CLIT - Cinema em Locais Inusitados e Temporários ()

Festival start: 14 December 2024      Festival end: 18 December 2024

CLIT is a film festival that turns audience members into treasure hunters in search of the venues where films will be screened. They get clues about the screening location through the festival's website and social media.

The venue can be anywhere, except at a regular movie theatre, because CLIT is an acronym for Cinema em Locais Inusitados e Temporários (Cinema in Unusual and Temporary Venues).

For the 2024 edition, we welcome submissions from all genres and lengths.
We will privilege works that focus on topics such as freedom and biodiversity and environmental protection.

We strive to have venues which are in line with the films theme.
For instance, in October 2021, a medium-length documentary on salsa was followed by a salsa class, where guests and audience had the chance to dance a bit.
And, in October 2023, a biopic about the German singer-songwriter Gerhard Gundermann, who chose to work in coal mines until he died, was screened at the remains of the Lousal Mine factory, near Grândola.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS:
Festroia is a non-profit organization based in Setúbal, Portugal. It was created in 1987 to promote film activities, allowing its founders to continue the work developed in 1985 and 1986, when they organized the first two editions of Festroia - International Film Festival. Until 1994, the Association held this festival in Tróia, migrating it in 1995 to Setúbal, where it stayed until its 30th and last edition, in 2014.
Over the years, it welcomed artists like Pedro Almodóvar, Christopher Lee, Jane Russell, Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Christopher Walken, Agnieszka Holland, Dome Karukoski, Dennis Hopper, Christiane Torloni, Michael York, Mickey Rooney, Maria de Medeiros, Alberto Sordi, Joaquim de Almeida, Assumpta Serna, Ingvar Sigurðsson or Ben Gazzara.
In 2007, Festroia was the first international film festival worldwide to compensate its carbon footprint.

Monte de Letras is a cultural organization in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo, in the Alentejo region. Open to all forms of art, it is guided by values such as biodiversity and environmental protection, creativity, and freedom.
In 2023-24, it was responsible for the "Stories on the walls" project, that celebrated the 50 years of the Carnation Revolution by promoting the collective painting of 6 news murals, talks with experts from Chile, Portugal and Ireland, as well as photo exhibitions of historical murals that were shown at venues in Portugal, Serbia and Northern Ireland.

The audience will choose the best short and the best feature film, selecting who will take home the “Glad I came!” Award, a name that reflects their joy for attending a particular film screening.

SUBMISSIONS:
• Films of all genres and lengths can be submitted electronically via Festhome.

- OPENING DATE: 17 November, 2024.
- DEADLINE: 22 November, 2024.
- NOTIFICATION DATE: 27 November, 2024

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
• All films must be subtitled in English or Portuguese for festival consideration.

• Through FilmFreeway entrants must provide:
1) Pre-selection copy of film in high resolution
2) Synopsis
3) Director’s photo and bio
4) Film stills
5) Trailer (if it exists)

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE AND JURY:
• Films are selected for Festival presentation by the programming committee.

• The programming committee decides the number of films selected for screening.

• The decisions of the programming committee will be final.

• If a film is selected, the festival office will contact officially the entrant by email.

SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:
• If your film is selected for screening, the festival will require:
1) The official copy of the film in high resolution (Apple ProRes; H264; .mov)
2) Dialogue list in English and/or Portuguese, with timecodes
3) Digital Press-kit
4) Any promotional material

GENERAL CONDITIONS:
• CLIT will provide the best quality projection possible but will not be held liable for any failure in the technical quality of the projection.

• If accepted, entrants grant without reservations, to the festival, the right to screen the film one time at the festival, and use footage, stills and/or titles, and information from the film for promotional purposes.