Please make sure that your short film fulfills the following requirements:
FIRST:
-The length limit of the short film is 25 minutes; no exceptions will be admitted.
-There are no restrictions on the topic of the short film.
-Short films spoken in a language different than Spanish must include subtitles, either embedded or in SRT submitted in an attached document. The translation must be professional, accurate and coherent in regards to the language. The subtitles must be in a convenient size and a color appropriate to the background that make it easier to read.
-The call is open only for short films produced during 2022 and 2023 Before the closing of the call.
-You are able to participate with multiple shorts. Just make sure all of them have been released during 2022 - 2023.
-Short films must have an excellent quality in image and sound.
Note: The breach of one or several requirements above will disqualify the short film immediately.
SECOND:
Take into account that for 2023, the festival will charge the submission of some shorts in addition to the platform fee. This charge is stipulated as follows:
-Short films with Colombian production or coproduction will have free submission to the festival.
-Short films with international production will have a 5USD submission fee.
Submission platforms will be open for submissions from february 23rd 20223 until March 24th 2023 6:00 PM (18:00) Colombian time.
-Wait patiently until June 20th, 2023 when we will publish on our official webpage: www.cinealacalle.org the short films that have been selected. Remember, having submitted your short does not mean it has been selected.
-If you short is selected, we will contact you to the email you specified in your registration, informing you of the steps to follow in the process of participation in the festival. All official communication will be made through email, we ask you to please check your inbox and spam box permanently.
-The winners will be announced during the closing night on August 19th, which will be broadcast live through our web channels, the names of the winning films will be published on our social networks, in addition to our website. After its publication, the organization will contact those responsible for the winning works via email, in order to inform them of the steps to follow to receive their award.
-The owners of the rights to the short films officially selected for exhibition and / or competition authorize FICICA (International Short Film Festival Cine a la Calle) to show the short films during the event. The official selection can be exhibited at a venue in the city of Barranquilla and virtually through channels provided by the festival. Through email, the process of exhibition rights of all the selected films will be carried out, depending on the case.
The short films received and selected will remain as material in the Festival's video library, if there are exhibitions of a purely cultural and educational nature after the festival, they will only be made if they have the approval of the owners of the rights, who will be informed of these events previously.
For any question regarding this call please contact us:
Email info@cinealacalle.org
Webpage www.cinealacalle.org
