Sombra - XIV Festival De Cine Fantástico Europeo De Murcia (14)

Festival start: 03 March 2025      Festival end: 17 March 2025

The European Fantastic Film Festival of Murcia SOMBRA is a project that aims to spread and serve as a reference to fantasy films produced in Europe, as well as support European, national and regional production of gender.

Cash Prizes: 500€

AWARDS FEATURE FILMS

- Grand prize for the best fantastic European feature film, which consists of a trophy

- Awards for best director, actor, actress, screenwriter and cinematography. These awards consist of a trophy or diploma.

AWARDS SHORTFILMS

• Grand Prize of the Festival for the best national short film: Awarded with a prize of €300

• Jury award for best Murcian short film: €200

EUROPEAN FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF MURCIA 2025 FEATURE COMPETITION RULES INTRODUCTION


The European Fantastic Film Festival of Murcia SOMBRA is a project which aims to serve as a reference point for fantastic films produced in Europe, as well as promoting and supporting the European, national and regional works in the fantasy genre.


PURPOSE

The fantastic feature competition is intended to reward the best fantastic feature film (horror, science-fiction, fantasy) produced in Europe and submitted to this contest.


PARTICIPATION

Participation in the festival implies the full acceptance of the present conditions.

FILM SUBMISSION AND PARTICIPATION Submission will be done via the digital platforms associated with this festival.


REQUIREMENTS

The submitted works must be European productions or co-productions with the participation of European production companies or firms.

The registration period for the works will begin on October 22, 2024 and end on January 08, 2025.

All entries must be original and must have been produced between 2023 and 2025.

Only films that have not been commercially released or broadcast in Spain will be accepted.

Competition program is restricted to films with fantastic themes (horror, science-fiction, fantasy).

Films presented in languages other than Spanish must be submitted with Spanish subtitles.


PRESELECTION SCREENINGS

All entries must be sent via screening and/or download links. In the exceptional case that an online link is unavailable, a DVD or Blu-ray will be accepted.


SELECTION OF WORKS

Competition section: physical section for best European film. All the films that are selected and screened during the festival will be eligible for one or more awards.

The accepted screening formats of films in competition are DCP. DVD and Blu-ray will not be accepted as screening formats.

Films presented in languages other than Spanish must be submitted with Spanish subtitles. If subtitles are in english, a dialogue list must be provided far enough in advance for subtitling.

Films to be screened in DCP format must comply with the DCI rules. Besides, the company that registered the film must also send the necessary passwords for the servers of the locale where the film will be screened.

The organization reserves the right to screen the film as many times as necessary during the festival.

The company that registered the film agrees to provide all the necessary promotional materials required by the festival.

The selected films must be sent to the following address:

SOMBRA, FESTIVAL DE CINE FANTÁSTICO EUROPEO DE MURCIA

PLAZA FONTES S/N - 30001
Murcia - España
www.sombrafestival.com / info@sombrafestival.com

All shipping and postage costs for the submission of the selected films are entirely borne by the participants. This includes the screening insurance.

All screening copies of the selected films must arrive before January 8th, 2025.


JURY

The jury is comprised of cinema and culture professionals and personalities from the region of Murcia, as well as both national and international.

Decisions of the jury are final and irrevocable. If anyone wants to discuss this, the festival is willing to form a circle of death for it. However, be warned that we reserve the right to use terrible deadly weapons for the dispute, we have a blood-thirsty troll trained for these cases, and we’ve watched plenty of films where methods of body disposal are thoroughly explained.


Awards

- Grand prize for the best fantastic European feature film, which consists of a trophy

- awards for best director, actor, actress, screenwriter and cinematography. These awards consist of a trophy or diploma.

The organization agrees to facilitate the visit of the winners to the festival so that they can collect the prize. Likewise, the companies registering the films agree to send a representative to attend to the closing gala and presentation of awards.

If any of the requirements outlined in these rules is violated, the organization is empowered to not award the prize.