Official Competition Section

* FIRST MOVIE (Fiction only) Award "Southern Right Whale".
* Short films of Animation, Fiction and Documentary (up to 30 minutes).
* Videominutos -Section "To take care of our world". (Only Argentin)

The works presented for competition in both Feature Films and Short Films must be Of completed outputs from JANUARY 2016 onwards.

All performances (Feature films and short films must be spoken in Spanish with In English, if they are in another language, they must necessarily have subtitles in Spanish). Failure to meet these requirements will not be selected.

Festival start: 06 September 2019      Festival end: 12 September 2019

During the festival, projections are developed in schools, cinema in the neighborhoods, the seafront cinema, parallel screenings, retrospectives, seminars and open talks with the public and meetings with directors, actors and special guests on the red carpet.

Each of the sections in Competition will receive a Statuette.
The jury may grant special mentions, with an artisan statuette or diploma
(they do not have prize in money), according to it considers opportune for the headings:

Best Direction / Best Screenplay / Best Cinematography / Best Actor / Actress

The Film Associations that will participate will make awards and / or mentions to be confirmed.

ARTICLE 1: Objectives

The objective of the Festival is to offer the possibility of presenting national
and foreign films both feature films and short films, and in this way
generate a space for meeting and diffusion of the cinema, from a corner
of the Argentine Patagonia.
The Festival will reward the FICTION PRIMARY OPERAS to Argentine and
foreign filmmakers, with the "Ballena Franca Austral" prize, short films
of Fiction, Animation and Documentary.
MAFICI proposes, from its beginnings, to reward and promote the new
directors of the world, announcing his first cinematographic work, being
the only Argentine Festival with this singular particularity.
On the other hand, we intend to encourage the development of the film
industry, the care of the Environment and contribute to the tourist,
cultural potential that our beautiful city of Puerto Madryn.

ARTICLE 2: Date of completion and sections

The sixth edition of the International Festival of Puerto Madryn will take
place from September 6 to 12 of 2019.

-Official Selection in Competition

* OPERA PRIMA (Fiction only) "Ballena Franca Austral" Award.

* Short films of Animation, Fiction and Documentary (up to 30 minutes).

* Videominutos -Section "To take care of our world".

-Section Out of Competition:

* Environmental Panorama
A window to show short films and feature films with environmental themes.


* Documentary Panorama
Selection of national and international feature films of documentary genre.

* Panorama of the world
Sample of feature films (No Operas Primas).

ARTICLE 3: Registration

Registration is done through the Festhome platform. The cost is USD 11

in the case of independent distributors who submit more than 1 film, they will pay the cost
equivalent to two films.

If you do not have an account in festhome, you can make the online registration through the
web www.mafici.com.ar and then send the payment voucher to maficifestival@gmail.com.


The works presented for competition both Feature Films and Short Films should be
of completed realizations from JANUARY 2017 onwards.

Festhome:
Enter the platform and complete the online registration. https://festhome.com/

Via web: www.mafici.com.ar
To present a feature film, short film or videominuto, it is necessary to complete the
online registration through our website www.mafici.com.ar


It is requested that the material sent by web, have a format no lower than 1920 x 1080 HD.
(Except for the Vinyline Contest that other formats are accepted).

ARTICLE 4: Date of receipt

The material will be received until July 1, 2019 inclusive.



ARTICLE 5: General information

a) The expenses of sending the additional material are the responsibility of the participants.
b) All performances (Feature films and short films must be spoken in Spanish with subtitles)
In English, if they are in another language, they must have subtitles in Spanish.
flat) . If these requirements are not met, they will not be selected.
c) The duration of the shorts (Including credit titles) may be up to 30 minutes.
d) Once a film has been scheduled, it can not be withdrawn from the Festival.
e) The organization of the Festival will establish the order, the date and the exhibition hall for each film.
which enters into competition.
f) If a film or short film is selected, the organizers will notify the person in charge, who
must send in the requested time, the materials that are requested for the dissemination within the
Festival framework.
g) The audiovisual materials will NOT be returned to the participants without exception.

h) MAFICI Festival may use fragments of selected works for the dissemination of future
editions, in the media without the right to receive any amount derived from this
use by the author.
I) In the case of International Feature Films and Short Films, the Festival will not be responsible
for any inconvenience that may occur in the transit of movies on the internet.
j) The official section of Operas Primas is only for Fiction feature films.
K) Those realizations that have been sent in the previous edition may not participate.
they were selected.
L) The Opera Prima, short films and winning videominutos will be part of MAFICI 2020
Itinerant, as well as a selection of shorts from the Official Competition.
(projection during 2020 in schools, cultural centers or other projection space).
M) Each of the sections in Competition will receive a Statuette.
The jury may grant special mentions, with an artisan statuette or diploma
(they do not have prize in money), according to it considers opportune for the headings:

Best Direction / Best Screenplay / Best Cinematography / Best Actor / Actress

The Film Associations that will participate will make awards and / or mentions to be confirmed.


ARTICLE 6: Selection and additional material

Films and short films selected to participate in competition must send the ma-
promotional material via email to maficifestival@gmail.com and the material for projection by Mail
Postal.

Via email:
Promotional material:
1) Brief synopsis.
2) Complete technical sheet (technical shooting team, director's filmography, full acting cast.)
3) Photograph of the director and complete data.
4) Producer data.
5) Photographs of the film in digital format 300 dpi (three)
6) Trailer Link (if you have it)
7) Poster / poster of the film
8) Download link for back up projection (not exceeding 2GB) 9) All promotional material will be
used for advertising, press, the Festival catalog,
Facebook, Website, press, TV, radio, Internet, etc., within the framework of the Festival.

Postal Mail Material:

1) Movies: 1 (one) COPY ON DVD and 1 (one) COPY on Blu-ray
2) The material must be sent with subtitles in English.

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ARTICLE 7: Section "To take care of our world"
This section has the support of the Ministry of Environment of Chubut and
will award Videominutos
made by students of primary and secondary schools across the country.
Registration for this section is free.
The closing of the call is on July 1, 2019.

FEATURED VIDEOMINUTE AWARDS 2019
Two Tablets will be delivered one for elementary school and one for
high school outstanding and special mentions of the jury.

The topics will be:
Waste, recycling, water care, renewable energy, forest care or any
thematic related to the care of the environment.
You can use any creative technique and film genre up to one minute.
You must send via email the registration form and a link of the videominuto uploaded to youtube.
The pre-selected videominutes will be shared by the festival's social networks and during the
festival in a special screening announcing the winner at the closing ceremony.
The selected videominutes may be used by MAFICI for dissemination and awareness
through projections and / or talks.


ARTICLE 8: DISSEMINATION
The producers, distributors and directors of those Prime and Short Operas that remain
selected and / or winners, assume the commitment to include in all their advertising and
press material the phrase "Official Selection of the Puerto Madryn International Film Festival MAFICI
2019 ", using the Festival logo.
This commitment applies both to commercial premieres in movie theaters and to the launch
commercial on DVD / Blu-Ray.
The feature films and short films that remain in Official Competition must include the laurels in the
diffusion posters. (will be provided by the organization of MAFICI 2019)

ARTICLE 9: Acceptance of bases
Participation and Registration in the Sixth International Film Festival of Puerto Madryn
MAFICI 2019, implies the acceptance by the interested parties of this Regulation.