Festival de Málaga. Sección Afirmando los Derechos de las Mujeres (17)



Deadlines

17 May 2023
Call for entries

15 Nov 2023
Festival closed

20 Jan 2024
Notification date

01 Mar 2024
10 Mar 2024

Address

Ramos Marín ,  29012, Málaga, Málaga, Spain


Festival description
Temática: Mujer
Short film festival
Feature film festival


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Themes
 Does NOT have submission fees
 International Festival
 Physical Location
 January 2023
 Production countries: Required
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films 
 Feature Films 
 Languages 
Spanish
 Subtitles 
Spanish English
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Spanish
English


Festival start: 01 March 2024      Festival end: 10 March 2024

ASSERTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS is a project that has emerged from Festival de Málaga, Mabel Lozano (documentary filmmaker and collaborator of the Festival), and the Equal Opportunities Area of Malaga City Council as a protest tool. This section is created with the aim of exploring and dealing with issues that contribute to social awareness of women's rights each year.

This section of Festival de Málaga was born in 2008, this being its 17th edition. The project is conceived with a double purpose: to inform about the injustices that women still suffer in this century for the mere fact of being women, and to encourage and support the cinematographic work created by women.

AFFIRMING WOMEN'S RIGHTS AWARDS

Silver Biznaga Affirming Women's Rights
Silver Biznaga Special Jury Prize Affirming Women's Rights
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Affirming Women's Rights

AWARDS CEREMONY FILM FESTIVAL WOMEN ON STAGE.

During the celebration of the Gala Affirming the Rights of Women, Muestra de cine Mujeres en Escena Awards will be held, developed October and November 2023, organized by Malaga Festival in collaboration with the Área de Igualdad de Oportunidades del Ayuntamiento de Málaga.
Biznaga de Plata Mujeres en Escena" a la Mejor Ficción.
Biznaga de Plata Mujeres en Escena" al Mejor Documental.
Biznaga de Plata Premio del Público Mujeres en Escena.
Biznaga de Plata Málaga. Mujeres en Escena.
The organization reserves the right to incorporate into the Festival archive a copy of the winning works for cultural, non-profit uses.

CONTACT

ÁREA DE IGUALDAD DE OPORTUNIDADES DEL AYUNTAMIENTO DE MÁLAGA
C/ Concejal Muñoz Cerván, 3. Módulo 3, 2ª Planta.
29003 - Málaga (España)
Telf.: 951 926006
E-mail: cine.areaigualdad@malaga.eu

FOUNDATIONS AFFIRMING WOMEN'S RIGHTS 2024

GENERAL RULES OF PARTICIPATION | 27TH MALAGA FESTIVAL

OBJECTIVES

Malaga Film Festival aims to disseminate and promote Spanish cinematography and its entire cultural field. In this sense, the Festival is also constituted as a platform for Ibero-American cinematography. Its functions include hosting the meeting of the various professional sectors of cinema in Spanish (understood as cinema produced in Spain and throughout the Ibero-American territory, including Portugal), promoting both its development and its international marketing.

For the fulfillment of these objectives, Festival de Málaga will celebrate its 27th Edition from March 1 to 10, 2024.

AFFIRMING WOMEN'S RIGHTS is a project that arises from the hand of Festival de Málaga, Mabel Lozano (documentalist and collaborator of the Festival), and the Area of Equal Opportunities of the City Council of Malaga as a tool of protest. This space is created in order to explore and discuss each year issues that contribute to social awareness of women's rights.

This section of the Malaga Festival was born in 2008, this being its 17th edition. The project is conceived with a double purpose: to inform about the injustices that women still suffer in this century for the mere fact of being women, and to encourage and support the cinematographic work created by women.

In Affirming Women's Rights we have been able to make visible the realities of women in different countries of the world and see how, even today, there are many places where the struggle for life is a daily goal of many women and girls. Where traditions and cultural patterns prevent the personal and social fulfillment in equal rights of girls and women with respect to their male counterparts, etc.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

The works to compete within the section Affirming the Rights of Women must meet the following requirements:

Works produced in Spain and throughout the Ibero-American territory after January 1, 2023, which have not been commercially exhibited in public rooms, video or television, in Spain.

Short films with a maximum duration of 30 minutes, medium-length films and feature films of a minimum of 50 minutes may participate.

Works that reflect the reality of women in situations where there are still obstacles to develop in conditions of equality with men will be valued; or situations of discrimination and vulnerability of human rights towards women and/or girls; innovative experiences of empowerment and fight against the social exclusion of women and girls, as well as works that promote and / or reflect progress in equal opportunities between men and women, that make visible the work and achievements of women in different areas that are not socially recognized or that make visible the contribution to the care of the environment that is being made from Ecofeminism; Work that reflects the contribution of men to the achievement of gender equality, co-responsibility and the reconciliation of personal, work, family life, etc. will also be valued.

It will be valued that in these works, the direction, script and / or production of the audiovisual work has been done by women, since they are underrepresented in the film industry.

REGISTRATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

INSCRIPTIONS

To participate in the 17th edition of Affirming Women's Rights it is mandatory to register and complete the registration form, exclusively through FESTHOME (www.festhome.com), prior to the following dates:

-November 15, 2023

To register correctly, they must first create a profile on FESTHOME, register the film on that platform and finally register it in, Affirming Women's Rights (Malaga Festival). The mere fact of uploading the film on the FESTHOME platform does not imply that it is registered in Malaga Festival, Affirming the Rights of Women. For this, it is necessary to comply with all the requirements indicated above.

If you do not complete the above, the films will be excluded from the selection process.


REQUIREMENTS OF THE SELECTED AUDIOVISUALS

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

Once the selection of an audiovisual is communicated by the Festival and its participation is also confirmed by the production / distribution company that registered it, it cannot be withdrawn, being from that moment impossible said audiovisual to compete, be exhibited or presented in other Spanish festivals or similar events, before its screening in Malaga.

This last prohibition will not apply in any of the categories of short films.

The registration of a film in the 27th Edition of the Malaga Film Festival implies full acceptance and compliance with these Terms and Conditions of Participation and their possible annexes.


PROGRAMMING AND EXHIBITION RIGHTS

During the celebration of the contest, the organization reserves the right to exhibit the selected audiovisuals in as many public sessions as it deems appropriate. In this regard, the producers will assign the rights for public exhibition during the time of celebration of the Festival at no cost to it and being exempt from the payment of exhibition fees.

The signatory of the application for registration of the audiovisual work declares to hold the rights of reproduction, public communication, dissemination and exhibition for commercial exploitation and peaceful participation in the Malaga Festival, exempting Málaga Procultura from any liability arising from the falsehood, inconcretion or breach of said obligation, and responding to it for damages that any of these situations may cause.

Likewise, the signatory of the application expressly declares to have all the licenses, authorizations, and administrative permits in order to the peaceful participation of the audiovisual work in the Festival, observing and committing to observe as many administrative formalities as are mandatory in accordance with the current regulations of application.

Málaga Procultura will recognize the signatory of the registration application as the sole interlocutor to negotiate all aspects related to the participation of the audiovisual work in the Festival and as solely responsible to other companies or people who may have participated in the production of the film.

The organization reserves the right to incorporate into the Festival archive, a copy of the winning audiovisuals for cultural, non-profit uses.


VERSIONS

All screening copies of the audiovisuals selected in the different sections of the Festival will be presented in their original version, and those whose original language is not Spanish (totally or partially) must include subtitles in this language.
To promote inclusive cinema, the selected works will be presented in original version with subtitles also in Spanish, although the audiovisual is spoken in Spanish,


PROJECTION FORMATS

The audiovisuals selected in all sections must deliver the projection copy in DCP format.
The screening copies in Digital Cinema Package (DCP) must comply with the DCI regulations, and will remain in the possession of Festival de Málaga until the conclusion of the last scheduled pass within the Festival. In addition, the company that has registered the selected film must certify the proper functioning of the copy (audio/video synchronization, color, etc.), testing it before sending it to Malaga. This company will also provide the technical department with the necessary KDMs (with a minimum available window of 48 hours before the pass and 24 hours after it), taking care of the expenses derived from the generation of the same, as well as the management of new KDMs (or DKDMs) if necessary.
The Festival reserves the right not to accept copies that, after the necessary technical checks, are not suitable for screening, providing a technical report to the representatives of the film and requesting a new copy.

CIRCULATION OF COPIES

Those selected must send the festival the copy of the film before January 31, 2024 choosing one of these modalities:
• Physical sending of the DCP along with a digital file that can be used as a backup.
The payment of the shipping costs (transport and insurance policy) originated by the remission from the place of expedition of the copy of each audiovisual selected to participate in any of the sections of the Festival to its warehouse of copies, will be borne by the production companies. In the case of participating films, the production companies must deliver to the Festival, before January 31, 2024, on a mandatory basis, the screening copies and must inform the Organization of the date of issuance of the copy and the means of transport used.
All copies of the participating audiovisuals must indicate the data for their return. These refunds will be made within a maximum period of fifteen days from the end date of the Festival. The payment of the transport costs originated by this return will be borne by the Festival.
The insurance contracted by the Festival covers the risks of fire, loss, theft, damage and destruction of the copy for the period between arrival at the Festival and its return to the indicated return address. The maximum period to make any claim regarding a copy will be three months from the date of return.
• Digital sending of the DCP to an FTP enabled for such use by the Festival. In this case, the DCP must be hosted uncompressed, not accepting ZIP or RAR files, before January 31, 2024. In addition to the DCP, a digital file must also be hosted as a backup, in H264, not exceeding 50 GB and with subtitles (SRT) in English and Spanish and with a minimum resolution in full HD.
The Organization will destroy these files when editing is complete.
Once this method of sending has been communicated to the Copy Management department (always before January 31), the access data to the FTP will be provided.
In the case of wishing a technical viewing in the room during the festival, it can be requested before February 17 through the email address: gestiondecopias@malagaprocultura.com After this date, technical viewings cannot be requested.
JURIES

The jury of the section Affirming the Rights of Women will be composed of: the Area of Equal Opportunities of the City Council of Malaga; the Women's Institute; filmmaker Mabel Lozano; the magazine Mujer Hoy and Festival de Málaga, whose decisions will be unappealable and should not be justified. This jury may undergo some change.

People with interests in the production, distribution or any other type of exploitation or participation with the films selected for the competition may not be part of the jury.
The jury may award, together with the official prizes, up to 2 special mentions.
The jury may award a maximum of two prizes ex aequo. Prizes in all categories may not be declared void.

The jury undertakes not to publicly express its considerations on the selection of films for which they have to issue their judgments.

The Management of Festival de Málaga may be present, with voice but without vote, in the deliberations and communications of the jury.


AFFIRMING WOMEN'S RIGHTS AWARDS

Silver Biznaga Affirming Women's Rights
Silver Biznaga Special Jury Prize Affirming Women's Rights
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Affirming Women's Rights


IMAGE CONSIDERATIONS

The mere participation in Malaga Festival in each of its sections will allow the production / distribution companies to insert in the header of the audiovisuals the logo of the Festival and of Affirming the Rights of Women, with the indication '27 Edition'. This logo and legend may also be included in all insertions in the written press, as well as expressly mention this participation in the different audiovisual media in which advertising of the film is included prior to the Festival or during its celebration. For the correct insertion of the logo, which in no case can be altered or adapted, you can consult the Festival's style manual in www.festivaldemalaga.com or in case of doubt, contact the organization.


CATALOGUE AND DOCUMENTATION

Once an audiovisual is confirmed to participate in the festival, an exclusive online form will be sent for each film that must be completed with the contents that are needed for its programming.
The documentation requested by the festival for the official catalog, programming guide and website (synopsis, biofilmography, artistic and technical sheet, photographs of the director and the film, trailers and other audiovisual materials) will be taken from this form that must be completed no later than January 31.

PRESS AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
The Festival's Press Department will contact the respective production and/or distribution companies of the selected films in order to supervise and coordinate the materials included in the selection form, and to which the media and those accredited will have access through the "Press Room" of the Web.

The production and/or distribution companies of the selected feature films, documentaries and short films authorize, by accepting their participation, the use of one or more fragments of their title for dissemination as informative material in any media.

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

These bases of participation may be complemented or modified by the Festival Management with as many other annexes as it deems appropriate, prior to the start date of the 27th Edition of the Malaga Festival and prior communication to the interested parties.
The interpretation of the same will be the exclusive competence of the Festival Management.

CONTACTO
ÁREA DE IGUALDAD DE OPORTUNIDADES DEL AYUNTAMIENTO DE MÁLAGA
C/ Concejal Muñoz Cerván, 3. Módulo 3, 2ª Planta.
29003 - Málaga (España)
Telf.: 951 926006
E-mail: cine.areaigualdad@malaga.eu


  

 
  

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