{"id":8750,"date":"2021-04-01T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T22:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2021-04-01T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T22:42:15","slug":"valdivia-international-film-festival-announces-call-regulations-for-28th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/valdivia-international-film-festival-announces-call-regulations-for-28th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Valdivia International Film Festival announces call regulations for 28th edition 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>FICValdivia will take place between October 11 and 17\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Chilean films can register from March 22 to April 30<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>International films may register from April 5 to May 14<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Valdivia International Film Festival, seeking to offer filmmakers a space for diffusion and competition, along with promoting both national and international cinematographic production, officially announces the regulations for its 2021 call for motion pictures finished after March 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, FICValdivia is expected to take place in a mixed or transitional modality, due to the health contingency. \u201cStemming out of our experience in 2020, when we held our festival completely online, along with a series of cultural activities, we hope to make this new edition of the festival in a mixed modality, both virtual and in-person, which will allow us to start recovering instances for audiences to connect with films. This of course, while implementing all the security and preventive measures, and coordinating with the corresponding authorities. We are aware that the health contingency has not been overcome, which is why we are issuing a strong call for all of us to take care of each other. Our hope it to recover the connection of audiences with cinema, at the venues, as always, with the best technical capabilities for screening, but also, with all health protocols active, while at the same time, keeping some activities of the telematic experience, to consolidate the relationship with new spectators, and broadcast our content to the entire country. As a festival, we have a mission regarding our audience, but also with the city of Valdivia and the Los R\u00edos Region. We want to reactivate and promote cultural and artistic activity, while giving a boost to the territory and its technicians and professionals, who support us, year after year,\u201d remarked Ra\u00fal Camargo, Festival director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As has become tradition, the registration and participation process is held through the FESTHOME web platform. Films sent by any other means will not be accepted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dates and timeframes for participation are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chilean films:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> From March 22 to April 30, 2021. The final deadline is at 6pm, Chile Continental time (UTC-4).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Foreign films:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> From April 5 to May 14, 2021. The final deadline is at 6pm, Chile Continental time (UTC-4).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting now, the call regulations will be available at our website at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joseluisr15.sg-host.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.joseluisr15.sg-host.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Official Selection results will be published during September, at the same website and at Festival social media outlets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>OFFICIAL SELECTION\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the Official Selection is made up of the following categories:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Feature Competition.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oriented to the exhibition of <\/span><b>Chilean and foreign feature films<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the genres of fiction, animation, documentary or experimental, with a minimum length of 40 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Youth Feature Competition.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oriented to the exhibition of <\/span><b>Chilean and foreign feature films <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aimed at audiences ages 14 to 20, in the genres of fiction, animation, documentary or experimental, with a minimum length of 40 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Short film Competition from Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oriented to the exhibition of works in the genres of fiction, documentary, experimental and\/or animation, made in any format, with a maximum length of 30 minutes, including credits, by directors hailing from Chile, Latin America and\/or the Caribbean, in Chilean, Latin American and\/or Caribbean territories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Children\u2019s Short Films from Latin America and the Caribbean. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Works shot by professionals for child audiences, in the genres of fiction, documentary, experimental and\/or animation, made in any format, with a maximum length of 20 minutes, including credits, by adults hailing from Chile, Latin America or the Caribbean, in Chilean, Latin American or Caribbean territories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JURY AND AWARDS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the jury will be made up of national and international personalities coming from the world of cinema, the arts and culture, except for the juries in the youth feature competition, composed of young moviegoers, and the children\u2019s short film competition, which will be made up of girls and boys. In the different categories, the jury will present the following awards:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Picture Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Mention<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Youth Feature Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award, Youth Feature<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latin American Short Film:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film from Latin America and the Caribbean Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award, Short Film from Latin America and the Caribbean<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children\u2019s Short Film from Latin America and the Caribbean\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Children\u2019s Short Film Award<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award, Children\u2019s Short Film<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chilean Cinema\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Best Chilean Picture Award (a cross-category award to the best Chilean feature-length, among those screened in in the Feature Competition, the Opening Film, Closing Film and in the Gala section).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>INFORMATION AND QUERIES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants with any doubts or questions regarding the 2021 call should direct them to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:convocatoria@ficv.cl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">convocatoria@ficv.cl<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite you to keep informed of all the activities of the 2021 Valdivia International Film Festival at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joseluisr15.sg-host.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.joseluisr15.sg-host.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and our social media accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Valdivia International Film Festival was founded and is organized by Universidad Austral de Chile; it is produced by the Valdivia Cultural Center for Film Promotion; and it is convened by the Great City of Valdivia and the Los R\u00edos Regional Government.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FICValdivia will take place between October 11 and 17\u00a0 Chilean films can register from March 22 to April 30 International films may register from April 5 to May 14 The Valdivia International Film Festival, seeking to offer filmmakers a space for diffusion and competition, along with promoting both national and international cinematographic production, officially announces&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-19","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8752,"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions\/8752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}