Festival start: 22 July 2020
Festival end: 26 July 2020
With twenty-two years of existence, (the first edition was in 1997) AVANCA Film Festival was awarded first place in 2011 contest of the support film festivals sponsored by ICA / Ministry of Culture.
An additional thematic programming has happened over all these years, giving space to screening of significant works of contemporary cinema appropriately framed in concerns and / or well-defined objectives.
The AVANCA is known as a space for workshops led by personalities of world cinema, and being more than a "master class", has allowed a unique cinema practice. Every year we have always 6 or 7 workshops, bringing together participants from all over Europe. The media have written that this is the largest European area of professional workshops in the field of cinema.
AVANCA is the only festival that congregates a Cinema International Competition, works from the television area, video and new supports of multimedia, with a special concern of exhibit the best world productions done in each category.
Since the first edition, the festival only accepts unprecedented films in Portugal.
The World Premiere competition is unique in our country and was only possible because Avanca became a passage point of unpublished authors and movies with great quality. Films that have their world premiere in the festival, independently of the submitted category, are also participating in the World Premiere Competition.
AVANCA is the Portuguese festival with the highest percentage of worldwide unpublished movies that find here their first showing.
In 2020 Edition, Avanca will bring for the first time the VR Competition, where films in virtual reality 360°, narrative or experimental (but with no interactivity) are allowed.
Since 2010, we have organized the international film conference AVANCA | CINEMA, becoming the most important conference in the field of cinema in the Iberian Peninsula. This conference brings together speakers and participants from around the world.
Thematic exhibitions, editions of books, bibliographic presentations and various projects have marked these last 10 years of AVANCA with the quality that compels the festival and the participants obviously require.
1 – Prizes
The festival will award the best work of each category: Cinema (feature film), Cinema (short feature), Television, Video, VR and trailer. The jury will also deliver prizes to the best Animation, best Actor/Actress and best Cinematography Direction, among others.
In the Cinema category (feature film), since only a maximum of 4 films are selected, all works will automatically receive a special mention.
The international jury is composed by cinema professionals invited by the organization.
The selected films may be object of acquisition proposals for the Portuguese market (cinema, television, video, VOD).
2 – World Premiere Prize
Films that have their world premieres in the AVANCA 2020, regardless the submitted category, are also candidates to the World Premiere Special Prize. Candidates must refer in the entry form if the film is a world premiere.
3 – Filmmaker Prize
Filmmakers under the age of 30 and over 60 will be candidates for the Junior Filmmaker Award and the Senior Filmmaker Award, respectively.
17 , 22 to 26 July 2020
Deadline: April 13, 2020
1 - Objective
The objective is to trace a global perspective of the contemporary features in cinema, television, video and multimedia.
2 - Conditions of Admission
Works admitted for selection must join the following conditions:
- Be produced after January 1st 2018;
- Unreleased in Portugal;
- Not available on the web.
Registrations in the following categories are admitted:
CINEMA: short and feature films in fiction and animation;
TELEVISION: documentaries;
VIDEO: experimental videos less than 20 minutes long;
VR FILMS: films in virtual reality 360°, narrative or experimental, but with no interactivity.
3 - Submission
Works must be registered until April 13th, 2020, by completing the online registration form available on www.avanca.com or using Festhome.
All foreign films must be submitted with English subtitles.
The Avanca Film Festival DOES NOT PAY SCREENING FEES for submitted films. By submitting your project, you acknowledge that Avanca2020 will not pay to present your work.
Entries previously screened in other festivals in Portugal or are publicly available on the web (e.g. Youtube, Vimeo) will not be considered.
Entry Fee: 14€ (euros)
• Special price until 31st December, 2019: 10 euros.
The payment can be done by Paypal (avancafilmfestival@gmail.com) or at the mentioned platforms above.
All submission fees are non-refundable.
FREE ENTRY FEE FOR:
- Portuguese films or from countries with Portuguese as an official language, exclusively received with link and password.
- Trailers of the submitted films (less than 3 minutes long). All trailers sent with the submitted films will be considered for this competition.
4 - Selection for competition
The organization committee carries out the selection of the submitted works and informs the applicants with selected works. The selection results will be available in www.avanca.com
The film submission at the AVANCA 2020 may also involve the selection for AVANCA's Film Festivals Partners.
AVANCA2020 reserves the right to use images from the films selected for marketing purposes (web, print and media).
5 – Prizes
The festival will award the best work of each category: Cinema (feature film), Cinema (short feature), Television, Video, VR and trailer. The jury will also deliver prizes to the best Animation, best Actor/Actress and best Cinematography Direction, among others.
In the Cinema category (feature film), since only a maximum of 4 films are selected, all works will automatically receive a special mention.
The international jury is composed by cinema professionals invited by the organization.
The selected films may be object of acquisition proposals for the Portuguese market (cinema, television, video, VOD).
6 – World Premiere Prize
Films that have their world premieres in the AVANCA 2020 regardless the submitted category, are also candidates to the World Premiere Special Prize. Candidates must refer in the entry form if the film is a world premiere.
7 – Filmmaker Prize
Filmmakers under the age of 30 and over 60 will be candidates for the <30 Filmmaker Award and the Senior Filmmaker Award, respectively.
8 - Transport and Insurance of Works
The organization will inform the candidates with selected works and will give out instructions for the shipment of final copies.
The delivery of the works is on the candidates’ responsibility.
The copies of the selected films will become part of the Festival Mediateque Archives. The organization assures that the films won't be used for commercial purposes.
9 – Others
The selected works may be object of non-commercial exhibitions for the festival's promotion.
Festival languages are Portuguese and English.
The Festival reserves the right to make any necessary changes in regulations or scheduling.
By submitting your film/s or screenplay to the Festival you agree to all TERMS AND CONDITIONS above in full.
Any doubts or questions will be clarified or solved by the Organization Committee.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Short Films (2017+)
Fee-8%
Standard11.5$10.58$
31 Dec 19
Late16$14.72$
13 Apr 20
Submissions deadline
13 Apr 20
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0.92$
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TRAILER IN MOTION COMPETITION
Short Films 3'< (2015+)
Fee-8%
Standard0$0$
31 Dec 19
Late0$0$
13 Apr 20
Submissions deadline
13 Apr 20
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- Films from countries with Portuguese as an official language, exclusively received with link and password. These are: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, East Timor, Sao Tome and Principe, Cape Verde
- Trailers of the submitted films (less than 3 minutes long). All trailers sent with the submitted films will be considered for this competition.
WORLD PREMIERE
Short Films
Fee-8%
Standard11.5$10.58$
31 Dec 19
Late16$14.72$
13 Apr 20
Submissions deadline
13 Apr 20
Save up
0.92$
Submit
Short and feature films in fiction and animation
VR FILMS
Short and Feature Films
Fee-8%
Standard11.5$10.58$
31 Dec 19
Late16$14.72$
13 Apr 20
Submissions deadline
13 Apr 20
Save up
0.92$
Submit
movies in 360 ° virtual reality, narrative or experimental, but without interactivity
Festhome holds accountable fees festivals by holding the payment of the fees of most newer festivals until they have viewed the submissions, held their festivals and other methods.
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Festhome holds accountable fees festivals by holding the payment of the fees of most newer festivals until they have viewed the submissions, held their festivals and other methods. 