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Submissions deadline
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Rules & Terms
DONOSSKINO VOL VII 2024
DONOSSKINO 2024 RULES (ENG)
Submission deadline: 2024 May 31.
Terms:
1.The 7th edition of Donostia Short Film Festival will take place in October 2024 and will be open to filmmakers worldwide.
2.Fiction short films can participate, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes.
3.Entries must have completed production after June 30, 2023.
4.Works previously submitted to the Donosskino Festival will not be accepted.
5.Advertising and/or commercial videos will be excluded
6.Registration can be done by sending your short film online through Festhome, and it will end on May 31, 2024.
7.The registration fee per short film at the Donosskino festival will be 3€ until May 15, 2024 and 5€ between May 16 and May 31, 2024. Payment will be made through the platform used for the inscription. Registration will only be effective when verifying the income of the fee. The entire amount of the fees will be used for the prizes awarded at the festival together with a contribution from the organization up to 3,000€. The short films from the Basque Country will be exempt from these fees*. (*The director must be registered in the Basque Country for at least one year before the date of publication of this call, or be born in the Basque Country and have resided there continuously for at least 5 years.
8.The selected short films must send a copy of the short film in DCP format for screening at the festival. As well as a .mov or .mp4 file and promotional material of the short film through a platform that will facilitate the organization. In case of non-compliance with this point, the organization reserves the right to withdraw the short film from the festival.
9.All those films whose original dialogues are not in Spanish must be subtitled in Spanish. If not, will be rejected.
10.The organization reserves the right to use 20% of the minutes of each short film for promotional use of the festival and the works themselves.
11.The legal representative of the short film, agrees to submit, works whose contents are original, and whose rights belong to him. The organization is not responsible for any further problems in this regard.
12.The official jury composed of professionals from the film, will be in charge of awarding the prizes.
13.awards
● SHORTZINEMA AWARD - BEST FICTION SHORT FILM
● BEST PERFORMANCE
● ETXEAN SHORTUAK AWARD - BEST BASQUE COUNTRY FICTION SHORT FILM
● AUDIENCE PRIZE
● K AWARD
14.The decisions of the Official Jury will be final. The awards will be presented at the closing gala, on a date to be determined, during the month of October 2024.
15.In the case that the winner of any of the awards cannot attend the closing gala, the winner must send a video thanking the award, which will be screened at the closing gala. Likewise, the video may also be used by the organization on its social networks. In case of non-compliance with this point, the organization reserves the right to disqualify the short film.
16.Registration implies acceptance of the rules.
Festhome holds accountable fees festivals by holding the payment of the fees of most newer festivals until they have viewed the submissions, held their festivals and other methods. 