Bacofest, Festival Internacional de Amor CineVinícola (1)

Festival start: 29 October 2020      Festival end: 01 November 2020

BacoFest, International Wine&Arts Festival is a multidisciplinary artistic event around the culture of wine and its imaginary. The Festival is articulated around a double objective: to value the cultural wealth that the wine universe possesses as well as to culturally revitalize rural areas.

AWARDS
There will be a First Prize category among all the short films selected (fiction and documentary )
The first prize consists of a piece of art (pottery, esculpture..) made exclusively for the festival awards by recognized plastic artist, a diploma and a voucher to enjoy a leisure experience.
Also, during the screenings, attendees’ voting will be facilitated. A Special Public Prize BACOFEST, which will consist of a voucher to enjoy a leisure experience.
In the event that the short film selected by the public coincide with the short films awarded by the jury, the Special Prize of the public would be granted to the following short film, taking into account the points obtained.
None of the prizes will be declared void and there will be no exaequo prizes. In any case, decisions taken by the Jury cannot be appealed.

All producers or directors of any nationality who hold the rights of the works they submit may participate.


Two participation categories have been established:

1. Fiction: Short films whose main theme, development space and or content of the story significantly contemplate the universe of wine in any of its manifestations: its culture, tradition, problems, challenges, contributions ...
2. Documentary: Short films whose content significantly addresses cultural and ethnographic aspects that reflect the material and or intangible heritage of the wine universe.

languageS
Applicable to the works submitted in any of two categories:
• Short films may be in any language provided that they include subtitles in Spanish.

DATE OF PRODUCTION AND duration

Short films submitted to the 1st edition of BACOFEST must have been produced after January 1st , 2018..

The duration of the works submitted in the categories 1 and 2 (fiction and documentary) may not exceed 30 minutes.

Each author or producer can submit a maximum of two works to the Festival.

REGISTRATION

Registration will take place through this platform: www.festhome.com . It will be necessary to fill in the registration form and to upload the corresponding file of the short film for the preselection.
Exceptionally, and taking into account the special circumstances of individual countries, the direction of BACOFEST will assess the reception of jobs directly (by foregoing the registration through the platform Festhome) after a prior assessment of each case.

deadline for registration and submission of short films is April 1st 2020




SELECTION
Of the total short films received, the jury will select ten, five per each category: documentary and fiction.
The organizers of the event will contact the authors to request, if necessary, the short film in high quality format for its projection.
The selected short films will be exhibited during the celebration of the International Wine &Arts Film Festival BACOFEST that, on this 1st edition, will take place in lately May 2020 , in Las Ventas de Alcolea- Villarrobledo (Albacete- Spain) (dates to be confirmed)
The awards ceremony will take place within the framework of the festival programmed activities.
Submission of a short film to the contest implies acceptance of these rules.
The winning short films and their authors will be announced to the media.
JURY
The jury is made up of professionals and academic experts in the fields of art, film and university, chosen by the organizers of the festival.
awards
There will be a First Prize category among all the short films selected (fiction and documentary )
The first prize consists of 250 euros, a diploma and a voucher to enjoy a leisure experience.
Also, during the screenings, attendees’ voting will be facilitated. A Special Public Prize BACOFEST, which will consist of a voucher to enjoy a leisure experience.
In the event that the short film selected by the public coincide with the short films awarded by the jury, the Special Prize of the public would be granted to the following short film, taking into account the points obtained.
None of the prizes will be declared void and there will be no exaequo prizes. In any case, decisions taken by the Jury cannot be appealed.
SHIPPING AND RETURN OF COPIES
The cost of both shipping and return of copies of the selected films, if necessary, shall be covered by the participants.
ACCEPTANCE OF RULES
Participating in this Festival implies acceptance of all the above rules as well as the resolution by the organization of any issue that had not been foreseen.


COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPATION
The person who registers a work at the festival declares he is authorized by the producer to provide the copy of the film and accept the rules of the contest.