REGULATIONS AND ENTRY FORM
Bilbao City Hall, in cooperation with the Bizkaia Provincial Council, the Basque Government Department of Culture and the Ministry of Culture (ICAA) and the
Foreign Ministery (AECI) announce the staging of the 48th BILBAO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILMS.

1. The 48th BILBAO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILMS will be held in Bilbao from November 27st-December 2nd 2006.

2. The 48th 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 (F.I.A.P.F.). The articles of these Regulations are in accordance with the provisions of the International Regulations of
the FIAPF for 2006.

CONDITIONS
3. Only the following may take part in the Festival:
1) Foreign films and video productions completed after to January 1st 2005.
2) Spanish films and video productions completed after to September 1st 2005.

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 dialog’s lists and
stills from the film. The documentation should be in basque, spanish, english
or french. Copies on VHS video (PAL, SECAM, NTSC) or DVD are acceptable for
selection purposes. One copy per film.


9. The documentation must be sent by September 1st 2006 to the Festival
address at Colón de Larreátegui, 37 - 4.º dcha. 48009 BILBAO, Spain.



PRINTS
10. Copies of films and video productions for public showing should be
on 16 or 35 mm, Beta SP/PAL, DV, DVCAM. Only copies will be accepted:
no masters. Allocation of sound tracks. Mono: identical phased sound on tracks 1 and 2. Stereo: left channel on track 1, right channel on track 2. Tracks 3 and 4 must be cleared of any audio signal. Only will be accepted 16/9 NO anamorfic.


11. Video productions and film print should be sent to the Festival’s postal
address at Colón de Larreátegui, 37 - 4.º 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 print both ways will be payable by
participants. The video supports are not returned automatically. The licensor
must ask for the video supports to be returned by six months after the end of
the festival. In this event, teh cost of shipment will be incurred by the licensor.
Without any request from the licensor within this period, the video support
will be erased.


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 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
Registration form in PDF
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