MENTAL - Festival of Mental Health, Cinema, Arts and Information
invites artists to submit their audiovisual works exploring a theme on the vast world of Mental Health, Health and Wellness, and Psychological Health to be an integral part of the 2024 Mental Festival edition taking place during May (Lisbon) and new venues to come.
All topics on mental health, in general, are eligible.

Mental Júnior: a special place for children's / youth film programs.

The maximum duration of the movie sent will be 60'.

O MENTAL – Festival da Saúde Mental, Cinema, Artes e Informação
convida os artistas a submeter as suas obras sobre a temática da Saúde Mental, Saúde Psicológica e Bem Estar, para ser parte integrante da selecção oficial da edição Festival Mental 2024, a acontecer durante Maio (Lisboa) e em outras localidades.
Nesta edição, todos os temas sobre saúde mental em geral são elegíveis.

Mental Júnior e Mental Jovem: o festival inclui a programação de cinema infanto/juvenil.

A duração máxima do filme enviado é de 60’.

Rules & Terms

SUBMISSION PROCESS

1. All submitted work must be original with production after 2020, and the submitter must either have festival rights to the film or permission to submit it.

2. Please ensure that non-English language films have English language subtitles.

3. Films previously submitted to other festivals may be considered.

4. There is a submission fee - this fee helps us to cover the cost of running the competition and the festival. The festival is led by Safe Space Portugal, a registered charity in Portugal.

If you cannot cover the cost of the entry fee, please contact us.

SELECTION PROCESS

1. The MENTAL Film Awards jury will be comprised of people with backgrounds in film, in mental health, or both. The decisions of the jury are final. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide feedback on films that have not been selected.

2. The winning films selected by the jury will be screened during the festival MENTAL and Mental Júnior (2024).

3. Selected films MUST provide an MP4 version of good quality and a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) in order to be screened.
We cannot pay for screening copy costs or shipping to the festival.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

1. All films submitted must have full festival clearance, including written consent/contracts, appropriate for individuals identifiable within the film (paid or unpaid), full musical clearance, and third-party clearance. It is also the responsibility of the person submitting the film to ensure that any necessary agreements are in place and valid prior to submission. By submitting a film, the person doing so guarantees that all required permissions have been obtained.

2. We may utilize clips of the films to be screened in order to publicize the festival and related events. Submission of an entry form is considered granting the festival permission to do so.

3. High-resolution still images will be requested for all winning films. 

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Termos & Regulamento

PROCESSO DE SUBMISSÃO

1. Todos os trabalhos devem ser originais e o candidato deve deter o direitos do filme bem como a permissão para o submeter a esta candidatura com produção posterior a 2020.
2. Se o filme estiver em língua portuguesa (não é obrigatório), deve chegar legendado em inglês, dado que poderá ser visionado internacionalmente.

3. Filmes que tenham sido candidatos a outros Festivais podem ser submetidos.

4. Há um fee de submissão – este fee ajuda-nos a cobrir o custo da competição e do festival. Este festival é produzido pela Safe Space Portugal, Associação registada e sem fins lucrativos.

Se não tiver possibilidade de cobrir este custo, por favor, contacte-nos.

PROCESSO DE SELEÇÃO

1. O júri do MENTAL é composto por pessoas com formação em cinema, em saúde mental, ou ambos. As decisões do júri são definitivas. Infelizmente, não podemos fornecer feedback sobre os filmes que não foram selecionados, a não ser que um ou mais elementos do júri, por sua iniciativa, entendam fazê-lo.

2. Os filmes vencedores, selecionados pelo júri, serão exibidos durante a edição do festival MENTAL, Mental Júnior e Mental Jovem ao longo de 2024.

3. Para que os filmes selecionados possam ser exibidos em sala, é necessária uma cópia em formato MP4 de excelente qualidade e um DCP (Digital Cinema Package).

Não assumimos as despesas de transcrições nem de envio por correio.

CONDIÇÕES DE CANDIDATURA

1. Todos os filmes propostos têm de ter autorização sem restrições para o festival, incluindo consentimento / contrato escritos, quando apropriado, para todos os indivíduos identificados no filme (remunerados ou não remunerados), autorização musical sem restrições, bem como de terceiros. É também da responsabilidade de quem apresenta a proposta garantir que quaisquer acordos necessários estão devidamente estabelecidos antes da submissão.
Ao submeter o filme, têm de estar garantidas todas as autorizações necessárias.

2. Poderemos fazer uso de clips dos filmes a serem exibidos com o objetivo de promover o festival e eventos relacionados. A submissão do formulário de candidatura implica automaticamente a autorização para tal.

3. Aos selecionados serão posteriormente pedidas imagens em alta resolução.

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Overall Rating
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  • NASAFI PRODUCTIONS

    Very friendly, professional and communicated well! Two thumbs up!

    October 2021
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for your review! You are very welcome. Cheers and keep in touch.

  • Katie Revell

    I sadly wasn't able to attend due to the pandemic, but communication with the organisers was great. I love the festival's mission and ethos and am delighted to have been a part of it.

    January 2021
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    Response from festival:

    It was an honor to have your great film at the Festival, with such an important message about nature deficit disorder. Excellent job!

  • Mehmet Tığlı

    It’s a great honor to be a part of this amazing festival. Great success around Corona days. Congratulations to all team of fest👏

    November 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Many thanks, Mehmet. Even Covid couldn't stop us.
    It was hard but it was an amazing event.
    Our dates for 2021 were dramatically changed.
    Please check it out.
    All the best!

  • Nathaniel Jackson

    We were so honored to have our film, 'Mad Lonely', screened at Festival Mental. We cannot stress enough, the importance of this festival, its dedication to mental health, and what it meant to us to be a part of it. They were incredibly kind, communicative, and patient through the entire process, particularly in regards to assisting with the creation of our Portuguese subtitles. Though we were not able to attend, we look forwarding to submitting again, and watching this festival continue to grow. Thank you!

    December 2019
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    Response from festival:

    We were so proud to share you and your work with our audiences, Nathaniel :)

  • Henrik Dahlbring

    Festival Mental will go down as one of the most important film festivals in the world with it's focus on mental health. We are very thankful to have been invited and awarded and I hope we'll be invited back with our next short. Thank you so very much for existing.

    December 2019
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    Response from festival:

    And, of course, we were honored to have you and your inspiring film, which more of the world needs to see. Beatutifull job. Go Henrik!