Festival Mal del Cap

FIRST.

The cultural association Mal Del Cap, Cultura Mal Dita de Eivissa (hereinafter MdC), will carry out a contest between June 19 and July 31, 2023, both inclusive, framed within the IX International Short Film Festival "Mal del Cap", aimed at all those video creators who wish to participate in it, and who register to participate in this contest by providing the videos, under the conditions detailed below. The IX Festival Mal del Cap" will take place in Eivissa between November 28th and December 2nd, 2023.

SECOND.

"Mal del Cap" is the name of the International Festival of Short Films and New Narratives that Mal del Cap, Cultura Mal Dita of Eivissa is carrying out with the aim of promoting the production and dissemination of audiovisual works that are difficult to access commercially. It is not only a form of exhibition of works by emerging creators, but it will also be a competitive festival in which the work and creativity of the works will prevail.

THIRD.

The participation of the cinematographic and audiovisual works that will make up the Festival program in its different sections will be chosen by the Festival Organization and its Selection Committee composed by the Board of Directors of MdC.

FOURTH

The Festival will consist of the following sections or sections:

-Official Short Film Competition Section: fiction, documentary or animation short films in any digital production format may participate. The works will be presented in digital format with a minimum quality of 720X576 and H.264 codec. And they will be sent through the collaborating platforms, not exceeding 17 minutes in length, having been produced after January 1, 2022.

-Youth Short Film Competition: Short films aimed at young audiences that promote values related to solidarity, integration, drug prevention, interculturality, or any topic of interest to young people that promotes social values related to the association. The works will be presented in digital format with a minimum quality of 720X576 and H.264 codec. And they will be sent through the collaborating platforms, not exceeding 15 minutes in length and having been produced after January 1, 2021.

Official Section out of competition: All film material selected by the Organization and concerning the figure or figures to which the Festival pays special attention will be included in this section.

FIFTH

The Festival Organization will appoint the members of the Jury for the Official Section of short films in Competition, which will be composed of a minimum of five members. They will be made up of people who have no connection with the films presented.

The deliberations of the Jury will be secret, adopting their decisions by simple majority.

The audience award of the official section will be chosen by the audience of each of the festival's short film screenings.

Any possible conflict of operation not foreseen in these regulations will be resolved by the Festival Management.

For the Youth Section of Short Films in Competition, the jury will be the minors attending the screenings by popular vote.

The decision of all juries will be final.

SIXTH

The design of this list of awards in sections and contents may be subject to change or modification at the discretion of the Organization, being the last updated version published on the official website of the Festival. Any of the awards could be declared void if the short films received do not meet the required quality characteristics.

SEVENTH

In order to participate in the Festival, the following conditions must be respected and proceed as indicated:

The works participating in the Festival shall be presented in Spanish or Catalan language. Films whose original version is in another language must have embedded subtitles in Spanish or Catalan.

Submission of works: Short films selected for screening must be submitted before November 10, 2023.

Individual or collective filmmakers from around the world may participate.

Fiction, documentary or animation short films in any digital production format may participate.

-Those works that do not technically guarantee a correct projection, those that do not attach the registration form, are incomplete or contain erroneous data will be rejected.

Audiovisual support for pre-selection: The works shall be submitted in digital format with a minimum quality of 720X576 and H.264 codec and a maximum duration of 17 minutes. They will be sent through any of the associated platforms.
-Notification of admission: No later than 1 November 2023, the Festival Organisers will notify those interested of their participation in the different sections of the Festival.

The Festival will not pay screening fees for films participating in the competition sections.

The invitation of each film selected by the Festival will be strictly confidential between the Festival Management and the producers or representatives of the invited film until the Festival decides to officially announce it.

-The subtitling of the copy will be the responsibility of the producers or representatives of the film.

-All the expenses, without exception, generated by the sending of the short films or the participation in the competition will be paid by the entity or person who registers the film.

Press and publicity material: Together with the application form, all participating works must send the following material: at least 2 photographs of different scenes from the film, and any other diverse informative and promotional material for the press and the public, as well as any other documentation about the film that will enrich the knowledge and diffusion of the film. It is essential that this material be in the possession of the Festival Organisation before 1st November 2023.

The producers and directors of the short films cede the exhibition rights within the Festival and authorise, by the fact of registering, all promotional actions of the authors and the Festival that may involve the reproduction of their works submitted to the competition or of the photographs, stills or posters sent, for dissemination before or after the jury has issued its decision, as well as in the cultural circuits in which MdC or any of the organisers of the festival participate, and more specifically in the Mostra Mal del Cap de Girona after the festival, in which a selection of the short films screened during the Ibiza festival is shown.

The Festival reserves the right to make a digital copy of the selected works, guaranteeing, in any case, the copyright and intellectual property rights of the same, reserving the rights of exhibition in the different Cultural Circuits of Ibiza.

EIGHTH

The Festival Management may withdraw at any time any film that does not comply with any of the rules of these Regulations.

Likewise, any falsification of the production data may lead to the withdrawal of the film from the competition sections.

The Festival Organisers will establish the order and date of screening of each film.

NINTH.

The prizes for this year's edition will be as follows.

-1st Prize in the Official Short Film Competition Section: 200€ and trophy.
-1st Prize in the Competition Short Film Youth Section: 200€ and trophy.
-Malalt" Prize of the Official Competition Short Film Section: €100 and trophy.
-Prize for the best short film in Catalan of the Official Competition Short Film Section: 100 € and trophy.
-Audience Award of the Official Competition Short Film Section: 100 € and trophy.
-Audience Award of the Official Competition Short Film Section: 100 € and trophy.
-Sebas Parra" Award of the Official Short Film Competition Section to the best short film with social content awarded by the association La Guerrilla Comunicacional: 200 € and trophy.

The organization reserves the right to add or modify the prizes in each of the categories.

TENTH
Participation implies full acceptance of these regulations.

In case of conflict in the interpretation of any Article of these regulations or in those aspects not included in the same, the interpretation and criteria of the Festival Management will be decisive.

The original of these regulations is available and updated on the official website: www.maldelcap.com