Festival Internacional de Cine de Navarra - NIFF (6)

Festival start: 19 September 2024      Festival end: 21 September 2024

NIFF is a space for criticism, denunciation, impact and social growth through the dissemination and promotion of cinema.

NIFF aims to be a statement against non-involvement, disregard and lack of commitment, which is the real disease of this century, where we produce more than we can consume, and happiness is subject to the law of supply and demand.

NIFF was born with the intention of triggering, debating the issues that are hidden under appearances and confronting the public with the social realities that show each individual as a part of those that make us complex, unique and human.

Official Section
Navarrese short film
New Generation


5.1. OFFICIAL SECTION AWARDS

The Jury of the Official Section will award the following prizes:

NIFF Gold Award for Best Short Film of the festival + €2000
NIFF Gold Award for Best Fiction Short Film
NIFF Gold Award for Best Animated Short Film
DOCMA Gold NIFF for Best Documentary Short Film
NIFF Silver Award for Best Director
NIFF Silver Award for Best Performance
NIFF Silver Award for Best Animation Performance
NIFF Gold DAMA for Best Screenplay
WELAB Silver NIFF for Best Photography
NIFF de Plata FILMIN, where the 10 finalist short films can be from any section.


Within the official section the following prizes will also be awarded:

CIMA Silver NIFF
NIFF Políglota Award (Best Short Film in Co-Official Languages)
NIFF Challenge Award
NIFF Challenge Award from Navarra


5.2. NAVARRO SHORT FILM PRIZE

NIFF Gold Award for Best Short Film from Navarra

The decision of the juries in each of the awards will be final. The winners undertake to include a mention of the award received at the 6th NIFF - Navarra Film Festival 2024 in subsequent screenings.

Additionally, the festival will deliver:

NIFF of Honor
NIFF Social Values
NIFF Gente Maja
NIFF Communication Award


5.3. NEW GENERATION

- NIFF New Generation Award.

Rules 6th NIFF - Navarra International Film Festival 2024


1. General rules and sections

The sixth edition of the Navarra International Film Festival is convened. Navarra International Short Film Festival 2024, which will be held in Pamplona between September 19 and 21, 2024.

Participation is open to all Spanish and international short films produced and made after January 1, 2023.

The duration may not exceed 40 minutes (including credits).

All genres (fiction, animation, documentary, experimental), themes and original production formats are accepted.

Short films in competition must not have been submitted to previous festival calls.

The works will be presented by a person, organization or company that holds the rights over them or that legally represents them.

The person who submits works to the contest will be responsible for making the copyright payments generated by his or her works.

2. online registration and fees

To participate in the 6th Navarra International Film Festival 2024, works must register through the festival's official platforms: Festhome.

The registration period will open on February 1, 2024 and will close on May 15, 2024.

The following registration fees are established to be paid by participants:

For the New Generation Section:

Early Period: from February 1 to February 15: €0
Regular Period: from February 16 to March 31: €3
Extended Period: from April 1 to May 15: €5

For the rest of the Sections:

Early Period: from February 1 to February 15: €5
Regular Period: from February 16 to March 31: €10
Extended Period: from April 1 to May 15: €15

For consideration of their works, participants will provide viewing copies of their works in the original version to the platforms. If their language is different from Spanish, it will be presented with subtitles in this language embedded in the image.

3. Selection

The Selection Committee, made up of professionals from the world of audiovisual arts and the organization, will be in charge of selecting works for the different sections of the festival.

The organization will notify the final result of the selection by e-mail to the contact person.

In the event that a work is selected, the organization will contact the representative to request all the necessary material.

The screening copy of the selected works will be sent in the time and manner requested by the organization. In any case, the shipment will be online.

The projection format will be digital. The technical characteristics are:

1. Master Full HD (1920 x 1080) at 25 or 24 fps, H264 codec
AVG Bitrate: 10MBPS or more.
Sound: AAC 48Hz 320 or stereo.
2. Trailer.
3. Layered poster and 3 or 4 photos or stills of the short film.

Screening copies of the selected works will be sent in their original version. If the language is different from Spanish, it will be presented with subtitles embedded in the image in this language.

Copies of the selected works may be used in limited viewings for the selection committee and in the Festival's Palmarés samples organized by the festival, always for cultural and non-profit purposes, with prior communication to the producers of the intended use. make of them.

The selected films will be shown at the times and places that appear on the official festival website (www.navarrafestival.com), assuming that participants authorize these screenings from the moment they register for the Festival.

For the FILMIN-NIFF award, the selection committee will choose the 10 finalists for participation in the FILMIN-NIFF award, from among the films that wish to be in the online edition of the festival, through the Filmin platform. These films can be seen on Filmin during the dates established by the festival. The winner will receive the trophy at the NIFF gala in addition to a free registration for one year in FILMIN.

In any case, express authorization will be requested for its online broadcast through the festival's official platform in the event that they also opt for this modality. Acceptance of participation in online format will not be mandatory to participate in the in-person version of the contest.

With the registration of a work and the consequent acceptance of these rules, the owners of the works that are selected to participate in competitive sections give the Festival the right to project said works - always for exclusively cultural and non-commercial purposes - throughout the year and a half following the celebration of the Festival in the different extraordinary activities held outside the official week, whose purpose is the promotion of the festival.

In any case, these possible screenings will always be notified to the owner of the work and will always be free of charge to the public.

4. Sections

The Navarra International Film Festival 2024 will have the following sections:

- Official Section (International Competition)
- New Generation Section (International Competition)
- Navarrese short film
- Parallel sections

4.1. OFFICIAL SECTION

In the Official Section, international and Spanish short films* will compete under equal conditions, and all of them are eligible for the Official Section awards indicated below.

The Official Section will have its own specific Jury, which will award the corresponding prizes independently of the rest of the sections.

(*) All Spanish productions, co-productions where Spanish participation is greater than 40% and those works directed by filmmakers of Spanish nationality are considered Spanish short films, even if they have been produced by other countries.

4.2. NEW GENERATION SECTION

New Generation is a new competitive section whose main objective is to encourage the creation and audiovisual training of young people. We believe that the future of our cinema lies in the new generations and that is why the NIFF New Generation wants to look for those views that will be the cinema of tomorrow.

European works made by young people between 18 and 30 years old may compete in this section. All team leaders must be within this age range.

The works may not exceed 10 minutes in duration, not including the credits, and in no case may the total duration of the work exceed 12 minutes.

Attendance at the festival by the finalists is mandatory in order to receive one of the prizes. If the director cannot attend, any of the team leaders may attend.

The other criteria for this section are the same as those set out in the general considerations. New Generation will have its own specific Jury, which will award the corresponding prizes independently of the rest of the sections.

Dynamics, voting and finalists of the NIFF New Generation on the website: www.navarrafestival.com

4.3. NAVARRO SHORT FILM

All works that meet at least one of the following requirements may compete in this competition:

- Be directed or produced by a person born in Navarra.
- Have been filmed in a substantial part or entirely in Navarra.
- Be produced by a production company based in Navarra.
- Be directed or produced by a person who has resided for five consecutive or seven alternate years in Navarra.

Also eligible for this award are works that meet any of the aforementioned requirements that have been selected in the Official Section or New Generation Section competitions. In the registration it will be necessary to indicate that the short film is eligible for the Navarro Short Film Award and prove this condition if the organization requires it.

The Navarro Short Film Section will have its own specific Jury, which will award the corresponding prize independently of the rest of the sections.

4.4. PARALLEL SECTIONS

The 6th NIFF - Navarra Film Festival 2024 will be able to complete its programming with a series of parallel and informative sections outside of competition.

5. prizes

Official Section
Navarrese short film
New Generation


5.1. OFFICIAL SECTION AWARDS

The Jury of the Official Section will award the following prizes:

NIFF Gold Award for Best Short Film of the festival + €2000
NIFF Gold Award for Best Fiction Short Film
NIFF Gold Award for Best Animated Short Film
DOCMA Gold NIFF for Best Documentary Short Film
NIFF Silver Award for Best Director
NIFF Silver Award for Best Performance
NIFF Silver Award for Best Animation Performance
NIFF Gold DAMA for Best Screenplay
WELAB Silver NIFF for Best Photography
NIFF de Plata FILMIN, where the 10 finalist short films can be from any section.


Within the official section the following prizes will also be awarded:

CIMA Silver NIFF
NIFF Políglota Award (Best Short Film in Co-Official Languages)
NIFF Challenge Award
NIFF Challenge Award from Navarra


5.2. NAVARRO SHORT FILM PRIZE

NIFF Gold Award for Best Short Film from Navarra

The decision of the juries in each of the awards will be final. The winners undertake to include a mention of the award received at the 6th NIFF - Navarra Film Festival 2024 in subsequent screenings.

Additionally, the festival will deliver:

NIFF of Honor
NIFF Social Values
NIFF Gente Maja
NIFF Communication Award


5.3. NEW GENERATION

- NIFF New Generation Award.

6. Acceptance of the rules and Data Protection Law

Registration implies acceptance of these rules, as well as the decisions of the organization, selection committee and juries. Any issue not provided for in the rules will be resolved by the festival organization.

The organization reserves, exceptionally, the right to admit works that do not meet any of the criteria detailed above.

The organization undertakes and obliges that the personal data belonging to the participants' data file will be treated in accordance with article 12 of Organic Law 15/1999, of December 13, on the Protection of Personal Data (LOPD). ).

In the case of prizes with a financial award, the corresponding withholdings or taxes will be applied to their amount as established by law.