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This year the Festival will be celebrating its 60th consecutive edition with the same enthusiasm felt the day it first saw the light on September 21st 1953. [+]
Created in 2002 thanks to collaboration between the San Sebastian Festival and the Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse, the Films in Progress section was born with the intention to back Latin American film production with aid to the completion of films at the post-production stage. A series of titles from Latin American countries selected by both festivals are presented to a group exclusively made up of industry professionals.
Ever since its first edition, Films in Progress has permitted the completion of outstanding Latin American films which have subsequently been presented and often won awards at major international festivals. Some of today’s most highly reputed Latin American filmmakers have participated in the section: Ana Katz, Celina Murga, Tristán Bauer, Federico Veiroj, Julio Hernández Cordón, Rigoberto Perezcano, Jorge Durán, Ciro Guerra and Sebastián Silva, among many others.
This professional initiative celebrates two calls each year: Toulouse in March and San Sebastian in September. The films, rigorously selected by the selection committees of both festivals, are presented to an international group of professionals capable of contributing to their completion.
The San Sebastian call carries the Films in Progress Industry Award: the companies Daniel Goldstein, Deluxe Spain, Dolby Iberia, Laserfilm Cine and Video, Nephilim producciones, No Problem Sonido and Vértigo Films assume the post-production of a film until obtaining a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) subtitled in English and its distribution in Spain.
Films in Progress enjoys the support of the following companies and institutions: Cine Sin Fronteras (CSF), Daniel Goldstein, Deluxe Spain, Dolby Iberia, Laserfilm Cine y Video, MEDIA Mundus, Nephilim producciones, No Problem Sonido, Programa Ibermedia, Vértigo Films, and the collaboration of Caisse Centrale d’Activités Sociales (CCAS), Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), Cetim, CINÉ +, Cinéfondation, Commune Image, Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et Essai (CICAE), Conseil Général de la Haute Garonne, Conseil Régional Midi-Pyrénées, CROUS de Toulouse, Eaux Vives, École Supérieure d’Audiovisuel (ESAV), EP2C - Postproduction Training Programme, Europa Distribution, Fila 13, Firefly, La Trame, Mactari, Mairie de Toulouse, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Producers Network, Signis and Titra TVS.
Contacts:
The San Sebastian Festival has its main offices at the following address:
FESTIVAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
Teatro Victoria Eugenia
Plaza de Okendo, 1
20004 Donostia-San Sebastián (España)
Tel.: +34 943 481212
Fax: +34 943 481218
ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com
Detailed information can be found on the official Festival website: www.sansebastianfestival.com, which also explains how to contact the Festival and its different departments.
The Public Limited Company FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN S.A. consists in equal parts of the San Sebastian City Council, the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport. Its chairmanship is held by the Mayor of San Sebastian, Juan Karlos Izagirre. The San Sebastian Festival organisation is headed by its Director, José Luis Rebordinos.
The San Sebastian Festival is accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, FIAPF www.fiapf.com in the “Competitive film festival” category.
The 61st edition of the San Sebastian Festival will take place in the city of San Sebastian from 20-28 September 2013.
The San Sebastian Festival seeks to make a positive contribution to the development of the film culture and industry.
Films in Progress is an activity for industry professionals which aims to facilitate the completion of Latin American feature films at the post-production stage and to foster their international circulation.
These works are screened for a strictly professional audience: producers, distributors, exhibitors, buyers, TV networks, technical industries, aid funds, festival programmers and institutions, in order that the aforementioned may help them to achieve completion, distribution and public exhibition.
Films in Progress is open to feature films totally or partially produced by Latin American countries and currently at the post-production stage.
Films in Progress is a joint initiative by the San Sebastian Festival and the Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse organised into twice-yearly meetings:
The calls for both editions are circulated to databases containing contacts for industry professionals; they are also announced in the media and on the websites of both events.
In both calls the films are jointly selected by the selection committees of the San Sebastian Festival and of the Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse.
A final selection of 6 films for each call will be chosen from the candidates submitted. The organisation reserves the right to increase this number where it deems appropriate.
The decision taken by the selection committees regarding the chosen projects is final.
All films selected for Films in Progress will receive a certificate of participation from the San Sebastian Festival Management.
The San Sebastian call for Films in Progress is governed by the following conditions:
FESTIVAL DE SAN SEBASTÁN
The Industry Club
Tel.: +34 943 481212
Industryclub@sansebastianfestival.com
FESTIVAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
Films in Progress
Teatro Victoria Eugenia
Plaza de Okendo
20004 Donostia-San Sebastián (España)
Tel.: +34 943 481212
Fax: +34 943 481218
enconstruccion@sansebastianfestival.comNone of the material received will be returned. The envelope containing the material must be clearly labelled: “Material with no commercial value. For cultural use only”. The Festival will take no responsibility whatsoever for the delivery costs.
Either that or they can provide the link to a website from which the film can be downloaded or viewed.
During the submission and selection process for one of the calls, a second version of the working copy can be accepted, provided that such a qualitative change is justified. Under no circumstances will more than two versions of a same film be accepted.
Films selected for Films in Progress San Sebastian compete for the Films in Progress Industry Award, presented by the companies: Daniel Goldstein, Deluxe, Dolby, Láserfilm Cine y Vídeo, Nephilim Producciones, No Problem Sonido and Vértigo Films. The award consists of the post-production of a film until obtaining a print (DCP or 35mm, to be confirmed) subtitled in English and its distribution in Spain.
The Films in Progress Industry Award will be announced at the Films in Progress Closing Gala and presented at the Festival Closing Gala.
Participation in Films in Progress implies:
Once a film has received an official invitation from the Festival Director, the producers or representatives of the selected films must confirm their attendance by duly updating, completing the online submission form no later than 12 August 2013.
The Festival will recognise the person who signs this confirmation as the sole representative in negotiating all aspects related to participation of the film in the event and as the sole responsible as opposed to other companies or individuals to have participated in producing the film.
Confirmation by the producers or representatives of the selected film means that they cannot withdraw their film from the programme and that they irrevocably accept all regulations established by the Festival Management.
The invitation made to each film selected by the San Sebastian Festival will remain strictly confidential between the Festival Management and the producers or representatives of the invited film until such time as the Festival decides to make an official announcement in this regard.
The complete San Sebastian Festival programme and all screening times are exclusively decided by the Festival Management Committee.
The producers of the selected projects undertake to confirm their presence and that of the film’s director during the event dates.
The documentation required by the Festival for its press releases, official catalogues and website will be extracted from the online submission form, which must be duly completed no later than 12 August 2013.
The producers or representatives of invited films must send the selected copies to be screened at the Festival, 15 days prior to the date on which the event is due to begin, to the Festival Industry Club at its main offices:
FESTIVAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
The Industry Club – Cine en Construcción
Teatro Victoria Eugenia
Plaza de Okendo
20004 Donostia-San Sebastián (España)
Tel.: +34 943 481212
Fax: +34 943 481218
enconstruccion@sansebastianfestival.com
The formats accepted for works participating in Films in Progress are, exclusively: DCP, DigiBeta and HDCAM (standard).
If the format is DCP, the Festival Technical Department will send the server certificate to the producers or representatives of the film in addition to the coordinates for receiving the KDM.
The copies will be presented in original version. If the original version is in Spanish, the subtitles must be in English. In the case of other languages, the subtitles must be in Spanish.
The cost of subtitling the copy will be paid by the producers or representatives of the film.
When the original version is not in Spanish, the Festival will provide additional electronic subtitling in English for films subtitled in Spanish. To do this, we will require a DVD of the final original version of the film with subtitles in English and the corresponding list of subtitles in English.
The screening of this electronic subtitling will be carried out by the subtitling company hired for this purpose by the Festival.
The Festival Management reserves the right to reject copies found during control by its Technical Department to be unsuitable for screening. In the event of irregularities in the copies, the Festival Management will issue the film owners or representatives with the corresponding technical report.
The transport and insurance costs of the copies of selected films will be paid by the participant until their arrival at the Festival offices or at the premises of its customs agent.
The San Sebastian Festival will insure the copies from the moment of their arrival at the Festival offices or at the premises of its customs agent, until such time as they are returned.
If the film format is DCP, the cost of generating KDMs will also be the responsibility of the producers or representatives of the film.
The cost of returning films selected for Films in Progress will be paid by the participant. Returns will be made when all of the films selected in Films in Progress have been screened.
The organisers reserve the right to make selection proposals, within their respective programmes, as regards films which have participated in Films in Progress.
Accredited industry professionals attending the Festival will receive special attention at The Industry Club. Here, a team of professionals will provide them with all possible means to facilitate their work.
In the event of disagreement (related to organisation or running of the event) or failure to comply with these rules and regulations, the Festival Management reserves the right to the final decision based on the FIAPF regulations for international film festivals.
In the event of discrepancy in the interpretation of these rules and regulations, the Spanish version will apply.
All doubts arising from the interpretation of these rules and regulations will be solved by the San Sebastian Festival Management.
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