CONDITIONS OF REGISTRATION

- All short films of national or international production, shot in any format, will be admitted to the competition.

- Their duration may not exceed 25 minutes (including credits), for short films. Spanish feature films must have a running time between 70 and 150 minutes.

- The production date must be later than January, 1st 2016, for feature films, or January 1st, 2018, for short films..

- Open to all producers or directors who own the rights over the works presented in competition.

- Each participant may submit not more than two movies.

- Works must be submitted in their original language, subtitled in Spanish if this is not the original language. Selected works will be required later with subtitles in English, for the assessment of the jury.

- Films that were selected in the previous edition will not be accepted.

Festival start: 06 May 2019      Festival end: 12 May 2019

A- INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION “PIÉLAGOS EN CORTO”

Works that can be submitted:
FICTION, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION. 25 minutes maximum. Produced after 1st January 2018. Spanish productions WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

B- NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION “PIÉLAGOS EN CORTO”

A- NATIONAL CATEGORY

Works that can be submitted:
FICTION, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION. 25 minutes maximum. Spanish production. Produced after 1st January 2018.

B- CANTABRIA’S CATEGORY

Works that can be submitted:
FICTION, DOCUMENTARY and ANIMATION
25 minutes maximum
Directed by a Cantabrian-born filmmaker —or registered in Cantabria’s census for at least two years—, counting from the date of publication of these terms.
Produced after 1st January 2018

C- LGTBI´S CATEGORY

Works that can be submitted:

FICTION, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION OF THEME LGTBI. 25 minutes maximum. International production. Produced after 1st January 2018.


FEATURE FILMS

C- NATIONAL FEATURE FILMS CONTEST “PUESTA DE LARGO”

Works that can be submitted:
FICTION, DOCUMENTARY and ANIMATION.
Spanish production. FIRST OR SECOND WORK DIRECTED by its author —even if he/she has directed animation films or documentaries before and this is the first fiction work, or viceversa—. Produced after 1st January 2016.


ENROLLMENT TERMS

• All participants —producers or filmmakers— must own the rights of the work they are submitting.

• Each participant will be able to submit as many works as wished, always respecting the competition terms.

• Works must be submitted with Spanish subtitles if this is not the original language.

• Works selected in previous editions will not be accepted, but those which were not, will be admitted —as long as they fulfil the rest of the terms.

ENROLLMENT will be made ONLINE only. Works in physical format —DVD, BLU-RAY, DCP…— will not be accepted.

Send through the following platform:
FESTHOME

Enrollment will be made in only ONE of the following categories, specifically indicating in categories from 1 to 6 if this is the contestant’s 1st work as a director, so that he/she can opt for COSTA QUEBRADA best New Director’s award.

1- Cantabria FICTION
2- Cantabria DOCUMENTARY
3- Cantabria ANIMATION
4- Spain FICTION
5- Spain DOCUMENTARY
6- Spain ANIMATION
7- Spain FEATURE FILM (Fiction, documentary, animation)
8- International

Enrollment period starts on 20st November 2018 and finishes on 15st January 2019.

The organization assumes that the people or associations who register these works hold the screening rights, as well as the authorization for receiving the prize. In any case, the organization is exempted from any responsibility which can be derived from the infraction of this rule.

AWARDS

1- DUNAS DE LIENCRES

DUNAS DE LIENCRES international
DUNAS DE LIENCRES national fiction
DUNAS DE LIENCRES national documentary
DUNAS DE LIENCRES national animation
DUNAS DE LIENCRES Cantabria fiction
DUNAS DE LIENCRES Cantabria documentary
DUNAS DE LIENCRES Cantabria animation
DUNAS DE LIENCRES debut feature

2- COSTA QUEBRADA (only nationals)

COSTA QUEBRADA best actress
COSTA QUEBRADA best actor
COSTA QUEBRADA best script
COSTA QUEBRADA best direction
COSTA QUEBRADA best new director
COSTA QUEBRADA best Lgtbi shortfilm


3- VALDEARENAS 2019

This VALDEARENAS award may be given to enterprises or institutions which this organization considered to be prominent in the autonomous region and national film scene during the year 2018.

4- CANALLAVE
Awards given in a parallel section

CANALLAVE “No te cortes haz tu corto”
CANALLAVE “One Sequence Shot”
CANALLAVE “Uno corto y rapidito”
CANALLAVE "#59" "
CANALLAVE "#24hShoot

10th PIÉLAGOS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The 10th International Piélagos Film Festival edition will take place in Piélagos —Cantabria, Spain— (May 2018)
The festival is sponsored by Piélagos’ town council and it consists of the following contests:



A- INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION “PIÉLAGOS EN CORTO”

Works that can be submitted:
FICTION, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION. 25 minutes maximum. Produced after 1st January 2018. Spanish productions WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

B- NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION “PIÉLAGOS EN CORTO”

A- NATIONAL CATEGORY

Works that can be submitted:
FICTION, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION. 25 minutes maximum. Spanish production. Produced after 1st January 2018.

B- CANTABRIA’S CATEGORY

Works that can be submitted:
FICTION, DOCUMENTARY and ANIMATION
25 minutes maximum
Directed by a Cantabrian-born filmmaker —or registered in Cantabria’s census for at least two years—, counting from the date of publication of these terms.
Produced after 1st January 2018

C- LGTBI´S CATEGORY

Works that can be submitted:

FICTION, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION OF THEME LGTBI. 25 minutes maximum. Spanish production. Produced after 1st January 2018.


FEATURE FILMS

C- NATIONAL FEATURE FILMS CONTEST “PUESTA DE LARGO”

Works that can be submitted:
FICTION, DOCUMENTARY and ANIMATION.
Spanish production. FIRST OR SECOND WORK DIRECTED by its author —even if he/she has directed animation films or documentaries before and this is the first fiction work, or viceversa—. Produced after 1st January 2016.


ENROLLMENT TERMS

• All participants —producers or filmmakers— must own the rights of the work they are submitting.

• Each participant will be able to submit as many works as wished, always respecting the competition terms.

• Works must be submitted with Spanish subtitles if this is not the original language.

• Works selected in previous editions will not be accepted, but those which were not, will be admitted —as long as they fulfil the rest of the terms.

ENROLLMENT will be made ONLINE only. Works in physical format —DVD, BLU-RAY, DCP…— will not be accepted.

Send through the following platform:
FESTHOME

Enrollment will be made in only ONE of the following categories, specifically indicating in categories from 1 to 6 if this is the contestant’s 1st work as a director, so that he/she can opt for COSTA QUEBRADA best New Director’s award.

1- Cantabria FICTION
2- Cantabria DOCUMENTARY
3- Cantabria ANIMATION
4- Spain FICTION
5- Spain DOCUMENTARY
6- Spain ANIMATION
7- Spain FEATURE FILM (Fiction, documentary, animation)
8- International

Enrollment period starts on 20st November 2018 and finishes on 15st January 2019.

The organization assumes that the people or associations who register these works hold the screening rights, as well as the authorization for receiving the prize. In any case, the organization is exempted from any responsibility which can be derived from the infraction of this rule.

SELECTION

An international programmer will be responsible for choosing films for participation in the festival from those received.

The festival programme will include parallel screenings of works which are considered of general public interest, even though they are not in the final competitive section. In this case, authors will be informed beforehand.

The decisions made in the course of the process will be communicated by e-mail only to the responsible for the selected films, and published in the official website, facebook, and FESTHOME website from 20th March 2019, in order to be properly announced to all the participants and the general public.

The organization of the festival will contact the candidates selected in order to inform them about the conditions and submit of the screening copies.

The participants authorize the organization to use frames, photographies and extracts from the films —1 minute maximum— in any media for the purpose of promoting the festival.

A jury consisting of leading members of our national cinema and television, as well as from other European festivals, will be responsible for valuing and choosing the works to be awarded.

AWARDS

1- DUNAS DE LIENCRES

DUNAS DE LIENCRES international
DUNAS DE LIENCRES national fiction
DUNAS DE LIENCRES national documentary
DUNAS DE LIENCRES national animation
DUNAS DE LIENCRES Cantabria fiction
DUNAS DE LIENCRES Cantabria documentary
DUNAS DE LIENCRES Cantabria animation
DUNAS DE LIENCRES debut feature

2- COSTA QUEBRADA (only nationals)

COSTA QUEBRADA best actress
COSTA QUEBRADA best actor
COSTA QUEBRADA best script
COSTA QUEBRADA best direction
COSTA QUEBRADA best new director


3- VALDEARENAS 2019

This VALDEARENAS award may be given to enterprises or institutions which this organization considered to be prominent in the autonomous region and national film scene during the year 2018.

4- CANALLAVE
Awards given in a parallel section

CANALLAVE “No te cortes haz tu corto”
CANALLAVE “One Sequence Shot”
CANALLAVE “Uno corto y rapidito”

CLOSING CEREMONY

The festival will collaborate economically to facilitate the presence of all the awarded participants at the award-giving and closing ceremony.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Entering the 10th International Piélagos Film Festival supposes the full acceptance of these rules, as well as the resolution by the Organization about any other subject not indicated in the above regulations.

Piélagos, November 2018