Casa Wabi is an interdisciplinary project whose mission is to promote the exchange of ideas, fostering an open and constructive dialogue between artists from diverse disciplines. The foundation is based in Puerto Escondido, on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, 800 km south of Mexico City.

Located between the mountains and the sea, the foundation and its facilities were designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Founded in 2014 by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, its facilities include a multipurpose hall, six studio-bedrooms and a 15-hectare sculpture garden, as well as different pavilions.

Escine-Escuela Superior de Cine, is a film school located in Mexico City where young people with artistic interests meet to learn and research. It is a space dedicated to fostering the growth of filmmakers, animators and visual artists, providing them with a comprehensive vision of audiovisual art and training them to generate new artistic realities through the exchange of knowledge.

Taking into account the importance of the San Sebastian Festival as a meeting point for the film industry in Latin America and Europe and taking into account that in its Industry section projects in the development stage are presented, we consider it important to be part of the development of future film projects.

ARTICLE 1 - Purpose of the regulations.

The Casa Wabi-Escine Award aims to promote collaboration between Europe and Latin America in the field of the film industry. It is for this purpose that this award is created, which shall be governed by the following conditions:

The Casa Wabi-Escine Award will be granted within the framework of the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum that will take place on September 23, 24 and 25, 2024 during the 72nd edition of the San Sebastian Festival, and will be awarded by a representative to one of the selected projects.

ARTICLE 2 - Eligibility Criteria.

The Casa Wabi-Escine Award consists of a one-month artistic residency at Casa Wabi, Mexico, focused on the development of a first or second feature film by a director selected in the Ikusmira Berriak activities and the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum. The main objectives of the residency are:

• To develop the introspection of the artist and his/her project.
• Encourage interaction among the residents.
• Generate a cultural and knowledge exchange between artists and communities.

ARTICLE 3 - Beneficiary's commitment.

The beneficiary must develop a cultural exchange project with neighboring communities for which the Casa Wabi Foundation will assign a budget previously submitted by the artist and approved by the Foundation.

Once the production of the project is completed, the recipient of the award must include in the credits of the final copy a reference to the Casa Wabi-Escine Award:

• -Include the Casa Wabi-Escine Award logo, which will be provided by the residency.

The beneficiary will inform Casa Wabi and Escine about the development of the project and any useful information regarding its exhibition and trajectory (selection in festivals, awards, premieres, etc.).

ARTICLE 4- Consideration of the Award by Casa Wabi and Escine.

To assume a residency for a month to a month and a half, during the year 2025, in one of Casa Wabi's Bungalows in Puerto Escondido.

The Prize will be awarded exclusively to the director of the winning project. If the winning project is directed by more than one person, all of them will be entitled to the residency.

The Casa Wabi Foundation will provide international economy class air transportation for the recipient(s) from his/her place of residence to Mexico City and vice versa (with a maximum fare of 1,000 USD) and local air transportation from Mexico City to Casa Wabi (Puerto Escondido).

Each residence offers a private bedroom, a multi-purpose room, library, WiFi, study space, three meals a day and up to 500 USD budget for the community project.

ARTICLE 5- Solution of Controversies.

If there is any divergence in the interpretation of these regulations, it will be resolved between Casa Wabi and Escine and the Spanish text will be applied.