1° SHORT FILM COMPETITION FOR THE “EUROPEAN MIGRATION FILM FESTIVAL”
1. OFFICIAL INFORMATION
NAME: European Migration Film Festival
CODE: 2018-1-ES02-KA105-011321
"European Migration Film Festival" (2018-1-ES02-KA105-011321) is a project implemented by Biderbost, Boscan & Rochin (BB&R), in collaboration with HRYO, AKEP and NCFutureNow. Funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission, with support of Spanish Youth Institute and Castilla y León Youth Institute.
2. RESUME OF THE PROJECT
It has been identified that in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Spain, there is a scarce production and diffusion of films that give visibility to the positive aspects of migration. On the contrary, the examples of migrant and refugee people in cinema are still more prone to repeat stereotyped roles that, in most cases, are exclusively individual cases. Unfortunately, all the above has allowed films to generate and consolidate erroneous perspectives and experiences about migration.
Given this context, it has been decided to "give a twist" to this situation and celebrate a Short Film Competition.
The purpose of this contest is to:
• Promote a positive narrative about migration and to give visibility to the contributions that citizens of third countries have made to European Union (EU) societies.
• At the same time, the Short Film Competition will result in the European Migration Film Festival.
• Both actions are expected to contribute to transforming the perception that EU citizens have about migration and refugee.
• The above is extremely important, in order to generate a better climate of coexistence, union, respect, cooperation and a sense of belonging (as European values seek).
3. THEME OF THE FILMS
The short films must address:
• The issue of the positive consequences of migration within the European Union, so they can take reference to migration, borders, living and working in a new country, inclusion, culture shock and stereotypes, welcome actions, etc.,
• In the same way the link that is created within the main axes of the European Union such as the economy, the social environment and culture, public policies and some other aspect that was linked to the current situation of European citizens.
4. THE PARTICIPANT´S PROFILE
This festival is open to nationals and residents of countries Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Spain. In this sense, the participants will have the following profile.
A) Persons between 20 and 45 years of age.
B) People who are youth workers and who use audiovisual media in their daily work (especially in the field of migration).
C) People who want to become directors of social movies or of denunciation (and who have not filmed or published any short film previously).
D) Persons who are 1st or 2nd generation migrants (will be valued positively).
E) People with a medium level (B1) of English (will be valued positively).
5. REGISTRATION FORM
An enrollment form will be designed so that interested persons can register in the short film contest of each country. Of all the candidates, both entities will choose the 2 most suitable participants for the Film Festival in Salamanca. This selection will be based on the profile of the participant, on his registration form and on the quality of his short film.
The registration form will have the following dimensions:
A) Motivation to participate in the short film contest and go to the Film Festival in Salamanca.
B) Experience within the field of youth.
C) Experience in the field of migration.
D) Experience within the field of audiovisual media.
E) What do you expect the project to contribute to you personally and professionally?
F) What will you contribute to the project?
G) Faces some situation of vulnerability.
H) Level of English.
6. GUIDELINES OF THE SHORT FILM
The videos must be registered within the platform of FilmFreeway must contain the following format to participate in the Festival, if not have all the requirements this will be removed and can not participate in the festival.
A) Short films, short documentaries, and short animation must be have a duration between 10 – 20 minutes.
B) All those films whose original dialogues are not in the English, should contain a subtitles in English.
C) The FilmFreeway accepts all major video formats in full quality HD up to 10 GB.
D) Participants should use the following configurations as much as possible, in order to make the videos compatible with the platform's output configurations.
1) File: mov or mp4
2) Size: 1920 x 1080 Full HD
7. RULES & TERMS
A) Is important that the Films must be respectful and sensitive to the human needs and issues that arise.
B) These films are ultimately creative works about people´s live, as such, comedy and imagination are greatly encouraged.
C) They may provide different points of view and show entrenched prejudice but film that have a hate motivation will NOT be selected and may reject any entry at its sole discretion.
D) Short films that contain some economic support from a program can participate, however, so that this can participate must be an original work, not presented previously in any festival and/or contest and that the director is new.
E) By submitting your film to European Migration Film Festival, you grant the Salamanca Film Festival, at no charge, the right to view, show, advertise, and make internal copies, if necessary, for the evaluation, showing and other functions of the Festival's mission and for educational purposes.
F) Films complete done or after January 1, 2017 are eligible for consideration.
G) Films may only be submitted by individuals with the legal right to negotiate the use of the work.
H) Registration can done by sending your film online (FILMFREEWAY) by the link …. Only films submitted through the festival’s designated platform, FilmFreeway, will be considered.
I) For each selected film, either the filmmaker or the individual responsible for the submission should be prepared to provide relevant still images, a trailer, the filmmaker's biography and photo of the film’s.
J) Registration implies acceptance of all the rules.
8. FEES
A) There is no fee to submit films
9. DAYS AND DEADLINE
This is the first edition of the Short Film Competition for the "European Migration Film Festival", which aims to raise awareness of the positive aspects of migration within the European Union, as well as to promote new creators of digital content as it is the Short films, which generate a change in European society through this type of platforms or contests.
A) The call will be open from October 26, 2018., it will be available in different social networking platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
B) The videos may be uploaded from November 2, 2018 on the FilmFreeway platform (link)
B) The last day to upload the shorts will be on November 23, 2018 until 23:59.
C) The winners of the festival will be notified by email on January 4, 2019.
D)The creators of the winning shorts will attend the. (No.). edition of the Salamanca Film Festival will take place from February 7 to 12, 2019, where the 2 best short films of each country will be presented.
10. FILMS EVALUATION
A) The selection of the works will be selected by the Official Jury which is composed of a committee from each country and BB & R consultants, who have a high level of preparation to take the best choice of Films and ensure that these They comply with each of the terms to be presented at the Salamanca Film Festival.
B) The official jury composed of professionals from the fil, Will be in charge of awarding the prizes.
C) Decisions the selection for the official jury Will be final.
D) European Migration Film Festival will issue letters or other forms of recognition to selected films, if requested, including acknowledgement of awards and prizes that may have been won, so the filmmaker may use it for further promotion and advertisement of the film.
11. AWARDS
A) The Official Jury selected 2 short films per country.
B) Participants who have been selected by the jury, will be notified of this through E-mail, thus having a week to confirm that they have been selected.
C) The participants selected by the jury will attend the Film Festival in Salamanca from 7 to 12 February 2019, with all expenses paid.
1)Transfer from the nearest airport to Salamanca and Salamanca to the nearest airport.
2) Accommodation at the “name of the hotel” hotel for 5 nights.
3) Food during the days of the festival (February 7 to 12, 2019)
D) Training in how to use cinema as a tool for social change and generation of Networking among people from Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Spain.
12. CLARIFICATION.
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