17th edition: from the 9th of November to the 1st of December 2024

APPLICATION FORM: DEADLINE is May, the 31st, 2024


GENERAL CONDITIONS:

I. Mi Primer Festival is an International film festival for children organized by Asociación Cultural MODIband, registered in C/ Camps i Fabrés, 3-11, 2ª, 8ª, 08006, Barcelona, with VAT number G-62694013.

II. Mi Primer Festival’s 16th edition will take place in Barcelona from the 9th of November to the 1st of December 2024.

III. The international competition of short films for children will include 3 programmes:

i. International Competition for children over 2 years old
ii. International Competition for children over 4 years old
iii. International Competition for children over 7 years old

IV. Only works released as from 2022 will be accepted.

V. The works shall be animation or feature short films or parts of a series that can be judged separately with a duration of up to 15 minutes.

VI. The following formats will be accepted for competition: DCP, HD files o Blu-rays.

VII. Priority will be given to films without dialogues or that have short voice overs. If there are dialogues in languages that are not English, French, Spanish or Catalan, participants will send the text translated into English. It will be the organizer’s responsibility to subtitle or dub the film.

VIII. All participants will have to fill in the Application Form (below), provide 2 stills of the film with a minimum resolution of 1500 pixels (9cm - 300 dpi), together with a screener of the work, through an online screening system (like Vimeo). We do NOT accept links to download films screeners from FTP servers or downloading websites.

IX. Copies of the works must be delivered by 31st of May 2024. All selected works will receive a notification before the first week of September 2024. The final decision taken by the jury concerning the winning works will be communicated in December 2024.

X. Copies to be used for the screenings at the festival have to be sent for screening in the best quality format available, through an online downloading system. Preferably, the film should have a minimum resolution in HD of 1920 x 1080 pixels, in a progressive (not interlaced) format.

XI. Screening copies should be sent by 20th of September 2024 preferably through an online download system, or to the following address:

MODIBAND - Antoine Leonetti
Carrer Camps i Fabrés, 3-11
08006 Barcelona - Spain

XII. Expenses related to the transport of the films and promotional materials from the country of origin to Barcelona, Spain, will be covered by the participant. Expenses relating to the transport to the country of origin, if required, are covered by the organizer.

XIII. Competing films will be judged by the following juries:

a. Joint official jury of 3-4 professionals specialised in cinema and 3-4 children.
b. The public, formed by the spectators of the festival.

XIV. Festival awards for competing films will be the following:

a. Jury’s award to the best short film for children aged 4 to 7 – 500 €
b. Jury’s award to the best short film for children aged 7 to 12 – 500 €
c. Public’s award to the best short film for children aged 2 to 4 – 300 €
d. Public’s award to the best short film for children aged 4 to 7 – 300 €
e. Public’s award to the best short film for children aged 7 to 12 – 300 €

XV. The same short may receive a double award: the jury’s and the public’s.

XVII. The movies participation in the different short film competition sections implies their exhibition in the different venues of the festival, including the competitive section screening in other towns, between November 2024 and July 2025, in non-commercial circuits such as public libraries, cinema clubs or civic centres.

XVIII. The applicant gives consent to the use of parts of the competing films as part of the festival’s promotion in all its media.

XIX. By submitting an application to the festival, participants express their consent with the festival rules.

XX. Mi Primer Festival has received the Quality Certificate of the AIC (Spanish Association for the Short Movies Industry).


Nathalie Modigliani & Mireia Manén
Directors of Mi Primer Festival
Asociación Cultural MODIband