7th QUITO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (FICQ)
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR OFFICIAL COMPETITION
1. General guidelines for the competition
1.1 OFFICIAL COMPETITION: is comprised of
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
All fiction or documentary works from any nationality, completed on or after January 1st 2021, can apply for the International Short Film Competition as long as their duration does not exceed 20 minutes. Submission of institutional or advertising nature will be excluded. Works to be submitted to the International Short Film Competiton should not have been exhibited to the public within ecuadorian territory, nor been showcased on the Internet or in VOD (video on demand) platforms. ALL SUBMITTED WORKS MUST HAVE SPANISH SUBTITLES (CASTILLIAN/LATIN AMERICAN), if that is not their original language.
ECUADORIAN SHORT FILM
All fiction or documentary works from Ecuador (or directed by people born in Ecuador), completed on or after January 1st 2021, can apply the Ecuadorian Short Film Competition as long as their duration does not exceed 20 minutes.
Submission of institutional or advertising nature will be excluded. Works to be submitted to the Ecuadorian Short Film Competiton should not have been exhibited to the public within ecuadorian territory, nor been showcased on the Internet or in VOD (video on demand) platforms. ALL SUBMITTED WORKS MUST HAVE SPANISH SUBTITLES if that is not their original language.
2. Submissions
The date limit for all submissions to be completed is April 8th, 2022. This should be done through the submission page available in FICQ’s FilmFreeway site (https://filmfreeway.com/ficq). Submissions must be accompanied by a screening link, along with its appropriate password, active until the end of June 2022. Submission is completely free.
Selected applicants for the Official Competition must commit to sending digital copies of their films (with Spanish subtitles if applicable) in the following formats:
- Codec: Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) or 444
- Native fps. 24 frames per second
- Max. Resolution: HD or 4k
- Stereo audio, uncompressed
- Subtitles sent as a .srt file, or other similar file (not embedded in the picture)
Alternatively (but not ideal), these format can also be used:
- Resolution: 1920x1080 HD
- Quicktime format
- Video codec: H.264
- Audio codec: Stereo .wav or .aiff (uncompressed)
- Data rate limit: 20000 Kbps
3. Insurance for exhibition copies
FICQ is not responsible for any damage or loss caused during delivery processes of physical copies (hard drives, flash drives, discs, reels, tape, etc).
4. Catalog and promotion material
If selected, the producer and/or director of the film will facilitate all the necessary material for the festival’s catalog and other graphic pieces on the date indicated by the festival organizers. Aditional promotional material, both for the press and for the public, can also be sent. The producer and/or director, whose film participates in the Festival, authorize one or several fragments of their film to be used by FICQ as informative or promotional material, over any communication medium.
5. Jury and awards
5.1 For the Official Competition
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM:
The winner of the Official Competition – International Short Film will win 600,00
USD. The result will be announced on June 25th, 2022 during the Festival’s closing ceremony.
ECUADORIAN SHORT FILM:
The winner of the Official Competition – Ecuadorian Short Film will win 600,00 USD. The result will be announced on June 25th, 2022 during the Festival’s closing ceremony.
FICQ’s organizing team will appoint a jury formed by highly regarded professionals: two international members and one local member who have no connection to the participating films. The jury will deliberate secretly; their decision will be unappealable and will be made by simple majority. The jury could grant honorable mentions in both categories.
AUDIENCE AWARD
FICQ’s organizing team will also grant recognition to the short film, within Official Competition, with the higher number of online votes on the Festival’s website.
The winner will win 200,00 USD. The result will be announced on June 25th, 2022 during the Festival’s closing ceremony.
YOUTH AWARD
A jury composed by young filmmaking students from several local film schools will grant recognition to the short film which they consider to be relevant form their perspectives as youth.
6. Digital Festival: digital Festival for the Short Film Official Competition
Aiming to diversify audiences and promote wider participation of the ecuadorian public, the Festival will exhibit all participating short films on the Official Competition on a online (web) platform operated by Fundación Telefónica.
Participants in this section who accept their work to be exhibited in the Digital Festival, should indicate so in the submission form. Films in this platform will be accesible from within the ecuadorian territory only, and their availability will be limited to the duration of the Festival (June 21 to 26, 2022). Allowing your short film to be showcased in the Digital Festival is mandaroty in order to compete for the Audience Award.
FICQ7 Team
