Rabat International Author Film Festival

Rabat, Morocco, Africa

14 - 20 Nov, 2020

Category

Short

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Rabat International Author Film Festival

Rabat, Morocco, Africa

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General Information

edition

26th

Contact details

Rue Sefrou, Immeuble Al Andalous Hassan Rabat 10000 Morocco

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ficarabat@gmail.com

+21266-137-9432

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About the festival

EXCEPTIONAL 25TH ONLINE EDITION OF RABAT INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR FILM FESTIVAL (FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CINEMA D'AUTEUR DE RABAT - FICAR) WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 23 TO 31 OCTOBER, 2020

The Rabat International Author Film Festival (FICAR) (Festival International du Cinema D'Auteur de Rabat) is dedicated to the Author cinema, a true cinema of art and thought in all its forms, to brave films, demanding, intelligent, even radicals who destroy the clichés; films that have an urgency and a personal writing dedicated to humanity in all its forms.

The purpose of the FICAR is to meet and know the films, the authors and the public.
The FICAR is an alternative practice to counter the industrial machine that has globalized the taste and erased the right to be different. a festival against a predatory cinema against the totalitarianism of taste or its active participation in the construction of the cathedral of our imagination;
The FICAR allows the cinema to be "another country on the map", a new continent of which we are the citizens.

Cinema citizens unite you; we invite you to the "scent of the dark room" where all dreams converge; Come dream together in a "second womb" where everyone is the same in "a time found".

The festival juries offer the below awards:

Grand Prize Hassan II
Best Actress Award
Best Actor Award
Best Script Award
Best Short Film Award
Jury Award
Critics Award
Audience Choice Award

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EXCEPTIONAL 25TH ONLINE EDITION OF RABAT INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR FILM FESTIVAL (FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CINEMA D'AUTEUR DE RABAT - FICAR) WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 23 TO 31 OCTOBER, 2020

The Rabat International Author Film Festival (FICAR) (Festival International du Cinema D'Auteur de Rabat) is dedicated to the Author cinema, a true cinema of art and thought in all its forms, to brave films, demanding, intelligent, even radicals who destroy the clichés; films that have an urgency and a personal writing dedicated to humanity in all its forms.

The purpose of the FICAR is to meet and know the films, the authors and the public.
The FICAR is an alternative practice to counter the industrial machine that has globalized the taste and erased the right to be different. a festival against a predatory cinema against the totalitarianism of taste or its active participation in the construction of the cathedral of our imagination;
The FICAR allows the cinema to be "another country on the map", a new continent of which we are the citizens.

Cinema citizens unite you; we invite you to the "scent of the dark room" where all dreams converge; Come dream together in a "second womb" where everyone is the same in "a time found".

The festival juries offer the below awards:

Grand Prize Hassan II
Best Actress Award
Best Actor Award
Best Script Award
Best Short Film Award
Jury Award
Critics Award
Audience Choice Award

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

Rules and Regulations:

1- FILMS PRODUCED AFTER November 1, 2019 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUBMISSION.

2- INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS SUBMISSIONS, MOROCCAN PREMIERE IS A MUST – FEATURE FILMS THAT WERE SCREENED PREVIOUSLY IN MOROCCO WON’T BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

3- FICAR SUPPORTS TRAVEL COST OF DIRECTORS OF SELECTED INTERNATIONAL FILMS TO MOROCCO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FESTIVAL SCREENINGS AND ACTIVITIES. (Conditions apply)

4- Filmmakers are invited to submit their original work to Rabat International Author Film Festival (FICAR) for the above listed categories and as per the assigned duration of each category.

5- Rabat International Author Film Festival (FICAR) holds the right to:
• Select the film that is qualified to be in the official selection of the festival
• Use the selected films for trailers and publicity usage
• Screen the winning films in other related events inside Morocco, and recommend the winning films to other international film festivals that collaborate with FICAR after the approval of the filmmakers.

6- Submission fees are non refundable and non reimbursable under any circumstances; FICAR does not reimburse any submission fees for films who are not selected for the festival program, or who withdrew their submissions at any time.

7- FICAR retains the right to accept or decline any film, for whatever reason, without any explanation.

8- Applicant admits that he/she is authorized to submit the film, being the rights-holder or authorized representative of the film.

9- FICAR receives exhibition copy in QuickTime 1080p HD 8 bit uncompressed or Apple ProRes file or equivalent via a downloadable link.

10- All International films must have adequate French or English subtitles.

11- Screening fees must be declared prior to or upon submission. If a screening fee is only indicated after the official selection has been announced, the festival retains the right to revoke the film's acceptance.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Feature Fiction Films
Early Bird (1st November, 2020) $40
Late (25th January, 2021) $40

Feature Documentary Films
Early Bird (1st November, 2020) $35
Late (25th January, 2021) $35

Feature Animated and Experimental Films
Early Bird (1st November, 2020) $35
Late (25th January, 2021) $35

Short Fiction Films
Early Bird (1st November, 2020) $25
Late (25th January, 2021) $25

Short Documentary Films
Early Bird (1st November, 2020) $25
Late (25th January, 2021) $25

Short Animated and Experimental Films
Early Bird (1st November, 2020) $25
Late (25th January, 2021) $25

Moroccan Short Films (All Genres)
Early Bird (1st November, 2020) $10
Late (25th January, 2021) $10

All categories: Fiction, Documentary, Animation and Experimental Only Moroccan Short films can submit to this category

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