Mórbido Film Fest (13)

Festival start: 31 October 2020      Festival end: 06 November 2020

MORBIDO FILM FEST 2020 
CALL FOR ENTRIES
A DIFFERENT REALITY - A DIFFERENT SKIN

An uncertain future makes it crystal clear that the flexibility to adapt is key for survival. In those terms, Morbido 2020 will have a hybrid identity. The festival will take place on the pay tv channel Morbido TV, online, a drive-in and hopefully in theaters, fully respecting the sanitary guidelines of Mexico City.

Because of the pandemic and the present sanitary restrictions we will not be able to host international nor national guests but we underline that all our screenings will be accompanied by Q/A Sessions with the filmmakers in our selection. These sessions will be broadcast on Morbido TV and its app during the festival.

SHORT FILM SELECTION / Pay TV + Online
31st Oct through 06 Nov

FEATURE FILM SELECTION / Drive In + Cinemas
31st Oct through 06 Nov


Important:
Due to the present conditions we remain alert to the development of the pandemic or any other extraordinary situation. In case festival dates or festival venues need to be modified we will duly inform all participants.

PRIZES

This year prizes will be awarded in two different categories:

• Films from Latin American

• Films from the Rest of the World


In each category Morbido Fest will award the following prizes:

• Gold Skull: Audience award for feature films 

• Blood Skull: Directors’ award for feature films

• Wood Skull: Press award for feature films 

• Bronze Skull: Special Mentions for feature films 


• Little Gold Skull: Morbido award for short films 

• Little Silver Skull: Morbido award for animated short films 

• Little Bronze Skull: Honorable Mention for short films

The festival reserves the right to award Honorable Mentions to those feature and short films that merit distinction. On this edition there will be no physical prizes.

ELIGIBILITY
Morbido accepts films of all productions techniques and budgets produced between 2019 and 2020.

Accepted running times for entries to the festival are:

• Fiction Feature Films: minimum running time 60 minutes
• Documentary Feature Films: minimum running time 45 minutes
• Short films: up to 30 minutes

In order to be eligible for the 2020 Official Selection, it is imperative that submitted feature films have not been screened at any other fantasy and horror film festival in Mexico. We are looking for Mexican Premiers.

In the case of short films, these have no restrictions if they have been exhibited at other fantasy and horror film festivals in Mexico. Nevertheless, our selection team will be keen to select short films that have not been screened at other fantasy and horror film festival in Mexico. We are looking for Mexican Premiers.

SUBMISSIONS
To enter the selection process all filmmakers must complete or send the following documents and materials:

1) Present the films through www.festhome.com
2) 3 Stills from the film at 300 DPI in either JPG, TIFF or PSD format
3) Vertical Poster of the film with a minimum resolution of 300 DPI in JPG or TIFF format
4) Trailer of the film in high quality QuickTime format or link to downloadable trailer
5) Links to all available social media of the film


Any fee generated by any of these services (Festhome) is independent of the inscription fee to the festival.

SUBMISSION FEES
Taking into account the adverse situation worldwide, specially for cultural creators, we have decided to lower our inscription fees.

The inscription fee for each submitted feature film is $12 USD.
The inscription fee for each submitted short film is $6 USD.
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SELECTION PROCEDURE
All submitted films will be entered into the selection process once the festival has received all the after mentioned documents and materials. Two or more members of the selection team view submitted films. All programming selections are at the discretion of the festival director, whose decision is final.

SUBTITLES
Upon acceptance of a film to the official selection the film must be subtitled:

Subtitles are the responsibility of its’ producers
If the film is in Spanish, the films must be subtitled in English
In any other language, subtitles must be in Spanish


Confirmation from the film’s representative signifies the full acceptance of the festival’s guidelines, with no exceptions.

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Screening formats in the Official Selection are DCP, Blu-Ray and QuickTime H264.

Morbido Fest will establish screening dates and times for all selected films. Submitting films to Morbido Fest implies full acceptance of the festival’s guidelines. Any situation not included in this call for entries will be considered and resolved by the festival’s management.

PUBLICITY
All promotional materials (stills, posters, trailers & social media) are essential for the timely promotion and publicity of selected films. These materials can and will be reproduced by Morbido publications & website as well as pay TV and press in all platforms. We invite you to deliver these materials in a timely fashion. Help us promote your work.

DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED FILMS
The festival’s management reserves the right to decline screening copies of a film that are deemed of insufficient technical quality for their presentation.

SHORT FILMS
If your short film is selected for Morbido 2020, you accept that your film will play on Morbido TV and its’ app during the duration of the festival. Therefore, for Morbido TV: we ask for basic pay tv broadcast rights for a 3 week window for the following territories: Mexico, Argentina and Chile. For the app we required SVOD Rights for a 3 week window for Latin America.

The short film blocks along with the Q&A sessions will play from the 31st of October through November 6th. With possible replays from the 7th through the 22nd of November. Once this 3 week window is over the short film programs will not be available in either Morbido TV nor the app.

The festival will establish the order and play date of the selected works.

FEATURE FILMS
Features will be screened in a drive-in and if the situation permits in a theater.
Q&A with the filmmakers will be prerecorded.
The festival will establish the order and play date of the selected works.