Standard Fee
5€
-8%
4.6€
Submissions deadline
15 Feb 21
0.4€
Sombra- 10th Murcia European Fantastic Film Festival
23 Nov 2020
Call for entries
15 Feb 2021
Final deadline
25
days
05 May 2021
Notification date
04 Jun 2021
13 Jun 2021
Festival start: 04 June 2021 Festival end: 13 June 2021
The European Fantastic Film Festival of Murcia SOMBRA is a project that aims to spread and serve as a reference to fantasy films produced in Europe, as well as support European, national and regional production of gender.
AWARDS
- Grand prize for the best fantastic European feature film, which consists of a trophy, and 500€ for the company that registered the film.
- Awards for best director, actor, actress, screenwriter and cinematography. These awards consist of a trophy without economic endowment.
Before the payment is completed, a 500€ (IVA applied) invoice must be sent to the festival ́s address which is related above, as well as providing evidence of ownership of rights and also evidence that C- FEM receives credit on screen and in all promotional materials of the film.
EUROPEAN FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF MURCIA 2021 FEATURE COMPETITION RULES INTRODUCTION
The European Fantastic Film Festival of Murcia SOMBRA is a project which aims to serve as a reference point for fantastic films produced in Europe, as well as promoting and supporting the European, national and regional works in the fantasy genre.
PURPOSE
The fantastic feature competition is intended to reward the best fantastic feature film (horror, science-fiction, fantasy) produced in Europe and submitted to this contest.
PARTICIPATION
Participation in the festival implies the full acceptance of the present conditions.
FILM SUBMISSION AND PARTICIPATION Submission is free and will be done via the digital platforms associated with this festival.
REQUIREMENTS
The submitted works must be European productions or co-productions with the participation of European production companies or firms.
All entries must be original and must have been produced between 2020 and 2021.
Only films that have not been commercially released or broadcast in Spain will be accepted.
Competition program is restricted to films with fantastic themes (horror, science-fiction, fantasy).
Films presented in languages other than Spanish must be submitted with Spanish subtitles.
PRESELECTION SCREENINGS
All entries must be sent via screening and/or download links. In the exceptional case that an online link is unavailable, a DVD or Blu-ray will be accepted.
SELECTION OF WORKS
Competition section: There is just one competition section. All films selected and screened at the festival are eligible for awards in our feature competition.
The accepted screening formats of films in competition are DCP. DVD and Blu-ray will not be accepted as screening formats.
Films presented in languages other than Spanish must be submitted with Spanish subtitles. If subtitles are in english, a dialogue list must be provided far enough in advance for subtitling.
Films to be screened in DCP format must comply with the DCI rules. Besides, the company that registered the film must also send the necessary passwords for the servers of the locale where the film will be screened.
The organization reserves the right to screen the film as many times as necessary during the festival.
The company that registered the film agrees to provide all the necessary promotional materials required by the festival.
The selected films must be sent to the following address:
SOMBRA, FESTIVAL DE CINE FANTÁSTICO EUROPEO DE MURCIA
PLAZA FONTES S/N - 30001
Murcia - España
www.sombrafestival.com / info@sombrafestival.com
All shipping and postage costs for the submission of the selected films are entirely borne by the participants. This includes the screening insurance.
All screening copies of the selected films must arrive before February 28th, 2020.
JURY
The jury is comprised of cinema and culture professionals and personalities from the region of Murcia, as well as both national and international.
Decisions of the jury are final and irrevocable. If anyone wants to discuss this, the festival is willing to form a circle of death for it. However, be warned that we reserve the right to use terrible deadly weapons for the dispute, we have a blood-thirsty troll trained for these cases, and we’ve watched plenty of films where methods of body disposal are thoroughly explained.
awards
- Grand prize for the best fantastic European feature film, which consists of a trophy, and 500€ for the company that registered the film.
- awards for best director, actor, actress, screenwriter and cinematography. These awards consist of a trophy without economic endowment.
Before the payment is completed, evidence of ownership of rights must be provided, as well as evidence that C-FEM receives credit on screen and in all promotional materials of the film.
The organization agrees to facilitate the visit of the winners to the festival so that they can collect the prize. Likewise, the companies registering the films agree to send a representative to attend to the closing gala and presentation of awards.
If any of the requirements outlined in these rules is violated, the organization is empowered to not award the prize.
Standard Fee
5€
-8%
4.6€
Submissions deadline
15 Feb 21
Standard Fee
5€
-8%
4.6€
Submissions deadline
15 Feb 21
Standard Fee
5€
-8%
4.6€
Submissions deadline
15 Feb 21
The fantastic feature competition is intended to reward the best fantastic feature film (horror, science-fiction, fantasy) produced in Europe and submitted to this contest.