Cityblue Films Festival (6)

Festival start: 28 November 2022      Festival end: 03 December 2022

CityBlue Films Festival is an International Film event organized by the producer and distributor CityBlue Films. It will celebrate its 6th edition between November 28 and December 3, 2022. In Galicia, Spain.

OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE

It is a cultural and social event and a meeting place for the public, creators, media professionals, and representatives of the film industry.

CityBlue Film Festival has been created with the main objective of promoting culture through the promotion and dissemination of cinematographic works.

Being an audiovisual, cultural, artistic, industrial and educational platform, allowing the discovery of new talents and emerging films.

AWARDS

All selected films in the official sections will receive a Certificate.

9 Prizes are awarded, and Special Mentions if the jury determines it appropriate.

1. Jury Prize: Best Feature Film, International Distribution for 1 year by CityBlue Films, valued at €2,500 and CityBlue Trophy. (For this award, all selected Feature Films compete).

2. Jury Prize: Best Short Film (International distribution for 1 year by CityBlue Films, valued at €1,500 and CityBlue Trophy. (All selected Short Films compete for this award).

3. Best Social Themed Short Film, CityBlue Trophy. (Based on the values ​​of coexistence, tolerance, solidarity, respect, diversity and social cohesion).

4. Best Student Short Film, CityBlue Trophy.

5. Best Children's Short Film, CityBlue Trophy.

6. Audience Award, Best Feature Film, CityBlue Trophy.

7. Audience Award, Best Short Film, CityBlue Trophy.

8. Online Audience Award, Certificate.

9. Best Screenplay Award, Certificate.

10. Special Mentions, Certificate.

DATES

﹅ Event: from November 28 to December 3, 2022. Galicia – Spain.

﹅ Registration period: from May 1 to September 30, 2022.

﹅ Selected notification: November 1, 2022.


SECTIONS

1. International Fiction, Animation and Documentary Feature Film Competition on a free theme.

2. Galicia Competition for Fiction, Animation and Documentary Feature Films on a free theme. (Produced in Galicia or by a Galician director).

3. International Competition for Fiction, Animation and Documentary Short Films on a free theme.

4. International Student Fiction, Animation and Documentary Short Film Competition.

5. International Children's Fiction, Animation and Documentary Short Film Competition. (The works presented must be short films aimed at children).

6. Galicia Competition for Fiction, Animation and Documentary Short Films on a free theme. (Produced in Galicia or by a Galician director).

7. Parallel samples (The Festival organization may also invite or select films for parallel samples).


REGISTRATION

﹅ The call is addressed to directors and producers of all nationalities.

﹅ The registration period is open from May 1 to September 30, 2022.

﹅ Feature Films up to 100 minutes and Short Films up to 30 minutes are accepted.

﹅ Feature Films and Short Films completed from January 2020 can be registered.

﹅ The productions must be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or Galician; if that is not the language of the film.

﹅ The films cannot have been registered in previous editions of the festival.

﹅ You can enter as many films as you like.

﹅ Film registration is free and must be done through the subscribed platforms:
Festhome: https://festivals.festhome.com

SELECTION

The organization of the CityBlue Films Festival will make the OFFICIAL SELECTION public through social media from November 1, 2022. Film representatives will also be notified by email.
A selection committee, made up of members of CityBlue Films and a jury made up of personalities from the film world, will be in charge of choosing the selected and awarded works.

In the event of being selected, the participant will not be able to withdraw their film once the selection has been made public by the organizers of the Festival, they also agree to send a quality copy for the screening until November 10, 2022.

The selected films will be exhibited in public sessions in the rooms provided for it, at the times and dates that appear in the official program of the CityBlue Films Festival, as determined by its organization.

They will also be exhibited online through recognized platforms for international audiences; with the prior authorization of the legal person responsible for the work.

Will be selected:

﹅ 3 feature films in the International section.
﹅ 2 feature films in the Galicia section.
﹅ 5 short films in the General section.
﹅ 5 short films in the Galicia section
﹅ 5 short films in the Student section.
﹅ 5 short films in the Children's section.

Awards

All selected films in the official sections will receive a Certificate.

9 prizes are awarded, and Special Mentions if the jury determines it appropriate.

1. Jury Prize: Best Feature Film, International Distribution for 1 year by CityBlue Films, valued at €2,500 and CityBlue Trophy. (For this award, all selected Feature Films compete).

2. Jury Prize: Best Short Film (International distribution for 1 year by CityBlue Films, valued at €1,500 and CityBlue Trophy. (All selected Short Films compete for this award).

3. Best Social Themed Short Film, CityBlue Trophy. (Based on the values ​​of coexistence, tolerance, solidarity, respect, diversity and social cohesion).

4. Best Student Short Film, CityBlue Trophy.

5. Best Children's Short Film, CityBlue Trophy.

6. Audience Award, Best Feature Film, CityBlue Trophy.

7. Audience Award, Best Short Film, CityBlue Trophy.

8. online Audience Award, Certificate.

9. Best Screenplay Award, Certificate.

10. Special Mentions, Certificate

LEGALITY

By registering, the participant declares that he/she is the owner of all the rights of the registered film, its sound and/or visual files, and releases CityBlue Films from any claim that third parties may make regarding the public exhibition, intellectual property and /o patrimonial of the work within the framework of CityBlue Films Festival

Participants who are OFFICIAL SELECTION accept free of charge; the reproduction and/or dissemination of fragments of their works, as well as trailers, posters or photos, for informational and/or promotional purposes related to the Contest.

During the celebration of the CityBlue Films Festival, the organization reserves the right to show the films that are OFFICIAL SELECTION, free of charge in all the festival venues, at no cost to the organization. It also undertakes not to exhibit the films that participate outside the Contest without notifying those responsible.

The fact of participating in the Contest supposes the total acceptance of these bases and the renunciation of any legal claim. For any matter that does not appear in them, the decision of the aforementioned Selection Committee will be followed.

MORE INFORMATION

www.citybluefilmsfestival.com
info@citybluefilmsfestival.com
@citybluefilmsfestival