Muestra De Cine Documental Musical De Gijón (3)

Festival start: 19 August 2024      Festival end: 22 August 2024

THE GIJÓN 2024 FESTIVAL

3 GIJÓN MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
August 2024

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RULES

THE GIJÓN 2024 FESTIVAL
2nd GIJÓN MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
19th to 22st August 2024

1. The Rules are valid for all the participants of THE SHOW 2024.

2. There is no limit to the number of works per author, as long as they have been made after 1st September 2022. And, in the case of short films, their duration does not exceed 59 minutes.

3. All the pieces submitted to the competition must be original. The participants ratify by signing these legal bases that they own the authorship and therefore the intellectual property rights (or the authorised licence of the use of the piece by its owners), as well as the cession of the right of the image of the people who appear in it.

4. In case of breach of authorship, the person responsible will be solely and exclusively the person who has submitted the short film, assuming, therefore, the consequences derived from any kind of claim or legal action. Consequently, the organisation is exempt from any conflict derived from the non-authorship of the works presented.

5. Two sections will be established within the festival.

5.1. Official Feature Films Section: Competition for international feature films.

5.2. Official Short Films Section: Competition for international short films.

6. prizes.
Two main prizes will be awarded.

6.1 Best Feature Film Award.

6.2 Best Short Film Award.
In addition, the organisation reserves the right to award special mentions or any other prize it considers appropriate.

7. The sending of the works and their registration can only be done through Festhome (www.festhome.com).

8. Works may be submitted until 1 July 2024.

9. The Festival will inform all participants by e-mail of the works that make up the official selection 2 weeks before the start of the competition. The screening copy in digital format will also be requested to each selected film by e-mail.

10. The theme of the work to be presented is free, as long as the subject matter is within the musical genre.

10.1 The organisation of the festival reserves the right to disregard those works that do not comply with the rules, do not present a minimum of quality (we will be rigorous with those that do not respect the format of sending the works or exceed the time established for the duration of the screenings).

10.2 subtitles.
If it is necessary to subtitle the film, the company providing the film must provide the appropriate material: reference link, DVD or Blu-Ray and list of dialogues and/or subtitles. The Festival will not return these materials, which will be destroyed at the end of the Festival. If the film is distributed in Spanish territory, the distribution company must provide the Festival with a copy of the OV screening with Spanish subtitles.

10.3 Screening Formats.
The theatrical screening formats for the selected works will be:

Digital file with HD quality (.mov or .mp4). The file provided must be the final version of the film without subtitles. subtitles must be provided as separate files in .srt format. Codecs must be h.264 or h.265.

10.4 The copies submitted for the competition will be kept by the festival organisation indefinitely, forming part of the archive material, and may be used for non-profit purposes.

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

10.6 Voting and the jury's decision are secret, personal and irrevocable. Voting will be by simple majority and will not be made public until the awards ceremony. Subsequently, it will be published through the different channels belonging to the festival and other media.

11. The contestants cede to the festival the rights of total or partial reproduction of the works presented, both within the scope of the competition and through any of the media used by this festival to make itself known and promote itself. This does not imply the loss of copyright by their owners, but rather the transfer of these rights for non-commercial purposes linked to the festival.

11.1. The contestants authorise the festival to use, reproduce and distribute their name, as well as the works that participate, the images and stills contained in these pieces for any event that the organisation carries out throughout the calendar year as long as they maintain the essence of being non-profit making.

11.2. Any additional information or clarification will be provided by email.

12. All participants, by the fact of being participants, accept these rules in their entirety, as well as the resolution by the Organisation of any problem not covered by these rules. In the event of possible doubts, the criteria of the Festival Organisers will prevail.

13. The Organisation reserves the right to modify these rules.