Crossover Film Fest ()

映画祭の開始: 18 9月 2022      映画祭の終了: 22 9月 2022

Crossover Film Fest is a unique festival where we go further than a movie selection, here we make you live the movies.

Crossover is the perfect fusion between comercial and independent movies, offering all the public the best selection of both worlds and the opportunity to live incredible experiences outside and inside the movie theaters.

Prizes and recognitions will be awarded to films in each competitive category.
All distinctions will be decided by an international jury including film industry professionals whose names shall be announced shortly before the festival.
The jury’s decision is final and cannot be appealed.
Prizes may include trophies, cash awards and/or materials and services granted by festivals sponsors.

Crossover Film Festival 2022

FILM CONTEST SUBMISSIONS

1. Crossover Film Fest have the idea to give a place to great films to be exposed, telling unique stories made with all the heart and professional skills, that will be rewarded on each category with economic support, material and/or equipment support to help creators to keep on producing and making movies, living this experience through all the activities and events that will be part of our event.

2. Crossover Film Fest will take place at Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo from August 26th to August 30th 2022.

3. FILM CATEGORIES
CENOTE (Shortcut): 30 min. max including credits. Movie Format, video or digital.

The production date will be after January 1st 2021. The categories in which will be able to participate are: Shortcut, fiction and experimental.

MANGLAR (Documentary): 30 min. max including credits. Movie Format, video or digital.
The production date will be after January 1st 2021. The categories in which will be able to participate are: Documentary and Shortcut.

SEA (Film): 30 min. max including credits. Movie format, video or digital, it shouldn´t be distributed to any movie theater in the country and the production date will be after January 1st 2021. The categories in which will be able to participate are: Film, fiction and experimental.

SEA TIDE (International): 30 min. minimum including credits. Movie Format, video or digital. The production date will have to be after January 1st 2021. The categories in which it will be able to participate are: Shortcut, film, fiction shortcut, fiction film, documentary shortcut, documentary, experimental shortcut, experimental film.

ALUXE (Animation): 30 min. max including credits. Movie Format, video or digital. The production date will have to be after January 1st 2021. The categories in which will be able to participate are: animated shortcut, animated film, stop motion shortcut, stop motion film, augmented reality.

CORAL (environmental): 30 min. minimum including credits. Movie Format, video or digital. The production date will have to be after January 1st 2021. The categories in which will be able to participate are: environmental shortcut, environmental film, environmental documentary.

CEIBA (Quintana Roo people only): 30 min. minimum including credits. Movie format, video o digital. The production date will have to be after January 1st 2021. The categories in which will be able to participate are: shortcut, film, fiction shortcut, fiction film, documentary, experimental shortcut and experimental film.

4. EXHIBITION. The festival direction will agreed the dates and order of movie exhibition for every chosen film. The selected materials could be shown outside the competition.

5. TERMS & CONDITIONS
The selected films will have to register through the format available at FestHome.com
To be considered all films must include a digital copy (screeners).

Submissions will have no cost for mexican filmmakers.
Cost for people from abroad will be of $20 USD that can be paid by Festhome.

There is no limit for submissions to any participant or production company.

All registered materials must be presented in spanish and english or subtitled to be accepted.

There won´t be accepted any videoclips, advertising material, films that promote violence, discrimination or crime, as well as any politic propaganda film.

Submissions will start on March 1st 2022.

Submissions will end on June 1st 2022.

The selected materials will be announced by all the official festival platforms on July 1st 2022.

It will be necessary to include a “press kit” with the submission through Festhome or by email to contest@crossoverff.com including the following materials: Still image of the film (jpg o tif format 300 dpi); small Sinopsis (english and spanish); small director biography (english and spanish); director photography(jpg o tif format 300 dpi); Data sheet with credits and copyright.

There won´t be received any material after the end of the submission date.

It won´t be paid any exhibition copyright.

Once made the submission, the material can´t be taken out of the event and all the basis will be accepted.
Selected films can be selected to be part of other activities that are part of the festival around the world.

6. SELECTION The film selection will be made by the festival program team and all the jury members from each category. Once this selection is made the decision won´t be appealable.

7. WINNERS Will receive the prices agreed to each category. All jury decisions will be unappealable. The jury includes movie experts from all over the world and they will be announced later on.

All the prices might include a trophy, cash, equipment and/or professional services given by our sponsors, which can include post production, cameras, promotion and more.

Winner will be notified by email.

The official list will be published at www.crossoverff.com

All the selected films must send a trailer, movie poster and all materials the festival consider necessary.

Due the actual world COVID-19 Pandemic circumstances the winners participation for all people abroad might be made via streaming if necessary.

8. SELECTION All films and shortcuts winners from the fiction, animation, environmental and documentary categories might be nominated to the Academy awards®, taking in consideration that those materials cover all the academy requirements. More info at: www.oscars.org

9. Copyright On any selection process the festival team can request the copyright documents to the authors or production company to certify the ownership and exhibit authorization. Any eventuality not contemplated on this submission can be solved by the festival committee and it´s decision will be unappealable.

10. INFO: www.crossoverff.com and all our social media.