Festival start: 14 November 2023
Festival end: 18 November 2023
Any person or legal entity can participate, individually or collectively, without age limit, and can be done with any audiovisual production - in 4K, 2K, Full HD, HDV, HD format. The productions presented may have been previously projected, posted on the internet or in other exhibitions and festivals, regardless of the year of production.
For all sections that are part of the official selection, all short films recorded in digital format will be accepted.
● LORCA Award for the best FEATURE FILM of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best OPERA PRIMA of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best ACTOR / FEATURE FILM of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best ACTRESS / FEATURE FILM of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best SUPPORTING ACTOR / FEATURE FILM of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best SUPPORTING ACTRESS / FEATURE FILM of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best DOCUMENTARY of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best DIRECTION of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best SCRIPT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best PHOTOGRAPHY of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best B.S.O. of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best ANIMATION of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best INTERNATIONAL SHORT SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best NATIONAL SHORT SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best ANDALUSIAN SHORT SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best GRANADINE SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best SOCIAL SHORT SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best SHORT COMEDY of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best ACTOR / SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best SUPPORTING ACTOR / SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best ACTRESS / SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
● LORCA Award for the best SUPPORTING ACTRESS / SHORT of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000
GRANADA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL RULES
The Organizing Committee of the Granada International Film Festival convenes the competition for the IV edition and establishes the bases that will govern it.
BASES:
1. The IV edition of the Granada International Film Festival - PREMIOS LORCA (Granada) will take place from November 14 to 18, 2023. It is an international festival, which aims to promote a specific space for discovery, projection and dissemination unpublished feature films and short films.
2. Any person or legal entity can participate, individually or collectively, with no age limit, and can be done with any audiovisual production – in 4K, 2K, Full HD, HDV, HD format. The productions presented may have been previously projected, or in other shows and festivals.
3. Each filmmaker, producer and/or director can register as many Works as they wish, they can be made in any language, but they must be delivered Subtitled in Spanish.
4. The thematic axis of the festival is open aimed at the general public; however, the theme and genre of the Productions is free. Quality and originality will be prioritized as the main objective.
5. The registration process is as follows:
The submission of short feature films through online submission platforms to festivals will be done exclusively through the following online submission platforms to festivals: festhome.com
6. Registration for the festival has a fee of 10 euros in short film categories and 20 euros in feature film category. The deadline for registration and reception of productions ends on September 30.
7. The Organizing Committee will make a prior selection of the works presented, and will especially value the aspects highlighted in point 4 of these RULES. This decision will be communicated through the official website and social networks of the festival with the list of selected works.
8. Works of an advertising or tourist nature will not be admitted, nor those that use non-original material in more than 10% of the entire work. Works that do not have the necessary technical quality for proper viewing will not be accepted either.
9. The OFFICIAL SELECTION will be made public on the Festival website from October 2023. The works of the works presented may remain in the possession of the organization, which reserves the right to use them as promotional material for the Festival.
10. The authors or authors will have to ensure that the content of their work does not infringe the rights of intellectual property or other rights of third parties, and will exonerate the Organizing Committee from any legal responsibility.
11. The selected productions will be screened publicly during the days of the Festival, understanding that their authors or producers authorize the screening. In no case is the payment of screening fees contemplated. The images of the short films may be used to promote the festival regardless of the year.
12. A Jury appointed by the Coordinating Committee and made up of a minimum of 4 people, will decide the prizes that are:
● LORCA Award to 22 categories of the festival endowed with a statuette of Lorca made in bronze by Hnos.Moreno valued at €3,000 each.
The awards ceremony will take place in November during the closing gala of the Festival.
13. The Jury will have the power to cancel the prize or prizes it deems appropriate, as well as to award a special trophy to highlight technical and/or artistic aspects of any of the works in competition. Their decisions will be final.
14. The production companies accept that, in case of obtaining any of the prizes
granted, they will include a written reference to the awarding of the prize at the beginning of each and every one of the copies of the film that they distribute for the exhibition in cinemas and/or in audiovisual competitions, as well as in all the printed informative and promotional material.
Said reference will consist of a text with the type of award received, invariably accompanied by the image of the list of winners that will be provided by the Organizing Committee. The expense will not be borne by the Festival.
15. The closing ceremony and the awards ceremony will take place in November 2023.
16. It is an essential condition to receive the awards to attend the closing gala of the Granada International Film Festival (Granada). In the event that the interested party cannot attend, a representative may attend on her behalf and a thank you video may be sent.
17. Any issue that appears during the Festival, not contemplated in the BASES, will be decided by the Organizing Committee. Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of these BASES.
18. All the information can be found on the festival website http://www.festivaldecineugranada.com/
19. The registration fee in the FEATURE FILM category is 65 euros and in the SHORT FILM category 12 euros.
ASPECTS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE SELECTED WORKS
Once the selection has been made, the producer of the work must send the following
information:
- digital photography of the cover of the short film in jpg format,
- information material about the film,
- biography, filmography and digital photography of the director.
Failure to send this information within a period of 7 days from your request will mean the removal of the short film from the Festival.
Documentaries
Short and Feature Films 130'<
Standard Fee12€ -8% 11.04€ PRO 18% 9.84€
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Animation
Short Films 120'<
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Spanish National Team
Short Films 30'<
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International Selection
Short Films 30'<
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Film selection Andalucia
Short Films 30'<
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The works must be Andalusian or, failing that, a component of the Andalusian team participates or was shot in the Andalusian region.
Feature Film
Feature Films >60'
Standard Fee15€ -8% 13.8€ PRO 18% 12.3€
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Film selection of the city of Granada
Short and Feature Films
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For this category, it is an essential requirement that a member of the team be born in Granada, live in Granada or part of the work was shot in the city of Granada (Spain).