All the representatives of the media interested in covering SILAFEST can be given credentials by the organizer of the Festival.

In order to receive credentials for covering the Festival, all the media representatives have to send the organizer the following data:

• First name and last name
• Country
• Home editorial offices
• Function he or she performs
• Type of media

The requests for receiving PRESS credentials have to be sent to the organizer no later than August, 20 2009.
Because of the limited accommodation capacity, the organizer has the discretional right of giving credentials to media representatives. The credentialed journalists of the local media cannot be provided with accommodation during the Festival by the organizer.

The organizer can give credentials to media representatives that are valid during the entire Festival, but also for a shorter period.

All the credentialed journalists will receive the credential cards that will give them unrestricted access to all the Festival objects:

• The special dinners for the opening and closing of the Festival
• The film shows
• The round-tables
• The press centre
• The Press conferences
• The busses for the outings
• The Festival clubs
• The festival train admission
• And all the other objects marked with the logo of SILAFEST

Besides the journalist’s photo, the credentials with contain the participant’s name, country, and function at the Festival, all clearly printed.

All the credentialed journalists of the Festival will have at their disposal a PRESS centre equipped with wireless Internet, three computers, a free telephone line for sending reports or joining directly radio or TV broadcast.

The PRESS centre will be open every day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

All the credentialed radio journalists will be able to use a computer one hour per day at the scheduled times, so they could edit and send their reportage to their home editorial offices via Internet. If they cannot do that alone, they will be given help of an expert.

All the credentialed TV journalists will have scheduled times of TV editing two hours per day. In special situations, they could use the TV camera from the PRESS centre for a while.

The PRESS centre service, in cooperation with the official headquarters of the Festival, will daily inform all the participants about the Festival programme for the next day.