Inizio del Festival: 18 maggio 2021
Festival si chiude: 21 maggio 2021
The FESTBOI was born in 2017 in the town of Sant Boi de Llobregat as a sample of the local audiovisual product.
Initially, it was only a short film competition made in 72 hours within the margin of the Sant Boi festival, but currently the festival has a competitive section, of international scope.
In this fifth edition, the festival is a space where you can not only see the best short films of each year, but also a meeting place for directors, audiences and film students.
A quality jury from the world of cinema, arts or culture, make FESTBOI a festival with a personal criterion, paying special attention to the artistic and authorial quality of short films.
Premi in contanti: 500€
14. The following prizes will be awarded:
OFFICIAL SECTION
· Prize for the best short film: trophy and € 250
· Award for the best school short film: trophy
· Audience Award for Best Short Film: Trophy
· Prize for the best photograph: trophy
· Award for best screenplay: trophy
· Prize for the best performance: trophy
· Award for the best direction: trophy
FESTEXPRESS SECTION 72H
· First prize for the best short film: trophy and € 250
· Second prize for the best short film: trophy
· Third prize for the best short film: trophy
VIDEOCLIP SECTION
· Prize for the best video clip: trophy
· Prize for the best photography in a video clip: trophy
· Award for the best artistic direction in a video clip: trophy
FESTBOI BASES 2021
The Organizing Committee of the FEST BOI, convenes the competition for the 2021 edition and establishes the RULES that must govern it.
1. The 5th edition of the FEST BOI, International Short Film Festival will take place in the town of Sant Boi de Llobregat from the 10th to the 10th of May 2021. It is a generic and competitive festival, and its scope is international.
2. Any person or legal entity can participate, individually or collectively, without any age limit, and it can be done with an audiovisual production with HD, Full HD, 2K or 4K resolution. Productions must have been made after January 1, 2019.
3. Each director, producer and / or director can register a maximum of 2 works.
4. The categories in competition are the following:
• Fiction Short Film (15 ’or less in length)
• FestExpress 72H, (5 'or less in duration)
• Video clips, (5 'or less in length)
• School Fiction Short Film (10 ’or less in length)
5. The registration process will be done by filling out and submitting the registration form through the website www.festhome.com.
6. Registration is free. The deadline for registration and receipt of productions is April 15, 2021. Subsequent entries will not be accepted.
7. The Organizing Committee will make a preliminary selection of the works presented. This decision will be communicated to each producer and / or director of each of the selected productions. In the same way, the non-selection of the registered works will also be communicated.
8. Advertising or tourist works will not be accepted, nor those that use non-original material in more than 10% of the total work. Works that do not have the necessary technical quality for a correct display will not be accepted either.
9. The OFFICIAL SELECTION will be made public on the Festival website from May 1, 2021. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to use partial images of the works selected as promotional material for the Festival.
10. The authors must ensure in advance that the content of their work does not infringe intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties, and exonerate the Organizing Committee from any legal liability.
11. The selected productions will form part of the OFFICIAL SELECTION, and will be exhibited publicly during the days of the Festival, understanding that their authors or producers authorize their screening. Under no circumstances is the screening fee paid as it is a free admission festival.
12. A Jury appointed by the Organizing Committee and made up of personalities linked to the industry, will decide the OFFICIAL SELECTION awards. The prize of the FESTEXPRESS 72H competition will be decided by a specific Jury. The public prize will be decided by the people attending the Festival.
13. The school short films will compete in all the prizes of the official section, in addition there is a special prize for the best school short film.
15. The Jury will have the power to leave the prize or prizes it deems appropriate, as well as to award a special mention to highlight technical and artistic aspects of any of the films in competition. Their decisions will be final.
16. The Festival reserves the right to project the productions in official or promotional events, without profit, and prior notification to the production companies or legal representatives of the same. Under no circumstances will screening fees be paid.
17. The production companies agree that, in the event of obtaining any of the prizes awarded, they will include a written reference to the award of the prize at the beginning of each and every one of the copies of the film that they distribute for the exhibition in commercial rooms and / or in audiovisual contests, as well as in all the informative and promotional material printed. This reference will consist of a text with the type of prize awarded, invariably accompanied by the image of the list of winners provided by the Organizing Committee.
18. The closing ceremony and award ceremony of all categories will take place on May 21, 2021.
19. Any issue that arises during the management of the Festival, not covered in the RULES, will be decided by the Organizing Committee. Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of these RULES.
