D A Film Festival Barcelona (12)

Festival start: 28 April 2022      Festival end: 08 May 2022

Each spring, the D'A Film Festival Barcelona offers an extensive review of current world cinema, screening an international panorama of the finest contemporary auteur cinema, combining the discovery of emerging new talents and cinematographies with internationally established directors and films.

The 12th D'A Film Festival Barcelona will run from April 28th to May 8th, 2022.

• Talents Award: 10.000 € for the person or company that registered and/or confirmed the film’s selection at the D’A Film Festival Barcelona. All films selected for the Talents section are eligible for this award.

• Un Impulso Colectivo Award: 5.000 € for the director of the best film in this section.

• OpenECAM Award: The ECAM (School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid) will provide its facilities and technical material free of charge for the recording and editing of the next work by the award-winning author, either a short or a feature film. The award will be valid for 18 months from the date of the announcement of the award, provided that the installations of the ECAM are available. The films that are part of the Un Impulso Colectivo section are eligible for this award.

• Critics Award: Non-cash award granted by the Catalan Critics Association. All films selected for the Talents section are eligible for this award.

• Audience Award: Non-cash award from the audience votes from among the films screened in all sections, except the opening and closing films and the retrospective.

The D'A Film Festival Barcelona offers an extensive review of current world cinema, screening an international panorama of the finest contemporary auteur cinema, combining the discovery of emerging new talents and cinematographies with internationally established directors and films.

The 12 D’A Film Festival Barcelona will run from April 28th to May 8th, 2022.

1. SECTIONS
Structured into different sections, the Festival will screen around 80 feature films.

The main sections of the festival are:

TALENTS: Competitive section that presents films from emerging new directors, with up to 2 fiction feature films in their filmography, including the one selected for this edition.

UN IMPULSO COLECTIVO: Competitive section that showcases the latest Spanish cinema.

UN IMPULSO COLECTIVO – SHORT FILMS
DIRECCIONS: Contemporary cinema wouldn’t be understood without the most renowned auteurs usually present in world film festivals. This section celebrates them.

TRANSICIONS: Selection of the best auteur’s films presented in international festivals that have captivated critics and film lovers all around the world. Transicions is a section of some of the most striking films of the year.

RETROSPECTIVES and SPECIAL SCREENINGS

2. awards
• Talents Award: 10.000 € for the person or company that registered and/or confirmed the film’s selection at the D’A Film Festival Barcelona. All films selected for the Talents section are eligible for this award.
• Un Impulso Colectivo Award: 5.000 € for the director of the best film in this section.
• OpenECAM Award: The ECAM (School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid) will provide its facilities and technical material free of charge for the recording and editing of the next work by the award-winning author, either a short or a feature film. The award will be valid for 18 months from the date of the announcement of the award, provided that the installations of the ECAM are available. The films that are part of the Un Impulso Colectivo section are eligible for this award.
• Critics Award: Non-cash award granted by the Catalan Critics Association. All films selected for the Talents section are eligible for this award.
• Audience Award: Non-cash award from the audience votes from among the films screened in all sections, except the opening and closing films and the retrospective.

3. PAYMENT OF THE CASH PRIZE
The cash prizes will be paid upon presentation of documentation proving compliance with the following requirements:
• Certificate accrediting the rights to the film or signed contract for the acquisition of distribution rights.
• The production and distribution companies of the winning films undertake that all their advertising and promotional materials will include the D'A award laurel.

Withholding taxes and other expenses that may be incurred upon delivery of the prize money will be deducted from them, so that the final amount will vary depending on the conditions set out by each country and how the payment is made.

4. SUBMISSION AND deadline
Feature films may be submitted online at the platform www.festhome.com. The submission fee is 15 € (including taxes).

The deadline to submit a film is January 10, 2022.






5. FILM SELECTION
• Entries are open to features films with a minimum length of 60 minutes.
• The films must have been produced after January 1st, 2021.
• The films participating in the TALENTS, UN IMPULSO COLECTIVO, DIRECTIONS and TRANSITIONS section must be at least Catalan premiere.
• In any case, all films selected (except the Retrospective) can’t be exhibited on VOD in Spain before the festival.
• The festival will contact the selected participants no later than February 20th, 2022.
• The festival management reserves the right to exceptionally screen films that do not meet these requirements.

6. FILMS PARTICIPATING IN THE FESTIVAL
• Once a film is selected and has accepted to participate in the Festival, it cannot be withdrawn from the program.
• The representatives of the films must send all the materials required for publication in the Festival information and promotion tools: technical and artistic credits, hi-resolution pictures of the film and the director and trailer in a digital file.
• Films will be screened in professional format.
• All selected films will be screened in their original version with Catalan or Spanish subtitles. In the case the film does not include any Spanish or Catalan subtitles, the film representatives will be asked to provide a subtitle list and a screener with the same cut as the screening print, to make the electronic subtitles.
• The festival will cover the inbound shipment of the print and will be responsible for the customs clearance in Spain when needed. The festival will cover the outbound shipping unless the print is shared with another festival. In this case, the next festival screening the film will cover this shipment.
• In case of damage to or loss of a film during the festival, the festival's management is only responsible for the costs involved in making a new copy, based on the current laboratory rates for ordering a standard print.
• The festival will recognize the signatory of the application form as contact for the negotiation of all aspects related to the participation of the film in the festival, and as the only person responsible ahead of any companies or persons who may have taken part in the production of the film.
• The submission and participation of films imply the acceptance of the festival regulations. In case of disagreements concerning the interpretation of these regulations, the Spanish text will be applied.