The web site www.funcinema.com.ar calls for submissions for the fifth edition of Funcinema – International Comedy Film Festival to be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from September 20 to 23, 2018.
Submissions will be open from March 12 to June 29, 2018. The selected will be part of various projections of the festival: International Competition of Short Films and Parallel Sections of International Short Films and Feature Films
The projections made within the Funcinema programming will have free admission.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS
1.Films submission
The productions sent must be feature or short films, from any nationality, that have comedy as central genre, who can be linked with any other genre or subgenre, like action, thriller, romance, drama, horror, documentary, animation, etc.
The films submitted must have production date January 2017 onwards, the short films that aspire to the Official Competition must have a production date of July 2017 onwards, and all of them may have been screened at other festivals or samples, but not in previous editions of Funcinema.
The Festival does not charge inscription and don’t pay fee.
The selected films will be part of the library of the festival for display in different itinerant exhibitions to be held during the year (until September 2019).
Films which has not had a release date in Argentina or an easy access in Internet, will have priority.
The sent productions must be in the following formats: .avi / .mov / .mpg /.mp4. The films must have Spanish subtitles. If the Spanish subtitles are not possible, can send English subtitles.
Secure links will be accepted for visualization (WeTransfer, Mega or Vimeo private links) and should be send to programacionfuncinema@gmail.com.
Everyone who wishes to participate must complete the following form:
https://goo.gl/forms/lV9O2wwJTUsAghch1
The participant authorizes the organization Funcinema to, without any compensation or payment, make public their name, voice or likeness in any media (television, graphics, Internet or any other) created or to be created, at its discretion, without limitation of time or territory for the promotion of its exhibition within the festival.
2.About the International Short Film Competition
According to the selection team, shorts films which arrive during the pre-selection stage and deserve it for their artistic values, will integrate the International Short Film Competition.
The films selected in International Competition must have production date of July 2017 onwards.
Winners will be chosen by a specialist jury linked to the audiovisual universe.
The awards will be Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Male Performance, Best Female Performance and Best Gag.
3.Jury
The jury will be composed of three (3) specialists who can be directors, interpreters, journalists, film critics, writers, or representatives of any item related to audiovisual production.
The jury vote is secret and it will be final. The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held on September 23th, and the jurors agree not to publicly express their opinions regarding the films submitted for consideration before the official announcement of the award.
For more information or any doubt please contact funcinemacine@gmail.com.
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