RIURAU FILM FESTIVAL ()

Festival start: 20 August 2024      Festival end: 25 August 2024

13th edition of the RIURAU FILM FESTIVAL

Requirements:
-Production date after 01/01/2023.
-Duration of short films: less than 20 minutes.
-Only fiction short films.
-Subtitles in English, Spanish and Valencian according to rules.

Categories:
-Dance Film (multiperspective+fragmentation+continuity)
-General Fiction (free themed)
-Social Diversity Fiction (cultural, functional, gender, sexual, age...)
-Sustainability Fiction (environmental, economic, socio-cultural)
-Ficció in Valencià (free themed)
-Fiction El Nostre Cinema (linked to La Marina Alta region in Alicante)

€4,100 in prizes: 8 monetary rewarded prizes and statuette + 1 specific prize for Short Film directed by a woman + 7 Diplomas

This is an excerpt from the bases. Consult the complete rules in the call and also on the website: riuraufilmfestival.com

Cash Prizes: 4,100€

Best Fiction Short Film. Vila de Xàbia. Awarded with €700, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Direction. Ciutat de Dénia. Awarded with €700, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Dance Film. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Social Diversity Fiction Short Film. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Short Film Directed by a Woman. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet *

Millor Curtmetratge de Ficció en Valencià. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Sustainability Short Film. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet *

Best Fiction Short Film from La Marina Alta region. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet *

Best Short Film RIURAU EXPRESS. Awarded with €300 and diploma.

EXPRESS Baleària Short Film. Audience Award. Awarded with two boat tickets from the Baleària company and diploma.

Best Interpreter. Diploma.
Best Photography. Diploma.
Best Art Direction. Diploma.
Best Screenplay. Diploma.
Better Assembly. Diploma.
Better Sound. Diploma.
Best Original Music. Diploma.

- All monetary prizes are subject to tax withholding determined by current law in Spain.

- Prizes marked with an asterisk * will be increased to a maximum of €200 if the director,
producer or main performer attends the awards ceremony from more than 100 km away.

- The awards are not exclusive. A short film may receive more than one award.

- The organization will send the corresponding diplomas and laurels to the winners.
Obtaining an award requires publishing the RRFF laurel in the credits of the short film.

- IMPORTANT: No trophy will be sent. The "Bancalets" can only be delivered to the winners or their accredited representative at the awards ceremony.

RIURAU FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
XIII Edition
August 17 to 28, 2024


TERMS AND SPECFICATIONS

Please carefully read the 12 points contained in these terms.
Please note that April the 15th 2024 is the deadline for submitting short films to the festival.

The 13th edition of the RIURAU FILM FESTIVAL will take place in the Marina Alta region in Alicante (Spain) between August 17 and 28, 2024. Three towns, Denia, Xàbia/Jávea and Jesús Pobre, will host the festival screenings, activities and meetings.



1.- REGISTRATION of short films will be submitted through any of the following platforms. Please avoid duplication in subscription. RRFF obtain any economic benefit with the inscriptions of the short films.

FESTHOME, at the address http://festhome.com


2.- SPECIFICATIONS
(except for the RIURAU EXPRESS section: see p.4 of these bases).

- Short films will have a maximum duration of 20 minutes

- The short films presented must be produced after January 1st, 2023.

- The contest does not consider documentary films.

- The contest does not consider animation, although it will admit the occasional use of it as
a punctual cinematographic resource.

- The registration period ends on April the15th, 2024 for all sections (except RIURAU EXPRESS see p.4).


2.1 Insertion of subtitles:

All shorts will be presented in their original version with subtitles embedded within the film.

- in english for short films in Spanish.
- in Spanish and/or english, for short films in Valenciano.
- in Spanish or Valenciano for short films in other languages. Optionally, they may also have an additional line with english subtitles.


2.2 Advertising and promotion material:

- For their eventual publication in the promotion of the festival, in addition to the short film, the following will be attached through the platform: the trailer or teaser, the film poster, a synopsis, photographs or frame captures of the film and a photograph of the director (of at least 1600x900 pixels with the photographer's credit incorporated).

- For El Nostre Cinema Fiction section, an accreditation of the film connection to the Marina Alta region in Alicante (E) will also be attached (see p. 5)

- RRFF organization reserves the possibility of using a fragment of up to 1 minute duration of the selected short films, for screening promotion and the festival award ceremony purposes.



3.- SECTIONS

a) Dance Film (multiperspective+fragmentation+continuity)
b) General Fiction (free theme)
c) Social Diversity. Fiction (cultural, functional, gender, sexual, age...)
d) Sustainability. Fiction (environmental, economic, social-cultural)
e) Ficció en Valencià (free theme)
f) El Nostre Cinema Fiction (film linked to La Marina Alta region in Alicante - see p.5) (free theme)
g) RIURAU EXPRESS (filming & editing marathon in Jesús Pobre - see p.4)

- The Selection Committee reserves the right to change a short film to a different section depending on its theme, so participants are requested to only register their short film in one section of the festival.



4.- RIURAU EXPRESS SECTION. Filming & Editing Marathon.
Terms for this section appear clicking: https://riuraufilmfestival.com/riurau-express

- The RIURAU EXPRESS challenge is to shoot and edit a short film in 38 hours. It will be held on Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18, 2024 in Jesús Pobre (Alicante).

- The selected shorts will be screened at the Riurau Film Festival session in Jesús Pobre on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

5.- FICTION SECTION EL NOSTRE CINEMA FROM MARINA ALTA

- The short films in this section will follow the same specifications, they will adhere to the
same requirements and will receive the applicable prizes described in these rules.

- The section winner will also achieve a specific prize (see p.6)

- Short films submitted to this section must attest their connection to La Marina Alta region due either to its filming location, or the origin or residence of its director/producer, or any main or secondary performer, as well a relevant and key member of the film's team.



6.- prizes

- Participating short films will be eligible for the following awards per category:

Best Fiction Short Film. Vila de Xàbia. Awarded with €700, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Direction. Ciutat de Dénia. Awarded with €700, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Dance Film. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Social Diversity Fiction Short Film. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Short Film Directed by a Woman. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet *

Millor Curtmetratge de Ficció en Valencià. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet.*

Best Sustainability Short Film. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet *

Best Fiction Short Film from La Marina Alta region. Awarded with €400, diploma and Bancalet *

Best Short Film RIURAU EXPRESS. Awarded with €300 and diploma.

EXPRESS Baleària Short Film. Audience Award. Awarded with two boat tickets from the Baleària company and diploma.

Best Interpreter. Diploma.
Best Photography. Diploma.
Best Art Direction. Diploma.
Best Screenplay. Diploma.
Better Assembly. Diploma.
Better Sound. Diploma.
Best Original Music. Diploma.

- All monetary prizes are subject to tax withholding determined by current law in Spain.

- prizes marked with an asterisk * will be increased to a maximum of €200 if the director,
producer or main performer attends the awards ceremony from more than 100 km away.

- The awards are not exclusive. A short film may receive more than one award.

- The organization will send the corresponding diplomas and laurels to the winners.
Obtaining an award requires publishing the RRFF laurel in the credits of the short film.

- IMPORTANT: No trophy will be sent. The "Bancalets" can only be delivered to the
winners or their accredited representative at the awards ceremony.

7.- SELECTION

- The short films selected for screening will be announced through the platforms and on the festival website www.riuraufilmfestival.com on May the 4th, 2024 for all corresponding categories.

- Fragmentation, multiperspective and good use of ellipsis and metaphor resources in short films will be valued as inherent characteristics to our Riurau Cinema School and our festival.



8.- COPIES

- Selected participants will provide a screening copy in H264, Mov or MP4 quality and 1080p resolution (not 4K), with subtitles duly embedded in the film.

- RRFF reserves the right to keep a copy of the selected short films for the Festival archive and for educational, cultural and non-profit purposes.

- RRFF does not pay screening fees.



9.- SCREENINGS

· August 20 and 21, 9:30 p.m. in Xàbia/Jávea (E-03730). Riurau d'Arnauda.
· August 22 and 23, 9:30 p.m. in Jesús Pobre (E-03749) Gran Riurau de Jesús Pobre.
· August 24 and 25, at 9:30 p.m. in Dénia (E-03700) Torrecremada Gardens.
· August 25, 10:30 a.m. (morning session) in Denia (E-03700) Social Center Auditorium.

- Film authors selected for competition may present their film, if they wish so, on the screening day.

- If any change occurs due to force majeure, RRFF organization will display the selected short films at other appropriate places and times.


10.-THE RRFF JURY

RRFF appoints different juries for different sections of the competition:

- The Jury for all Fiction sections (except Dance Film and RIURAU EXPRESS) will have a minimum of three specialists from the cinematographic environment.

- For the Dance Film section, the jury will have Dance Film specialists from the Centre Coreogràfic de Dénia and the Dansa Film Lab from RRFF.

- For the RIURAU EXPRESS section, the jury will have a minimum of three specialists from the cinematographic environment and the section will also be endowed with the Audience Award.

- One or more members of the Ass. ECRR may attend, without vote, the deliberations of the juries, which will be fully independent.

- The jury's decision will be final.

- The jury reserves the right to declare a prize void.

- RRFF will announce the identity of the jury before the start of the festival.

- The incorporation of any other prize or mention not appearing in these rules remains at the will of the jurors.


11.- RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATION OF MINORS:

- Rights: The participant will be fully responsible for holding all rights related to the short film. The Festival is not responsible for the lack of rights that may be incurred in the short films.

- Minors: Any participant under 18 years of age must be represented by one of their parents or legal guardians, who must download, complete and send to the festival the Authorization Form for Minors that appears on the RRFF website and will be responsible for the image rights of the participating minors.



12.- ACCEPTANCE OF THE BASES AND DATA PROTECTION LAW.

- Registration implies full acceptance of these rules, as well as the decisions of the organization, selection committee and juries. Any issue not provided within the rules will be resolved by the RRFF organization and will be final.

- The organization commits and obliges to the fact that the personal data belonging to the data file of the participants will be treated in accordance with Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5 Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights.


For more information about RRFF visit www.riuraufilmfestival.com
or send a message through the FESTHOME website.
or by email to: comunicacion@riuraufilmfestival.com


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