Kultura Communication Desarrollo-KCD NGOD (hereinafter the holder or KCD NGOD, indistinctly) registered in the General Register of Associations of the Basque Country with Tax ID G-95550943, and address at Beurko Viejo 3, Pabellón 38, Oficina 12, BarakaldoBizkaia (Vizcaya) 48902, Spain, will hold a festival dedicated to screening diverse and
socially-committed films, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.
KCD NGOD, organisers of the 19th International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” of Bilbao (Basque Country) and commissioned to organise the International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” is a non-profit organization whose aim, among others, is to promote Human, Intercultural, Equitable and Sustainable Development through
Communication and Culture.
The International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” Bilbao is an annual celebration dedicated to screening diverse film content that is socially committed, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.
With the continuous work that is being done, the festival has become an indispensable meeting place for all those interested in communication for social transformation and the defence of human rights. The Festival is also a space of recognition of all those people who, through their audio-visual work, reflect different realities of humanity.
The Festival has 4 main lines of action:
Sustainability, Gender Equity, Interculturality and
Human Rights.
Since 2009 the Festival embraces diversity and equality as an essential part of our core values. For the Festival, the participation of people belonging to ethnic, religious, gender identity, cultural and other minorities is of utmost importance, since their participation in public affairs and in all aspects of political, economic, social and cultural life of their countries is essential to maintain their identity and fight against exclusion.
Since its beginning, the festival has applied parity quotas and positive actions for equality, both in the selection of the films, as well as in their dissemination, the presence of women filmmakers, and the selection of the people on the jury, as well as other actions.
The Festivaldistributes awards in 13 categories totaling 23,500 euros. This is a strategy, not so much to encourage competition, but to support social filmmakers.
The main venue of the festival is the Azkuna Zentroa Alhóndiga Bilbao and the Golem cinemas located there. The official dates are 14 to 21 October 2027, although promotional screenings will be held in August and September. These screenings will also enter the competition with the votes of the public. Films awarded at the festival will be
screened again at the end of October or the beginning of November. In total there will be
at least 30 screening venues of which 21 are mainstream education colleges in the Basque Country at secondary level and vocational training.
The Festival holds Cine Forum and for this purpose the organization invites filmmakers of Social Cinema from different parts of the world to come to Bilbao.
Since 2015, the Festival is also committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals proposed by the United Nations.
