No Fee
Submissions deadline
25 Jul 23
0$
Short films: up to 15 minutes;
Curtas Lapa Film Festival
19 Jun 2023
Call for entries
25 Jul 2023
Festival closed
01 Nov 2023
Notification date
26 Oct 2023
21 Dec 2023
Festival start: 26 October 2023 Festival end: 21 December 2023
The Cine Curtas Lapa is an independent, non-profit festival with free admission.
The Festival aims to show films in order to promote the audiovisual industry in Brazil, especially short films, in the neighborhood of Rio's most traditional city night. The idea is to take to Lapa's audience a selection of short, medium and feature films which enrich this bohemian neighborhood's cultural life.
New Year 2021, the Festival completes 10 years and the entire Mostra will be shown online. For more information visit our website.
There will be a popular vote and a professional jury for short films. The winner of each category will receive a certificate and a trophy festival. There will be no cash prizes in our first edition.
Films must be produced in HD format and preferably recorded on DVD video. Other media will not be accepted. DVDs submitted for pre-selection will be the same to be used if the film is selected. Films must be completed, not being accepted unfinished films or temporary copies even after the registration period.
On the registration form participants authorize the producer of the festival to display the selected movie in full during the festival on schedule to be released, and also authorize for clips up to 1 minute of film in news programs on televisions or Brazilian FTA cable and available on the INTERNET strictly informative websites in order to publicize the event.
Awarded Categories.
Popular jury:
- Madame Satã Trophy for Best Carioca Short Film + Certificate.
- Rio 40ºC Trophy for Best Foreign Short Film + Certificate.
- Lapa Boêmia Trophy for the Best Brazilian Short Film + Certificate.
- Best Documentary (Trophy + Certificate).
- Best Animation (Trophy + Certificate).
Professional Jury:
- Cine Curtas Lapa Trophy + Certificate:
best screenplay
Best Photography
Best Edition
Best Assembly
Best Sound Design
best costume
Best Direction
best actor
Best actress
Festival Direction:
- Honorable Mentions
The festival's jury will be formed by professionals from the audiovisual industry.
1. Registration
The application period will be from June 19 to July 25, 2023 - business hours.
Material delivered outside this period will not be accepted.
To enroll, the participant must submit, in accordance with item 3 of this notice:
- The registration form - on the website: www.cinecurtaslapa.webs.com - sent as an attachment via email;
2. Of films and media
- Films must have been produced in H.264 format;
- Films can also be uploaded via FTP or via the Festhome website (https://festhome.com/).
- Other shipping methods must be studied with the Festival production.
The following are considered for the Festival:
- Short films (Fiction, Animation, Documentary, Experimental): up to 15 minutes;
The media delivered for pre-selection will be the same to be used if the film is selected. The films must be finished, not being accepted unfinished films or provisional copies, even after the registration period.
3. Registration:
cinecurtaslapa@gmail.com (Festival Coordination)
mapadamesata@gmail.com (Films Produced in the City of Rio de Janeiro)
lapadocs.fest@gmail.com (Documentary Films)
lapaanimada@gmail.com (Animation Films)
Mostracaramujo@gmail.com (Films Made With Low Budget / Experimental / Or With Cell Phone)
lapaboemia@gmail.com (Brazilian Films)
Mostracoresdalapa@gmail.com (LGBTQIAPN+ Show)
FESTHOME Platform (Foreign Movies): https://festhome.com
- Other means of sending films, request information through our email: cinecurtaslapa@gmail.com or through our profile on Facebook (Cine Curtas Lapa) or Instagram (@cinecurtaslapafestival) - Cine Curtas Lapa.
4. Selection of Short Films
- Short films filmed in the city of Rio de Janeiro or that have the city as a theme, Brazilian and foreign films, documentaries, animations, Cinema de Bordas and experimental films will be selected.
- The media will NOT be returned to participants, thus remaining in the festival collection. Short or unpublished short films will be selected in the commercial / festival circuit.
- There may be films invited by the Festival.
- Short films for the Festival will be films that are up to 15' (fifteen minutes), counting the end credits.
- Foreign films must have subtitleS IN PORTUGUESE,
Only films produced from 2021 onwards will be accepted.
4.1 Program “Sessão Cine Curtas Lapa”
The films selected and awarded at the festival will be part of the Festival Collection and will be shown - in the future - in the programs "Sessão Cine Curtas Lapa" and "Papo, Roteiro e Cerveja", both linked to the Festival (YouTube Channel and Commemorative Exhibitions of the Festival) .
5. Make the result
The selection result will be available on the website www.cinecurtaslapa.webs.com and on our Social Networks, from September 19, 2023.
6. From the Festival Period
This year, 2023, the Festival will once again have its bohemian audience, from October 26th to December 14th, 2023. The Festival will award prizes and will end on December 14th, 2023.
The full program will be available on the festival's website and social media.
7. Awarded categories
Popular jury:
SHOW MADAME SATAN
SHOWS ARCOS DA LAPA
MOSTRA LAPA BOHEMIA
MOSTRA LAPA DOCs.
EXHIBITION ANIMATED LAPA
SNAIL SHOW
SHOW LAPA COLORS
Professional Jury:
Best Screenplay
Best Photography
Best Editing/Editing
Best Sound Design
Best Costume Design
Best Direction
Best Actor
Best actress
Festival Management
- Honorable Mentions
The festival's jury will be made up of professionals from the film and audiovisual industry.
8. Medium and long views
There may be medium and feature length films whose theme is the city of Rio de Janeiro during the Festival, but outside the competitive parade. Being displayed in different places.
9. Exhibition/dissemination authorization
In the registration form, the participant will authorize the festival producer to show the selected film during the festival according to the schedule to be announced and will also authorize the showing of excerpts of up to 1 minute of the film in journalistic programs on Brazilian television with open signal. or Social Networks and to be made available on informative websites on the INTERNET strictly with the aim of publicizing the event.
10. General and final provisions
When registering the film for the festival, the participant will be expressly in accordance with this regulation. For questions and information, contact one of the following communication channels with the festival:
www.cinecurtaslapa.webs.com
Whatsapp: 55-21-98634-0500
Cine Curtas Lapa Festival
Directed by: Surya Produções
Production: Eixo Cinevideo and West Zone Films
Idealization, Creation and General Direction: Alexandre Wacker
Accounting and Legal Advice: Francisco & Pereira
Email: cinecurtaslapa@gmail.com
Festival Production
Timeline:
June 19 to September 19, 2023 - Disclosure and sending of invitations to films.
Registrations:
June 19 to July 25, 2023.
Result of selected:
September 19, 2023.
Festival period:
October 26th to December 21st, 2023.
Closing and Prize:
December 21, 2023.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
25 Jul 23
Short films: up to 15 minutes;
No Fee
Submissions deadline
25 Jul 23
- The "Madame Satã" prize and category is only for short films made in or about the city of Rio de Janeiro.