| Bilbao
City Hall, in cooperation with the
Bizkaia Provincial Council, the Basque
Government Department of Culture and
the Ministry of Culture (ICAA),
announce the staging of the 47th BILBAO
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY
AND SHORT FILMS under the theme “UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
MEN THROUGH PICTURES”.
1. The 47th BILBAO INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT
FILMS will be held in Bilbao from
November 21st-26th 2005.
2. The Bilbao International
Festival of Documentary and Short
Films is recognized as an international
event of a competitive nature by the
International Federation of Associations
of Film Producers (FIAPF). The articles
of these Regulations are in accordance
with the provisions of the
International Regulations of the FIAPF
for 2005.
CONDITIONS
3. Only the following may take
part in the Festival:
1) Foreign films and video productions
completed after to January
1st 2004.
2) Spanish films and video productions
completed after to
September 1st 2004.
4. Films and video productions
entered for the competition may last
no longer than 45 minutes. The Selection
Committee reserves the right to
accept longer films and video productions
in special cases.
5. Before being accepted by
the Festival all films and video productions
must be viewed by the Selection Committee.
No more than 6
hours per day will be given over to
showing the films in the competition.
6. The Selection Committee
will be appointed by the Festival
Management,
and will be charged with selecting
films and video productions
to take part and programming them.
ENTRIES
7. Films and video productions
must be entered by their producers
or
their legal representatives.
8. Entries should include the
entry form (with the synopsis of the
film plus a biography and filmography
of the director), the complete dialogues
and stills from the film. The documentation
should be in Basque, Spanish, English
or French. Copies on VHS video (PAL,
SECAM, NTSC) are acceptable for selection
purposes.
9. The documentation must be
sent by September 1st 2005 to the
Festival address at Colón de
Larreátegui no. 37, 4º
dcha., 48009 BILBAO,
Spain.
PRINTS
10. Copies of films and video
productions for public showing should
be on 16 or 35 mm, DV, DVCAM or Beta
SP/PAL. CD-ROMs and the video
formats Beta Digital, BetaSP/NTSC
and U-MATIC are not acceptable.
11. Video productions and film
prints should be sent to the Festival’s
postal address at Colón de
Larreátegui no. 37, 4º
dcha., 48009 Bilbao,
Spain, or to Apartado de Correos (post
box) 579.
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12. The insurance company insures prints
from the time of their delivery
by the carrier to the time of their
return to same to be sent back to
participants.
13. Once the Festival is over, prints
will be returned to the address
given on the entry form. Freight expenses
for prints both ways will be payable
by participants.
PRIZES
14. INTERNATIONAL JURY PRIZE:
This prize is awarded by an international
Jury appointed by the Festival
Management. The Jury will number at
least five and always and odd number,
with Spanish members accounting for
no more than 40% of the total. The
Secretary will be appointed by the Festival
Management and will take part
in deliberations, though with no vote.
15. The International Jury will lay
down its own internal rules in
accordance with the Festival Management.
Its decision will be final. The
prizes listed below may not be left
void:
GRAND PRIZE OF THE BILBAO FESTIVAL 6,010
Euros
GRAND PRIZE FOR SPANISH FILMS
4,207 Euros
GRAND PRIZE FOR BASQUE FILMS
4,207 Euros
ANIMATION
GOLD MIKELDI FOR ANIMATION
3,005 Euros
SILVER MIKELDI FOR ANIMATION
1,803 Euros
DOCUMENTARIES
GOLD MIKELDI FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS 3,005
Euros
SILVER MIKELDI FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS
1,803 Euros
FICTION
GOLD MIKELDI FOR FICTION
3,005 Euros
SILVER MIKELDI FOR FICTION
1,803 Euros
SILVER CARAVEL 3,005 Euros
for the Best Latin American Film
16. Prizes will be shared equally between
the producer and the filmmaker
in each case.
17. The Festival will ask the producers
of the award-winning films
for permission to keep a print in the
Festival archives. Such copies will
be used in accordance with the contracts
for film library deposits established
by the International Federation of Associations
of Film Producers
(FIAPF).
18. These regulations are published
in French, English, Basque and
Spanish. In case of any discrepancy
the Spanish version prevails.
19. The entry of a film implies acceptance
of the terms of these REGULATIONS,
which will be construed and applied
by the Board of Directors of
the Centro de Actividades “Teatro
Arriaga”, in compliance with the
provisions
of the International Regulations.
| Regulations
in PDF |
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| Registration
form in PDF |
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