Festival Audiovisual Muma Patagonia - 2024 (4)

Festival start: 15 November 2024      Festival end: 17 November 2024

DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVAL

The Muma Patagonia International Audiovisual Festival will take place on Friday the 15th - 17th of November 2024 in person in Comodoro Rivadavia, in the city of Chubut, in Argentina.

It will be screen only films directed by Women, Lesbians, Transvestites, Trans, Bisexuals, Intersexuals and Non-Binaries are allowed.

It will have the following sections:

International feature film competition (4 features)
International short film competition (2 programs of 5 shorts)
Argentinian feature film competition (4 features)
Argentinian short film competition (2 programs of 5 shorts)

HEADQUARTERS

Chubut, Comodoro Rivadavia
Art School Auditorium

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

In online mode

- Conversation between networks of audiovisual women from different regions of Argentina and Latin America

OBJECTIVES OF THE FESTIVAL

- Strengthen ties between distribution, production and production companies in Patagonia.

- Know and recognize the narratives of women and dissidents from around the world and put them in dialogue with the public.

- Provide tools for professional training that contribute to the labor insertion of women and dissidents in the Patagonian region.

- Generate a space for exchange with networks of audiovisual women from other parts of Latin America and the world.

AWARDS

Presentation of the winning films in the Patagonian Tour: screenings in other locations in the Argentine Patagonian region

- Neuquén, Villa La Angostura
Osvaldo Bayer Library

- Río Negro, San Carlos de Bariloche,
Carrilafquen Popular Library

Awards

Screenings of the winner films in our PATAGONIC TOUR

- Neuquén, Villa La Angostura
Biblioteca Osvaldo Bayer

- Río Negro, San Carlos de Bariloche,
Biblioteca Popular Carrilafquen

FILM FESTIVAL DATES
from November 15th to 17th.

The Muma Patagonia International Audiovisual Festival will take place on November 15th, 16th, 17th and will be held in person in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut and virtually for the rest of the world. Only films directed by women and LGBTQ+ people are admitted. We do not screen films made by cis gender men.

It will have the following sections:

International Feature Film Competition

International Short Film Competition

Patagonian Film Competition
Work In Progress for patagonian films

VENUES
Auditorio de la Escuela de Arte
Comodoro Rivadavia , Chubut
Argentina

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

In online mode

- Conversation between networks of audiovisual women from different regions of Argentina:


OBJECTIVES OF THE FESTIVAL

- Strengthen ties between distribution companies, producers and filmmakers in Patagonia.

- Know and recognize the narratives of women and dissidence from around the world and put them in dialogue with the public.

- Provide tools for professional training that contribute to the employment of women and dissidents in the Patagonian region.

- Generate a space for exchange with networks of audiovisual women from other parts of Latin America and the world.

Awards

Screenings of the winner films in our PATAGONIC TOUR

Venue 1
- Neuquén, Villa La Angostura
Biblioteca Osvaldo Bayer

Venue 2
- Rio Negro, Bariloche
Biblioteca Popular Carilafquen

REGULATION

4th MUMA PATAGONIA AUDIOVISUAL FESTIVAL

MAIN GOAL

MUMA FEST aims to strengthen ties between distribution companies, producers and filmmakers in Patagonia, learn about and recognize the narratives of women and dissidence from around the world and put them in dialogue with the public, provide tools for professional training with a gender perspective that contribute to the employment of women and dissidents in the Patagonian region and generate a space for exchange with women's audiovisual networks from other parts of Latin America and the world.

ARTICLE 1
Made by the Network of Audiovisual Women of Patagonia Argentina, part of the RED FAP (network of audiovisual festivals of Patagonia), produced with the support of the Secretariat of Culture of the province of Chubut, the 4th MUMA PATAGONIA Audiovisual Festival will take place online and in person in the city of Comodoro Rivadavia, province of Chubut on November 15, 16 and 17, in the screening main auditorium of the SarmientoArt School of Comodoro Rivadavia.

ARTICLE 2
The registration of films in all categories is free for Argentine content and is open to national and international long, medium and short film productions of all genres made by women, dissidents and non-binary identities.

ARTICLE 3
The 4th edition of the MUMA PATAGONIA Audiovisual Festival will include: International Feature Film Competition, International Short Film Competition, Patagonian films (made in Rio Negro, Neuquén, Chubut, Santa Cruz y Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) .

ARTICLE 4
Each film may have up to 2 (two) screenings, including an additional one for the press, if so decided by the Festival authorities. Once the Festival has communicated the selection of a film and the producer or his representative has provided his consent, it cannot be withdrawn. Its producer or the designated representative must submit the requested film and promotional materials before the deadline, as indicated in ANNEX I of these Regulations.

These materials will be used for the catalogue, the website, the press, publicity and dissemination of the film's participation in the Festival. The films will be presented in the original language, subtitled in spanish if necessary.

ARTICLE 5
To present a film to the Festival selection, it is necessary to complete the steps detailed below:

a) Register through Festhome
b) Send a download link with password.

Registration closes on Saturday, October 07, 2024.

The entire registration process will be exclusively online.

ARTICLE 6
The Selection Committee will recommend to the Festival authorities the films that, in the opinion of its members, should be chosen to be part of this edition of the Festival. The authorities will decide based on this proposal, selecting the works that respond to the objective of the Festival and have relevant and/or innovative artistic values, in order to form an Official Section compatible with the requirements of an International Competitive Festival.

ARTICLE 7
The organizers of the festival will designate the members of the juries for each section. Decisions will be made by absolute majority in the first two ballots and by relative majority in the following ones. Anyone who has any type of interest in the production or exploitation of a film in competition cannot be a jury. The members of the Jury firmly undertake not to publicly express their opinions regarding the films submitted for their consideration before the official proclamation of the awards.

ARTICLE 8

FOR ALL THE FILMS IN COMPETITION
‍National and international feature films participate. The productions must have been completed during 2021 - 2024 period.

The copies to be screened must necessarily have subtitles in Spanish if they are spoken in other languages.

The following prizes will be awarded:

‍for Best Feature Film;
‍Special Jury Prize;
‍for Best Direction;
‍for Best Performance;
‍for Best Screenplay.

The Jury may award up to 2 (two) Special Mentions, indicating the motivation that makes those who obtain them worthy of those mentions. No film may receive more than 2 (two) prizes, and no prize may be declared void.

ARTICLE 9
Once a film is scheduled, it cannot be withdrawn from the Festival.

ARTÍCULO 10º

10.1. The producers and distributors of those films that make up the Competitions undertake to include in all their advertising and press material the phrase “Official Selection of the MUMA PATAGONIA Audiovisual Festival”, using the Festival logo.

10.2. The producers and distributors of those films that win awards undertake to highlight them in all their advertising and press material, using the Festival logo.

10.3. This logo will be available on the Festival website.

ARTÍCULO 11º
Faced with the need to resolve an issue that is not contemplated in these bases and conditions, the MUMA fest committee together with the designated Juries will be responsible for making the pertinent decisions, which will be final.