taSHORTfest (5)

Festival start: 02 July 2021      Festival end: 03 July 2021

International Short Films (humour and comedy)

With this registration, you can participate in two categories.

Awards:

- TASHORTFEST Award (Trophy)

- Público Award (Trophy)

Rules of international contest taSHORTfest 2021
TASHORTFEST award and PUBLIC award


OBJECT


On the occasion of the dissemination of short humorous films, Ozzypiuntur Producciones, 3PH Producciones, with the collaboration and participation of the Centro Cívico de la Teixonera and the City Council of the Horta-Guinardó District of Barcelona, are pleased to present the third edition of the short film festival of the Taxonera district - Barcelona


TaSHORTfest
July 2021 (to be determined)


SHORT FILM CONTEST RULES


Our festival is oriented to the genre of HUMOR and COMEDY. So, fulfilling this condition, the participation in the main competition (audience award and taSHORTfest award) of short films is open to all short films directed by people over 18 years old.

The registration period for short films will start on February 1, 2021 and will end on May 31, 2021.

The organization reserves the right to close the submission before or after this date if necessary through the online platforms. The digital files will be part of the heritage of this festival and will be used when required, for non-profit cultural activities or to publicize this festival.


OBLIGATIONS OF THE REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS


Each author and/or group may submit more than one paper.

The owners of the short films presented will be responsible for all the rights related to the works. This festival trusts that they will take responsibility that they are not subject to any legal claim and will decline any legal responsibility regarding the short films and their owners and/or producers. In case of legal claim, this committee reserves the right to claim the return of the prizes (both physical and monetary) which will be effectively carried out by the winners.

The shipping costs, if any, will be paid by the participants.

In case of being selected as finalist, it will be required his presence, or in his defect to name a representative, to attend the act of delivery of prizes that will have in July, 2021 (still to be determined), in the Centre Cívic de la Teixonera, Carrer Arenys, 75, 08035 Barcelona.

The winner of the TASHORTFEST prize will be offered the possibility of automatically becoming a judge in the next edition, as long as he or she agrees and there is no conflict in any of his or her short films selected to compete for the main or public prize in the next edition.

Before participating in the competition, each participant must read and accept in full the rules and the principle of the competition. Any person who violates any of the rules will no longer be able to participate in the competition and will not be entitled to the prize they would otherwise have won.


SHORT FILM REQUIREMENTS


The theme of the short films will be free, of any secondary genre, although humour/comedy must prevail (character of this festival), and any technique used (real image, animation, computer graphics...). For the time being, documentary short films will not be admitted.

The duration of the short films will not exceed 20 minutes.

The short film must be completely finished after January 1st, 2016

No short film selected as a finalist in previous editions can be submitted to the competition.

The short films must be shot in Spanish or Catalan, or subtitled in one of these two languages.

The selected short films will be asked to send in HD compatible files since the viewing will be done from a Hard Disk.

The registration will be online and only through the platform:

Festhome.


The cost of the registration will be:

3 euros from 01-Feb-2021 to 31-May-2021.