Mecal Pro, Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
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Mecal // Mecal Pro, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona
22nd edition
Mar 19 - Apr 05, 2020
Barcelona, Spain
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Documentary, Narrative fiction
Film length
Genre
Action, Adventure, Alternative, Art, Avantgarde, B-Movie, Biography, Burlesque, Classics, Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Culture, Dance, Dark comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Environmental, Family, Fantastic, Fantasy, Film noir, Flash, Foreign, Health, Hip Hop, History, Horror, Human rights, Independent, Kids, LGBT, Live Action, Medical, Melodrama, Microcinema, Mockumentary, Music, Musical, Mystery, Nature, , Parody, Post modern, Realism, Reality, Religious, Road Trip, Romance, Romantic comedy, Satire, Science, Science fiction, Silent movie, Social issues, Spiritual, Sports, Surreal, Thriller, Transgender, Underground, Urban, War, Western
Mission / description
Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, will celebrate its 21st edition this year. With more than 5,000 short films submitted annually, Mecal has becom…e one of the most important festivals of its field in Spain. Due to its international scope and quality programming, Mecal regularly benefits from grants awarded by various Spanish and international public cultural institutions.
Mecal is strongly committed to promoting the exhibition and promotion of audiovisual creations in the short format, not only with the public, but also in having creators and distributors meet through different activities. Mecal is also devoted to foster emerging talent, by holding events and awards specially aimed at young creators. In this sense, it also works as a short film promotion network, organising screenings both at a national and an international level, collaborating with festivals, embassies, and institutions around the world.
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Festival website http://www.mecalbcn.org/
Class
Founded: 1997
Festival category: B (international relevance, international player)
Dates
Open call: Apr 17, 2019
Early bird deadline: Sep 14, 2019
Regular deadline: Nov 14, 2019
Late deadline: Jan 15, 2020
Notification date: Feb 28, 2020
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 6.00 to 8.00 EUR (0.00 to 0.00 USD) . See submission categories for details about fees.
Awards
Total prize money: 10,000.00 USD
Festival sections
Animation Animated Short FilmsDocumentariesShort DocumentariesExperimentalNarrative Fiction
General rules
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS:
Eligibility
1. The contestants can submit as many works as they wish, as long as they have been produced after 1st January 2017.
2. There are no restrictions regarding the topic or genre of the films, but they cannot exceed 30 min.
3. Any works containing dialogue must be presented with English subtitles. Those works whose original version is in English do not require subtitles but the dialogue list in case they are selected.
Selection
The festival has four official competing sections (Fiction, Animation, Oblique and Documentary) and several non-competing parallel sections. The selection committee will decide in which section the selected works will be featured and will communicate this decision to their submitters.
Regulations
1.- The selected works will be screened in front of an audience during the festival according to a calendar that will be set beforehand by the festival board.
2-. The Festival will ensure proper screening conditions for all selected works. Therefore, the screening copies of the selected films will be in MP4 or .MOV with a 1920x1080 resolution H.264 codec, 20 mbps, STEREO (no 5.1).
3- The screening copies can be sent by post (on a Pen Drive) or - preferably - online via an FTP server, or a file transfer service such as Filemail.com (free up to 30GB).
4. The shipping costs will be covered by the participants, and the devolution costs will be paid by the Festival. The Festival will take due care of the works. In case of loss or damage, the organisation will only take responsibility for the cost of the copy.
5. The Festival is fully authorized to publish printed material of the selected pieces, as well as a short extract of the film (1 minute at the most) to promote the Festival on its website, social networks and the Media.
6. The Festival can hold in a copy of the selected works, always guaranteeing the author’s royalties and its intellectual property rights. Being selected for Mecal Pro implies being part of the Festival diffusion network, which promotes screenings of the films in different Cultural Circles such as Mecal Air.
7. The selected short films will participate, if they wish, in the online edition of Mecal Pro, through the online film streaming platform Filmin. The short films can be in Filmin for 1 year, with the option to renew the contract. The benefits obtained will be distributed in the following manner: 70% for the participating short films (that will be distributed 50%-50% between Mecal and the participant) and 30% for Filmin in case of TVOD and 60% for the participating short films (that will be distributed 50%-50% between Mecal and the participant) and 40% for Filmin in case of SVOD .
Awards:
The Festival’s Direction Board will be in charge of selecting the jury, which will be made up of renowned professionals of the audiovisual industry (with the exception of the audience award):
1. International Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the International Section.
● Awarded by the International Jury
2. Animation Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Animation Section
● Awarded by the Animation Jury. This jury will also grant a second and third award to complete a podium in this category.
3. Filmin Oblique Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Oblique Section
● Awarded by the Oblique Jury
4. Documentary Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Documentary Section
● Awarded by the Documentary Jury. This jury will also grant a second and third award to complete a podium in this category.
5. Videolab Award for the Best Spanish Short Film
● Awarded by the International Jury
6. Artic Awards
a. to the Best Spanish Photography
b. to the best special effects on a Spanish production
● Awarded by the Oblique Jury
7. ALMA Award to the Best Spanish Script
● Awarded by the ALMA Jury
8. Young Jury Award to the Best Short Film of the Oblique Section
● Awarded by the Young Jury
9. Audience Award to the Best Short Film of the Animation section
● Awarded by the audience
10. El Periódico de Catalunya Audience award to the Best Short Film of the Documentary section
● Awarded by the audience
11. Animation Students Award to the Best Short Film of the Animation section
● Awarded by the Animation Students jury
12. Prix de la Critique
● Awarded by a jury composed of members of ACCEC (Catalan Film Critics and Writers
Association)
13. Avisual Pro Award to the most innovative short film of the Barcelona Film Schools
● Awarded by the audience
14. Plançó Award to the best short film of the Catalan Animation Schools
● Awarded by the audience
15. Shorts TV Award
● Awarded by the Shorts TV jury
The judges reserve the right to declare void any of the above mentioned prizes. They can also award special mentions which are not specified in these entry conditions. Cash awards will become effective in the figure of the owner of the short film’s rights.
The Organisation reserves the right to change the name of the awards and to increase their number and amount – anytime, up to a week before the beginning of the festival, in which case the participants will be informed. Awards names may change due to new sponsors.
Submitting for competition implies the full acceptance of the entry requirements stated in this document.
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.
Mecal // Mecal Pro, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona
22nd edition
Mar 19 - Apr 05, 2020
Barcelona, Spain
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Documentary, Narrative fiction
Film length
Genre
Action, Adventure, Alternative, Art, Avantgarde, B-Movie, Biography, Burlesque, Classics, Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Culture, Dance, Dark comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Environmental, Family, Fantastic, Fantasy, Film noir, Flash, Foreign, Health, Hip Hop, History, Horror, Human rights, Independent, Kids, LGBT, Live Action, Medical, Melodrama, Microcinema, Mockumentary, Music, Musical, Mystery, Nature, , Parody, Post modern, Realism, Reality, Religious, Road Trip, Romance, Romantic comedy, Satire, Science, Science fiction, Silent movie, Social issues, Spiritual, Sports, Surreal, Thriller, Transgender, Underground, Urban, War, Western
Mission / description
Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, will celebrate its 21st edition this year. With more than 5,000 short films submitted annually, Mecal has becom…e one of the most important festivals of its field in Spain. Due to its international scope and quality programming, Mecal regularly benefits from grants awarded by various Spanish and international public cultural institutions.
Mecal is strongly committed to promoting the exhibition and promotion of audiovisual creations in the short format, not only with the public, but also in having creators and distributors meet through different activities. Mecal is also devoted to foster emerging talent, by holding events and awards specially aimed at young creators. In this sense, it also works as a short film promotion network, organising screenings both at a national and an international level, collaborating with festivals, embassies, and institutions around the world.
full text
Festival website http://www.mecalbcn.org/
| Class |
Founded: 1997 Festival category: B (international relevance, international player) |
| Dates |
Open call: Apr 17, 2019 Early bird deadline: Sep 14, 2019 Regular deadline: Nov 14, 2019 Late deadline: Jan 15, 2020 Notification date: Feb 28, 2020 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 6.00 to 8.00 EUR (0.00 to 0.00 USD) . See submission categories for details about fees. |
| Awards | Total prize money: 10,000.00 USD |
| Festival sections |
Animation Animated Short Films Documentaries Short Documentaries Experimental Narrative Fiction
|
| General rules |
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS: Eligibility 1. The contestants can submit as many works as they wish, as long as they have been produced after 1st January 2017. 2. There are no restrictions regarding the topic or genre of the films, but they cannot exceed 30 min. 3. Any works containing dialogue must be presented with English subtitles. Those works whose original version is in English do not require subtitles but the dialogue list in case they are selected. Selection The festival has four official competing sections (Fiction, Animation, Oblique and Documentary) and several non-competing parallel sections. The selection committee will decide in which section the selected works will be featured and will communicate this decision to their submitters. Regulations 1.- The selected works will be screened in front of an audience during the festival according to a calendar that will be set beforehand by the festival board. 2-. The Festival will ensure proper screening conditions for all selected works. Therefore, the screening copies of the selected films will be in MP4 or .MOV with a 1920x1080 resolution H.264 codec, 20 mbps, STEREO (no 5.1). 3- The screening copies can be sent by post (on a Pen Drive) or - preferably - online via an FTP server, or a file transfer service such as Filemail.com (free up to 30GB). 4. The shipping costs will be covered by the participants, and the devolution costs will be paid by the Festival. The Festival will take due care of the works. In case of loss or damage, the organisation will only take responsibility for the cost of the copy. 5. The Festival is fully authorized to publish printed material of the selected pieces, as well as a short extract of the film (1 minute at the most) to promote the Festival on its website, social networks and the Media. 6. The Festival can hold in a copy of the selected works, always guaranteeing the author’s royalties and its intellectual property rights. Being selected for Mecal Pro implies being part of the Festival diffusion network, which promotes screenings of the films in different Cultural Circles such as Mecal Air. 7. The selected short films will participate, if they wish, in the online edition of Mecal Pro, through the online film streaming platform Filmin. The short films can be in Filmin for 1 year, with the option to renew the contract. The benefits obtained will be distributed in the following manner: 70% for the participating short films (that will be distributed 50%-50% between Mecal and the participant) and 30% for Filmin in case of TVOD and 60% for the participating short films (that will be distributed 50%-50% between Mecal and the participant) and 40% for Filmin in case of SVOD . Awards: The Festival’s Direction Board will be in charge of selecting the jury, which will be made up of renowned professionals of the audiovisual industry (with the exception of the audience award): 1. International Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the International Section. ● Awarded by the International Jury 2. Animation Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Animation Section ● Awarded by the Animation Jury. This jury will also grant a second and third award to complete a podium in this category. 3. Filmin Oblique Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Oblique Section ● Awarded by the Oblique Jury 4. Documentary Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Documentary Section ● Awarded by the Documentary Jury. This jury will also grant a second and third award to complete a podium in this category. 5. Videolab Award for the Best Spanish Short Film ● Awarded by the International Jury 6. Artic Awards a. to the Best Spanish Photography b. to the best special effects on a Spanish production ● Awarded by the Oblique Jury 7. ALMA Award to the Best Spanish Script ● Awarded by the ALMA Jury 8. Young Jury Award to the Best Short Film of the Oblique Section ● Awarded by the Young Jury 9. Audience Award to the Best Short Film of the Animation section ● Awarded by the audience 10. El Periódico de Catalunya Audience award to the Best Short Film of the Documentary section ● Awarded by the audience 11. Animation Students Award to the Best Short Film of the Animation section ● Awarded by the Animation Students jury 12. Prix de la Critique ● Awarded by a jury composed of members of ACCEC (Catalan Film Critics and Writers Association) 13. Avisual Pro Award to the most innovative short film of the Barcelona Film Schools ● Awarded by the audience 14. Plançó Award to the best short film of the Catalan Animation Schools ● Awarded by the audience 15. Shorts TV Award ● Awarded by the Shorts TV jury The judges reserve the right to declare void any of the above mentioned prizes. They can also award special mentions which are not specified in these entry conditions. Cash awards will become effective in the figure of the owner of the short film’s rights. The Organisation reserves the right to change the name of the awards and to increase their number and amount – anytime, up to a week before the beginning of the festival, in which case the participants will be informed. Awards names may change due to new sponsors. Submitting for competition implies the full acceptance of the entry requirements stated in this document. |