Festival Audiovisual Infantil (FICAIJ)

Categories:
1) Children
+ 5 (from 5 to 7 years)
+ 8 (from 8 to 12 years)

2) Teenagers:
+ 13 (from 13 to 15 years)
+ 15 (from 15 to 17 years old)

3) Young people
+18 (from 18 to 23 years old)

Areas:
1) Made for children, adolescents and young people
2) Made by children, adolescents and youth.

Information on participation in FICAIJ:
1) Registration begins on October 18th, 2021.

2) If you wish to participate with your audiovisual production, register your work through www.filmfreeway.com/ficaij

3) The Festival promotes the registration of:
a.- Animated feature films.
b.- Live-action feature films.
c.- Animated short films.
d.- Live-action short films.
e.- Animated television series.
f.- Live-action television series.
g.- Other works inserted within the new trends in media; that is, transmedia, multiplatform, digital, web, interactive, among others.

4) It does not matter if you are a minor, you must only attach the authorization or permission of your father, mother or representative in accordance with the policies and regulations that apply to your respective country or international laws on the subject of minors and/or adolescents.

5) The works received for the competition in the different lines will be submitted to a pre-selection process with a pre-qualifying jury that will be defined by the organization.

6) No restrictions will be made on the language of the film or audiovisual. If the film is in a language other than Spanish, the producer must send the subtitles in English in .srt or .txt format. This requirement is indispensable for the respective translation of the work into Spanish.

7) It is important to point out that any registration or shipping costs are to be paid by the person who registers the work. There is no limit to the number of works you can submit to the Festival.

8) The deadline for the reception of audiovisuals will be Monday, January 17th, 2022 at 11:55 pm, Colombia time.

9) All works made between 2020 and 2021 will be entered into the competition. Works from previous years can be entered, but they will be exclusively included in the retrospective section of the Festival.

10) The qualifying jury will be divided into three classes:
1) Children
+ 5 (from 5 to 7 years)
+ 8 (from 8 to 12 years)

2) Teenagers
+ 13 (from 13 to 15 years)
+ 15 (from 15 to 17 years old)

3) Young people
+18 (from 18 to 23 years old)

11) In case there is only one or no film or audiovisual registered in any of the categories, the Festival may declare that line deserted. However, it does not mean that it cannot be screened in the framework of the Festival or other exhibitions.

12) There will not be shared prizes in any of the categories. The jury cannot declare any of the prizes deserted. The decision of the jury will be unappealable. If they consider it, the jury can make some special or honorable mentions.

13) The natural or legal person who makes the registration of the audiovisuals that win prizes undertakes to mention them in all advertising and press material, using the Festival's logo and specifying the prize.

14) The material sent to the Festival will not be returned by the organization.

15) The registration to the Festival implies that you have accepted each of the provisions contained in the numbers of these Rules.

16) You can express any doubt you may have, preferably before the closing date for the reception of films or audiovisuals.

17) FICAIJ, considering the importance of the promotion and diffusion of cinema and diverse audiovisuals, will include the audiovisual material selected in:

a.- Its school video library, in order to present it free of charge, with previous notification to the producer, in different exhibitions in educational institutions and other communities, at regional, national and international level.

b.- Its catalogue of audiovisual works for distribution, in order to represent them before possible clients interested in the commercialization of such titles, always with previous notification to the producer and authorization from him/her.

18) Any event not provided for in these Rules shall be resolved at the discretion of the Asociación Civil Grupo de Artes Escénicas y Audiovisuales Expresión Ixoye, and its commercial brand, Bura.