MERCADO 360º DE RV Y RA DE BARCELONA (5)

Festival start: 28 September 2021      Festival end: 01 October 2021

The 360º VR and AR Market in Barcelona is the first Virtual Reality film festival held in Spain. On December 13th, 14th and 15th, 2021, it will celebrate its 5th edition where the quality and innovation of national and international virtual reality short films will be awarded.

The contest is organised by the Mecal Association that organises the Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival.

- Best VR Short Film

REGULATION


1. ORGANIZATION AND OBJECTIVES

The 360º VR and AR Market in Barcelona is the first Virtual Reality film festival held in Spain. On December 13th, 14th and 15th, 2021, it will celebrate its 5th edition online where the quality and innovation of national and international virtual reality short films will be awarded.

The contest is organized by the Mecal Association that organizes the Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival.





2. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

2.1. The 5th 360º VR and AR Market in Barcelona is open to all directors, producers and distributors of short films, experiences or any audiovisual piece created in virtual reality, from any country.

2.2. ONLY VR WORKS (animation, fiction or documentary) PRODUCED AFTER JANUARY 1, 2020, ARE ACCEPTED.

2.3 All VR formats and themes are accepted as long as they have a version for Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, YouTube 360 ​​or with the technical specifications of point 2.10

2.4 The festival will have a single section.

2.5 There is no duration limit.

2.6 There is no registration fee.

2.7 The organisation reserves the right to use extracts (maximum 20 seconds) or frames of the works selected for their promotion and from the 5th 360º VR and AR Market of Barcelona.

2.8 All titles will be available to professionals and accredited attendees in the VR cinema of the event to be viewed, respecting and safeguarding copyright. In no case will the works leave the 5th 360º VR and AR Market in Barcelona.

2.9 The registration deadline is November 13th, 2021.

2.10. Description of the materials to be sent and how to send them:

1) Fill in the Festhome registration form.

2) Send a link of the VR experience through YouTube 360 ​​or by sending a video with the following technical characteristics:
MPG4 to 2048x1152 H264 codec 30fps stereo ACC audio

2.11 The selection committee will be made up of festival programmers and VR specialists.

2.12 The producers or distributors must guarantee to be in legal possession of the rights of the project, including those indirectly related (for example, music).


3. PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE

3.1 All professionals who wish to participate in the 5th 360º VR and AR Market in Barcelona can contact us at info@360vrfest.pro





4. SELECTION

4.1 The selected short films will be published on the website of the 5th 360º VR and AR Market of Barcelona in the month of November 2021.

4.2 The organisation will previously notify the authors of the works of their selection.


5. REGISTRATION CONDITIONS

5.1 Participation in the 5th 360º VR and AR Market in Barcelona implies full acceptance of these regulations.


SHORT FILMS & VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCES

Deadline: November 13th, 2021
No registration fee
Requirements:
1. All works produced after January 1, 2020 are accepted.
2. There is no duration limit.
3. Country of production: all.
4. Platforms: 360º video
5. Genre: Animation, fiction, documentary, video art, video clip, in any of its forms.