1.- The main objective of «Women In Direction» is to show and ...
1.- The main objective of «Women In Direction» is to show and ...
1.- The main objective of «Women In Direction» is to show and ...
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<strong>1.</strong>- <strong>The</strong> <strong>main</strong> <strong>objective</strong> <strong>of</strong> «Women <strong>In</strong> Direction» <strong>is</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>show</strong> <strong>and</strong> promote films<br />
<strong>of</strong> art<strong>is</strong>tic quality directed by women which contribute <strong>to</strong> the knowledge <strong>of</strong><br />
worldwide cinema.<br />
2.-<strong>The</strong> 4th edition <strong>of</strong> «Women <strong>In</strong> Direction» <strong>In</strong>ternational Film Festival, Cuenca<br />
will be held between November 23rd <strong>and</strong> November 28th, 2009.<br />
3.-<strong>The</strong> Festival cons<strong>is</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> the following sections:<br />
a) OFFICIAL SECTION: competitive section for fiction feature lengths.<br />
b) SHORT STORIES: competitive section for short films with a running<br />
time up <strong>to</strong> 20 minutes.<br />
c) HUMAN VALUES: competitive section for documentaries.<br />
d) SIDEBARS: devoted <strong>to</strong> films for adolescents, for children <strong>and</strong> <strong>to</strong> the<br />
presentation <strong>of</strong> a filmmaker, a genre, a nation’s cinema, etc.<br />
e) WORKSHOPS.<br />
4.-All films entered for the OFFICIAL, SHORT STORIES <strong>and</strong> HUMAN VALUES<br />
sections must comply with the following conditions:<br />
a) <strong>The</strong>y must have been produced in 2009 or 2008.<br />
b) <strong>The</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r must be a woman.<br />
c) <strong>The</strong>y must have had no previous commercial, DVD, video or TV<br />
screening in Spain.<br />
d) <strong>The</strong>y should be presented in their original language version, preferably<br />
with Span<strong>is</strong>h subtitles.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y may be submitted with Engl<strong>is</strong>h subtitles, in which case a spotting<br />
l<strong>is</strong>t <strong>of</strong> the subtitles <strong>and</strong> a DVD must be supplied beforeh<strong>and</strong> <strong>to</strong> permit<br />
preparation <strong>of</strong> electronic subtitles in<strong>to</strong> Span<strong>is</strong>h.<br />
5.-A Jury <strong>of</strong> fifty members <strong>of</strong> the public will decide the Award for the Best<br />
Feature. Each Jury member signs an agreement <strong>to</strong> view all the features in<br />
competition <strong>and</strong> award points between 0 <strong>and</strong> 5 for each film.<br />
6.-A Jury <strong>of</strong> three short film direc<strong>to</strong>rs will decide the Award for Best Short Film.<br />
7.-A Jury <strong>of</strong> five members <strong>of</strong> the media will decide the Award for Best<br />
Documentary (Media Award).<br />
8.-Every year «Women <strong>In</strong> Direction» also <strong>of</strong>fers the “City <strong>of</strong> Cuenca Award” <strong>to</strong> a<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional <strong>of</strong> the cinema, either for her career or for an outst<strong>and</strong>ing feat.<br />
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN «WOMEN IN DIRECTION»
Please send a DVD or VHS cassette <strong>of</strong> your film along with a short<br />
synops<strong>is</strong> <strong>and</strong> a l<strong>is</strong>t <strong>of</strong> the technical <strong>and</strong> art<strong>is</strong>tic credits before September<br />
15th <strong>to</strong> the following address:<br />
Escuelas Aguirre<br />
For «Women <strong>In</strong> Direction» <strong>In</strong>ternational Film Festival<br />
Calle Aguirre, 2<br />
16002 Cuenca<br />
SPAIN
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