CALL FOR THE SECOND EDITION OF THE 2010 BILBAO INTERNATIONAL UNSEEN FILM FESTIVAL

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVAL

The Bilbao International Unseen Film Festival “Filme Sozialak”, organised by the NGOD Kultura, Communication y Desarrollo (KCD) is primarily conceived with the aim of creating an open space for those works made in digital or film format that have repeatedly been made invisible, rejected or censured in their own countries or even in the international framework, not only on account of the issues they deal with, but also because they can’t keep up with the current requirements of the film market… These works must be mainly of a social nature such as gender and woman issues, topics on human rights, social justice, environment, interculturality, etc… This festival is for every work of this nature looking for an alternative space to be shown.

B) TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE SECOND UNSEEN FILM FESTIVAL “FILME SOZIALAK”, Bilbao 2010.

1. Any person or group of people is entitled to apply for the competition. Works can be presented by individuals or by groups, no matter their origin or nationality. Nevertheless priority will be given to all the films made in places where human and collective rights are systematically violated. Likewise, the works coming from any impoverished country will be our priority.

2. All the works recorded in digital or 35 mm format,which are victim of economic or political persecution owing to their social content, are also entitled to take part in the competition. The works presented by applicants can be short films, feature-length films, animation movies or documentaries. The same person or group of people is entitled to apply for the competition by presenting more than one piece of work.

3. The main issue of all of the works shall be of a social nature on the basis of the aforementioned needs, that is, gender and women issues, topics on environmental concerns, collective and human rights, poverty, interculturality, denunciation of any sort of violence, etc…

4. The competition will be officially divided into the following sections:

-Fiction full-length films

-Full-length documentaries

-Fiction short films

-Documentary shorts

-Animation movies.

5. In order to draw up a short-list of candidates, all works shall be delivered in DVD or MiniDV format (two copies are required) in PAL or NTCS format. The postage and packaging costs shall be borne by the applicant at the moment of shipping.

All the materials sent will be included in the KCD archives (the NGOD that organises the event). Works have to be sent to the office of the International Unseen Film “Filme Sozialak” Festival's Office from November 1^st2009 to June 1^st2010.

Any work sent after the deadline will be automatically disqualified. Please don’t forget to write on the envelope “NO COMMERCIAL VALUE” “FOR CULTURAL PURPOSE ONLY”

6. All the works which language is not Spanish, shall be mandatorily subtitled or dubbed into the Spanish language

7. Applicants shall clearly fill out the application form that shall be enclosed along with the following information saved in a digital medium (a CD) before sending:

-3 shots of the work and a picture of the director

- The film poster

- An ID card or any valid Identity Document of the filmmaker

-The ID card of the production company or any valid Identity Document (Only in case such a document exists)

- Cast

- Credits

- Synopsis

8. All the works (two copies required) will be sent to:

Kultura, Communication y Desarrollo KCD

Beurko Viejo, pabellón 38, oficina 12

48902, Barakaldo

Bizkaia

Spain

9. The selection committee will select the works of fiction, documentaries and animation movies participating in the festival. The outcome will be immediately communicated to the authors and authoresses who will be informed of both the date and the scheduled screening time of their works in the frame of the Bilbao festival.

10. We require the production companies and filmmakers to authorise the NGOD KCD, the Festival organiser, to broadcast and disseminate the selected works in those places considered practical with the purpose of promoting the Bilbao International Unseen Film Festival “Filme Sozialak”. The production companies and filmmakers will be duly informed of every event regarding their works. In case a competitor doesn’t agree on this clause, he or she is requested to clearly communicate that disagreement in writing and to refer it to the festival organisers.

11. All the production companies and filmmakers are required to issue an authorization that will allow the festival organisers to use the material corresponding to their films with the goal of promoting and disseminating audiovisual and printed materials (e.g. catalogue, commercials…) in the scope of the current festival.

12. Works reaching the final round can be awarded with the following prizes that will be presented to filmmakers:

• First Prize UNSEEN FILM FESTIVAL

• Human Rights Prize

• Best work by a woman

• Interculturality prize

• Gender equity Prize

• Sustainable development prize

• Ekosaria Prize (for ecology and environment)

SPECIAL MENTIONS

-Mention for the best fiction full-length film

-Mention for the best fiction short film

-Mention for the best full-length documentary

-Mention for the best documentary short

-Mention for the best animation work

13. The jury will be made up of experts in the field of the cinema; filmmakers, artists and people closely related to film festivals and other similar events. The jury’s decision will be final and will not be open to appeal.

MAKING VISIBLE THE INVISIBLE