Festival De Cine Global Santo Domingo (fcgsd) (17)

Festival start: 31 January 2025      Festival end: 06 February 2025

SANTO DOMINGO GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FILM REGISTRATION

The following terms and conditions (Terms) govern the registration of a cinematographic work (The FILMS) for the Santo Domingo Global Film Festival (FCGSD) (The festival) to be considered in the present edition.

The registration process will be exclusively through the official festival platforms, which will be announced on the call. This document shall precede any other document prepared by FCGSD or anyone else.

Please email any request or concern related to these Terms to FTerms@tamoencine.org.

The awards ceremony will take place on the closing night of this edition of the FCGSD. The winners will receive a certificate as recognition.

The amount of the prizes, if any, will be announced on the opening night of this edition.

The Festival Jury undertakes to view all the films in competition in their respective category to issue their decision. It will act under the guidelines and instructions of the Jury Coordination, which will have the exclusive role of facilitator in the award process and related activities.

The festival assumes all the award decisions of the Jury in an absolute and unappealable manner.

It is undertaken to notify the winners within three (3) days of each edition's results. Likewise, it will use the means it deems necessary for the dissemination of the same, such as social networks, web pages, and any other means of official promotion that will also be considered valid in case it is not able to establish direct communication with the users—representatives of each film for any reason.

THE APPLICANT DECLARES AND UNDERTAKES TO:

By registering a Film for consideration in the Festival, the filmmaker has obtained the consent of each and every one of the owners, creators, writers, producers, and any other natural or legal person related to it (“Legal representatives of the film“ ), whose consent may be required to proceed with the registration of the film at the Festival.

They have settled the payment of the corresponding copyright for the script, images, music, and any audiovisual material or any other non-original material subject to intellectual property contained in the film.

That the film is entirely original or adapted from another medium and is NOT a copy of pre-existing and copyrighted original material. The film does not include any other work that is the subject of copyright or additional protection unless that work is in the public domain or of the parties. They have submitted and obtained any consents, releases, licenses, and other releases or releases necessary for the inclusion or reproduction of any person, character, location, thing, trademark, sound recording, musical composition, or any other work in the film.

That the film does NOT present content that could be considered defamatory to any natural or legal person, nor does it violate common law or legal rights, including, without limitation, the rights of privacy and publicity or any other right of any natural or legal person.

That the film is NOT involved in any litigation process inside or outside the courts of any instance, category, or country for any reason.

That does NOT exist at the time of registration, is in process, nor will any agreement be made after the registration date, which could prejudice the right of the sending parties to provide the film as contemplated in this document or conflict with any section of the Terms and Conditions.

The films must be unpublished and have not participated in any other festival or event held in the territory of the Dominican Republic before the date of their presentation at the Festival. In this case, the films will be invalidated for the competition and participation in the Festival.

It grants the Festival the rights exclusively for promotional purposes of the Festival and communication or public information of fragments of the literary work. These rights will in no case be for profit.

It will provide all the materials necessary or required for promoting the Festival, including written, graphic, or audiovisual material, such as plot synopsis, technical and artistic sheets, press books, photographs, trailers, posters, or any other type of promotional material prepared for the Festival. It will broadcast the film. Likewise, it authorizes the dissemination and use of said materials in any medium.

It is responsible for providing the Festival's correct and functional contact information when necessary.


FILM REGISTRATION:

The films to be registered must be contained in one of the categories detailed below:

FICTION FIRST FILM COMPETITION "JIMMY SIERRA".
70 minutes or more, not including the closing credits.

DOCUMENTARY FIRST FILM COMPETITION “FERNANDO BÁEZ”.
70 minutes or more, not including the closing credits.

FICTION / DOCUMENTARY FIRST SHORT FILM COMPETITION” CLAUDIO CHEA”
15 minutes or less, including closing credits.
The directors of the short films must be within the age range of 18 to 55 years.

FICTION SHORT FILM COMPETITION “CORTO GLOBAL”.
15 minutes or less, including closing credits.
The directors of the short films must be within the age range of 18 to 55 years.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM COMPETITION “CORTO GLOBAL”.
15 minutes or less, including closing credits.
The directors of the short films must be within the age range of 18 to 55 years.

ANIMATION SHORT FILM COMPETITION.
15 minutes or less, including closing credits.
The directors of the short films must be within the age range of 18 to 55 years.


Complete the registration process through one of the platforms designated by the Festival. Once completed, you will receive an electronic confirmation communication. The Festival is not responsible for technical failures or any other failure in the registration process or incomplete processes not confirmed or validated by the established procedures.
Provide the Festival with an online link to the film for evaluation by the Festival's programming staff.
Remissions in any other form or physical format, including content for reading/writing (RW), Blu-ray, or DVDs, will NOT be considered valid for registration.

Physical deposit of the films directly at the Festival offices will only be accepted with an exception.

The film must have been submitted to the Festival and be available for technical tests no later than 15 days before this edition's opening night.

Films submitted to the festival through the competition registration cannot demand the payment of projection costs (screening fees). The payment of any cost related to the screening is subject to the sole and exclusive consideration of the Festival.

The Festival only allows DCP projection or downloadable digital links.

Films of any nationality and filmmakers from anywhere in the world can be presented.

The number of films that each applicant can register for is unlimited.

The official language of the country is Spanish. Films in another language must have mandatory Spanish subtitles and optional english subtitles.

A film completed 18 months before the opening night of this edition or previously submitted to the Festival for consideration will not be considered and Should Not Be Submitted.

The representatives of the films that have been awarded agree to mention this award in all publicity and press material, using the Santo Domingo Global Film Festival logo.

The representatives who make the registration or have selected films release the Festival, the owners of the licenses, successors, members, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, associates, and related parties, from any liability in the event of fortuitous theft, irregular access or unauthorized copying, or any consideration of copyright infringement of the submitted film while the film has the Festival.

Participation in this competition implies full acceptance of the rules. The applicant declares to have read and accepted all the Terms and Conditions and declares his adherence to them and any decisions made by the Festival.


THE FESTIVAL:


You may, but are not required to, disqualify or reject any entry that you determine, in your sole discretion, does not comply, in whole or in part, with these Terms.

It will designate a Selection Committee or curators who will be in charge of choosing the finalists.

It will select a jury of national and international film professionals to choose the winning films.

It will screen the films publicly during the festival, according to the calendar determined by the event organization and the number of authorized screenings.

Do not assume responsibility for contestants' non-compliance in all copyright-related matters.

It will notify the finalists two (2) weeks before this edition's official announcement to all applicants selected to participate in the Festival.

It will notify the public of the finalists of the competitions one (1) month before the opening night of this edition through our website, social networks, and any other available means.

All applicants who are not selected to participate in the Festival will be contacted by email two (2) weeks before the official announcement of this edition.

You will contact applicants using the contact information provided in the registration form.

Suppose a response is received after the established period. In that case, it will not be responsible for the exclusion or any other decision related to the participation of the Film in the Festival.

It is not responsible for unsuccessful attempts to contact applicants using the contact information provided.

It will consider all eligible films registered within the deadlines announced in the initial call for inclusion in the Festival by these Terms.

It reserves the right to consider, for inclusion in the festival, the films received at any time and through any means, channel, or process, including means, media, or procedures other than those described in these Terms and Conditions.

You are not required to consider including any film submitted through the process described in these Terms and Conditions.

He has sole, absolute, and unappealable discretion in all selection decisions.

You are not required to issue comments, reasons, or any other information regarding the selection or non-selection of any films submitted or relating to the process by which the films were or were not selected.

It is not responsible during or after the selection process for the contents of any internal comments or comments about the film, which may be about the applicant or any other person, or for any communication by any representative of the Festival regarding the Film or its selection process.

Take all reasonable precautions against hacking.

While the films are in the festival's possession, they are safely stored and regularly inventoried.

Film access is limited to festival staff who require it to protect and consider submissions. Duplication and loan of the film are not allowed.

It will decide whether to consider invitations to people related to the film's production team for such purposes and whether to cover expenses related to air and local transportation, lodging, diets, or other items that could be considered.

The right of selection is reserved, being able to disqualify, reject, or make the decision not to present any film that does not comply with any of these terms or conditions, previously exposed, or for any other reason that it internally considers valid.
It reserves the right to include new or modify existing clauses without prior communication or individual notice to the participants. In this case, the Terms and Conditions will be updated in the media used regularly by the Festival or those that it deems appropriate.