La mida no importa ()

Festival start: 16 January 2025      Festival end: 19 January 2025

The main purpose of La mida no importa-Size Doesn’t Matter is to promote short film production and culture.

Further information: www.lamidanoimporta.cat

Cash Prizes: 1,500€

Two awards free of subject:

● First prize: 1000€
● Second prize: 500€
● The Jury may decide to award with a special mention, apart from the fixed categories.

RULES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO THE 13th SHORT FILM COMPETITION LA MIDA NO IMPORTA-SIZE DOESN’T MATTER
From 16 to 19 January 2025

1 - PURPOSE
The main purpose of La mida no importa-Size Doesn’t Matter is to promote short film production and culture.

2 - ORGANIZATION
La Mida no importa- Size Doesn’t Matter is a Short Film Competition organized by SLOWCUrT and the Casal de Barri del Raval with the support of Fundació Tot Raval.

3 - GENERAL CONDITIONS
All those shorts of fiction, animation, experimental or documentaries, accepted by the Selection Committee, may be included. The subject matter is free of choice. However, films containing commercial or tourism contents or those whose content violates human dignity and/or promotes hatred, contempt or discrimination on grounds of birth, race, sex, religion, nationality, opinion or any other personal or social circumstance will be deemed ineligible and thus refused.

Entry requirements:
● Films must have been produced after January 1st, 2023.
● For public screening purposes, those films the original version of which are not in Catalan or Spanish language must be subtitled in one of these two languages; and films in original version in Catalan or Spanish must be subtitle in English.
● Music, images and other artistic resources included in the film should be free of copyright.
● Films may not exceed 10 minutes in duration.

[The Selection Committee has the right to exceptionally choose a film even in cases when it does not accomplish all general conditions mentioned above]

4 - ENTRIES
Registration will be online through the Festhome platform www.festhome.com. Period for inscription is from May 27th up until October 4th, 2024.
5 - SUBMISSION OF THE COPIES (FILES)
Works, which do not offer necessary technical quality for a good public screening, may be rejected.

Projection Format:
Full HD
H264 coding in .mov or .mp4 containers. Resolution 1080p.
The copies (or files) selected with the embedded subtitles required for the screening will be sent via the Internet through any online platform (such us WeTransfer, Smash, Dropbox, etc.) one month before the screening takes place. In the event of any inconvenience by this means, please contact the organization: lamidanoimporta@gmail.com

6 - PUBLICATION AND BROADCASTING AUTHORIZATIONS
Participation in La Mida no matter-Size does not matter implies permission to broadcast excerpts from the film on Spanish television and Internet channels.
Once the Festival is over, some selected films might be included in special non-profit educational and cultural programs. The organization guarantees, though, the appropriate communication to the authors and their authorization to do so.

7- JURY AND AWARDS
Among the selected films in competition, a Jury composed of three professionals will award the prizes. The prizes may not be ex-aequo or declare unawarded.

Two awards free of subject:
• First prize: 1000€
• Second prize: 500€
• The Jury may decide to award with a special mention, apart from the fixed categories.

Awards are conferred to film directors, except in the case of works produced by film academies, schools, or other audiovisual teaching institutions.

Participation in La mida no importa-Size doesn’t matter implies acceptance of all the aforementioned rules and regulations. The organizers of the festival shall resolve any situation not covered by these guidelines and their decision will be final.

[These regulations are published in Catalan, Spanish, and English. The Catalan text will be considered the reference text whenever any interpretation doubt may arise]