Festival de Animación Comfama (2)

Festival start: 06 March 2025      Festival end: 09 March 2025

The Second Comfama Animation Festival is a Cultural event of the Family Compensation Fund of Antioquia, Comfama, which seeks to contribute to the formation of audiences with programming of audiovisual animation productions and conversations that generate reflections around different realities and help strengthen the animation sector through the ELPAUER Animation Market.

In 2025, the Comfama Animation Festival will once again be a space where attendees can enjoy international feature films, Ibero-American short films, Colombian series and university productions, becoming a space to enjoy content made mostly in animation technique. aimed at family and youth audiences.

Comfama welcomes you to a new edition and invites Ibero-American animation directors and producers (professionals and amateurs) to register their short films in the Ibero-American Short Films section and Colombian university filmmakers in the University Creators section.

AWARDS

- BEST IBERO-AMERICAN SHORT FILM. Will receive the statuette for Best Ibero-American Short Film at the Comfama 2025 Animation Festival

- IBERO-AMERICAN SHORT FILM MENTION. Will receive recognition (diploma) as a participant in the Ibero-American Short Film competition at the Comfama 2025 Animation Festival

- BEST UNIVERSITY CREATORS SHORT FILM. Will receive the statuette for Best University Creators Short Film at the Comfama 2025 Animation Festival

- UNIVERSITY CREATORS SHORT FILM MENTION. Will receive recognition (diploma) as a participant in the University Creators competition at the Comfama 2025 Animation Festival.

GENERAL INFORMATION

If you wish to participate in this competition, you must first read the Participation Rules that you will find on the official Festival website and on the FESTHOME platform where you must register your film following the instructions indicated there. Please note that by registering and sending your work you are accepting the conditions of participation.

SECTIONS

The competition is aimed at short films made after January 1, 2022. The selected works will be announced on Monday, January 13, 2025, via email addressed to each selected film. The selection committee reserves the right to select any work and in any case the jury's decision will be final. All information on the films that are part of the official selection will be published in the Comfama Animation Festival catalogue.

- IBERO-AMERICAN SHORT FILMS

Directed to audiovisual works of Ibero-American production or co-production with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, in any technique of the animation format, in Spanish or in another language with Spanish subtitles of fiction, documentary or experimental genre and with a production no earlier than January 2022.

- COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITY CREATORS

Directed to audiovisual works of Colombian university production, in any technique of the animation format, in Spanish or in another language with Spanish subtitles, of a maximum of ten (10) minutes, of fiction, documentary or experimental genre and with a production no earlier than January 2022.

PARTICIPATION

The submission of the works will be done only online, registering on the FESTHOME platform (www.festhome.com). International participants will pay between €2 and €3 for the registration and submission of their film and all the documentation required by the Festival for the competition. These payments correspond to the platform's service fee, therefore, they do not constitute income for any of the organizers. Participants of Colombian nationality may do so free of charge.

The organization reserves the right to disqualify any participant who does not meet the technical requirements required by Comfama such as the playback format, Spanish subtitles, etc.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

- Where and when will the Comfama Animation Festival take place? From March 6 to 9, 2025 in El Retiro - Antioquia (Colombia).

- Who can participate in the Comfama Animation Festival? All natural persons or legal entities, national or foreign, who are creators of projects in the categories determined in this call and who meet the conditions of participation.

- Can several works participate in the Comfama Animation Festival? The same person or entity can register as many works as they wish, and it is up to the jury to decide how many and which ones will be selected.

- Who will select the works that will be part of the official section of the Comfama Animation Festival? A selection committee appointed by Comfama will choose the participating works.

- When will it be announced which works have been chosen to participate in the Comfama Animation Festival? The publication of the works selected for the competition will take place on January 13, 2025, by the means that Comfama deems appropriate. All the works that have been selected may be promoted at the discretion of Comfama, that is, the selection will be communicated on all the channels that we consider and use will be made of the frames and information of the short films.

- Who will select the winning works? A group of jurors will be formed for each category, each composed of three people from the industry. These groups will select the winning works.

DISABILITIES AND INCOMPATIBILITIES

The following are not eligible to participate in the Festival:

Those who perform functions at the management, advisory or executive levels of Comfama or another organization allied to the Festival.

Persons who are related, up to the second degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity, to Comfama employees.

Contractors who work for Comfama.

Those who serve as jurors for the Comfama Animation Festival.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Participation in the Comfama Animation Festival does not imply the transfer of rights over the works submitted. The participant retains all intellectual property rights over the content provided. By registering, the participant irrevocably grants the following authorizations for the use of his/her work during and after the contest, these being an essential requirement for participation:

Inclusion and use of the project in the Comfama Animation Festival video library for academic, cultural and archival purposes, in perpetuity, excluding any use for commercial purposes.

Use of fragments of the works in promotional materials for the festival (such as trailers, posters and social media) for the duration of the festival and up to one year after its conclusion, maintaining the essence and integrity of the original work. Adaptation of these fragments is permitted solely for promotional purposes, without altering the main message or the author's moral rights.

Public exhibition of the selected works during the festival and associated events for two years from the date of the Festival. The participant declares that he/she is aware of and accepts that, as this is a cultural and non-profit event, no exhibition fees will be paid at the Animation Festival or at the events associated with its promotion.

Authorization for use of registered trademarks: The participant grants permission to use his/her registered trademarks exclusively for informational and promotional purposes related to his/her participation in the festival. This use is restricted to the context of the event and is not for commercial purposes.

Comfama will not make any financial outlays of any kind for the presentation of projects, for the dissemination of these during or outside the Festival, or for the use of associated brands. The participant declares that he/she is aware of and accepts this condition, recognizing the cultural and non-profit nature of the event.

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

By participating in the call for the Comfama Animation Festival in El Retiro, the participant who submits his/her work through this online registration freely and voluntarily declares that:

He/she has read and understood the rules determined in the call for the Festival and declares that he/she accepts and submits to each and every one of the stipulations of the same, in the same terms expressed therein.

He/she affirms that any statement he/she makes within the framework of participation in the Festival will be truthful and will not violate or usurp the rights of third parties.

He/she recognizes that the terms of this declaration constitute binding obligations between the parties. Likewise, by registering, the participant waives any stipulation contained in any other document that may undermine or prevent the exercise of the obligations acquired through the call and this document.

The participant declares to be the legitimate owner of the project, guaranteeing his authority to register it and his compliance with the current intellectual property legislation. He assumes full responsibility for the content presented, including any third-party material, and releases Comfama from all associated legal liability.

He authorizes Comfama to photograph, promote, record and reproduce in any way his appearances as PARTICIPANT (representative of the work selected for the Festival) and in the Festival, as well as in any exhibition for cultural and/or academic purposes in which the Festival has a presence on any platform developed and to be developed.

You accept and are aware that the Comfama Animation Festival is an event with academic and cultural purposes, for which reason you expressly waive the right to demand, require, request, or claim in any direct or indirect way, any type of expenditure, payment, compensation and/or remuneration for your participation in the Festival, other than those that may arise as a consequence of the awarding of prizes that are determined for such purposes by Comfama, in accordance with the conditions that the organizers of the Festival determine at their discretion for these purposes.

You accept that at any time and without prior notice, Comfama may modify the conditions determined here, without any claim of any kind.

Comfama reserves the right to request additional identity validations if it deems it necessary. Any fraudulent application or one that involves identity theft will result in the immediate disqualification of the project and could lead to legal action.