REGULATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE NEW LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA

The International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema will be held in La Habana, Cuba, from December 2nd to 12th, 2008.

The Festival promotes and awards those works whose significance and artistic values contribute to enrich and reaffirm the Latin American and Caribbean cultural identity.

The Festival sets up an annual competition in Fiction, Documentary and Animation, Opera Prima, Unproduced Script and Poster. Meetings and Seminars on issues of cultural (and especially cinema) interest, are also held. Besides that, the programme includes a showcase of contemporary world cinema.

The following sections make up the Festival’s programme:

– OFFICIAL SECTION IN COMPETITION

The annual competition for the CORAL awards showcases a selection of the most recent production of Latin America and the Caribbean. The competition includes Feature, Documentary and Animation films, as well as Unproduced Script and Poster. The debut fiction features of Latin American and Caribbean filmmakers compete separately for the Opera Prima CORAL Awards.

– LATIN AMERICA IN PERSPECTIVE

Latin American Panorama
A selection of Latin American full-length fiction films which expands and complement the Official Section lineup.

Documentary Informative Section
An ambitious panorama of Latin American life, as seen through the exceptional perspective offered by documentary.

Made In Cuba
Cuban and foreign filmmakers take a look at life in the country that hosts the Festival: a mosaic of visions building testimony and encouraging debate on Cuban reality.

– OTHER LATITUDES

Showcases
Programmes focused in national cinemas, trends in contemporary moviemaking and the output of film schools and institutions. Contemporary World Panorama
A showcase of the most outstanding and representative titles in current world cinema.

Documentary Panorama
Opens a space to the ascending prestige, diversity and presence achieved by documentary filmmaking in the last years.

– INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF THE CHILDHOOOD AND ITS AUDIOVISUAL UNIVERSE

Comprises the seminar The Audiovisual Universe of the Latin American Child, as well as two international showcases: For all Ages, devoted to the cinema for children and adolescents, and whose Garabato Prize is awarded by a children jury; and The Thousand Faces of the Forgotten, with films addressing childhood realities in the contemporary world.

– ENVIRONS

Tributes
Devoted to outstanding personalities of art and culture.

Retrospectives
Dedicated to prominent figures and movements in film history.

Special Presentations
Screenings of films that bear a particular relevance in the context of the Festival.

Seminars

Theoretical forums open to discussing a range of issues related to current culture and cinema.

Other Activities

Including the launching of books and magazines, exhibitions and concerts.


− OFFICIAL SECTION IN COMPETITION

FILM COMPETITION

1. The competition is open to works of Fiction, Documentary or Animation. In Fiction, Feature Films will compete separately from Shorts and Medium Length Films.

2. Works must have been produced in the years 2007 or 2008.

3. Authors of the works in competition are expected to come from Latin America and the Caribbean, but entries dealing with a Latin American subject by authors from the rest of the world are also accepted.

4. Dialogues, narration and other film texts must be in Spanish. Otherwise, they should be subtitled or dubbed into Spanish. Subtitling costs are at the expense of the producer.

5. A work cannot be entered in more than one edition of the Festival. Besides that, those works which were shown in other international festivals held in Cuba do not qualify for the International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema of La Habana.
6. Apart from the film in competition, this section will also host a number of titles to be screened OUT OF COMPETITION.

UNPRODUCED SCRIPTS

1. Only scripts for full-length feature films will be accepted.

2. Competition is restricted to authors coming from Latin American or Caribbean countries.

3. Scripts must be original (no literary adaptations allowed), written in Spanish and dealing with a Latin American subject.

4. Scripts must be free of production and distribution rights.

5. Only one script per author will be allowed in competition.

6. A script can only be entered in one edition of the Festival.

POSTERS

1. Posters will be about Latin American cinema (films, showcases, festivals).

2. Competition is restricted to authors coming from Latin American or Caribbean countries.

3. Format and design are free.

4. By a “poster” is understood the finished work, that is, the final printed form as it was intended for its commercial exploitation or cultural use.

5. A poster can only be entered in one edition of the Festival.