37 Elche International Independent Film Festival. Rules

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37th ELCHE INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

www.festivalcineelx.es37th EDITION ELCHE INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL - FROM 25 TO 31 JULY 2014

The main objective in Elche International Independent Film Festival, organized by Fundación Caja Mediterráneo, is to offer a cultural place for producers and amateurs. It supposes a constant compromise with the encouragement of culture and supporting the raising values in the seventh art, believing in innovation, striking up a conversation between the audience and the author and eliminating all technological barriers when it comes to take part and voting.

In spite of its adaptation to new technologies, Elche International Independent Film Festival doesn’t forget its origins and the respect in searching the best quality in every format that technology allows. Therefore the only avowed format is HD quality video.

Also, along its path, Elche International Independent Film Festival has honored great movie stars in spanish cinema as Sara Montiel, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Julieta Serrano, Sancho Gracia and Juan Diego, among others.

37th Edition consists of the following requirements:

1. Any individual over 18 years old can participate, independently of its nationality, or any person, legal or natural. In that case, they must sing up as a registered user in the web site www.festivalcineelx.es. The presentation of the works in competition is exclusively online through the aforementioned web site and in the way explained in the paragraph “Inscription, Participation and Voting,” included in General Terms of Use. We DON´T accept physical mailing through postal services and/or courier.

2. Every Author/Producer/Distributor can submit all the works they want, the only condition is not to have been previously shown in this contest and they must have been filmed after January 1, 2012.

3. The term for uploading the works into the web site www.festivalcineelx.es starts on june the 4th and ends on july the 3rd at 23:59:59h. From the date outlined, more works will not be accepted.

4. The Author/Producer/Distributor has the power of asking the withdrawal at any time of all the works they have submitted just by sending an e-mail to [email protected].

5. The Organization will only acknowledge as a competitor the Author/Producer/Distributor who has checked in as an user in the web site www.festivalcineelx.es. Any other person taking part in the elaboration of the work should address the Author/Producer/Distributor registered in the web site www.festivalcineelx.es in case there is any incidence regarding the presentation of the work in the competition.

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The Festival will feature the following categories:

CATEGORY FORMAT MAXIMUM LENGTH

FICTION

Video area / region 0 and 16:9 25 minutesANIMATION

DOCUMENTARY

For competing, the Author/Producer/Distributor must convert their work to the specified formats in the web site www.festivalcineelx.es, indicated in section “Sign up, Participation and Voting” included in Terms of Service of the web site. The works presented in the Festival must be shown in any of the spanish oficial languages. If the original version is in any other language, they must have subtitles in spanish or any of the spanish oficial languages, but it could be admitted without the aforementioned subtitles if the jury determinate so according to its quality.

The contestants have two options for participating:

Free access: The works will be displayed completely in the web site, for broadcasting, socialization and acknowledgment. Moreover, they could be shown, if they are selected, in Screening Gala in Hort del Xocolater and Arenales del Sol Beach.

Restricted for the Jury: the Author/Producer/Distributor determine that their works can only be displayed online for the members of the Jury and will be projected just in case they are selected, in Screening Gala in Hort del Xocolater and Arenales del Sol Beach.

In the section “Inscription, Participation and Voting” included in Terms of Service of the web the Author/Producer/Distributor have all the guidelines needed for participating in both options.

PRE-SELECTION OF FINALISTS AND SCREENING SESSIONS

The finalists will be selected by a group of prestigious persons in the world of image. Their decision will be known from July 14, 2014.

The only format accepted for finalist selection and screening sessions is Digital High Definition (area/region 0 and in 16:9).

For preparating the realization needed in the Screening Sessions, the organization will ask to the selected ones sending the high digital quality possible, which its contents must be the same as the one uploaded in www.festivalcineelx.es. Any work not complying with the categories, formats and length established in the current terms, will be automatically disqualified.

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The Organization must have the original digital files before July 18, 2014. The Organization will accord with the finalists through the internet, the way of sending them.

After July 18, 2014, the Organization will convene a Jury of Qualification which will be composed of different people in the world of cinema and broadcasting. Their verdict, which will be final, will be announced in the Closing Gala on August 01, 2014.

The Screening Sessions will take place from 25 to 31 of July 2014 in Hort del Xocolater, Fundación Caja Mediterráneo Center and Arenales del Sol Beach.

AWARDS 37 EDITION

FUNDACIÓN CAJA MEDITERRÁNEO AWARD TO THE BEST SHORT in any of the formats and/or categories provided with 4.000€ and DAMA Trophy.

AYUNTAMIENTO DE ELCHE AWARD TO THE BEST SHORT OF FICTION provided with 2.000€ and DAMA Trophy.

BEST ANIMATED SHORT AWARD provided with 2.000€ and DAMA Trophy.

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT AWARD provided with 1.500€ and DAMA Trophy.

AUDIENCE ¨HORT DEL XOCOLATER¨ AWARD provided with 500€ and DAMA Trophy. Will be awarded the most voted work according to the audience attending to the Oficial Section in Hort del Xocolater. All the information related to the previous accounting of the votes, can be found in the section “Sign up, Participation and Voting,” included in General Terms of Service in the aforementioned web site.

ONLINE AUDIENCE AWARD provided with 500€ and DAMA Trophy. Will be awarded the most voted work according to the registered users in www.festivalcineelx.es. All the information related to the previous accounting of the votes, can be found in the section “Sign up, Participation and Voting,” included in General Terms of Service in the aforementioned web site.

The Organization reserves the right to cancel any vote issued fraudulently or due any kind of manipulation of the voting system.

The awards will be paid through personal check/bank transfer issued by the Organization for the natural or legal person who has been registered as a contestant, being subjected to any deductions that determine the current tax rules and no latter than tree months since the end of the Closing Gala. Both prizes and trophies must be collected by the participants in the Closing Gala, on 01 August 2014.

While in its hands, the Organization will look after the original digital hardware. Except the winners, all the works will be deleted after the end of the Closing Gala and the web site www.festivalcineelx.es.

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LEGAL TERMS

The Author/Director/Distributor of the works presented to the contest states their authorship, direction and production and, being unpublished and original, they are free of third party claims.

Without prejudice to the use and marketing the author/Director/Distributor makes with the awarded work, Fundación Caja Mediterráneo can:

• To keep the work in a digital file in the domains and/or Fundación Caja Mediterráneo web site, so all the users can watch during the days of Festival. The works can be watched anytime and anywhere but just in streaming.

• Limited rights of public broadcasting of the awarded works in this edition so Fundación Caja Mediterráneo, through its activities, can show them every time needed. All the screening will be free and will mention, if it is the case, the award received in the Festival. The screening will serve to promote the aforementioned short and the Festival itself.

• Production rights of the winner shorts so they can be filed and Fundación Caja Mediterráneo can create an especia edition in CD, DVD or something in between in which the work can be included along with the rest of the works presented in this edition or previous editions in Elche Intenational Independent Film Festival.

• Although Fundación Caja Mediterráneo has limited rights of reproduction, the Author/Producer/Distributor of the winner works can contact with Fundación Caja Mediterráneo asking for the removing of any of its works, in case they are dealing with its distribution. Fundación Caja del Mediterráneo supports shorts film.

The Author/Director/Distributor, through their sign up in this web site, show their accordance and acceptance of the present terms, allowing Fundación Caja Mediterráneo, non profit entity, CIF G-03046562 and place of business in Avenida Doctor Gadea, 1, 03003 in Alicante, using the works in the terms set out above, with assignment to Fundación Caja Mediterráneo the right of Intellectual Property exclusively for the activities aforementioned. The scope of the assignment will not be exclusive and will be international.

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ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES

The Organization is exempt from all responsibility in case of malfunction of the Internet, impeding a normal development of the contest for reasons beyond the Organization and, especially, for external mean acts.

For any questions, following the Festival and/or doubt, use the next contacts:www.festivalcineelx.es

E-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @festivalelche and @obra_social

Facebook: http://es-es.facebook.com/festivaldecine and in fan page of Fundación Caja Mediterráneo in this Social Network.

Participating in this edition of the festival, means the total acceptation of these rules. Any circumstance not expected in them, will be resolved by the Organization and all the participants must accomplish them.

JUNE 2014

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37 Elche International Independent Film Festival. Rules