1. Object
Since the early days of cinema robots have been an inspiration for great directors: Fritz Lang, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, etc. starring in an endless list of films.

In recent years, film production with robotics theme has experimented a special boom, mainly due to the technological evolution of robots themselves, but also because the relationship between humans and machines is getting closer and closer and is increasingly becoming part of the social imaginary.

In addition to establishing a new space for dialogue between art, science and technology, the main aim of the Robotic Online Short Film Festival (ROS Film Festival), is to be able to elucidate how this imaginary we previously referred to is made up, by making creators and viewers reflect on a not so distant society where we share our daily life with social robots, those who are capable of interacting and empa-thizing with humans or among themselves.

Thus, the ROS Film Festival aims at creating stories where robots, alone or with humans, are the protagonists. It has one official section and can include any type of robot, whether real (programmable and made with electronic circuits) or fictitional (created through animation techniques or represented by actors through characterization). In this section, works will also be accepted if one of the central characters represents an artificial intelligence, with or without physical form.

Awards
Jury Prizes

1st Prize: 1200 euro
2nd Prize: 500 euro
5 Secondary Awards

Audience Awards

300 euro

A short film can be awarded both a Jury Prize and an Audience Award. All prizes are subject to current tax legislation.

The resolution of the awards will be published on the festival website before November 30, 2023 and it will be broadcast on all communication channels of the ROS Film Festival and written media.

The jury will be formed by personalities and renowned professionals in the film industry and in the world of technology or communication. The decision of the jury will be final.

The call may be declared fully or partially deserted and the jury’s decisions will be final.

Participation
Participants may submit as many short films as they wish. A different registration must be made for each of the short films presented.

Application and sumissions are free. It will be necessary to carry out the following actions, explained in the development of these bases.

Film submission through:  FilmFreeway

Participants will receive confirmation of receipt by the organization, both the registration and the work. You may complete a different registration for each short film submited.

Term for registration and film submissions will be open from 5th November 2022 until the 1st July 2023.

Participation in the festival implies acceptance of these rules.

Requirements for participating short films
The short films must be unscreened or produced after January 1, 2017.

Content
The short films must have at least one robotic actor or character and any number of animals or human actors considered appropriate by the creators (zero to infinity). The films sent for competition will have a maximum length of 20 minutes, excluding bumpers and credits.

An extra video (with a maximum length of 3 minutes) with additional material (outtakes, making of, tributes and references) can be included with each short film. This additional video will not be assessed by the jury.

Format
Technical specifications for short films and additional material submitted: files must be MP4, audio AAC-LC, encoded in H264, and minimum resolution 1280x720 -commonly called 720p-, in 16:9

Participants must keep a copy of exhibition in FullHD of the short film, in MP4, encoded in H264, of 1920 x 1080 in 16: 9 that ROS Film Festival organization will require if they become finalists, for screening in theaters and festivals.

Festival organization will add two identifying bumpers from the ROS Film Festival, one at the beginning and one at the end in each one of the films submitted.

Accepted languages
Short films must be filmed in English or in any other language, as long as they were submitted with English subtitles. Festival organization reserves the right to subtitle short film to any other language and screen it with these subtitles.

A short film can be awarded a Jury Prize and an Audience Award.

All prizes are subject to current tax legislation.

The call may be declared fully or partially deserted and the jury’s decisions are final.

Festival Schedule
Film submissions: from 5th November 2022 until the 1st July 2023 at 23:59  Madrid.
Public screening and online votation for audience award: November 2023.
Jury's decission anouncement: November 2023.

All times shown in the calendar are according to Madrid time CEST (UTC / GMT + 1).

7.Terms and Conditions
7.1.Participants commitments
t is the responsibility of the participants to have the rights to exhibit the materials included in the short films (use of third party materials, appearance of people, minors, etc.).

To participate in the ROS Film Festival, submitted short films must comply with current legislation regarding copyright and the right to privacy of individuals. Therefore, participants guarantee that the films submitted to the festival do not violate current legislation regarding exploitation rights, rights to honour, privacy or image or intellectual property rights and / or industrial and / or any other third party rights.

The organization of ROS Film Festival accepts no legal responsibility for the films in competition and its contents.

Participants undertake to keep a screening copy with the characteristics indicated in section 3.2.

Participants grant permission to ROS Film Festival for the dissemination of the work under the conditions specified in 7.2 of these rules.

7.2. Dissemination of work
The short films sent to the festival will be published in the communication channels of ROS Film Festival, for display.

By taking part in the festival, authors will transfer to El Caleidoscopio Proyectos de Ciencia y Cultura S.L, for free and for an indefinite term, with ease of transfer to third parties, and on a non- exclusive basis, the rights of reproduction, public communication and distribution of the film and / or fragments thereof, through any channel.

The authors of the short films authorize the festival to use, reproduce, disclose, print, publish and disseminate through any media, the names and image of the representative and the technical team responsible for the creation of the film, for acts of dissemination of short films.

The festival organization is exonerated from any responsibility in case of malfunction of the Internet that prevents normal development of the festival.

7.3. Privacy Policy
Los participantes autorizan a El Caleidoscopio Proyectos de Cultura y Ciencia S.L. a tratar de forma

Participants authorize El Caleidoscopio Proyectos de Ciencia y Cultura S.L to automatically process the data collected in the pre-entry and participation forms of the ROS Film Festival included in the website http://rosfilmfestival.com/en/ to receive information about the festival and any other issues related to the festival that might be of interest to the user.

In any case, the participant may contact the organization in order to access, modify or cancel their data via e-mail at shortfilms@rosfilmfestival.com

El Caleidoscopio Proyectos de Ciencia y Cultura S.L, as an entity responsible for the file data obtained from the forms at http://rosfilmfestival.com/en/ ensures proper compliance with current legislation regarding the protection of personal data.

8. Acceptance of rules
Attending this competition implies acceptance of its rules and its decision, which is final, and the waiver of any claims.

Exceptionally and for duly justified reasons, El Caleidoscopio reserves the right to modify the wording of the Rules in order to clarify or specify its contents without this involving a substantial or arbitrary alteration thereof. The text of the Rules will be available during the term of validity of this call on the website http://rosfilmfestival.com/en/

For more information or for further questions about the festival, please write to

shortfilms@rosfilmfestival.com

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SPAIN

info@elcaleidoscopio.com

T.: +34 966 36 88 53

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  • Ist is a Great honor for us to be selected with „Witches of Everland II“ by this fantástic spanish festival 😊

    December 2023
  • Sergiusz Wasilewski

    Splendid, professional, worth attention. Take part, no disappointments.

    December 2023
  • Hani Gimna

    an interesting and great festival!

    December 2023
  • A special and unique festival!!!
    Thank you for selecting and ranking my film Toy as a finalist!!!!

    December 2023
  • Lida Zacharopoulou

    The communication and organization of the festival was great! Thank you for choosing my film.

    December 2023