Alongside with the embassy of Switzerland, Contraluz Awards is organizing an International University Festival of Short Films that is going to take place in Santiago de Chile on December (2017).
The purpose of these awards is to recognize the work of young academics in the area of short films. Also, is to help various NGOs involved within UNICEF, Medecins Sans Frontieres, and the NOVA CREAARTE foundation.
Great judges are going to participate as members of the national and international film area, giving the students a great chance to show their work and be evaluated by them. The competition is open to national and international universities.
The short films can be made during the semester at the educational establishment or be made as a personal productions.
LOOKING FOR PARADISE is the theme for the short films and photos. This means that the contestants have to compose an artistic and creative perception of what is paradise for them, as a personal and social concept. This will take place by a narrative that manifest the link between both worlds.
The genres in competition are:
- Documentary films
- Fiction
- Animation
On the other hand, the competing categories are:
- Best film direction
- Photography direction
- Art direction
- Best performance
- Best script
- Best mounting
- Production design
Contraluz awards:
- Best documentary film realization
- Best fiction realization
- Best animation realization
The competition categories will be divided in international and national groups, giving out 13 awards for each one of them.
The maximum duration of the short films is 30 minutes, including the credits. Meanwhile, the minimum duration is 3 minutes.
The deadline to send the short films will be October 15th, 2017.
The pre selection will be carried out by a committee form by professionals of the cinematographic medium. The results will be published in our social networks on November 15th, 2017.
The short films that take part in any section of the contest can not have been reveled before at any sample nor festival.
The organization has the rights to use fragments of the chosen short films (1 minute maximum) to promote them and the festival.
The short films must be upload at Google Drive and then be shared to the reception e-mail (cl.cortometrajes@gmail.com). This e-mail will be exclusively to RECEIVE the short films.
In case of any doubt, you can visit our website (www.festivalcontraluz.com) or sent as an e- mail that is on the website.
The selected short films must be delivered inside a pen drive.
All projections will be made in digital format.
The delivery format of the videos must be Full HD (1080p).
The official jury, composed by professionals of the cinematographic medium, will be in charge of giving out the prizes, being their decision unappealable.
The organization will contact all the selected participants to inform them that they are in the competition.
The selected short films must choose two representatives to be officially invited to the festival.
They will be given air transport and the stay, but this does not include the food nor the mobilization within the country.
The short film festival will be held on December 14th, 15th and 16th, 2017.
The participation at the festival implies the total acceptance of the present bases.
Prizes
The winning short films in each category will be given a statuette as a recognition during the Festival.
Also they will receive an official invitation to meet the judges and artists that participated at the festival, with the final purpose of giving them the opportunity to make ties with judges as well as different people that belong to the medium of film culture, musical, among others.
Finally, all the short films in competition will be uploaded to the social networks of the event for their diffusion.
Submissions
Deadline: August 3 rd , 2017
You must sign up sending an e-mail to our organizers (cl.cortometrajes@gmail.com). The e- mail should contain the following information (registration form):
- Name of the participants
- Information of the participants (age, name, id, university or institute)
- The corresponding participation category (documentary films, fiction or animation).
The deadline for the inscription is only to certify your participation at the festival.
When sending the short films, the e-mail must contain:
- A copy of the registration form.
- It must be shared with the official competition e-mail by sending it via Google Drive.
Registration implies acceptance of all the bases.