Arraial Cine Fest (14)

Festival start: 01 December 2023      Festival end: 30 December 2023

The 14th edition of Arraial Cine Fest will take place online from December 1st to 30th, 2023, and from December 1st to 25th, registered and qualified tourism videos will be shown, and from December 26th to 30th, the films selected by the Curatorship of the Festival. The announcement of the winners of each category and the overall winner will be on January 5, 2024.

The winners will be nominated to CINETOUR - International Committee of Thematic Film Festivals to be nominated for selection to the other festivals that are members of this committee.
All participating films will receive a certificate of participation and classification.

CONTEXT
Arraial Cine Fest – International Film and Video Festival of Arraial d’Ajuda is a fully online audiovisual content festival with exclusive screenings on the festival’s official website or on the online registration platform.

1 - OBJECTIVES
1.1. Arraial Cine Fest Online - 14th edition - International Film and Video Festival of Arraial d'Ajuda has as its main objective, starting from this edition, to consolidate a virtual and tourist exhibition space of national and international audiovisual production.
1.2. To promote, through the Internet, a space for the dissemination and diffusion of the production and exhibition of films and also of independent videos made with cell phones by tourists.

2 - JUSTIFICATION
In addition to the traditional competitive film show, the 14th edition features a tourist video contest made by cell phone. A large part of the world's population has a cell phone capable of capturing great images, and some devices have high-performance lenses. By that I mean that these people have unconditionally become photographers and videographers with the potential to capture beautiful images and make small videos in the face of the high technology available in devices, including the possibility of editing videos via applications. Well, it is in this electronic scenario, where one third of Internet accesses are to watch videos, that the Festival's new format inserts itself. Daily millions of tourists through their mobile phones publish photos and videos of their trips. So, why not encourage them to produce videos with better quality at competition level and to travel more to the most diverse tourist destinations?

3 – REGISTRATION
They will be available on the official website of the festival www.arraialcinefest.com or directly on the website www.festhome.com
Applications will be open from May 1st to October 31st, 2023

Film Contest
Short-term (up to 60 minutes) and Long-term (over 60 minutes) films can be submitted via registration on the festival's official online platform upon payment of a stipulated fee. The competitor must provide, at the time of registration, the link to view the film online with or without a password to access the film on the platform of their choice Youtube, Vimeo, Vevo....
Contest categories:
- Best Fiction Feature Film
- Best Fiction Short Film
- Best Feature Documentary Film
- Best Documentary Short Film
- Best Experimental Film
- Best Animated Film
- Best Brazilian Film
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Best Film of the Festival

Video Contest
Videos of all genres and categories whose images were captured only by cell phone cameras may be entered. There is no limit of titles per director.
All submitted films will be posted on the festival's website as long as the competitor sends the film's link on platforms such as Youtube, Vimeo, Vevo...
Contest categories:
 Nature (Flora, Fauna and Landscape)
 History and Architecture (the history behind buildings, houses, castles and monuments)
 Coastal Tourism (Beaches, Islands and Promenades)
 Adventure Tourism (Mountain climbing, Trails, Tree climbing, Canoeing, Cycling...)
 Rural Tourism (experience with the habits and customs of country life)
 Religious Tourism (Procession, Pilgrimage and Religious Festivities promoting an increase in tourist flow)
 Event Tourism (Cultural, Artistic, Sports and Entertainment Events that promote an increase in tourist flow)
 Personal Experience (Sightseeing Trip)
 Business Tourism (Congresses, Fairs... Business generators)
 Life in tourist cities (the day-to-day of those who carry out tourist activities)

Fees:

 30 € for films and videos from 05 to 59 minutes in length including credits
 50 € for films and videos over 30 minutes in length including credits

Files to be sent at the time of registration:
 Photo of Director
 Resume or Portfolio
 Film technical sheet including the types of cell phones used to capture images.

4. DISPLAY OF VIDEOS AND FILMS

videos
All registered and qualified videos will be shown on the festival's website from December 1 to 25, 2023 for analysis by the official jury.

Films
The films selected by the official jury will be shown on the festival's website from December 26 to 30, 2023.
5. CLASSIFICATION OF FILMS
 Each of the judges of the Official Jury will give a note from 01 to 10 for each film.
 During the viewing period, a score sheet will be made available for Internet users to give a score of 01 to 10 points for each film watched.
 Classification Calculation: Final Film Score = (arithmetic mean of the Jury's scores) x 6 + (arithmetic mean of the film's scores by Internet users) x 4.
Example: Final grade of Casario do Algarve film = (6) x 6 + (7) x 4 = 64

6. COMPETITION RESULT
On January 5, 2024, the winners will be announced on the festival's official website.
All competing films will receive a certificate of participation and the winners will receive the laurels of the category in which they won in their certificate.

7. FILM QUALITY
Only films with image quality equal to or greater than Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) will be accepted.
Only films with audible sound quality will be accepted.

8. RESTRICTIONS
8.1. Films with political or partisan connotation and/or ostentation will not be accepted.
8.2. Films with pornographic connotation and/or ostentation will not be accepted.
8.3. Films with racial and/or religious discrimination will not be accepted.