23 , 28 July to 1 August 2021
Deadline: April 12, 2021
1 - Objective
The objective is to trace a global perspective of the contemporary features in cinema, television, video and multimedia.
2 - Conditions of Admission
Works admitted for selection must join the following conditions:
- Be produced after January 1st 2019;
- Unreleased in Portugal;
- Not available on the web.
Registrations in the following categories are admitted:
CINEMA: short and feature films in fiction and animation;
TELEVISION: documentaries;
VIDEO: experimental videos less than 20 minutes long;
VR FILMS: films in virtual reality 360°, narrative or experimental, but with no interactivity.
3 - Submission
Works must be registered until April 12th, 2021, by completing the online registration using one of the following platforms:
FilmFreeway
All foreign films must be submitted with English subtitles.
The Avanca Film Festival DOES NOT PAY SCREENING FEES for submitted films. By submitting your project, you acknowledge that Avanca2021 will not pay to present your work.
Entries previously screened in other festivals in Portugal or are publicly available on the web (e.g. Youtube, Vimeo) will not be considered.
Entry Fee: 14€ (euros)
• Special price until 31st December, 2020: 10 euros.
The payment at the mentioned platform.
All submission fees are non-refundable.
FREE ENTRY FEE FOR:
- Portuguese films or from countries with Portuguese as an official language, exclusively received with link and password.
- Trailers of the submitted films (less than 3 minutes long). All trailers sent with the submitted films will be considered for this competition.
4 - Selection for competition
The organization committee carries out the selection of the submitted works and informs the applicants with selected works. The selection results will be available in www.avanca.com
The film submission at the AVANCA 20201may also involves the selection for AVANCA's Film Festivals Partners.
AVANCA2021 reserves the right to use images from the films selected for marketing purposes (web, print and media).
5 – Prizes
The festival will award the best work of each category: Cinema (feature film), Cinema (short feature), Television, Video, VR and trailer. The jury will also deliver prizes to the best Animation, best Actor/Actress and best Cinematography Direction, among others.
In the Cinema category (feature film), since only a maximum of 4 films are selected, all works will automatically receive a special mention.
The international jury is composed by cinema professionals invited by the organization.
The selected films may be object of acquisition proposals for the Portuguese market (cinema, television, video, VOD).
6 – World Premiere Prize
Films that have their world premieres in the AVANCA 2021 regardless of the submitted category, are also candidates to the World Premiere Special Prize. Candidates must refer in the entry form if the film is a world premiere.
7 – Filmmaker Prize
Filmmakers under the age of 30 and over 60 will be candidates for the <30 Filmmaker Award and the Senior Filmmaker Award, respectively.
8 - Transport and Insurance of Works
The organization will inform the candidates with selected works and will give out instructions for the shipment of final copies.
The delivery of the works is on the candidates’ responsibility.
The copies of the selected films will become part of the Festival Mediateque Archives. The organization assures that the films won't be used for commercial purposes.
9 – Others
The selected works may be object of non-commercial exhibitions for the festival's promotion.
Festival languages are Portuguese and English.
The Festival reserves the right to make any necessary changes in regulations or scheduling.
By submitting your film/s or screenplay to the Festival you agree to all TERMS AND CONDITIONS above in full.
Any doubts or questions will be clarified or solved by the Organization Committee.