Dulcísimo Ovario, Festival de Video y Cine Femenino (7)

Festival start: 01 September 2024      Festival end: 30 September 2024

Dulcísimo Ovario is a Festival of Female Video and Cinema that showcases and recognizes the work of Mexican women filmmakers and video artists.

We believe in the need to approach new narratives that display a diversity of realities, thoughts, and ways of relating.

Our goal is to organize cycles of presentations, conferences, and screenings of cinema and video, in their different formats and genres, directed by Mexican woman filmmakers and video artists.

For Dulcísimo Ovario, questioning and deconstructing gender representations in audiovisual media has been a starting point since 2017 and in each edition.

DULCÍSIMO OVARIO
FEMALE VIDEO AND FILM FESTIVAL
VII EDITION
CALL RULES
MARCH 2024


1.- DULCÍSIMO OVARIO aims to be a space for the exhibition and dissemination of video and cinema directed exclusively by Mexican women, which is why it invites women of Mexican nationality who have directed audiovisual projects to participate.

2.- Pieces that have been made from 2022 to the date of issuance of this call will be admitted.

3.- Each director may participate with a maximum of 2 works.

4.- The theme is free, seeking not to reproduce stereotypes or gender violence.

5.- The works must have subtitles in Spanish (in case the original language is another).

6.- Works that have already participated in past editions of Dulcísimo Ovario will not be able to participate.

7.- The seventh edition will take place during the month of September of this year in the city of Pachuca, Hidalgo, in hybrid mode (virtual and in-person).

8.- You may register your works within the following categories:

a) CINEMA
+ Feature film. They may participate in fiction, animation, experimental and documentary feature films.
+ Short film. Fiction, animation, experimental and documentary short films with a maximum duration of 20 minutes (including credits) may participate.
Cineminute. Fiction, animation, experimental and documentary works in film or video format with a maximum duration of 1 minute (60 seconds including credits) may participate.

b) VIDEO
+ Experimental video. Works made in experimental video format with a maximum duration of 10 minutes may participate.
+ Dance video. Works made in video dance format with a maximum duration of 5 minutes may participate.
+ Video performance. Works made in video format with a maximum duration of 10 minutes may participate.
Video installation. They may participate in works that require the integration of fixed audio and/or video equipment and systems. Specify technical requirements.

c) UNIVERSITY COMPETITION
They may participate in works of fiction, animation, experimental and documentaries in film or video format with a maximum duration of 15 minutes directed by women who are pursuing university studies or are recent graduates.

d) VIDEO AND INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
They will be able to participate in works of fiction, animation, experimental and documentary in film or video format directed by women from other countries.

9.- The call closes on June 5 at 10:22 p.m. (central time) this year.

10.- The selected works will be published on August 9 on our official site http://www.dulcisimoovario.org/ as well as on our social networks. The selected addresses will also be contacted by telephone and email for the physical or digital shipment of your material.

11.- Official Selection. An official selection will be made for each category, assessing the gender perspective of the work as well as the use of non-sexist language.

12.- Dulcísimo Ovario will deliver a Certificate of Participation to all participants and for the Official Selection a route of special presentations will be held (OFFICIAL SAMPLE) in various virtual and physical spaces inside and outside the country.*
*Always subject to prior authorization from the director and/or production house.


13.- Two recognitions will be awarded within the university competition:
+ Jury Mention. Awarded by consensus by our jury.
Public Favorite. Awarded by counting votes through our RRSS.

14.- The jury for the University Competition will be made up of Mexicans who belong to the audiovisual medium and national culture.

15.- The short films that win any recognition within the University Competition will be part of a route of special presentations (OFFICIAL SAMPLE) in various virtual and physical spaces within the country.*
*Always subject to prior authorization from the director and/or production house.



16.- For the University Competition, the contest may be declared void at the discretion of the Festival Organizing Committee.
17.- REGISTRATION PROCESS

a) The registration process will be carried out from the announcement of this call until its closing on June 5, 2024 at 10:22 p.m.

The registration process can be done through the Festhome platform.



Each work presented must be accompanied by a technical sheet that includes:

Category in which you participate
Original title of the work.
Year of production
duration
Brief synopsis
Name and surname of the director
Director's place of origin
Brief biography of the author(s)
Telephone contact of the director

b) For the University Competition: each work presented in this category must be accompanied by a technical sheet that includes:

University of origin
Original title ……