Rules and Regulations 11

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Talca International Short Film Festival
2015

The 11th TALCA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (FICTalca) will be held in the
city of Talca in Chile, from 6 to January 10, 2015. May participate in competition, fiction
and documentary short films, produced in Chile and abroad, premiered no earlier than
June 2013.

The festival will feature the following sections:
- International Fiction Competition
- International Documentary Competition
- National Film Schools Competition
- Maule Regional Competition
- FICTalca Online

1. General Requirements
a) The short films must not have been released prior to June 1, 2013.
b) The short films must have a maximum duration of 30 minutes, including credits.
c) Entries must not have been submitted to previous versions of the festival.
d) Works with dialogues in other language than Spanish, CAN APPLY with SPANISH OR
ENGLISH SUBTITLES. Works in other language than Spanish, submitted without English
or Spanish subtitles will not be considered.
e) The producer of a work in selection must provide an EXHIBITION COPY WITH
SPANISH SUBTITLES.


2. Category requirements and description.
a) International Fiction Competition: works of fiction, made by filmmakers of any
nationality. Priority will be given to films that present a remarkable dramatic quality,
accompanied by expressive originality and creative treatment.
b) International Documentary Competition: documentary works made by filmmakers of
any nationality. Priority will be given to films that emphasize on the exploration of new
languages and forms of recording of reality.
c) National Film Schools Competition: works of fiction produced in film schools in
Chile, directed by filmmakers of any nationality.
d) Maule Regional competition: works of fiction, video art, documentary and
animation, made by resident filmmakers in the Maule Region, Chile.




3. Awards
There will be the following awards:
a) International Fiction Competition
- Best short film
- Special Jury Prize
- Best screenplay

b) International Documentary Competition
- Best short film
- Special Jury Prize

c) National Film School Competition
- Best short film
- Special Jury Prize
- Best screenplay

d) Maule Regional Competition
- Best short film
- Special Jury Prize

e) FICTalca Online
- Online Audience Prize

Each prize will have a trophy. There will also be prizes from sponsors and in cash.


4. Submissions
The participation in the call for entries of the festival will cost USD$ 2 to USD$ 5 for
foreigners and free for Chileans.
a) Deadlines: submissions may be made from May 15 until October 31, date in which the
material will be in possession of the Festival Organization. Works received after that
date will not be considered.

- Early Bird Submission: May 15 to July 15. USD$ 2
- Regular Submission: July 16 to September 15. USD$ 3
- Late Submission: September 16 to October 31. USD$ 5

b) Submission method:
Festhome platform:
- Film, form, and materials required by the platform in the following link:
https://festhome.com/festival/270 . Regular Mail submissions wont be accepted.


5. Selected Films

The festival jury will be composed of personalities from the audiovisual, artistic and cultural
fields of the national medium and its decisions regarding the awards will not be
challenged.
The producers of the selected works will be contacted by email no later than December 6,
2014, and they will be indicated with the next steps to follow.
a) Exhibition copy: exhibition copy must be sent in MOV HD video format with H.264
codec in high quality and low compression or Bluray.
b) Language: exhibition copies that are not Spanish spoken MUST HAVE SPANISH
SUBTITLES. The producer must provide a copy with burned Spanish subtitles or
deliver a .srt subtitle in case of sending a MOV file. Failure to comply with this
requirement implies the automatic elimination of the short film from selection.
c) Deadline: exhibition copy must be in possession of the festival no later than December
16, 2014.


6. FICTalca Online

a) What is?
This year, for the first time, The FICTalca Festival is introducing a web version of the
festival, FICTalca Online, transforming it into a multiplatform competition. As well as the
theatrical exhibitions, in Talca, we have added online viewing. FICTalca Online will take
place between 6 and 10 of January 2015.
FICTalca Online is an international festival in which all the participating short films can be
seen anywhere in the world through the website created for this event. Festhome LTD. is
the guarantor for FICTalca Online.
b) Fictalca Online Prizes
The short films that participate in FICTalca Online will compete for the Online Audience
Prize, awarded through votes cast on the webpage.
The FICTalca Online Audience Section prize will be a festival trophy and money or a
sponsored prize.
c) Payment to the exhibition rights owners of films taking part in FICTalca Online.
The Online Festival will offer the general public two types of payment to access the
festival:
- Full Festival Ticket 15
- Selected Screening Ticket 4
Once the cost of service is substracted from the amount of the payment, the remaining
amount will be equally divided in three parts: one for FICTalca (the festival's organiser),
one for Festhome LTD (the company that provides the service) and one for participating
film-makers (all of them when a Full Festival Ticket is purchased, or only the ones selected
when a Selected Screening Ticket is purchased).
Payment services are regulated by these Rules and Regulations. It is understood that all
participating film-makers in FICTalca Online accept the requirements hereby stated
without reservation at the time of commencement of FICTalca Online.
All payment services will be regulated by English Law, and any dispute related to the
present Terms of use will be subject to non exclusive jurisdiction of England and Wales.
The money obtained by the Online Festival will be sent out to participating films' exhibition
rights owners through the secure payment gateway PayPal. All participating films'
exhibition rights owners will have to provide a PayPal account email address. Any
participating films' exhibition rights owners who do not have a payPal account will be able
to create one, entirely free of charge, at https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/home.
Any participating films' exhibition rights owners who do not have a PayPal account will not
receive their share of the money obtained by Online FICTalca through paid online viewing.
Each share not sent out due to the user in question not having a PayPal account will be
shared among the other participating films' exhibition rights owners who do have a user's
Paypal account.
PayPal will deduce a percentage from any money transfer which will be substracted from
any and all shares of the money ontained from online viewing at Online FICTalca. These
transfers fees can be accessed at: https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/paypal-fees.
No VAT will be substracted from money transfers made to participating films' exhibition
rights owners.
When the money to be sent out to participating films' exhibition rights owners is under 5,
and depending on the obtained amount, participating films' exhibition rights owners will not
be sent a money transfer, but Submission credits to film festivals at www.festhome.com
instead.


7. Final considerations
Once submitted, the short film not may be withdrawn by participants in case of being
selected.
The Organizing Committee is not responsible for loss or damage to materials during
shipment or return.
Winning entries must include in their credits and promotional materials, the prize awarded
in this competition.
The Organization reserves the power to disqualify a work that once selected, does not
comply with the rules and regulations of the contest.
Any situation not indicated in these rules will be resolved by the Organizing Committee of
the festival.
The works participating in the Eleventh Talca International Short Film Festival, must agree
to the conditions of these rules and regulations.


More information:
Web: http://www.cortostalca.cl/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/FICTalca
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FICTalca