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Biosegura Film Festival " Environment and Rural World".
RULES OF THE FESTIVAL
GENERAL CONDITIONS
1- Understanding the Environment to be the interaction of
human beings with the natural environment, including all aspects related to
climate change, water resources management, sustainable development, human
rights/gender relations related to the Environment, North-South relations and
socio-economic imbalances, as well as any other human activity which is harmful
to the natural environment.
The rural world is defined, in a broad sense, as film
productions whose primary intention is showing aspects of the rural world
related to both social and culture ways of life.
2- All films made after January 1st, 2018 may be submitted
for registration to the competition.
Any films that contain either a touristic or advertising
theme, will be excluded from the competition. Festival judges are not allowed
to have been involved in any aspect of production of the submitted films.
3- Each director may submit only one film.
4- Films can be presented in any language. If the original
language version is not in Spanish, they must be subtitled in Spanish.
REGISTRATION
5.- The registration deadline is January, 31st, 2020.
6.- The competition has two categories:
Short Film, less than 30 minutes duration
Full Length Feature Film, more than 30 minutes
7.- Registration can be done in the following way:
Online submission via
SELECTION
9.- A selection team, with full autonomy, will select from
the registered films, those who will participate in the competition.
10.- Anyone involved with the selection team, the panel of
judges or the Biosegura Cinema
organization structures, is prohibited from having any connection to individuals
or legal entities registered in the festival.
11.- Biosegura will invite the directors of selected films
to Biosegura Cinema 2020. This invitation includes two nights’ food and
accommodation for a person.
This invitation is only applicable to film directors or film
participants.
The film directors are responsible for the presentation of
their films and any interaction with the media. In the event that, film
directors are absent during their assigned viewing times, alternate dates will
not be facilitated.
12.- Biosegura may create film clips similar to the official
film, with selected material it considers to have viewing interest.
Notification of this will be provided to the directors.
13.- Directors will be notified if their film has been
selected on April 6.
14.- Films selected for the competition must be submitted in
a digital format.
15. The file must be (mkv, mov, avi or mp4 )format.
16.- The selected films will then become part of the
Biosegura archives which will be used for private consultation, educational or
research purposes as authorized.
AWARDS
17.- Biosegura will appoint a panel of judges to award
prizes. The secretary of the panel of judges will be appointed by Biosegura,
and will act as the speaker during the deliberations without voting privileges.
18.- The Official panel of judges will award the following
prizes:
Best Full Length Feature Film Prize: 900 €
Best short film Prize: € 400
Public Prize: a variety of local and ecological products.
19.- The panel of judges reserves the right to award prizes
how it deems appropriate. Prizes must be assigned.
20.- Prizes will be handled in correspondence with Spanish
law.
Biosegura is not responsible for sending unclaimed prizes.
21. Biosegura will also award - without monetary value - the
following prize:
PRIZE OF RECOGNITION
to a person or institution for their work in defense of both the environment
and the rural world.
22.- Other prizes and honorable mentions offered by national
and international institutions or organizations, previously approved by
Biosegura, being the responsibility of said institutions and organizations the
election of the winners and the delivery of the corresponding prizes
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
23.- For the purposes of festival dissemination, Biosegura
is authorized to use a three-minute clip of selected films.
24.- Once the Festival has finished, Biosegura has the right
to use in whole or part selected films for non- profit cultural and educational
programing. Directors will be given prior notice.
25.- Non-selected films may also be used exclusively for
cultural and educational purposes in the dependent municipalities of the Sierra
de Segura Region.
26.- The contestant agrees to the authorship and originality
of each film presented, exempting Biosegura from any responsibility of its
content.
27.- Registration of a film is the equivalent to accepting
all conditions and regulations of Biosegura.
More information
Biosegura Film Festival
biosegurafilm@gmail.com
www.biosegura.com
www.facebook / biosegura
