Festival Internacional De Cine De Puerto Madryn MAFICI (11)

Festival start: 01 December 2023      Festival end: 10 December 2023

The Puerto Madryn MAFICI International Film Festival has been held for 11 years and is one of the most important Festivals in Latin America, which takes place in the Argentine Patagonia.

The objective of the Festival is to provide the possibility of screening national and foreign films both feature films and short films and thus generate a meeting space and diffusion of the cinema, from a corner of the Argentine Patagonia.

The Festival will reward the First Movies to Argentine and foreign filmmakers, with the "Southern Right Whale" award, in addition to the different awards of the Official Section in Competition.

MAFICI proposes from its beginnings, reward and promote the new directors of the world, announcing his first cinematographic work, being the only Argentine Festival with this unique peculiarity.

On the other hand, we intend to encourage the development of the film industry, care of the Environment and contribute to the tourist, cultural potential that our beautiful city of Puerto Madryn.

Each of the sections in Competition will receive a digital Diploma.

The jury may grant special mentions, (they have no prize in money), as it deems appropriate.

The film associations that will participate will deliver prizes and / or mentions to be confirmed.

ARTICLE 1: Objectives
The objective of the Festival is to offer the possibility of screening national and foreign films both feature films and short films and thus generate a meeting space and diffusion of the cinema, from a corner of the Argentine Patagonia.
The Festival will reward the FICTION PRIMA OPERAS to Argentine and foreign filmmakers, with the “Southern Right Whale” award, in addition to the different recognitions of the Official Section in Competition.

MAFICI proposes from its beginnings, to reward and promote the new directors of the world, making his first film work known, being the only Argentine Festival with this unique feature.

On the other hand, we propose to promote the development of the film industry, the care of the Environment and contribute to the Tourist and Cultural potential of our city of Puerto Madryn.


ARTICLE 2: Date of completion and sections
The eleventh edition of the Puerto Madryn MAFICI International Film Festival will take place from December 1 to 10, 2023 in person in the spaces and projection rooms available and online through the MAFICITV own exhibition platform.

-Official Competition Section
* OPERA PRIMA (Fiction only) "Southern Right Whale" Award.
*Environmental documentary -National and international feature films on environmental issues.
* Animation, Fiction and Documentary Short Films (up to 30 minutes).
*Video minutes -Section "To take care of our world".
-Out of Competition Section:
*Patagonian Panorama
This section proposes to value the achievements produced in the Argentine Patagonia.
Short films and feature films of Fiction, Animation and Documentary may participate.
*Environmental Panorama (A window to show environmental-themed short films).
*Women in focus (Sample of feature films and short films).
*Argentine Panorama -Sample of Feature Films (Not First Operas).
*Film school (showcase of short films from film schools from all over the country)
*Mini MAFICI (show of animated shorts for the little ones)

ARTICLE 3: Registration
Registration is done only through the Festhome platform.

MAFICI made an agreement with both platforms so that Argentine directors in all categories do not pay any cost for participating.

Only International filmmakers will pay registration, plus the cost of each platform.


Festhome:
https://festhome.com/f/2973

The works submitted for competition, both Feature Films and Short Films, must be completed from JANUARY 2021 onwards.
Inscription "To take care of our world"
You must enter the website www.mafici.com.ar and complete the online registration (free). (Closing date for this section only August 1)

ARTICLE 4: Date of reception
The material will be received until July 1, 2023 inclusive.

ARTICLE 5: General information
a) All the productions (Feature and Short films must be spoken in Spanish with english subtitles, if they are in another language they must necessarily have Spanish subtitles). If they do not meet these requirements they will not be selected.
b) The duration of the shorts (including credits) may be up to 30 minutes.
c) Once a film has been programmed, it cannot be withdrawn from the Festival.
d) The organization of the Festival will establish the order, the date and the room or virtual exhibition space for each selected film.
e) If a film or short is selected, the organizers will notify the person in charge, who must send in the requested time, the materials that are requested for dissemination within the framework of the Festival.

f) MAFICI Festival may use fragments of the works selected for dissemination in this and future editions, in the media without the right to receive any amount derived from this use by the author.
g) Those works that have been sent in the previous edition and were not selected will not be able to participate.
h) The winning Opera Prima, short films and video minutes will be part of MAFICI 2024
Itinerant, as well as a selection of shorts from the official Competition.
(screening during 2023/24 in schools, cultural centers or other screening space).

i) Each of the winners of the sections in Competition will receive a digital Diploma. The jury may award special mentions (they do not have a cash prize), as it deems appropriate.
j) The material sent to MAFICI for pre-selection must be exclusive and may not participate or have participated in another Festival in the PROVINCE OF CHUBUT during the current year.
The film associations that will participate will present prizes and/or mentions to be confirmed.

ARTICLE 6: Selection and additional material

The films and short films selected to participate in the competition and samples must send the material in due time and form via email to maficifestival@gmail.com when the festival requests it.

Title, Year, Director, Country, Cast, Qualification: ATP, SAM13 or SAM18, Synopsis: Maximum 200 characters with spaces, Category: (Fiction, Documentary or Animation), 3 Photographs of the film in digital format 300 dpi, Trailer Link (if you have it), Poster/poster of the film
Download link for projection (Maximum allowed 2gb)
All promotional material will be used for advertising, press and network communication.

ARTICLE 7: Section "To take care of our world"
This section will reward Videominutes made by primary and secondary school students from all over the country and from Latin America. Registration for this section is free.
The closing date for the call is August 1, 2023.

OUTSTANDING VIDEO MINUTE AWARD
A sports submersible camera will be awarded to the outstanding video minute and special mentions from the jury.

The topics will be:
Waste, recycling, water care, renewable energy, forest care or any topic related to caring for the environment.

Any creative technique and film genre may be used up to one minute long.
The online registration form must be completed, attaching a poster/poster (A4 size), a representative frame or photo along with the link of the minute video uploaded to YouTube.

The shortlisted videos will be shared on the festival's social networks and during the festival in a special screening, announcing the winner at the closing ceremony. The selected video minutes may be used by MAFICI for dissemination and environmental awareness through projections and/or talks.

ARTICLE 8: DISSEMINATION
The producers, distributors and directors of those First Operas, films and Shorts that remain
selected and/or are winners, assume the commitment to include in all their advertising and press material the phrase "Official Selection of the Puerto Madryn MAFICI 2023 International Film Festival", using the Festival logo. This commitment applies to both premieres commercials in movie theaters and on video on demand platforms.
The feature films and shorts that remain in the Official Competition must include the laurels in the broadcast posters. (will be provided by the organization of MAFICI 2023)

ARTICLE 9: MODALITY
The eleventh edition of MAFICI will have a face-to-face and virtual Festival format on its own MAFICI TV platform.

Much of the programming will be hosted on the platform, short films, documentaries and sections out of competition.

The team of programmers will opportunely define the films in the Opera Primas competition that will be screened in special screenings.
In the case of virtual projections on the platform, they will be available free of charge and only in Argentine territory from December 1 to 10, 2023.

The festival may change or modify the date of the festival if it deems it necessary

ARTICLE 10: Acceptance of bases
Participation and Registration in the Eleventh edition of the Puerto Madryn International Film Festival MAFICI 2023, implies the acceptance by the interested parties of these Regulations.