Festival Mix Brasil de Cultura da Diversidade (2019)

Festival start: 13 November 2019      Festival end: 20 November 2019

The Mix Brasil Festival is an annual cultural event with a focus on films related to sexuality in its various forms of expression.

In 2018, an estimated audience of 52,000 people attended the screenings, parties, theatre and music performances, conference and debates promoted in the festival's 26th annual edition.

Mix Brasil is held in November at prestigious movie theaters across Sao Paulo and takes full advantage of the diversity of the city to host a variety of innovative events. After São Paulo, Mix Brasil tours abridged programs to other Brazilian cities.

The event is carried out by the Associação Cultural Mix Brasil, a non-profit organization which seeks to promote the freedom of expression of sexual diversity by looking at new and different ways that this is achieved.

Golden Rabbit

Jury Prize for Best Brazilian Feature Film (fiction/documentary);
Jury Prize for Best Brazilian Short (fiction/documentary);

Silver Rabbit

Jury Prize for Best Director, Brazilian Short Film;
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay, Brazilian Short Film;
Jury Prize for Best Acting, Brazilian Short Film.

Jury Prize for Best Director, Brazilian Feature Film;
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay, Brazilian Feature Film;
Jury Prize for Best Acting, Brazilian Feature Film.

Public Award for Best Brazilian Feature Film (fiction/documentary);
Public Award for Best International Feature Film (fiction/documentary).
Public Award for Best Brazilian Short Film;
Public Award for Best International Short Film;

Special Awards

Suzy Capó Prize (Golden Rabbit) for the most innovative and transgressive work (film/theatre/music/dance).

Gongo's Show Award (Silver Rabbit) hosted by Marisa Orth;

Canal Brasil choose by jury prize for Best Brazilian Short Film - R $ 15,000.00 (fifteen thousand reais) as well as being suitable for large Award Canal Brazil of R $ 50,000.00 (fifty thousand reais).

Sesc TV award for the best short film of the competition by a jury chosen by Sesc. A prize of R $ 5,000.00 (five thousand reais) and two-year exhibition contract on the channel.

Incentives: -

Mistika Award for Short Film - R$ 5mil in image post-production services.

CTAV Award
Short film: loan of equipment and accessories for two weeks;
Feature film: loan of equipment and accessories for four weeks.

DOTCINE Award
Short Film: 2 days of color correction + master DCP;
Feature film: Master DCP.

ORGANIZATION

The festival is organized by the Associacao Cultural Mix Brasil (Mix Brasil Cultural Association).

LOCATIONS AND DATES

The 27th Mix Brasil Festival of Diversity will take place in the city of São Paulo from the 13th to the 20th of November, 2019, with a tour of an abridged version of the festival to other cities in Brazil. All short films must be available for the tour, but the participation of features (fiction and documentary) will be subjected to the approval of the producers/distributors. If you do not wish to participate in the tour, you should notify the festival management by October,01st by email.

SELECTION

Selection of entries is done by a committee of people connected to the areas of cinema, visual and performing arts, journalism, advertising, academics, social policy and/or the LGBTQI universe. This committee has the liberty to define its own criteria of evaluation and selection, in accordance with the profile and guidelines defined by the direction.

PROGRAMMING

Programming is the prerogative of the festival. The selected films can enter in any section of the festival, with the exception of films that are pre-selected by invited curators.

BRAZILIAN SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Brazilian short films up to 25 minutes long are eligible for the Brazilian Competition Program. While a premiere is not required, it will be a plus during the selection process.

SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES

Only online submissions will be accepted for preview screening. We are not responsible for any material sent by mail.

Rough cuts and works-in-progress are eligible for submission. If selected, an exhibition print needs to be available by October 10, 2019.

Please indicate on the submission form that the film is "Rough Cut" and specify what is missing.

FILMS ARCHIVE

The DVD copies sent for entry will not be returned, becoming a part of the video archive of the Associacao Cultural Mix Brasil, There will be no public screenings for any purposes of the videos in the archive.

GONG'S SHOW

If your film is not selected for the festival's regular program but you wish to participate in the Gong Show, you should advise the festival organizers upon receipt of the notification.

SELECTED FILMS

The final list of selected films will be announced by October 10th.

Exhibition copies (in the same format that was indicated on the entry form) should be sent by October 30, 2019, to the following address :

Associacão Cultural Mix Brasil
Av Vieira de Carvalho, 192 CJ 21 Republica
São Paulo, SP 01210 010 Brasil

If the exhibition copy of your film is on 16mm/35mm please ask for special instruction before sending the print.

To avoid problems with Brazilian customs please follow the shipping instructions given by the festival management.

If your copy is not available by the above date, you should contact the Festival Mix Brasil until October, 10th to arrange the copy's arrival on the scheduled date, and provide contact information for the person or organization responsible for the copy being sent.

Festival Mix Brasil only covers the freight for the return of copies to their origin or to another festival, unless another arrangement has been previously agreed upon with the festival organizers.

PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL

It is not necessary to send pictures of your film at the time of submission, but it is obligatory for all selected films. Pictures sent by email should be TIFF or JPEG format and high resolution (at least 300 dpi).

Films selected for the International Panorama and Mostra Competitiva Brasil should be accompanied by a photo of the director and filmography.

You are also encouraged to enclose a synopsis, production credits and press information regarding your film or video.

Press materials should arrive at the festival no later than October 15th, 2019.

SUBTITLES

All selected films must send, no later than October, 15th, a list (in .doc format) of dialogues in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese.

All foreign films will be screened with electronic subtitles in Portuguese. The festival does not make transcriptions from screeners, therefore, a dialogue list is mandatory.

The festival does not provide electronic subtitling for the Brazilian Competition Program which will be evaluated by an international jury. Therefore, the exhibition copies of the films selected for the Brazilian Competition program must have English subtitles.

ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL

The festival takes care of the transportation of all guests from and to the São Paulo's airport, provided they arrive and leave between November 13th till 21st.

VERY IMPORTANT: Participants are responsible for Brazilian entry visas, which in some cases must be arranged several weeks before arrival. The festival will send an invitation letter if it is needed.