PLANOS 2020
5th Edition - Rules and Terms
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PLANOS - Tomar’s International Short Film Festival – aims to spread and promote new short films in the city of Tomar, through a vast yet eclectic selection of films in competition and others from selected directors as special guests of the festival.
Promoted by Associação Cultural Espaço 0 - Artes Comunicantes in partnership with Tripé and with the support of Tomar’s County, this year’s edition will happen from December 3rd to 6th.
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The act of submission implies the knowledge and acceptance of all the articles of this regulation.
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Submitted entries must be fiction short films, up to 15 minutes long and with production date from January 2019 onwards. Non-fiction genres such as animation, documentaries, video art, music videos or others, will not be considered.
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Each director can submit a maximum of two films. Production companies or others responsible for the distribution of their films, have no limit on the number of shorts they can submit, but must follow the rule of two films per director.
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Submitted films that are not spoken in Portuguese must be subtitled in English for their evaluation. If selected, Portuguese subtitles must be available for screening.
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Call for entries occurs from April 15th to June 15th 2020 and will be free of charge for all Portuguese produced short films. For international short films, a fee is charged according to the submission dates below:
April 15th to 30th: FREE
April 30th to May 25th: 2€ / film
May 25th to June 15th: 5€ / film
The submission of short films takes place exclusively through FilmFreeway website: filmfreeway.com/planosfilmfestival
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The films will be selected for screening in PLANOS by the organization. Directors will be notified of the selection in October 2020.
If selected, it will be required to send the following information:
- Film in digital format, preferably on .mp4 or .mov (H.264) 1080p, 25 fps, and Stereo sound
- Stills of the film
- Plot synopsis
- Cast and crew info
- Screening authorization
- English subtitles (and Portuguese too, if available)
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The director/producer is responsible for any use of images or music of others in their films or videos. All and any responsibility regarding issues with copyright will fall exclusively on the director/producer of the work.
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If your submitted film took part on the official selection, you’re authorizing it’s screening not only in PLANOS festival, but also in other possible extensions of the festival such as late screenings of the winners. You will always be notified when your film takes part in this special screenings of PLANOS.
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In case your film is chosen as part of the official selection, you also authorize the use of images or small portions of your short for marketing and advertising purposes of the festival.
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The winners of the competition will be chosen by the members of the jury. The jury is expected to be announced after the official selection.
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The awards are:
- Best International Short Film
- Best Portuguese Short Film
- Best Directing
- Best Screenplay
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Editing
- Best Cinematography
- Best Original Music
- Best Sound
- Best Art Direction
- Audience Award
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The jury may choose not to give some of the awards if the necessary conditions are not fulfilled.
Furthermore there might be awarded honorable mentions within the categories above mentioned, with the exception of the Best Short Films (National and International)
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The winners will be announced on December 06 during the Award Ceremony. This information will be available on the official site and social networks in the upcoming days.
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The festival’s organization is entitled to cancel the festival or any of its events if for some reason the circumstances won’t allow it. Any unforeseen situations in this document will be determined also by the Organization of the Festival.
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For any questions contact the following email: info@planosfilmfest.pt