LATIUM Festival Internacional de Cine Latinoamericano (0)

Início do Festival: 10 Novembro 2018      Fim do Festival: 18 Novembro 2018

LATIUM emerges as a festival that has the task of bringing together the best independent cinema in Latin America with the intention of promoting change towards a responsible lifestyle, promote the arts, education and social activism, by sensitizing the public for reasons social world. It also works as a forum for expression, dissemination and promotion of a genuine representative of our culture and Latin American cinema, catapulting new talent and consolidating it as a viable option for the creation of independent audiovisual productions. And the creation of a network of organizations and institutions that share and promote activities for solving social and environmental issues.



OBJECTIVE
The Festival proposes to convene and disseminating films that contribute, from its significance and its artistic values, the enrichment and reaffirmation of Latin American cultural identity; and catapult new talent as a viable option for the creation and enlargement of the Latin American audiovisual market.

1. Of the different sections, a short fiction film, a short documentary, a short animation, a film documentary, a feature film and one animation award. Each prize consists of a diploma and the prize Latium

2. There will be a special prize for each section selected by the public.

* In addition to the above awards, the jury can award Special Mentions.

CATEGORIES

Feature film / animation (+ 60MIN) /
DOCUMENTARY (+45 MIN)

Short fiction / animation (-30MIN) /
DOCUMENTARY (-30MIN)

The participants declare that they are holders of the rights in the audiovisual work with the involved (including every one of the images, sound and soundtrack), and have obtained written all authorizations or permissions for its participation in the Festival. This means that they also have all the rights and authorizations of third parties, whose work or part of it has been incorporated into the audiovisual work, as well as third party whose image and / or voice is the same, especially when it comes to minors or persons who are under guardianship.

The Festival will consider the person or legal representative of the entity to sign the registration form online and only interlocutor to address issues related to the participation of audiovisual works in the festival, assuming full accountability to the people or companies involved in the film production.

The Festival will not be liable for any claim arising from the default of the terms of its regulations. Consequently, participants release the Festival of any and all claims, demands, judgments and judicial measures taken against him by a third party, whatever the motive.

REQUIREMENTS

To register an audiovisual work in the Festival must meet the requirement of thematic activist in Latin America, complete the online entry form and send materials to participate before the close of the current call. In any case, please read carefully the Call and the General Regulations of the Festival where each item is explained in detail.

ACTIVISM

The general idea that comes to mind when you talk about activism, contains elements that can be summarized in the notion of a series of actions that aim to achieve a change in the community.

The mentality that feeds the activism is the idea of ​​being able to change anything in the existing reality of a community under the assumption that this change will be beneficial to all.

For us, advocacy is linked to "causes", large or small, but where are the young activists a sense of their membership and reflected in the film, and ultimately, their lives.

Care for the environment, the defense of human rights, the identity of indigenous peoples, respect for diversity (sexual, ethnic, cultural ...), reform of financial systems, promotion of democracy, student militancy, unions, the promotion of free software to combat trafficking, defending the right to education ... are some of these "causes" found today in Latin America. But obviously there are many more.

Social activism is an important strategy to encourage participation in social change and development.

Jury: The jury of Latium Festival will be composed of internationally renowned filmmakers.

Programming:
Organization:
The festival is designed as a theater and nonprofit. Some Festival exhibition spaces charge admission to the audience, but this collection is alien to the Festival, which is and will remain a non-profit and receives no profit from this concept. Therefore, the Organization will not pay any money for participation participant of his audiovisual work at the Festival.

The entry in the International Latin American Film Festival implies acceptance of these rules by all participants, agents or representatives. After the selection of an audiovisual work, it can not be removed from the program.

The festival can add additional rules that it considers advisable for the better fulfillment of the event. The interpretation of these rules, norms and regulations, as well as other aspects not covered by these, will be the exclusive competence of the Organization of the Festival.