Muestra Internacional De Cine Astronómico - MICA ()

Festival start: 08 November 2024      Festival end: 29 November 2024

The conceptual line of reference for the Astronomy Film Exhibition is human fascination with the cosmos, together with the observation and exploration of it, in search of answers to the questions it elicits, something which, far from influencing the cinematographic genre, can be reflected in the aesthetic of the film, its poetry, the topic, the plot, or by having been the source of inspiration itself for the work.

No prizes will be awarded. MICA is an exhibition of short films about astronomy, it is not a festival with competitive sections.

RULES FOR THE PARTICIPATION IN
THE “INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMY FILM EXHIBITION - MICA” 2024

The “International Astronomy Film Exhibition” is open to short films of international origin completed between 2022 and the present 2024, prior to the announcement of this event.

Their maximum length shall be 30 minutes.

If the work was not produced in spanish language, it should be whith spanish subtitles.

Documentaries, experimental, fiction or animation are accepted. Regardless of their cinematographic genre, the short films should conform to the conceptual lines of this exhibition.

The conceptual line of reference for the Astronomy Film Exhibition is human fascination with the cosmos, together with the observation and exploration of it, in search of answers to the questions it elicits, something which, far from influencing the cinematographic genre, can be reflected in the aesthetic of the film, its poetry, the topic, the plot, or by having been the source of inspiration itself for the work.

DEADLINES AND SUBMITTING FORMATS:
Film must be submitted between June 15th and August 31th 2024. Works can be submitted by Festhome platform.

The format of the works must be H264.

SELECTION OF THE FILMS AND EXHIBITION PHASE:
The Organization of the exhibition will select a maximum of 32 and a minimum of 16 short films by criteria of:
• Objective quality.
• Originality.
• Degree of correlation with the conceptual sense of the Astronomy Film Exhibition.

The films selected by the Organization will automatically go on to the exhibition phase; the list of selected works will be published on September 15st on the Facebook Page “Muestra Internacional de Cine Astronómico – MICA”

The works will be projected on four fridays of November at the Casa de la Cultura in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: November 8, 15, 22 and 29. Every Friday, between four or eight short films will be screened (depending of the length of the films, but every shorts selected will be screened during the exhibition).

The screened will be free for all the people and is non-profit cultural project. It is not a festival, there fore no prizes are awarded to the shorts films, nor will they be compensated in any way other than the free screening during the exhibition.