| 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 45th BILBAO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILMS under the theme "UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN MEN THROUGH PICTURES".
1.
The
45th BILBAO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY
AND SHORT FILMS will be held in Bilbao from November
24th-29th 2003.
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 2003.
CONDITIONS
3.
Only
the following may take part in the Festival:
. 1)
Foreign films and video productions
completed after Janu-ary 1st 2002.
. 2)Spanish
films and video productions completed after September
1st 2002.
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 dia-logues and stills
from the film. The documentation should be in
French, English or Spanish (preferably Spanish).
Copies on VHS video (PAL, SECAM, NTSC) are acceptable
for selection purposes.
9.
The documentation must be
sent by September 15th 2003 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. Copies on 16 mm
will have the optic or magnetic sound track incorporated.
Double-track copies 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.
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 estab-lished 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. |