Festival Cortos para Tiempos Largos (4)

Festival start: 24 October 2024      Festival end: 26 October 2024

The "Festival Cortos para Tiempos largos" is a proposal for the training, creation and circulation of audiovisual content carried out by young Colombians since 2020 with a clear purpose, to connect people and stories. The festival is not looking for winners, it is conceived as a space for the dissemination and visibility of audiovisual products, carried out for academic and non-profit purposes, where all those who wish to be part of a great story can participate.

This space is thought of as an opportunity for the dissemination and visibility of narrative content.

The festival has academic and non-profit purposes, for which recognition will be given to those selected but no prizes will be awarded.

SHORT FILM FESTIVAL FOR LONG TIMES

“HumanTIC - Creative Connections for Modern Times”

Terms and conditions

The Short Film Festival for Long Times is an annual event that promotes the creation, development, dissemination and circulation of audiovisual productions in short film format. This year the festival is delving into the world of technology with its central theme: HumanTIC, Creative Connections for Modern Times. This choice could not be more timely, considering the constant advance of the digital age and its impact on our daily lives. This choice offers a platform to explore, learn and celebrate the relationship between humanity and digital technologies in today's world. It is a call to action to harness the power of creativity and innovation in the digital age we are living in.

For this reason, the festival opens its doors to all those interested in the production, training, dissemination, and consumption of audiovisual products and those interested in artificial intelligence as a support for this field of action, to actively participate in the festival, which in its fourth version seeks to promote dialogue on how we can use ICTs creatively to address the challenges and opportunities of our modern era and take advantage of the creative potential that is being created in this digital era.

Open call

The Cortos para Tiempos Largos Festival invites national and international filmmakers to participate with their short films in the fourth official version of the festival. Registration for the festival will be open from August 24 to September 20 at 11:59 p.m.

Who can participate?

Any natural or legal person from any country who is the owner of the property rights of the author, the intellectual rights, and all other rights of the short film with which they participate can participate.

Copyright

Festival participants openly declare that they are the owners of the rights to the short film, including videos, photographs, sound, motion graphics, images, soundtrack, voice, designs and other elements derived from it or that, on the contrary, they have the necessary permissions for their use or are elements of free circulation, access and/or use.

Image rights

Regarding the use of images, participants declare that the people who appear in their audiovisual products authorize their participation, having all the permissions and more so if they use the image of minors or people in vulnerable conditions.

Legal or other actions

The participant exonerates the Festival Cortos para Tiempos Largos from any legal action for third party claims on copyright or other types of actions that the legal representative of the audiovisual work could face for violation of copyright, image or other rights derived from their short film.

Conditions of participation

Below you will find all the information regarding the requirements for participation in the festival. Please read each of the points carefully to register your short film.

Participation categories

This year, the Cortos para Tiempos Largos Festival presents FilmIA, a special category dedicated to productions made with Artificial Intelligence. This addition reflects our commitment to technological innovation and the exploration of new forms of audiovisual storytelling.

Alongside FilmIA, the festival maintains its traditional categories, offering participants various opportunities to express their creative talent. The available categories are:

Fiction
Documentary
Animation
Stop Motion
FilmIA

Within the stories portrayed in the short films, those framed in themes such as:
Human connections in the digital age
Innovation, technology and creativity
Social impact of technology
Ethics and responsibility in the digital world

Note: any of the above categories may be declared void, a determination that will be made based on the lack of reception of short films or non-compliance with the minimum standards. This will be determined by the festival and will be final.

Submission requirements:

Audiovisual works that will participate in the festival must meet the following conditions:

Short films with a minimum duration of (1) minute and a maximum of ten (10) minutes in length (including credits) will be accepted.
Short films submitted in a language other than Spanish must be submitted with subtitles, otherwise they will not be considered.

Each audiovisual work must have its respective credits, technical sheet and official poster.
A minimum quality in audio and video must be guaranteed, allowing the short film to be appreciated.

Audiovisual works submitted and selected in some of the previous versions of the festival will not be able to participate again.

The festival reserves the right to not take into consideration those short films that explicitly show injuries, mutilations, human trafficking, violation of human rights, and those topics that are considered inappropriate and degrading.

Registration requirements:

Registration for the festival will be open from August 24 to September 20 at 11:59 p.m. All audiovisual works wishing to participate in the festival on the dates indicated for registration will be received through the FestHome platform.

Any questions or concerns that arise during the registration period will be addressed through the email Infofestival@cortosparatiemposlargos.com

Selection:

Once the reception of audiovisual works has begun, a group of experts will be in charge of beginning the viewing and selection phase of the short films that will make up the official selection of the festival.
The judges who carry out the process of viewing and selecting the short films are chosen by the festival and their verdict will be final.

Short films that do not comply with any of the points of the participation conditions will not be taken into account.

Each participant will receive a notification about the result of the official selection of the festival, regardless of the results obtained by it.

The results of this call will be published on the festival's website and on its social networks on October 1, 2024 during the course of the day.

The "Short Film Festival for Long Times" will be held from October 24 to 26 in virtual and in-person mode (Colombia). During these four (4) days you can enjoy:

The viewing of the short films of the official selection through
http://festivalcortosparatiemposlargos.com/

The viewing of talks and/or interviews with people from the industry.

Screenings and talks in person (Colombia).

As an appreciation, it is worth remembering that this is not a contest; the “Short Film Festival for Long Times” is a space for training, dissemination and visibility carried out for academic purposes and without profit, where all people who wish to be part of a great story can participate.

Obligations and other provisions:

In its quest to provide transparency and clarity with the call and its results, the Festival proposes:

The short films that have been included in the official selection of the festival may not be withdrawn under any circumstances once their participation in the official program has been made public.

The selected short films will be screened virtually and in person during the duration of the festival (from October 24 to 26).

The festival will have the power to award special mentions if required.

The submission of the final files for the screening of the official selection authorizes the festival to use them for promotional purposes for an indefinite period.

All property rights of the author, intellectual rights and all other rights of the short film will remain with the participant.

The festival does not contemplate payments for exhibition, dissemination or promotion, so the owner, when registering his audiovisual work, authorizes the exhibition of a cultural and/or educational nature of this on any platform available to the festival, including indefinite subsequent periods.

All audiovisual works selected in the different versions will remain in the festival's private archives and may be used with prior authorization from the authors.

The festival will not receive payments for exhibition, in such case it will speak directly with the owners of the works and agreements will be reached.

The owner of the audiovisual work acknowledges that he has all the rights over the short film to authorize its dissemination and exempts the Cortos para Tiempos Largos Festival, its representatives and collaborators from any liability arising from claims by third parties.

By registering, you declare yourself subject to the terms set forth herein and must comply with them, accepting them completely, without any reservation or exception. These terms and conditions are mandatory and binding; if you decide not to accept them, you will not be able to participate in this call.

All participants agree to comply with all the rules established in this call.

Any matter not specified in this call will be addressed through the email Infofestival@cortosparatiemposlargos.com