Festival De Cine Del Cajón Del Maipo ()

Festival start: 22 November 2019      Festival end: 23 November 2019

The Cajón del Maipo Film Festival was created in 2016. Its aim is to be a meeting point for Chilean filmmakers and animators, but also to be a transversal event, where fans can learn from professionals and where everyone can make films, from children to the elderly. In addition to the competences reserved for professionals, the FCCM includes amateur competition, exhibitions, talks, training workshops and activities around the cinema (exhibitions, shootings open to the public, etc.).
The Cajón del Maipo Film Festival will hold its fourth edition on friday 22th and saturday 23th nov 2019.

Fiction and Animation categories: Awards
Fans: a video camera

BASES OF THE 4th FILM FESTIVAL OF THE MAIPO CAJON

The Cajón del Maipo Film Festival aims, in a spirit of friendship and cooperation, to identify and publicize quality works made by amateurs and audiovisual professionals, with the aim of encouraging the cinematographic practice in Chile. The 4th Cajón del Maipo Film Festival will be held on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th March 2019 in San Alfonso, district of San José de Maipo, Metropolitan region.
1. CATEGORIES

There are three categories:

- Fiction Category (Open to profesionals and fans)

- Animation Category (Open to profesionals and fans)

- Artesanals Films (Open to everybody, without restrictions of age and resolution)

All films produced since January 2017 can participate.

2. TECHNICAL CONDITIONS

a) The films may not have participated in any previous edition of the FCCM.

b) No more than two films from the same director may be presented to the Festival, of which the Selection Committee may only select one.

c) The films must be in the original Castilian language.

d) The films must have been produced in Chile.

e) The films must have a maximum duration of 24 minutes (including credits).

f) Documentaries and music videos will not be accepted in Fiction nor Animation categories.

g) All techniques are accepted.

h) The short films must be delivered in digital format (MP4 or mov).

i) Films of the Fiction and Animation categories must be in FullHD compression format H264 and attach, at least, a poster of the work.

j) Films that do not offer the technical guarantees necessary for a good screening in public will be rejected.
3. FILM DELIVERY

Films of all categories must be delivered from the 23.59 until Friday, March 1, 2019 in the following ways:

- via wetransfer.com to cinesjm@gmail.com, indicating the corresponding category.

- through the platform festhome.com

4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE FESTIVAL

a) The Selection Committee, appointed for this purpose, will select the films presented to the Festival for its screening during the Festival before 10th march 2019.

b) The selected films will be projected a maximum of twice.

c) Once registered and selected, no film can be removed from the competition.

5. JURY

a) The Jury will be formed by three members, selected from persons of recognized professional prestige in the cinematographic field.

b) The decisions of the jury are final.

c) The jury undertakes to be totally impartial and transparent in its decision-making. In the event that a jury member is familiar or known to one of the applicants, the antecedent will be public knowledge and the jury agrees to resolve the matter in an ethical manner.