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Festival presentation: 

Documenta Madrid is an international film festival dedicated exclusively to documentary film. Its offices are located in the capital of Spain and it is organized by the City of Madrid. It is presently the city's most widely-attended festival.

The festival was born for the purpose of strengthening and disseminating the documentary genre, in so far as it understood to be a reflection of the social, cultural, economic, artistic, environmental, and other realities that exist in the world.

From the selection of films, which is done exclusively using qualitative criteria and respect for any and all critical viewpoints of our surroundings, Documenta seeks to provide an annual meeting place for professionals, creators, and the public to whom the work is aimed.

Documenta is a continuously evolving festival and aspires to improve year after year as a showcase for the best in international documentary film, one which brings us closer to both the classics as well as the latest offerings in the genre. For this reason, we dedicate our attention equally to three general blocks of activities: screenings (in both public and private screening rooms, and conserving the original language and formats), parallel activities (publications, exhibitions, presentations, gatherings, round tables, DVD releases, etc.), and training activities (conferences, instructional classes, workshops, etc.).

Our understanding of the documentary is based on a dual commitment. Firstly, a commitment to aesthetics, which shows how present day documentary filmmaking breaks new ground in its language and form, thus distancing itself for the most part from the standardized norms. Secondly, we are convinced that non-fiction work makes us all more aware of the need to change the world in order to improve it. Our most intimate calling, our dream, is that by opening some windows to the world in each screening, we make an audience member aware of an issue, and thereby make that person reflect on it, make the issue his/her own, and perhaps then... do something about it.

Along with this wish, two other priorities for the festival are to further enjoy making Documenta Madrid a reality and to make the guests and attendees feel at home among us.

Festival Nickname: 

Documenta

Edition: 

7

Festival Logo: 

Theme: 

Documentary

Education

Historical

Human Rights

Independent

International

Television

Category/Format: 

Documentaries

DOCUMENTA MADRID 11 will have four competitive sections:

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FILMCOMPETITION

All films previously unreleased in Spainfeaturing an original or innovative perspective in terms of either form orcontent will be admitted for competition. This section has two categories:Full-length films (for films exceeding 45 minutes in length) and Short films(films up to 45 minutes in length that do not make up part of a series).

DOCUMENTARY FILM CONTEST

Thissection is intended for those documentary films previously unreleased in Spain (with the exception of the Muestra de Cortometrajesde Madrid)whose point of view is of a narrative or informative nature, or is of socialinterest regarding current events in our world. Documentaries of any length maybe admitted to competition.

NATIONAL COMPETITION

Forfilms previously unreleased in Spainwhose production is entirely or mostly of Spanish nationality. This section hastwo categories: Full-length films (for films exceeding 45 minutes in length)and Short films (films up to 45 minutes in length that do not make up part of aseries).

FILMOTECH.COM

Forfilms selected in the three previously mentioned sections that are included inthe website for legally viewing films online, filmotech.com. The conditions areto be announced upon completion of the selection process. These films, thecopyright holder of which voluntarily decides to post them on filmotech.com tohave them viewed legally online, will compete for the Filmotech.com award.

AWARDS

ORIGINALDOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION

FULL-LENGTHFILMS

FIRSTPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 10,000 € and a trophy.

SECONDPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.

HONORABLEMENTION OF THE JURY, to be awarded a diploma.

AUDIENCEAWARD, to be awarded 3.000 €, a diploma and the possibility for automaticdistribution in Spainas part of "The documentary of the Month" initiative.

SHORTFILMS

FIRSTPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.

SECONDPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 3,000 € and a trophy.

HONORABLEMENTION OF THE JURY, to be awarded a diploma.

AUDIENCEAWARD, to be awarded 3.000 € and a diploma.

DOCUMENTARYFILM CONTEST

FIRSTPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 10,000 € and a trophy.

SECONDPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.

HONORABLEMENTION OF THE JURY, to be awarded a diploma.

AUDIENCEAWARD, to be awarded 3.000 € and a diploma.

NATIONALCOMPETITION

FULL-LENGTHFILMS

FIRSTPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 8,000 € and a trophy.

SECONDPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 4,000 € and a trophy.

AUDIENCEAWARD, to be awarded 2.000 € and a diploma.

SHORTFILMS

FIRSTPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 4.000 € and a trophy.

SECONDPRIZE OF THE JURY, to be awarded 3,000 € and a trophy.

AUDIENCEAWARD, to be awarded 2.000 € and a diploma

AVIDAWARD for Best Editing. To be awarded with Avid software.

FILMOTECH.COM

Filmotech.comAWARD, to be awarded 3,000 € and a diploma.