Cinextur

Extremadura Spain is committed to the development of sustainable tourism. This tourism is able to combine in perfect balance respect for the natural environment along with protection of our cultural and artistic heritage, elements that are very important in our region due to its wealth and conditions of conservation.
CINEXTUR, organized by the Ministry of Fomento, Vivienda, Ordenación del Territorio y Turismo, will take place in a city that is able to harmonize its world and that clearly defends different artistic expressions through culture and promotion.
The third edition of the CINEXTUR Festival is a stage for the promotion of all those natural elements which will become tourist resources, places for spare time activities and nature enjoyment.
The objectives established by the Ministry of Fomento, Vivienda, Ordenación del Territorio y Turismo for the celebration of this Festival are:

• To increase the audience awareness of the environmental diversity and its importance since it can become the main reason for vacation and leisure activities.
• To promote audiovisual productions based on nature.
• To show the diversity and the Extremadura natural landscape, which has become the main regional tourist resource based on our sustainable development.

1. The third edition of CINEXTUR will take place in Cáceres, Spain, from the 5th through the 7th of December 2013.

2. SUBJECT: Works which promote the richness of a territory or an area and how the tourist can be more aware of this quality. It is not just a festival about environmental protection projects, but a festival for these projects that promote the value of natural resources, landscapes and environmental richness, as tourist attraction based on the criteria of sustainable development.
Like all multimedia tourist promotional material, we will value artistic creativity in a visual representation of the areas and territories, the originality of the chosen themes, and the innovation in the display and production.

3. Requirements:

• Accepted genres: national and international fiction and documentary films excluding all works with promotional or institutional contents.
• Films completed after: January 1st 2010.
• Films produced in the following formats: 16 and 35 mm films and video. Films will be screened in DVD (PAL).
• Non-Spanish films must be subtitled in Spanish or English.

4. Participants can enter a maximum of 3 films.

5. The Festival’s organizers assume that participants have all the rights of their own works, and are responsible in case of the non-fulfillment of these regulations.

6. Participants will submit their films on-line at: www.cinextur.com.

7. The deadline is October 31st 2013.

8. No entry fees are required.

9. To complete their submissions, participants will have to fill out the online entry form available on www.cinextur.com and send a link to download (.MOV file 2Gb maximum) to cinextur@cinextur.com or a DVD screener to the following address:

Cinextur 2013
Avenida Isabel de Moctezuma, 19 – 2D
10005 Cáceres SPAIN

10. All participants who do not submit all the requested materials explained herein will be excluded from the contest.

11. The awards will be determined by a jury vote, composed of eminent personalities of the art, nature, tourism and cinematographic world.

12. The awards will be given to the following categories:

• Best Film (maximum running time: 30 minutes): 3,000 Euros and statuette.

To the best documentary or fiction film, which promotes natural elements, touristic resources and places for spare time activities and nature enjoyment.
It will also be evaluated for the way it showcases the value of natural elements and landscapes where the film has been shot.

• Best Film (running time: more than 30 minutes): 5,000 Euros and statuette.

To the best documentary or fiction film, which promotes natural elements, touristic resources and places for spare time activities and nature enjoyment. It will also be evaluated for the way it showcases the value of natural elements and landscapes where the film has been shot.

• “Tæjo Internacional” Award to the Best Film Shot in Extremadura: 4,000 Euros and statuette.

To the best documentary or fiction work shot in Extremadura, which promotes natural elements, touristic resources and places for spare time activities and nature enjoyment. It will also be evaluated for the way it showcases the value of natural elements and landscapes where the film has been shot. For this category, the entire film must be shot in Extremadura. Participants must send an e-mail to cinextur@cinextur.com indicating the film title and the exact shooting location(s).

13. The awards are subject to the tax retentions marked by Spanish law.

14. A commission will select films for each category and 10 will be submitted as awards finalists for the jury.

15. The official selection will be announced through the CINEXTUR web page, www.cinextur.com, one month before the Festival.

16. Selected participants must submit their films in a .MOV file, only in PAL standard:

• With English subtitles for Spanish films.
• With Spanish subtitles for non-Spanish films.

And send an e-mail with the following documents to cinextur@cinextur.com:

• Director’s CV and filmography in Spanish and English.
• Three (3) stills of the film and one (1) photograph of the Director.
• Synopsis of the film in Spanish and English (maximum 5 lines).

17. The deadline to send the selected works is November 15, 2013.

18. The sender will cover all shipping costs. The Festival Committee will not be responsible for any loss or damage of the package.

19. The Festival Committee will be entitled to disqualify works that do not respond to the appropriate technical conditions for the screenings and may leave the award category without a winner if the works do not reach the technical and artistic standards decided by the committee and jury.

20. Participants will allow the Festival’s organizers to screen short clips of their films for a maximum duration of two minutes to promote the event.

21. The Festival’s organizers reserve the right to publish in DVD the selected films, with promotional aims (maximum two minutes).

22. All the requested documents will become part of the Festival’s archive.

23. The participation in the Festival requires full acceptance of these regulations. The Festival’s organizers reserve the right to remove the work from the competition if any of the above points stated are breached.

24. The Festival organizers reserve the right to modify any points in the regulations herein if necessary.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: OCTOBER 31st 2013

Contact:
CINEXTUR “Certamen Internacional de Cine de Turismo de Naturaleza”
Cáceres, SPAIN
Tel.+34 687 391 652
E-Mail: cinextur@cinextur.com
Web: www.cinextur.com