies we invite you to provide information about each one of them and to clearly state which of them you wish to be accredited for, as the press department does not give out multiple accreditations.

If you have changed media company since last year, please send us an official letter on letter-headed paper signed by your editor-in-chief detailing the characteristics of your new company (periodicity, circulation, audience, expected coverage…), your coverage from last year as well as a recent copy of your new publication if written press.

Regular Accreditation

PRINT MEDIA:

Reporters and Photographers

Please send by post all the supporting elements required for your accreditation request:
For all media:

  • An official letter, with the periodical’s letterhead, signed by the chief editor or the director who assigns the journalist/photographer to cover the Festival
  • A recent copy of the publication for newly launched titles
  • For first-time accreditation requests: 3 recent entertainment articles bearing your signature

Photographers can only be accredited if assigned to the Festival by a media company.

Please note: Accreditation is open to a total of 4 reporters and 2 photographers for daily publications; 2 reporters for each magazine title and 2 photographers from the associated publishing house

BROADCAST MEDIA:

Television

Please send by post all the supporting elements required for your accreditation request:
For all media:

  • An official letter, with the media company’s letterhead, signed by the supervising producer or content director, assigning you to cover the Festival
  • Please detail the nature of the coverage you intend to dedicate to the Festival (name of the programme, periodicity, time of the programme, audience, number of repeats, live coverage)
  • Please also provide a brief description of your television company: audience, broadcasting zone, main means of broadcasting (terrestrial, cable, satellite, TNT, Internet)

Please note: Accreditation is open to 1 team, comprising maximum 4 members including the presenter, from each channel under your media group

Radio

Please send by post all the supporting elements required for your accreditation request:
For all media:

  • An official letter, with the media company’s letterhead, signed by the programming director, assigning you to cover the Festival
  • Please detail the nature of the coverage you intend to dedicate to the Festival (name of the programme, periodicity, time of the programme, audience, number of repeats, live coverage)
  • Please also provide a brief description of your radio station: audience, broadcasting area, main means of broadcasting (terrestrial, cable, satellite, Internet)

Please note: Accreditation is open to 1 team, comprising maximum 2 members including the presenter, from each channel under your media group

NEWS WIRE:

Press Agency

Please send by post all the supporting elements required for your accreditation request:

For all media:

  • An official letter, with the media company’s letterhead, signed by the chief editor or the director who assigns you to cover the Festival
  • Please provide details regarding the size of the agency you represent (geographical diffusion area, list of media companies subscribing to the agency) as well as what the media company intends to cover

Please note: Accreditation is open to a maximum of 2 reporters per agency
For first-time accreditation requests: 3 recent entertainment articles bearing your signature or that of the agency

Photo Agency

Please send by post all the supporting elements required for your accreditation request:
For all media:

  • An official letter, with the media company’s letterhead, signed by the chief editor or the director who assigns you to cover the Festival
  • Please provide details regarding the size of the agency you represent (geographical diffusion area, list of media companies subscribing to the agency) as well as what the media company intends to cover (types of reports, photo calls, “gala screening”, red carpet pictures)
  • Please note: Accreditation is open to a maximum of 2 photographers per agency

For a renewal of last year’s accreditation: a list of the media companies that used your photo reports of the previous years’ Festival

ONLINE MEDIA:

Fan sites, Web logs, and personal Web sites do not qualify for media accreditation

Please send post all the supporting elements required for your accreditation request:

For all media:

  • An official letter, with the media company’s letterhead, signed by the chief editor or the director who assigns you to cover the Festival and providing details regarding the size of the company you represent (number of hits, average number of pages read) as well as what the media company intends to cover (periodicity, type of report)

Please note: Accreditation is open to a maximum of 2 reporters per website/portal

For first-time accreditation requests: 3 recent entertainment articles bearing your signature

FREELANCERS:

Those who freelance occasionally and are employed by non-news organisations are not eligible for media registration unless provided with an official letter from the media outlet they are representing.

Please send by post all the supporting elements required for your accreditation request:

  • An official letter, with the periodical’s letterhead, signed by the chief editor or the director who assigns you to cover the Festival on their behalf, with information concerning the circulation and the periodicity of the publication as well as what the publication intends to cover

For first-time accreditation requests: 3 recent entertainment articles bearing your by-line

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