Horror Piff 3 ()

Início do Festival: 30 Outubro 2022      Fim do Festival: 31 Outubro 2022

Festival start: October 30, 2022 Festival end: October 31, 2022
The 3TH edition of the HORROR PIFF Festival will take place in the city of Paraná, from October 30 to October 31, 2022.

The central headquarters of the Paraná Festival is located at the following address: B. Pedro Lemebel Civil Association, Santos Vega Street 1754, premises 9, 10 and 11, “El Sol” Commercial Gallery. Its official Fanpage: PIFF: Link: https://www.facebook.com/pifffestival/ Paraná (Facebook) offers detailed information and indicates how to contact the Festival and its different departments.

HORROR PIFF is in part the PARANA INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, which is made up in equal parts by Grupo Transmedia Argentina, and CICVE (Research Center in Film and Video Art Experimental), belonging to the Civil Association "Pedro Lemebel Library ". The organization of the Paraná Festival is headed by its director, Esteban Amatti.

The Paraná Festival is recognized by the “International Center for Experimental Cinema and Videoart”, within the category “competitive film festivals”.

The Paraná Festival aims to make a positive contribution to the development of culture and the film industry.

All the films presented in the 3TH edition of the HORROR PIFF will be chosen by its selection committee, headed by the Festival management and advised by a network of international delegates, made up of a series of professionals, specialists in the world of cinema and festivals. cinematographic. It will be called "International Film Classification Committee"

All films selected in the 3TH edition will receive a certificate of participation from the management of the Paraná Festival.

The golden sphincter of HORROR PIFF.

Bases
II FILM PRE-SELECTION

II - Article 1
Only feature films, medium-length films and short films that accept the rules stipulated by their management and that duly fill in the registration form may participate in the Paraná Festival "HORROR PIFF 3". Only foreign films with Spanish subtitles pasted on the image will be accepted.

Producers or representatives of films with Argentine production or co-production, should contact the film department directly before registering in the online form.

II - Article 2
Registered feature films, medium-length films and short films must meet the following conditions:
• Have a minimum duration of 4 minutes and a maximum of 100 minutes.
• Have been produced during the 18 months prior to the start of the Festival.
• Comply with the regulations or guidelines of each of its sections.

II - Article 3
All the films registered will be considered for any of the sections of the Festival that make up its programming, although each section has its own requirements and specifications.

II - Article 4
The fee for each audiovisual work registered for the Festival's selection amounts to ten dollars, U $ D10-. (21% VAT included). This rate is only for the physical participation of the festival, which covers credential and administrative expenses; and it will be made effective in dollars during the film registration process, exclusively through bank deposit, in case of foreign production, payment will be made by Western Union, and by the platform (Paypal). In case of foreign films contact:
departmentpiff@gmail.com

II - Article 5
The network of international delegates who advise the organization of the Paraná Festival can help all those who wish to register their films or have doubts about how to do it and the Festival's film department will resolve any type of doubt regarding the registration of films at the Festival.

II - Article 6
The admission of the audiovisuals registered for the PRE selection will end on October 20, 2021. The Festival management will reserve the right to admit audiovisuals registered after the deadline.

II - Article 7
World or international premieres will have priority when being selected, although each section of the Festival has its own requirements and specifications.

The inclusion of films on VOD platforms is not allowed following the requirements and specifications of each section regarding the type of premiere required (world, international or national), except in those cases in which it is strictly professional use and with restricted access .

Exceptionally, the management committee will reserve the right of admission of those productions that have previously participated in certain non-competitive cinephile demonstrations.

II - Article 8
The media accepted in the pre-selection process are preferably: DVD, Blu-ray (zone / region 0) and / or link. DCP will also be accepted (in this case, once the registration is made, they should contact the film department, departmentpiff@gmail.com, to indicate the KDM). Also AVI, Mp4 and MPeg

In the pre-selection process, the selection committee may accept working copies of the films, after being specified by the producers or their representatives.

The Festival reserves the right to download the films registered through online links for offline viewing of the same. The use of this download will be strictly for internal use by the members of the Selection Committee.

II - Article 9
The feature films, medium-length films and short films registered in the PRE selection process must be presented in their original version:
• Without subtitles if the original language of the film is in Spanish.
• With Spanish subtitles for original versions in other languages.

II - Article 10
The films registered in the pre-selection process must be sent via courier or mail, indicating the shipping number and the film's title, to the following address:
Calle Coronel Caminos y Día del Arbol, Barrio el sol II, block "D", Depto 136, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina, (ZIP: 3100), or by email requesting CBU for bank deposit, to the email: departmentpiff @ gmail .com
The cost of sending the films registered for the pre-selection will be borne by the people or companies that have registered them.

The pre-selection material will not be returned, except at the express request of the people or companies that have registered the films for pre-selection, who must bear the shipping costs. This refund will only be possible in the six months following the Festival and through departmentpiff@gmail.com

The Festival will not be responsible for any damage caused to the pre-selection material during its shipment or return. Only selected films will be required in their official version.

All submitted works, selected or not, will be cataloged and a certificate of participation in this Festival will be awarded. The works not selected will be immediately promoted to the “Non-Competitive” category of the Festival.

BASES

III SELECTED FILMS

III - Article 1
When a film is officially invited by the director of the Festival, the producers or representatives of the selected films must confirm the registration form, sent in advance and duly completed, no later than October 20, 2021. platform as soon as you access the registration.

The Festival will recognize the signatory of this confirmation as the sole interlocutor to negotiate all aspects related to the participation of the film in the demonstration and as the sole responsible to other companies or persons who may have participated in the production of the film.

The confirmation by the producers or representatives of the selected film means that they will not be able to withdraw it from the programming and the irrevocable acceptance of all the rules required by the Festival management.

III - Article 2
The invitation for each film selected by the Paraná Festival will be strictly confidential between its management and the producers or representatives of the invited film, until the Festival decides to officially announce it.

III - Article 3
The global programming of the Paraná Festival and the schedules of the projections are the exclusive competence of the Festival's management committee.

III - Article 4
The supports for the copies must be adapted to the technical requirements of each section of the Festival.
The media required for all sections of the Festival will be DCP and 35 mm. In cases where the support is DCP, the Festival's technical department will send the server certificate to the producers or representatives of the film, as well as the coordinates to receive the KDM. The costs of preparing the KDM will also be borne by the producers or representative of the film.
In no case will DVD or Blu-ray media be accepted in the Festival's programming.

The technical department of the Festival, tecnicafilmsparana@gmail.com remains at the disposal of the owners or representatives of the invited films to receive the precise indications for a good screening and to solve any technical questions they require.

The management of the Paraná Festival reserves the right not to accept copies that, after the control of the Festival's technical department, are unsuitable for screening. The Festival management will transmit the technical report to the owners or representatives of the films if irregularities are found in the copies.

III - Article 5
5 days before the start of the Festival, the producers or representatives of the invited films must send at their expense:
A copy in original version (the maximum number of copies to be sent to the Festival is available to the producers or representatives of the films):
With Spanish subtitles, if the original version of the film is not in Spanish.

With english subtitles, if the original version is in Spanish.

A DVD of the final original version of the film with english subtitles and the corresponding list of english subtitles for additional electronic subtitling.

A trailer of the film for publicity use of the Paraná Festival in its galas and official Fanpage.

The coordinates to make this shipment are:
Calle Coronel Caminos y Día del Arbol, Barrio el sol II, block "D", Depto 136, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina, (ZIP: 3100), or by email requesting CBU for bank deposit, to the email: departmentpiff @ gmail .com

III - Article 6
The costs of transporting the copies of the selected films, as well as the insurance of said copies will be borne by the participant until their arrival at the Festival headquarters, or their customs agent.

The Paraná Festival will take care of the insurance of the copies from the moment they arrive at its headquarters, or at its customs agent, until the moment they are returned.

The return of the copies of the films selected by the Festival will also be borne by the participant and will not take place before the closing date.

In case of deterioration of a copy during the days of the Festival, the responsibility of the same will not exceed the cost of printing a new copy, according to the rates in force of the laboratories for the printing of the standard copy.

III - Article 7
In the event that the supports are DCP, the production costs of the KDM will also be borne by the producers or representative of the film.
III - Article 8
The documentation materials necessary for press bulletins, catalog and official Festival website (synopsis, technical-artistic file, biofilmographies, photos of directors AND photos of the film), will be extracted from the online registration form, which must be duly completed no later than October 20, 2021.

The Festival documentation service will be the coordinator of this material and will remain at the service of the participant to resolve possible questions in this regard.

III - Article 9
The press department of the Festival will require the necessary promotional material for the media accredited in the Festival.

The sending of this promotional material will be done by the producers or representatives of the film, or online. The sending of this promotional material will be done by the producers or representatives of the film.

III - Article 10
In case of unforeseen conflict (of organization or operation) or if these rules are not properly complied with, the management of the Paraná Festival retains its sovereignty and reserves the power of the last decision, abiding by the rules of the International Cinematographic Union , in regards to international film demonstrations.

If there is any type of divergence on the interpretation of these rules, the text in Spanish will be applied.

Any doubts that the interpretation of these rules may raise will be resolved by the management of the Paraná Festival.