Elche International Independent Film Festival (ficie) celebrate this year 46 prints. Dean short film competition of the Valencian Community It will retain a category for feature films that were first introduced in the last edition. The most important innovation is to increase the amount of awards for the three main categories of short films devoted to fiction, documentary and animation.
Therefore, the Festival this year 3,000 Euro donationInstead of 2,000 in the “Fundación Mediterráneo” award for the best short fictional short film and the “Ciutat d’Elx” award for the best documentary and animated short film. Winners of the best short fiction and documentary awards will automatically enter the Goya Awards shortlist.
Short films and first fiction feature films can be recorded. until next April 30 The festival organized by the Fundación Mediterráneo will be held this year From 14th to 21st July at Hort del Xocolater, on the beach of Los Arenales and at the Odeón Cinemas.
Compared to the previous year, The donation of the awards is kept at 16,000 euros And a film competition in which the category is the director’s first feature film (first feature) and produced after January 1, 2022 or premiered after January 1, 2023.
In short films, you can screen as many times as you want, provided that they were shot after January 1, 2021.
This inscription It can be done at http://ficie.fundacionmediterraneo.es. Registration will be done through the official associated platforms which are Movibeta and Festhome.
President of the Fundación Mediterráneo, Louis BoyerAs Akdeniz Foundation, we are “dedicated to our culture and our region, and that’s why the whole team has been working for years. meticulously Being able to hold our Elche Film Festival every year.” For Boyer, “it is a great pleasure to confirm an enormous success. life and the ability to summon the Festival 46 years later”.
Ficie’s director Vincent SanchisHe points out that they work “for” from the Fundación Mediterráneo. To improve the quality of the Elche Film Festival, on the nail more difficult bases HE In the competition, the perfection of the works surpasses the quantity.“. In this sense this year Finalist short films will be shortened to shorten the duration of the Official Selection estimates.
Selection and Qualification Juries will be made up of Fundación Mediterráneo members. Elche Film Club “Luis Buñuel” and production, directing, photography, university and design professionals and their decisions will be announced at the closing gala on July 21.
Awards
A selection jury will select the most suitable ones to take part in the different official sections of the Festival from among all the works submitted to the competition, and His decision will be known during the month of June..
The awards will be as follows:
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“FUNDACIÓN MEDITERRÁNEO” AWARD FOR BEST FICTION SHORT FILM. Equipped with 3,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.
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“CIUTAT D’ELX” AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM, 3.000 Euros and Checkers Award.
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ANIMATION AWARD. Equipped with 3,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.
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“FUNDACIÓN MEDITERRÁNEO” AWARD FOR BEST SPECIAL FILM “OPERA PRIMA”, Editing and Spanish nationality. Equipped with 2,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.
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EUROPEAN AWARD in any category and belonging to the European domain (not Spain). Equipped with 1.000 Euro and Lady Trophy.
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IBERO-AMERICAN AWARD, in any category and belongs to Latin America and Brazil. Equipped with 1.000 Euro and Lady Trophy.
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Awarded with FES CURT AWARD, 500 Euro and Lady Trophy. Selectable in any category and produced by writers in the Valencian Community or production companies based in that region, preferably in Valencian or with subtitles in that language.
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Awarded the “CINECLUB LUIS BUÑUEL” NOVEL AUTHOR AWARD, 500 Euros and the Lady Trophy eligible in any category. Both Spanish and international writers who have made their third short film can choose.
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MOBILE FILMMAKER PRO AWARD awarded 500 Euro and Lady Trophy for his third short film. It can be Fiction or Documentary, and both Spanish and international writers are welcome to apply, produced with a high-end smartphone and having at least three short films to their credits.
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“HORT DEL XOCOLATER” AWARD FROM THE PEOPLE, was awarded 500 Euros and Lady Trophy from Spanish and foreign short films in the Official Selection of Ficie. The short film with the most votes will be selected from the public attending the Official Section screenings at Hort del Xocolater between 14-20 July 2023.
At the Closing Gala on July 21, the following will also be announced: joint collaborations and awards:
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AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM ON HUMAN RIGHTS in any category pertaining to or connected with the Mediterranean coast, excluding Spain, in collaboration with SocialMed València – Mediterranean Human Rights Festival. Equipped with 1,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.
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The Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA) will present the CIMA Award to the Best Filmmaker with the statuette and a one-year membership to the association.
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The winner of the Mobile Filmmaker Pro Award will be a direct finalist at the Cinephone Smartphone Film Festival in the 2023 edition.
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The winner of the Mostra de Cinema Jove d’Elx in the 2022 and 2023 edition will enter directly as it has been selected in our Official Selection of Short Films Editing category for this edition.
At the discretion of the Jury and the Reykjavík International Film Festival Organisation, one or more Spanish short films from the Official Selection or Award Winners will be finalists in the 2023 edition.
Organized and sponsored by the Fundación Mediterráneo, the Elche International Independent Film Festival is held in collaboration with the Elche City Council and the Elche Luis Buñuel Cinema Club.