Certamen De Cortometrajes El Pecado ()

El Pecado International Short Film Competition



Deadlines

08 Apr 2024
Call for entries

31 May 2024
Festival closed

27 Jul 2024
Notification date

26 Jul 2024
03 Aug 2024

Address

Ayuntamiento de Llerena. Oficina de Turismo. Plaza de España, 1,  06900, Llerena, Badajoz, Spain


Festival description
Short film festival 21'<


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Any Theme
 Does NOT have submission fees
 International Festival
 Physical Location
 January 2022
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  21'<
 Any language
 Subtitles 
Spanish
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Festival start: 26 July 2024      Festival end: 03 August 2024

The deadline to register for the XXIII International Short Film Festival “El Pecado 2024” is open. This year we increased the amount of the prizes: 1,500 euros for the winning fiction short film and 700 euros for the other four main prizes. The deadline to register is from Monday, April 8 to Friday, May 31 of this year. The duration will not exceed 20 minutes (21 including credits). If it has spoken sound, Spanish or subtitles in this language will be used.
Works made before 2022 will not be admitted to the competition. The festival awards almost €5,000 in prizes and five Pata Negra hams from Extremadura. More information at www.certamenelpecado.com.

Awards for short films of animation, fiction, humor and made in Extremadura. We also have a public award.

It stands out for the large audience that attends the screenings and for using different squares and architectural spaces of special beauty as screening locations.

Cash Prizes: 4,900€

-Award of the jury best short fiction film: € 1,500, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Award of the jury for the best short film of humor, prize "Antonio Gallardo": € 700, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Special public award: € 700, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Award of the jury for the best animated short film: € 700, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Award of the jury for the best short film of Extremadura: € 700, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Award of the organization to the best short film of the Campiña Sur, Sierra Norte and Tentudía: € 300 and figurine.

-"Linda Chacón" award to the recognition of women for their professional work in the world of cinema: € 300 and figurine. Award sponsored by the Department of Education, Equality and Diversity of the Llerena City Council and awarded by the organization.

-Award of the organization to the best short film: free shipping to 50 Spanish festivals through the Distributor Promofest. Award from Promofest.

BASES OF THE XXIII INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF SHORT FILMS “EL PECADO 2024”

The Excmo. Municipality of Llerena and the Morrimer Cultural Association convened the 23th edition of the International Short Film Competition "El Pecado 2024", to be held from 26 July to 3 August of this year. The contest rules are as follows:

•It admitted two original short films by participant, and fiction free.

• If you have spoken sound use Castilian or subtitles in this language.

•The duration shall not exceed 20 minutes (21 including credits).

•Do not be admitted to contest works prior to 2022.

•Do not works that have already participated in previous editions of this festival.

•To be admitted participation in the festival is obligatory the mailing of the short film in dvd format to the address indicated in following point or registration and shipment of way online through the website FESTHOME.

• With the online registration through the platforms, the documentation of the authors of the short films will be attached to the registration. In any case, no prize will be granted without the due accreditation of the director or producer across the D.N.I. or identity document of the country in question.

•The short will be registered on behalf of physical persons that are included in the data of the registration form being the beneficiary of the award that you could give. The organization assumes that the person has the rights over the work submitted; in any case, the organization disclaims any liability that may arise from the breach of this base by any of the participants. At all times the beneficiary of the award will be the person or company that owns the rights to the work.

•the short films admitted to competition will appear on the web official Festival www.certamenelpecado.com

•The delivery of works begins April 8, 2024 and ends May 31, 2024. The date of registration in Festhome will be considered the presentation date. These expenses are in charge of the contestants. The organization does not assumes no responsibility for loss or damage which they might suffer, although it shall take appropriate measures for their protection.

•The Organization reserves the right to refuse a work for bad quality of the same.

•for regards the competition, shall be appointed an official jury for the awards which will be composed by professionals from the video, television, music, the arts and communication. You can declare any prize desert and decide on any questions not covered in databases.

•The public Assistant to projections will choose the audience award among the works that are planned during the days on July 29, 30, 31 and August 1, 2024.

•It establishes the following awards:

- Prize of the jury best short fiction film: € 1,500, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

- Award of the jury for the best short film of humor, prize "Antonio Gallardo": € 700, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Special public award: € 700, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Award of the jury for the best animated short film: € 700, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Award of the jury for the best short film of Extremadura: € 700, Iberian Extremaduran ham and figurine.

-Award of the organization to the best short film of the Campiña Sur, Sierra Norte and Tentudía: € 300 and figurine.

-"Linda Chacón" award to the recognition of women for their professional work in the world of cinema: € 300 and figurine. Award sponsored by the Department of Education, Equality and Diversity of the Llerena City Council and awarded by the organization.

-Award of the organization to the best short film: free shipping to 50 Spanish festivals through the Distributor Promofest. Award from Promofest.

•The awards shall not be cumulative.

•prizes over € 300 will be subject to a 19% withholding tax.

•The jury may declare any desert awards.

•To receive the prizes the authors of the winning works must be present at the awards ceremony. For justified reasons, the presence of a representative of them related to the short film will be allowed. If for cause occurs the absence of any of the winners, shipping of the prizes will be paid by the winners.

•The decision of the jury will be unappealable.

•The 23th International short film competition "El Pecado 2024" will take place on July 26, 29, 30, 31 and August 1 with the screening of a selection of short films submitted to the contest, free and public sessions to air free in three squares of special architectural and artistic interest of Llerena. On August 3 of screened the short finalists and will be held the awards ceremony concluding the program with live performances by a musical group in the "Ciudad de Llerena" auditorium.

•The official selection of the festival will be published on the festival website www.certamenelpecado.com.

• The organization will be able to download the platform festhome a copy of projection of all the short films participating in the festival of quality and in mp4 format. This copy will be physically available to the organization prior to July 1, 2024. If the organization does not have this copy before the date mentioned, the short film may not form part of the official selection of the festival or viewed by the jury of the festival.

• Only those short films that have proven to be an Extremadura production at a minimum of 50% will be participating in the "award of the jury for the best short film of Extremadura"

•The files of the works participating in the contest will remain property of the Organization, which can project such works in centers and rooms specialized for non-commercial, and reserve the right to publish and reproduce the same doing so mention of the author of the same.

•The presentation of the works to the competition implies the total acceptance of these rules.

•The short films that compete for the organization's award for the best short film of Campiña Sur, Tentudía and Sierra Norte may not be longer than 12 minutes.

• The presentation of the works to the contest implies the total acceptance of these bases.

Festival contact: 605 038 555 /607 194 398
e-mail: certamenelpecado@yahoo.es
www.certamenelpecado.com



  

 
  

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