La Guarimba International Film Festival (13)

Festival start: 07 August 2017      Festival end: 11 August 2017

La Guarimba’s main objective is to bring the cinema back to the people and the people back to the cinema. This goal is at the helm of the restoration of a 938 seat outdoor theater in Calabria, the organization of an international film festival with free entry, and the creation of La Scuola Delle Scimmie in Puglia, an informal school for teaching cinema and illustration. It also prompted us to create La Guarimba On Tour, an initiative that takes the festival’s official selections around the world for smaller, often impromptu, screenings. What’s more, in August 2015 we organized the first European Vimeo conference about direct online distribution for independent film.

Cash Prizes: 3,300€

Premio al Miglior Cortometraggio di Fiction (€1000+trofeo)
Premio al Miglior Corto Documentario (€1000+trofeo)
Premio al Miglior Cortometraggio di Animazione (€1000+trofeo)
Premio del Pubblico al Miglior Corto (trofeo)
Premio del Miglior Videoclip Musical (€300 + trofeo)

1. WHEN AND WHERE

-The fifth edition of La Guarimba Film Festival will be held from 7th to 11th august 2017 in Amantea (Calabria), southern Italy.

2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

-All short films of any nationality and language can participate.

-All themes are allowed.

-The maximum length will be 30 minutes (including credits).

-Only those films produced after January 1st of 2015 will be accepted.

-All formats will be accepted.

-There are no limits to the number of entries a filmmaker may enter, but these have to be submitted separately.

3. SUBMISSION

-Any short films that do not meet the requirements will not be accepted.

4. SELECTION PROCESS

-20 films of Short Film category, 10 Documentaries, 15 Animation films and 5 music videos will be selected to be screened at the festival and will enter the contest.

-Once these short films are selected, participants will be contacted through their email accounts.

-All selected short films are committed to use the selection logo from La Guarimba Film Festival.

-The festival will not notify if your festival is not selected. It will be a selected list in our website, italian press, social networks and we will send by email a newsletter with all the information. We recommend you to subscribe it.

5. THE JURY

-The jury will include professionals from the filmmaking world, television, media and teaching.

-The judges decision will be irrevocable.

6. MATERIAL AND RIGHTS

-All copies presented in this contest will not be returned and will be part of the contest archive and videolibrary. La Guarimba Film Festival is committed to exclusively use these copies for cultural purposes and never in a commercial way.

7. REGULATIONS ACCEPTANCE
-Once they are submitted, all participants fully accept our rules and regulations for participating, and also the resolutions adopted by the organizing committee about any aspect regarding the contest.