Avanca 2019 - International Meeting of Cinema, TV, Video and Multimedia

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AVANCA 2019 // Avanca 2019 - Encontros Internacionais de Cinema, Televisão, Vídeo e Multimédia
Open Call
Nov 19, 2018 - Apr 15, 2019
Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Narrative fiction, TV
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Mission / description
The objective is to trace a global perspective of the contemporary features in cinema, television, video and multimedia.
Festival website http://www.avanca.com
Class
Founded: 1997
Festival category: B (international relevance, international player)
Dates
Open call: Nov 19, 2018
Early bird deadline: Dec 31, 2018
Regular deadline: Apr 15, 2019
Late deadline: Apr 15, 2019
Notification date: May 06, 2019
Favorite this festival or add it to one of your lists to be alerted about open call, deadlines and notification date.
Fees
Fees range from 0.00 to 14.00 EUR (0.00 to 0.00 USD) . See submission categories for details about fees.
Awards
Total prize money: 5,688.00 USD
Festival sections
International CompetitionWorks admitted for selection must join the following conditions:
- Be produced after January 1, 2017;
- Unreleased in Portugal;
- Not available on the web.
- Works that have not been presented for selection in earlier editions of this festival.
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.Trailer in Motion CompetitionDeadline: 30 May 2019
Submission fee is free
Rules
1 - Conditions of Admission
Trailers- works should have less than 3 minutes. Trailers of all film categories will be admitted.
Video clips – works should have up to 6 minutes.
2 – Submission
Works should be sent until 30 May 2019. Each candidate should send the trailer or video clip using the submissions platformf or a file transfer service (www.wetransfer.com, www.myairbridge.com).
Films should be sent, preferably in high-definition video file.
3 - Prizes
The international jury will give a prize to the best trailer and best video clip. VR Competitionfilms in virtual reality 360°, narrative or experimental, but with no interactivity. World Premiere Competition1. Conditions of Admission - ONLY FOR WORD PREMIERE FILMS
Works admitted for selection must join the following conditions:
- Be produced after January 1, 2017;
- Unreleased in World.
- Not available on the web.
2. Submissions in the following categories are admitted:
CINEMA: short and feature films in fiction and animation;
TELEVISION: documentaries;
VIDEO: experimental videos of less than 20 minutes.
General rules
19th , 24th to 28th July 2019
Deadline: April 15th, 2019
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 2017;
- 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 15th , 2019, by completing the online registration form available on www.avanca.com or using Film Festival Life platform.
Entry Fee: 14€ (euros)
• Special price until 31st December, 2018: 10 euros.
The payment can be done by Paypal (avancafilmfestival@gmail.com) or at the mentioned platforms above.
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.
The film submission at the AVANCA 2019 may also involve the selection for AVANCA's Film Festivals Partners.
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
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 2019, 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 Junior 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.

FFL's Festival Validation
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
AVANCA 2019 // Avanca 2019 - Encontros Internacionais de Cinema, Televisão, Vídeo e Multimédia
Open Call
Nov 19, 2018 - Apr 15, 2019
Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Narrative fiction, TV
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Mission / description The objective is to trace a global perspective of the contemporary features in cinema, television, video and multimedia.
Festival website http://www.avanca.com
| Class |
Founded: 1997 Festival category: B (international relevance, international player) |
| Dates |
Open call: Nov 19, 2018 Early bird deadline: Dec 31, 2018 Regular deadline: Apr 15, 2019 Late deadline: Apr 15, 2019 Notification date: May 06, 2019 Favorite this festival or add it to one of your lists to be alerted about open call, deadlines and notification date. |
| Fees | Fees range from 0.00 to 14.00 EUR (0.00 to 0.00 USD) . See submission categories for details about fees. |
| Awards | Total prize money: 5,688.00 USD |
| Festival sections |
International Competition Works admitted for selection must join the following conditions:
- Be produced after January 1, 2017;
- Unreleased in Portugal;
- Not available on the web.
- Works that have not been presented for selection in earlier editions of this festival.
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. Trailer in Motion Competition Deadline: 30 May 2019
Submission fee is free
Rules
1 - Conditions of Admission
Trailers- works should have less than 3 minutes. Trailers of all film categories will be admitted.
Video clips – works should have up to 6 minutes.
2 – Submission
Works should be sent until 30 May 2019. Each candidate should send the trailer or video clip using the submissions platformf or a file transfer service (www.wetransfer.com, www.myairbridge.com).
Films should be sent, preferably in high-definition video file.
3 - Prizes
The international jury will give a prize to the best trailer and best video clip. VR Competition films in virtual reality 360°, narrative or experimental, but with no interactivity. World Premiere Competition 1. Conditions of Admission - ONLY FOR WORD PREMIERE FILMS
Works admitted for selection must join the following conditions:
- Be produced after January 1, 2017;
- Unreleased in World.
- Not available on the web.
2. Submissions in the following categories are admitted:
CINEMA: short and feature films in fiction and animation;
TELEVISION: documentaries;
VIDEO: experimental videos of less than 20 minutes.
|
| General rules |
19th , 24th to 28th July 2019 Deadline: April 15th, 2019 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 2017; - 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 15th , 2019, by completing the online registration form available on www.avanca.com or using Film Festival Life platform. Entry Fee: 14€ (euros) • Special price until 31st December, 2018: 10 euros. The payment can be done by Paypal (avancafilmfestival@gmail.com) or at the mentioned platforms above. 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. The film submission at the AVANCA 2019 may also involve the selection for AVANCA's Film Festivals Partners. 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 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 2019, 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 Junior 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. |