Festival Internacional De Cine De Pilar De La Horadada - Cortopilar | Premios Pilar 2023 ()

Pilar de la Horadada International Film Festival - CORTOPILAR | PILAR AWARDS 2023



Deadlines

12 Jun 2023
Call for entries

08 Sep 2023
Festival closed

19 Nov 2023
Notification date

08 Nov 2023
18 Nov 2023

Address

Carretillas, 19,  03190, Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante, Spain


Festival description
Short film festival 30'<
Feature film festival >60'


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Any Theme
 Does NOT have submission fees
 International Festival
 Physical Location
 January 2022
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  30'<
 Feature Films  >60'
 Any language
 Subtitles 
Spanish
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Photo of Festival Internacional De Cine De Pilar De La Horadada - Cortopilar | Premios Pilar 2023
Photo of Festival Internacional De Cine De Pilar De La Horadada - Cortopilar | Premios Pilar 2023

Photo of Festival Internacional De Cine De Pilar De La Horadada - Cortopilar | Premios Pilar 2023
Photo of Festival Internacional De Cine De Pilar De La Horadada - Cortopilar | Premios Pilar 2023

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Festival start: 08 November 2023      Festival end: 18 November 2023

7th Pilar de la Horadada International Film Festival - CORTOPILAR | PILAR AWARDS 2023

AWARDS FOR THE SHORT FILMS CONTEST OF THE 7TH FESTIVAL
PILAR DE LA HORADADA INTERNATIONAL CINEMA 2023.

VII EDITION “PILAR AWARDS” OF THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY FOR SHORT FILM.

- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM, endowed with €1,500 in cash + statuette.
- "PILAR AWARD" FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR, endowed with €750 in cash + statuette.
- "PILAR AWARD" FOR THE BEST SCREENPLAY, endowed with €750 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST ART DIRECTION, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRDRESSING, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST ACTRESS, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST ACTOR, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- "PILAR AWARD" FOR THE BEST DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY, endowed with €750 in equipment rental
films in the company "HARMONICA RENTAL" + statuette.
- "PILAR INTERNATIONAL AWARD" FOR THE BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, endowed with a statuette.

SPECIAL PRIZES (NOT AWARDED BY THE OFFICIAL JURY – PUBLIC VOTE):

- "AUDIENCE AWARD" for the best Short Film, endowed with €800 in cash + statuette.
- “LUCERNA AWARD” for the best Short Film in the ANNUAL SECTION, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.

RULES FOR THE CALL FOR THE SHORT FILM COMPETITION OF THE 7TH FESTIVAL
PILAR DE LA HORADADA INTERNATIONAL FILM 2023.

VII EDITION "PILAR awards OF THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY FOR SHORT FILM 2023".

1.- The scope of the contest is international. All those producers or filmmakers who
own the rights to the works they present. Each participant can present as many works as
you want, in any language, if it is not Spanish, they must be subtitled in this language. The inscription is
free.

2.- Short films may be presented exclusively from the following genres: fiction, animation or
documentary film. Advertising, promotional, informative or informative genres are not allowed, “fashion
films” or video clips. Their duration will not exceed 40 minutes, credits included.

3.- Short films produced in the years 2022 and 2023, which have not been presented to
no previous edition of this Contest.

4.- The short films submitted to the contest may not be published on any internet portal of
free viewing.

5.- The call and registration period for short films opens on June 12, 2023, closing the
admission of works on September 8 of the same year.

6.- The registration and submission of the works will be done through the online platform, Festhome.

7.- A Selection Committee made up of professionals from the environment and members of the organization's team of the Festival will be in charge of selecting, among all the short films presented, those that will participate in the "OFFICIAL SECTION", which will be screened during the days of the Contest in the room chosen by the organization and among which the nominees who will compete for the awards will be designated
in two different categories, national and international.

The same Selection Committee, will choose from among all the short films presented, those that will be part of the
of the competitive section called "ANNUAL SECTION", these will be projected in the sessions
that will take place throughout the year 2024, framed within the activities of the Festival that
They intend to give it continuity and activity throughout the year, in the projection room determined by the organization.

The decision of the Selection Committee is final. The selection and nominees for the Pilar awards will be made to
know between the months of October and November 2023.

The Festival will inform all those selected in writing, through the email provided in the
registration, the result of the selections, with a minimum period of two weeks before the start of the
contest, in addition to publishing the selection on its official website, previously being able to disseminate in networks
social media, for promotional purposes, those progressively selected, communicating it to them in the same
time of said publication.

The Festival will facilitate transportation from the closest train, bus or airport station to Pilar de la
Drilled to the projection room, so that the creator or representative of the selected work
can attend the presentation of said work on the day of its exhibition to the public.

The selected works must be sent in a digital format suitable for screening, along with the rest
promotional material for the short film.

8.- The Official Jury will be made up of professionals from the world of culture, audiovisual arts and
the cinematographic field and will be announced on the Festival's official website.

9.- The national short films included and nominated in the OFFICIAL SECTION will compete for the "PILAR awards
FROM THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY TO THE SHORT FILM 2023”, the international short films included and
nominated in the OFFICIAL SECTION will compete for the "2023 PILAR INTERNATIONAL AWARD", the short films
included in the ANNUAL SECTION will be eligible for the "LUCERNA AWARD 2023".

The Official Jury will award the following prizes, with four nominations per category:

- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM, endowed with €1,500 in cash + statuette.
- "PILAR AWARD" FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR, endowed with €750 in cash + statuette.
- "PILAR AWARD" FOR THE BEST SCREENPLAY, endowed with €750 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST ART DIRECTION, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRDRESSING, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST ACTRESS, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- “PILAR AWARD” FOR THE BEST ACTOR, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.
- "PILAR AWARD" FOR THE BEST DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY, endowed with €750 in equipment rental
films in the company "HARMONICA RENTAL" + statuette.
- "PILAR INTERNATIONAL AWARD" FOR THE BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, endowed with a statuette.

SPECIAL prizes (NOT AWARDED BY THE OFFICIAL JURY – PUBLIC VOTE):

- "AUDIENCE AWARD" for the best Short Film, endowed with €800 in cash + statuette.
- “LUCERNA AWARD” for the best Short Film in the ANNUAL SECTION, endowed with €600 in cash + statuette.

The winners will be announced at the 2023 PILAR awards Delivery Gala, which will be held on
November 18, 2023 in Pilar de la Horadada (Alicante).

10.- The nominees for the awards will be invited by the organization to the Closing Gala and delivery of
Pilar awards 2023. To facilitate your attendance, the expenses of two nights of accommodation will be covered (Friday

17 and Saturday 18 November), maintenance on Saturday 18 November and, if required, service of
Transfer from the closest bus, train or airport station to the celebration of the Gala of
awards. Therefore, there must be representation of the technical or artistic team, preferably
the person nominated, of the short film that opts for the award in any of the categories.

11.- The decision of the Official Jury is final. If there were no participants, the follow-up was
lower than expected, or the quality of the works was not the minimum required by the Festival, the prizes could
declare themselves void Likewise, if any of the winners does not meet the requirements established in these
bases, the prizes corresponding to them could be declared void.

12.- The transfer of rights of the works for their free exhibition will be exclusively for the projections
included in the Official and Annual Sections according to the Festival's programming. All short films
award winners, will be screened again in an additional session after the week of the
Contest, on a date to be determined, in order to make the winners known to the public. The
producers and directors of the short films authorize, by registering, the shares
festival promotions allowing the projection of a maximum of three minutes of their works
presented for dissemination in any media, for the sole purpose of advertising the Festival
in any of its editions.

13.- The short films awarded in each edition may be screened later, within
future Festival programming, in order to commemorate past editions in shows such as the
called "Cortopilar Classics", always in sessions with free admission and non-profit.

14.- The material received from the short films that are selected will be filed in the
Festival newspaper library.

15.- The participants are responsible for ensuring that the short films presented are not subject to any
legal claim and are within the provisions of the Intellectual Property Law. In any
case, the organization of the festival declines all kinds of responsibility for the possible illegal content of the
works received.

16.- The Jury may award any honorable mention not specified in these rules and not
will maintain any feedback about the works presented or their decisions with the participants, who,
By the fact that they are, they fully accept the bases of this contest.

17.- The Festival will carry out communication, publicity and promotion tasks in the best possible way
of all events, activities and programming through its official website: www.cortopilar.com and
social networks, Instagram: @cortopilar, Facebook: www.facebook.com/cortopilar, as well as advertising on
regional media of television, radio, press, etc.

18.- Participation in the contest implies full acceptance of all sections of these rules, as well as
as the resolution, by the organization, of any problem not foreseen in them.

19.- Cash prizes will be subject to the corresponding tax withholdings.

20.- The organization reserves the right to modify these bases if necessary,
communicating any relevant changes to the participants. The organization reserves the right to
modify the dates of the festival if for reasons beyond its control it is forced to do so.


  

 
  

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