Courts Dans La Vallée ()

Festival start: 15 March 2024      Festival end: 16 March 2024

The festival, present for fifteen years in Occitania, proposes to present short fiction and animation films to adults.

Our theme for 2024 will be "The popular party".
An honorary prize from the public and the jury supervised by a professional (eg Alain Guiraudie, Solveig Anspach, Paul Drissen, etc.) is awarded.

The duration (credits included) is thirteen minutes maximum, and will be translated into subtitles in French.

The award is honorary, the festival only seeks to promote the distribution of short films to a wide audience.

This one is part of the multi-activities of the cultural center "Au fil des Arts".

CONTEST RULES

In the Hauts cantons of Hérault, the association "Au Fil des Arts" presents its international meeting of short films open to all lovers of images and cinema, self-taught, students or professionals...

A dozen films in competition are submitted to the vote of the Jury for the “Jury Prize” and to the vote of the public for the “Prix du Public”

Article 1: The categories retained are "fiction" and "animated film".

Article 2: Are not accepted: documentaries, commercials, pornographic films.

Article 3: The duration of a short film will not exceed 13 minutes at most, credits included. Beyond this duration, the short film will not be accepted.

Article 4: non-French-speaking films must imperatively be subtitled in French. Films submitted without French subtitles will not be viewed.

Article 5: A person can present several short films but each realization will have to be the subject of a registration.

Article 6: Registration for the festival is free.

Article 7: Registrations are made online on the online registration platform on festhome.com offered on our website http://www.fildesarts.com/ on the page of the FESTIVAL COURTS DANS LA VALLEE

To do this, simply create an account if you do not already have one. Then save your movie completely.

Article 8: Films must be in HD digital format with a 1920X1080 resolution. We recommend MP4/h.264, AAC format.

Article 9: The downloaded digital files of the short films will be kept in the festival archives.

Article 10: The collective "Courts Dans la Vallée" will appoint a selection committee which will decide according to the following quality criteria: production, script, acting, image and sound. The deliberations of the Committee are confidential and not subject to complaints.

Article 11: The note of intent, the synopsis and the contact details of the beneficiary must be communicated at the time of registration.

Article 12: The registration of the film on the platform constitutes acceptance of these rules by the applicant. Any breach of the rules will result in the elimination of the short film at any time during the meeting.

Article 13: "Courts dans la Vallée" is likely to organize screenings, free of charge, of films selected during festivals or during cultural events (example: screenings in schools in the region), in agreement with the beneficiary who will be informed in advance by the organizer of the Au Fils Des Arts event.

Article 14: The author-director guarantees that his work is original and that he holds the related rights. The author-director guarantees that his work does not contain anything that could fall under the laws and in particular the provisions relating to counterfeiting (images and music: original music free of rights or rights acquired under license, prior authorizations for music or images incorporated into the work).

Article 15: Two prizes are awarded free of charge at the end of the screenings:
• the jury prize
• the public price

Article 16: The festival collective reserves the right to cancel the event; in this event, the selected ones would be informed via the platform.

Article 17: The presence of the selected participants is greatly appreciated during the Festival. Meals will be the responsibility of the festival. Homestay accommodation can be arranged if necessary; in this case please let us know as soon as possible.

Article 18: The collective of the festival is in charge of settling the unforeseen of the present rules and of granting derogations if necessary.