Socialmed 3 Valencia Festival Dels Drets Humans De La Mediterrània (3)

Festival start: 14 April 2023      Festival end: 29 April 2023

SOCIALMED VALÈNCIA is the first Mediterranean Social Film Festival, which pays special attention to cinema and artistic creation related to social issues geographically and culturally linked to the Mediterranean Sea. The festival is based in the city of Valencia and will host its main event once a year in spring, although the first edition in 2021 was held exceptionally in 19-27 November 2021. This call for entries applies to the competitive and informative sections of the festival.

As organisers and promoters of the festival, València City Council and the ACM Foundation invite MedCités / MedCities, the network that coordinates 63 city councils and unions of municipalities from across the Mediterranean region through sustainable development projects, strategic urban city plans and the development of urban services, to collaborate in the promotion of the festival and the reception of submissions from its members. In addition, the organising entities are members of the network.

MED FICCIÓ
– Best Film
– Best screenplay EDAV

MED DOCS
– Best Documentary 1000€
– Social Values

MED VLC
– Best Short Film 750 €
– Best Screenplay EDAV
– Furturs in Freedom (awarded by CP Picassent)
– Best Student Short Film

MEDITERRANEAN SHORT FILMS
– Best Short Film
– Social Values Prize

ANIMED
- Best Animated Film (Money prize TBD)

1. Only films shot and produced in Mediterranean countries or countries linked to Mediterranean cultures are eligible to participate in the festival, except in the MED FICCIÓ section, which has no geographical restrictions.

(a) Mediterranean countries are all countries belonging to the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea in the broad sense, including Mauritania at its southern-western end.

b) Submissions may also be made from territories adjacent to those mentioned above which for historical, cultural or linguistic reasons can be associated with the Mediterranean area, such as territories with Romance languages, Balkan countries and the territories of Kurdistan.

c) As a special case, films produced in the territories of Kurdistan must be at least 50% spoken in the Kurdish language.

2. Production date: All productions must have been produced in 2021, 2022 y 2023.

3. Languages: The films must be subtitled in English, Spanish or Catalan.

4. The call for entries is open for the following sections:

MED FICCIÓ Social themed feature films
MED DOCS Mediterranean feature-length documentary films
MED CURTS: Section within the programme of the 45th Edition of FICIE Elche International Independent Film Festival: https://ficie.fundacionmediterraneo.es/
MED VLC Valencian Short Films
MED FUTURS Short film > 4 minutes
MED FUTURS Short film < 4 minutes
The SocialMed organisation will decide on the selection committees and juries for each section. The jury will be announced once the selection has been made.
ANIMED Animation films competition

5. Submission deadline: February 15th 2023.

Deadline Official Section Mediterranean Short Films: See dates in: https://ficie.fundacionmediterraneo.es/

6. Submission: Films must be submitted on the Festhome platform.

7. MED FICCIÓ Official international competitive section for feature films:
Any fictional work with a social theme, with no geographical limit, may participate.

b) The minimum length of the feature films will be 70 minutes.

c) The film must be unreleased in the city of Valencia.

d) subtitles in Spanish, Valencian or english (srt format).

e) A screening fee will be paid for each selected feature film.

f) An independent jury will determine the honorary First Prize.

g) The screenwriters' association EDAV will determine the Honorary Award for the Best Screenplay.

h) The registration fee will be 15 €.

8. MED DOCS Official international competitive section for Mediterranean feature-length documentaries:

a) The minimum length of the documentaries will be 70 minutes.

b) The films must be unreleased in the city of Valencia.

c) subtitles must be in Spanish, Valencian or english (srt format).

d) An independent jury will select the First Prize of 1000€.

e) The collaborating entities of the festival will choose a Social Values Prize, without economic endowment.

g) The registration fee will be 10 €.

9. MED VLC Official Section of Valencian Short Films and Valencian Student Short Films:

a) At least a 30% of the short film must be produced in the Comunitat Valenciana.

b) In the case of short films made by students, they must indicate the educational centre to which they belong.

c) The maximum duration will be 30 minutes.

d) A high resolution copy must be sent, as well as a dossier of the film, a biofilmography of the director and three high-resolution stills of the film.

e) The prize for the Best Short Film awarded by the jury will be 750 €. The prize for the Best Valencian Student Short Film will be honorary.

f) A series of honourable mentions may be established.

g) During the festival, the short films may have the option of being screened on the festival's YouTube channel and at the festival's venues.

h) If they so wish and if they meet the requirements, production companies may enter their films simultaneously in the international section and in the Valencian short film section but, if selected, they will only be screened in one of the sections.

i) Registration fee: 3€. You can apply for free registration by sending an e-mail to valenciasocialrebel@gmail.com

10. MED FUTURS:

a) There will be two categories according to length, less than 4 minutes or more than 4 minutes.

b) Only short films made in educational centres may enter.

c) The prize will be awarded by
popular vote on the festival's YouTube channel and will be of 400 € in the case of short films of more than 4 minutes, and 250 € in the case of short films of less than 4 minutes.

d) During the festival, the short films will be seen on the festival's YouTube channel and at the Cinestudio D'Or de València.

e) Registration is free and must be done by sending a copy of the short film to valenciasocialrebel@gmail.com with the title and author of the film.

f) The prize will be chosen by online voting during the festival.

11. ANIMED Official Selection of Mediterranean Animation Short Films:

a) The maximum duration will be 30 minutes.
b) Production or distribution companies must send a high resolution copy as well as a dossier of the film, a biofilmography of the director and three high resolution photographs of the film.
b) The short film chosen by the jury will be awarded with a cash prize TBD.
c) A number of honourable mentions may be established.
d) During the festival, the selected short films have the option of being screened on the festival's YouTube channel and, by virtue of the different agreements of the festival, in the festival's different venues.


12. Jury / Selection Committee:
a) The organisation of SOCIALMED will establish the selection committees for each of the sections and the juries of the sections.

b) The decisions of both the Selection Committee and the Juries shall be final.

13. Eligible entries:

a) The individual or legal entity making the entry declares that they own all the intellectual property rights of the work exhibited at the festival and of the audiovisual material included in it (soundtrack, images of others. etc). The festival will not be held responsible if this rule is not complied with.

b) Selected films cannot be withdrawn by their producers.

c) The producers/distributors must send via online or a copy in DCP, BluRay or High Resolution to the festival headquarters together with a dossier of the work, three images of the film and a biofilmography of the director with photo. You must send subtitles in english, Spanish or Catalan in a separate file in .srt format.

d) The festival will not be responsible for the shipping costs of the films.

14. Exhibition Rights:

a) The festival shall not be liable for possible claims arising from copyright infringement by the work.

b) The festival may take a sample of the works submitted for use in any medium solely for the purpose of promotion within the framework of SOCIALMED (printed programme, press, Internet, social networks, trailer, etc.).

15. Acceptance of the rules:
By participating in the Festival, participants accept these terms and conditions.

16. For any clarification, doubts or additional information, please write to the following e-mail address valenciasocialrebel@gmail.com