Festival Fotogenia

1. The topic to explore in this Third Edition is THE FUTURE. How do you think about it in terms of mind projection events? All technological, sci-fi, utopian, and dystopian futures are welcome, but in terms of mental projection, the vision of the future is not limited to this, since the future represents imagination, therefore, what do you imagine will happen in form of dreams, passions, fears, desires? We want to explore THE FUTURE as a CONTINUOS SPACE-TIME OF EVENTS. NO MATTER WHEN YOU'VE IMAGINED & MADE YOUR FILM!
2. The Festival is open to all international short films, and for the first time to all international feature films, regardless of its year of production, which have been created for the Festival, or if you consider that your work explores in a substantial way the proposed topic for this year’s edition.
3. The duration of the short films could be between 1-19 minutes with credits. For feature films, we consider a length of 30 minutes or more.
4. Any format is accepted (16mm, 35mm, digital, mobile) in accord to the experimentation of the cinematics’ substance; however, the final projection copy must be in Full HD digital format (1920 x 1080), QuickTime .mov or .MPEG, compression H.264.
5. Any genre and technique can be used (animation, fiction, documentary, mockumentary, a mix between genres), in the spirit of unrestricted experimentation within non-narrative, poetry logic, hypertextual logic, or thought logic, in order to defy poetry and narrative frontiers.
6. To be considered you need to submit your material through FilmFreeway.
7. Each director can send a maximum of 3 works.
8. If the original language is different from Spanish or English, the film must be subtitled in Spanish or English.
9. The regular deadline for submission is Tuesday, August 31st, 2021. The extended deadline closes on Sunday, September 19th. We won’t accept any work after that deadline.
10. A Selection Committee comprised of international specialists will review all the works and it will select those that are best suited to the Festival’s theme and philosophy.
11. The Festival will contact all selected directors to arrange the final delivery of their works in the best HD projection quality and their Press Kit. It is your responsibility to send your material on the scheduled dates. Once the Festival has the HD projection copies of the films, it will announce the Official Selection in a Press Conference.
12. The selected directors who live in Mexico City, need to commit to attending, on the day that the Festival takes place, to be part of a Q&A round, in order to discuss their works with the spectators. Those directors who live outside Mexico City or the country can participate with a video-presentation.
13. The selected films will be uploaded to a digital platform that will integrate the digital archive of the Festival. FOTOGENIA CHANNEL preserves & promotes the selected works and their directors as the historical heritage and memory of the Festival for the world.
14. As part of the tasks of FESTIVAL FOTOGENIA to provide an exhibition space for filmmakers from all over the world, the selected works will be part of an itinerant showcase in order to expand their projection to low-income communities and other public spaces once the Festival is over. This promotion of the works will depend on the agreements that the Festival could arrange with other Institutions in the next months after the official dates of FOTOGENIA have passed. The directors will be notified and invited to these possible exhibitions.
15. A Jury comprised of International Film Specialists will grant the Award: “Dulac / Avant-garde” to the work that they consider worthy of the Festival Spirit, with a cash prize of USD 1000. Besides, the Jury will grant a Special Mention: “Epstein /Avant-garde” to the work that they consider worthy of it with a cash prize of USD 500 and a "Revelation Award" to an amazing novel director.
16. The location of the Festival will be announced during the next months; it’ll be a Film Center in Mexico City in which the selected short films will be projected + a special evening party (There will be different ticket access to these Festival Events).
17. By sending your material, you accept the present rules & regulations hereby described.
18. Any unforeseen situation in these regulations will be solved by FOTOGENIA Festival Organization at its solely discretion.