Ecozine Film Festival (18)

Festival start: 04 April 2025      Festival end: 11 April 2025

18th Ecozine Film Festival, International Film and Environment of Zaragoza. April 2025. Organized by Asociación Cultural Ecozine

Cash Prizes: 5,000$

The Official Jury will give the following awards:

-International Feature Film AWARD

-National Feature Film AWARD

-Documentary Short Film AWARD

-Short Fiction Film AWARD

-Animation Short Film AWARD

The organization of the 18th edition of EcoZine also gives the following prizes:

-Young Audience Award for Best Short Film.

-Jury Prize for short films made by schoolchildren up to 12 years of age.

-Jury Prize for short films made by schoolchildren over 12 years of age.

-Aragón Televisión Award, endowed with 900 €. In return, the screening of the winning film must be authorized twice during one year (the screening dates will be agreed upon according to the indications given by the winning production).

-Award for distribution in Spain offered by CONUNPACK DISTRIBUCIÓN

Other awards and honorable mentions may be granted by national and international institutions and organizations, previously approved by the Festival organization, being the responsibility of these institutions and organizations the election of the winners and the delivery of the corresponding awards.

1.1-The 18th ECOZINE FILM FESTIVAL (April 2025) will be held in different locations, with the main headquarters being in Zaragoza (Spain).

2.1-EcoZine wants to promote, showcase and reward audiovisual works of fiction, animation, experimental and documentaries, focused on environmental issues, produced anywhere in the world, while also promoting actions and parallel activities related to this subject.

2.2- Environment: all aspects related to climate change, water resources and their management, sustainable development and change, human rights and gender relations in relation to the environment, North-South relations and socio-economic imbalances and other human activities with harmful effects to the natural environment.

3.1-The films must have been produced after July 1, 2023

3.2-Registration for the competition sections will be done in the following sections:

• Short films, up to 25 minutes (fiction, documentary and animation)

• Feature Films, more than 45 minutes (documentary)

3.3-The call for entry is open until Octoberr 15, 2024.

3.4-Ecozine Film Festival does not pay screening fees.

3.5-The producers and / or directors and / or distributors of the films selected will be informed before December 15, 2024. This date may be extended according to the needs of Ecozine´s Organization.

The Film Festival will just notify the selected films.

3.6-The films selected to participate in the 18th edition must send before January 15, 2025, with the following documents:

• Screening Copy
• Filmmaker´s C.V.
• Two HQ photos to be used for the web and catalogue.
• Trailer and any other materials available for promotion (posters, etc.).
• Selected films that are not in Spanish must be submitted with Spanish subtitles. If they do not have Spanish subtitles they should be sent with english or French subtitles with the time codes (srt files or similar).

4.1-An independent Selection Team will select among the works submitted the films that are going to participate in the competitive categories.

4.2-It is forbidden the participation in the Selection Team, the Official Jury and structures of the organization of the 18th edition of ECOZINE, of individuals or legal entities with any connection with the films submits in the Competitive Sections.

4.3- EcoZine Festival can create parallel sections with films that haven't been selected, if they are considered interesting to screen during the 18th edition.

5.1-An Official Jury will be constituted to choose winners in the Competitive Sections, and all decisions will be final. The Organization may invite other independent and organizations / associations to decide any of the prizes awarded.

5.2- The Jury will award the following prizes:

• Best International Film Feature
• Best National Film Feature
• Best Short Documentary
• Best Short Fiction
• Best Short Animation

5.3-The organization of the 18th edition of EcoZine also gives the following recognized awards (non-monetary awards):

-Young Audience Award for Best Short Film
-Best Short Jury Prize made by schoolchildren up to 12 years old
-Best Short Jury Prize for schoolchildren over 12 years old
-Aragon Television Award, with a cash prize of 900 €. In return, two broadcasts must be authorized on regional television for one year (dates to be defined with the winner).
-Award for distribution in Spain offered by CONUNPACK DISTRIBUCIÓN

5.4- Other awards can be offered by institutions and national and international organizations, previously approved by the organization of the Festival

6.1- For the Festival promotion, Ecozine´s Organization reserves the right to exhibit an extract from the films selected free, in cinema, TV, Internet or other public media

6.2- While the competition is held, the organization reserves the right to display the selected films as many times as necessary. According to this point the producers will give in the rights without any charge during the Festival.

6.3- After the Film Festival, EcoZine may use the films selected for cultural and environmental programs, always with the express permission of the owners.

6.4.- Any situation omitted from these regulations shall be determined by the 17th Edition Ecozine´s organization, according to general principles of law and customs of audiovisual contest or festivals.

6.5- These regulations have been presented in english and Spanish. If any matter should arise, it shall be settled according to the Spanish version.