Festival start: 01 June 2021
Festival end: 14 June 2021
FRONTERA SUR, International Non-Fiction Film Festival, is a non-competitive festival that exhibits a set of cinematographic, Chilean, Latin American and worldwide works related to the concept of non-fiction cinema.
The fourth edition of the FRONTERA SUR Festival will be held in online or mixed mode (online / in person) from June 1 to 14, 2021, organized from the Concepción city, Biobío Region, southern Chile.
FRONTERA SUR, 4th INTERNATIONAL NON-FICTION FILM FESTIVAL
1_ FRONTERA SUR, International Non-Fiction Film Festival, is a non-competitive festival that exhibits a set of cinematographic, Chilean, Latin American and worldwide works related to the concept of non-fiction cinema.
2_ The fourth edition of FRONTERA SUR festival will be held in online or mixed mode (online/in person) from June 1 to 14, 2021, organized from the Concepción city, Biobío Region, southern Chile.
3_ Films about any subject and of any duration will be considered, as long as they are included in the category of non-fiction cinema. This category includes documentaries and also other film works which are in a less defined ground, between fiction and documentary, between narrative and experimental, exploring new ways of aesthetics and narratives that not suit within the commercial circuit. It is about a cinema of author, border cinema, independent, risked and innovative.
4_ In order to a film to be considered at the festival program, it is necessary to be inscribed by the owner of the copyrights.
5_ Only films completed on or after January 1st 2019, which haven’t previously been exhibited in the Bíobío region cinemas, nor in television, and which have not been distributed by Blue-ray or DVD, will be accepted.
6_ The films must express the point of view and the artistic intention of the authors. Reports will not be considered, neither propaganda or institutional films. Neither will be accepted those films that were already postulated to previous festival versions.
7_ When registering a film at FRONTERA SUR Festival, the participant authorizes its exhibition, online and in person, without limit of functions in the context of the festival (June 2021), renouncing all economic retribution for that concept. In addition, the film will become part of the Video Library of FRONTERA SUR, for non-profit educational and cultural purposes. The owner of the film will retain the copyrights of the same. In the case that the festival decides to schedule new screenings the owner will be informed with due anticipation.
8_ The films will be screen in original Spanish version (or subtitled in Spanish) on the festival’s digital platform and will be available for viewing in Chile and also throughout Latin America, depending on the decision of each participant. If possible, the films screenings will also be held in theaters of Concepción city. The registered films whose language is different from Spanish must have a subtitled copy in Spanish. The festival will take care for translating dialogue lists and/or subtitling films only in very exceptional situations.
9_ The registration period extends from January 21st to February 28th 2021. Chilean films on the post-production stage at the close of this call may register a preliminary cut. In case of being selected the festival will determine the deadline of the final cut.
10_ To register a film work at the FRONTERA SUR Festival you must send the complete registration form signed along with a copy of the film. These materials can be sent in the following ways:
a. Registration form + private link with password and download option activated (Vimeo or Youtube) to the following e-mail: programacionfronterasur@gmail.com
The registration form is available for download on the festival website: http://fronterasurfestival.com
b. Through the Festhome platform, in the link: https://festhome.com/f/3154
11_ The festival doesn’t accept shipments through down load platforms with an expiration date as WeTransfer, nor from private storage services like Dropbox or others.
12_ The official selection will be publicly announced at the beginning of May 2021. The selected participants must send the exhibition copy of the film no later than May 10th. The sending cost will be borne by the person who inscribed the film and the return will be paid by the festival.
13_ The exhibition formats are: Digital file (H264 or Apple ProRes) and DCP (only exceptionally).
14_ The festival can use still images or fragments of up to three minutes of the films of the official selection in any of its printed, electronic or audiovisual publications.
15_ The participants state that they are the sole holders of the audiovisual works they present to the festival and they claim to have all of the copyright involved in them. The registration form will have the character of an affidavit. In case of incorporating false information, the responsibility for any claim by third parties, about the ownership of the work and/or the copyright contained in it, will be exclusively of the participant who presents the work.
16_ The registration in FRONTERA SUR Festival implies the acceptance of the present conditions in these regulations.
17_ After invitation acceptance in one of the festival sections, the film will not be able to be retired.
18_ The organization of FRONTERA SUR has the right to modify the dates, modality and other elements of the festival that are not covered in these regulations, if there are circumstances that warrant it.
If you have any questions or comments contact by the following e-mails:
programacionfronterasur@gmail.com
contacto@fronterasurfestival.com
International Section
Short and Feature Films (2019+)
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Submissions deadline
28 Feb 21
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Films from any country about any subject and of any duration will be considered, as long as they are included in the category of non-fiction cinema. TV reports will not be considered, neither propaganda or institutional films. Neither will be accepted those films that were already postulated to previous versions of the festival
Latin American Section
Short and Feature Films (2019+)
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28 Feb 21
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Latin American films about any subject and of any duration will be considered, as long as they are included in the category of non-fiction cinema. TV reports will not be considered, neither propaganda or institutional films. Neither will be accepted those films that were already postulated to previous versions of the festival
National Section
Short and Feature Films (2019+)
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Chilean films about any subject and of any duration will be considered, as long as they are included in the category of non-fiction cinema. TV reports will not be considered, neither propaganda or institutional films. Neither will be accepted those films that were already postulated to previous versions of the festival
