Loud `n´ Roll Cinema (1)

Festival start: 12 July 2025      Festival end: 13 July 2025

Loud 'N' Roll Cinema emerges as an international festival dedicated to showcasing and awarding rock music videos, highlighting the fusion of music and cinematic language. More than just a screening event, the festival aims to be a celebration of creativity, where audiovisual storytelling amplifies the power, aesthetics, and attitude of rock.

In its first edition, taking place on July 12 and 13, 2025, at CASA1/2BAR in Balneário Piçarras, SC, the event will be entirely in-person and free of charge, offering the audience an immersive experience where music comes to life on the big screen.

With submissions open to music videos from any country and two categories—Best Brazilian Music Video and Best International Music Video—the festival seeks to recognize and promote artists and filmmakers who transform their music into impactful visual narratives.

Loud 'N' Roll Cinema is the beginning of a journey aimed at strengthening the connection between rock and cinema, fostering new discoveries, and inspiring future productions.

RLC ROCK BRAZIL Certificate for the Best Brazilian Music Video.

RLC ROCK WORLD Certificate for the Best International Music Video.

REGULATIONS – LOUD 'N' ROLL CINEMA
LRC | 2025

Introduction

1.1. Loud 'N' Roll Cinema is an international festival dedicated to showcasing and awarding rock music videos.

1.2. The first edition will take place in person on July 12 and 13, 2025, at CASA1/2BAR, in Balneário Piçarras, SC, Brazil.

1.3. The festival will be free for the public, with no admission fees for screenings.

Submission and Eligibility

2.1. Submissions are free and can be made through the Festhome platform, or via a form available on the official website of the event organizer.

2.2. Music videos from any country will be accepted, provided they belong to the rock genre.

2.3. Music videos must have been officially
released between January 1, 2020, and April 30, 2025.

2.4. Each artist or filmmaker may submit as many music videos as they wish.

2.5. No individual involved in the organization, curation, or jury may have any direct or indirect participation in a selected music video. If such involvement is identified, the entry will be automatically disqualified without the possibility of appeal.

Categories, Evaluation, and awards

3.1. The festival will award the following categories:

Best Brazilian Music Video

Best International Music Video

3.2. Up to 10 finalists will be selected for each category.

3.3. The selection of finalists will be carried out by a curatorial committee, and winners will be chosen by a specialized jury.

3.4. Evaluation Criteria: Music videos will be judged based on the following criteria:

Creativity – Originality in visual and narrative approach.

Technical Quality – Audiovisual execution, including direction, editing, cinematography, and sound.

Visual Impact – Aesthetic strength, composition, use of colors, and communication of visual messages.

Musical Quality – Composition, sound production, instrumental and vocal performance.

Harmony between music and visuals – Relationship between audiovisual content and the auditory experience of the work.

3.5. The festival will grant digital certificates to selected entries and special certificates to winners of each category. The awards will be honorary, with no financial prize. Selected and winning entries will have their audiovisual work data registered on the festival's official information and dissemination platforms, ensuring the festival's legacy and aiming for lasting visibility for artists.

Image Usage, Copyrights, and Exhibition

4.1. Rights Declaration: Entrants declare that they hold all copyrights and image rights over the submitted music videos, including soundtrack, images, and other audiovisual elements. The festival organization is not responsible for third-party claims regarding copyrights or unauthorized use of protected materials.

4.2. Exhibition During and After the Festival: Selected music videos may be screened in person during the festival and later used in promotional materials, marketing campaigns, and related events. This includes exhibition on the festival's official website (www.setebarba.com.br), Setebarba production company channels, institutional and commercial partners, as well as on any new digital platforms the festival may establish in the future, always aiming to preserve the festival's history, promote past editions, and publicize future editions.

4.3. Premiere and Exclusivity: The festival does not require exclusivity for submitted music videos. However, selected entries will receive a recommendation to make their music videos temporarily inaccessible (private, unlisted, or similar) until the event date, July 13, to enhance the audience experience at the festival. This recommendation will be made only after selection and does not require any action at the time of submission.

4.4. Exhibition Authorization: All selected music videos will receive an exhibition authorization form that must be signed to confirm the official selection in the festival.

Format and Technical Requirements

5.1. The recommended format for music videos is MP4 or MOV, with a minimum resolution of 1080p.

5.2. subtitles and Transcriptions:

Music videos spoken or sung in Portuguese do not require subtitles.

Instrumental works without singing or dialogue do not require subtitles.

International music videos, or those sung in a language other than Portuguese, must provide Portuguese subtitles. If subtitles are not available, participants may opt for a full transcription of the lyrics, dialogue, and/or spoken content, formatted with timecodes for each spoken or sung segment. The transcription should be clearly structured, like a subtitle script, to facilitate the festival organization’s later creation of subtitles.

EXAMPLE OF subtitle SCRIPT:

00:00:05 - 00:00:10 | First line of dialogue or song lyrics00:00:11 - 00:00:15 | Second line of dialogue or song lyrics

General Provisions

6.1. Submission implies full acceptance of these regulations.

6.2. Any omitted cases will be resolved by the festival organization, whose decision is final.

6.3. The festival reserves the right to change dates or deadlines due to unforeseen circumstances.

Principles and Values

7.1. The festival promotes diversity, inclusion, and respect.

7.2. Works that encourage violence or intolerance may be disqualified.

Expansion, Licensing, and Future Editions

8.1. Loud 'N' Roll Cinema aims to expand its activities, potentially including new categories, parallel events, and institutional partnerships.

8.2. The festival may create a catalog of
awarded and finalist music videos for continuous exhibition on its official video platform or other digital spaces associated with the event.

8.3. Any new distribution proposal outside the channels already provided in these regulations will be communicated to artists, who will have the option to participate or not in these initiatives.

8.4. The organization reserves the right to modify rules and criteria in future editions to enhance and improve the festival.