XX Videominute International Contest

20 Νοεμβρίου 2020Ψηφιακών Τεχνών

XX VIDEOMINUTE INTERNATIONAL CONTEST (2020-2021)

The Area of Culture of the Dpt. of Culture and Social Affairs of Universidad de Zaragoza, with the collaboration of CineMaremagnum Servicios Audiovisuales, wants to announce the regulations for the XX Videominute International Contest with the purpose of stimulating creation in the domain of video-creation and animation, according to the following regulations:

REGULATIONS

1. PARTICIPANTS

All those people who wish to do so, either individually or in groups, may submit to the contest, provided they submit works whose maximum duration is 1 minute (60 seconds), including credit titles.

Works that exceed that time will not be accepted.
Works presented in other editions of the contest will not be accepted. A maximum of 3 videominutos may be submitted per participant. The subject of videominuto will be of free choice and works of both

fiction/documentary and animation may be presented.
Trailers, teasers and advertising spots won’t be admitted in any case, just as excerpts from works whose primary lenght is more than 60 seconds. Every work not specifically created to last 60 seconds maximum

won’t be accepted.
IMPORTANT: All those works presented in a language different from

Spanish, must be subtitled in Spanish or in English.

2. SUBMISSION OF VIDEOMINUTES

The works will be sent through the internet using the registration form: https://cultura.unizar.es/certamen-internacional-videominuto

Recommended technical characteristics of video files: • Format: .mp4, .avi, .mov, wmv o .mpeg4
• Resolutión: 1280 x 720
• FrameRate: 25 fps

• Audio: PCM Sterero 48 khz 16 bits

• Maximun supported size: 80 Mb
Important: The title of the video file must be the same as the title of

the registration form.

3. DEADLINE

The registration period begins October 22, 2020 at 10:00 hours and ends on March 25, 2021 at 18:00 hours.

4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTEST

The members of the jury will be selected by the Dpt. of Culture and Social Affairs of Universidad de Zaragoza amongst videocreators and experts of national and international prestige. This jury will complete with its experience and opinion the possible omissions or doubts that could arise in the selection process.

The jury reserves the right not to award the prizes if no work is deemed to be worthy. The decisions taken by the jury shall be final.

The best 25 works, as a maximum, will be selected to pass to the final and this condition of finalist will be communicated to the respective authors.

Prize-giving and projection of winners will be reported to all those interested and it will be made public through general means of communication.

5. PRIZES

The winners will be awarded with a diploma and with the following prizes:

• Prize to the best INTERNATIONAL VIDEOMINUTE 2021: 700€ • Prize to the best SPANISH VIDEOMINUTE 2021: 700€
• Prize to the best ARAGONESE VIDEOMINUTE 2021: 700€

*These prizes are subject to tax deduction according to Law.

6. USE OF VIDEOMINUTES

The Organization acquires the exhibition rights of the selected works and reserves the right to compile some presented shortfilms and the additional graphic materials to spread / broadcast them as informative and promotional material in whatever media, always preserving their rights as creators of their works.

Authors will be informed about any use of the videominutes, which will always be cultural and no lucrative, keeping the copyright safe.

In the different editions, recordings or public showing of the winning works the following should be mentioned: ‘Prize-winning work in the XX Videominute International Contest. Universidad de Zaragoza’.

The Organization will not be responsible of the rights derived from the materials used for the creation of the videominutes.

7. ACEPTANCE OF REGULATIONS

The application to take part in and to present works for the competition implies the knowledge and full acceptance of the present regulations.

1. Área de Actividades Culturales. Universidad de Zaragoza:

• Web: cultura.unizar.es

2. CineMaremagnum Servicios Audiovisuales:

• Web: www.cinemaremagnum.es

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