Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo (38)

Festival start: 07 March 2025      Festival end: 15 March 2025

Medina Film Festival (SECIME) is one of the most consolidated events in the national film scene, identified as one of the major references for the promotion and dissemination of short films. It has managed to forge itself as a festival with its own personality, betting equally on emerging talent as well as on the most consolidated trajectories.

The festival is synonymous with commitment to the short film, placing itself at the epicenter of an audiovisual offer endorsed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain as one of the key festivals in the pre-selection of candidates for the Goya Awards. In addition to having since 2016 with the recognition of the AIC (Short Film Industry Association).

Its offer encompasses six competitions at both national and international level, in order to cover all genres and audiovisual formats -fiction, fantasy and animation- in addition to providing a space for documentary and music video. Increasing the offer through various cycles such as The Image of History, The Classics Chair and Museum Afternoons.

In addition, among its objectives is the promotion, creation and audiovisual production through the National Short Film Project Competition and the influence on the growth of the audiovisual industry of Castilla y León with the pre-selection of works for the Quercus Project.

The festival completes its offer through the commitment to new ways of communication and dissemination of the audiovisual through the meeting spaces, streaming and the theoretical contribution offered by the masterclasses led by and for professionals.

If you want to know more about our proposals you can go to our website: http://medinafilmfestival.com or contact us at info@medinafilmfestival.com

Cash Prizes: 15,000€

1st Prize 2.000 € and Roel.

2º. Prize 1.000 € and Roel.

Youth Prize for the best short film, endowed with 500 € and Roel (Awarded by a jury
made up of young volunteers and sponsored by
(Awarded by a jury composed of young volunteers and sponsored by the Youth Department of the City Council of Medina del Campo).

All prizes are subject to the withholdings determined by the law in force in Spain.

-CONDITIONS

1. Participation in this Competition is open to short films of foreign production.

2. Films shot in any format, silent or with sound, foreign nationality, produced after April 1st, 2024, and which have not been entered in previous have not been entered in previous editions of this competition.

3. The maximum duration of the films in competition shall not exceed 30 minutes.

4. The films must be presented in Spanish or in original version with subtitles in Spanish or english.

5. Each author may submit up to a maximum of 3 works.

6. Two official sections will be established; one for competition and the other for information. The selection committee will choose among all the short films received, those that will be part of the competition and those that will be part of the informative section. those that will be part of the informative section. The exhibition copies of the selected films will be returned
will be returned at the end of the Festival.

7. The selected films will be included in the Festival Catalogue and will be screened in
public screenings during the public screenings during the dates of the Festival. The screening dates will be announced through the Festival Program.

8. The decisions of the Selection Committee and the Jury are final.

9. The copies, in their screening format, of the winning short films will remain the property of the Festival.

The Festival will only use them for non-profit purposes.

REGISTRATION

Registration is done ON LINE in any of the following platforms:

FESTHOME, at the address
https://filmmakers.festhome.com/es/festival/semana-de-cine-de-medina-del-campo

In addition to the short film in digital format, the short film poster, 2 frames of the film
and a photograph of the film must be uploaded to the server.

frames of the film and a photograph of the director. When registering the work, you will be asked for a series of data that will make up the entry form, therefore the participant who submits the entry online does not have to send anything else by post.

therefore the participant who submits the entry form online does not have to send anything else by post or mail. Any questions will be answered at the e-mail addresses of each of the of each of the platforms; FESTHOME (festivals@festhome.com)

The deadline for registration is January 7th, 2025.

SELECTED FILMS

1. The works selected for competition will be announced on the Festival's website.

Confirmation will be sent to each selected film by e-mail beforehand.

2. The exhibition copy of the selected short films must be uploaded to the link provided
in DCP or HD format with resolution
provided in DCP or HD format with a minimum resolution of 1920 x 1080 -1080p- before
January 30, 2025.

Awards

The selected films will be eligible for the following awards, which will be given by a jury
composed of people from the cinematographic and cultural world:

1st Prize 2.000 € and Roel.

2º. Prize 1.000 € and Roel.

Youth Prize for the best short film, endowed with 500 € and Roel (Awarded by a jury
made up of young volunteers and sponsored by
(Awarded by a jury composed of young volunteers and sponsored by the Youth Department of the City Council of Medina del Campo).

All prizes are subject to the withholdings determined by the law in force in Spain.

The incorporation of any other prize that does not appear in these rules will be duly
announced through the Festival's communication channels.

announced through the Festival's communication channels (Web, press release, etc.).


GENERAL RULES

The authors of the works selected for the competition will be able to present their film, if they wish, before the screening.

The producers of the selected short films authorize the use of a fragment of the work
up to a maximum of three minutes, with the exception of The producers of the selected short films authorize the use of a fragment of the works, up to a maximum of three minutes, for its possible diffusion in any media.

The Organization may exhibit the selected short films in the places and times it deems appropriate.

Any additional information or clarification will be provided by mail, telephone or e-mail
addressed to the Festival Headquarters.

All participants, by the fact of being participants, fully accept the present rules and
regulations, as well as the resolution by the Organization of any problem not covered by these rules.

Office phone numbers - 983 802 467 Mobile phones - 6639 640 907 - 611 662 709 - 656 261 711
Http://www.medinafilmfestival.com E-mail: info@medinafilmfestival.com