The WIP EuropaIndustry Award has the aim of contributing to the completion of a European feature film, selected for the San Sebastian Festival’s WIP Europasection.
The WIP Europa Industry Award is open to 100% European productions or to co-productions provided that European participation represents more than 51% of the total production of the film and that the stipulations indicated in section 4 of these terms & conditions are accepted.
Thus, the film winning the award will receive the different post-production and distribution services in Spain, detailed below and provided by the sponsoring companies: Best Digital, Bteam Pictures, Deluxe Spain, Dolby Labs., Laserfilm, S.L., Nephilim producciones S.L. and No Problem Sonido.
Simply by presenting candidate projects to the WIP EuropaIndustry Award implies unlimited and unrestricted acceptance of these rules by the participating production companies
A Jury consisting of representatives from each of the companies sponsoring this section (as mentioned above) will select the winning film after having viewed the works that require the services they offer and examining their situation.
The decisions taken by the Jury will be final.
The winning film will be announced at the San Sebastian Festival.
On behalf of the (aforementioned) sponsoring companies, NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES, S.L. will sign a financial co-production contract with the winning production company in order that the winning film may obtain Spanish nationality for the purposes of improved commercialisation in Spain. This contract, whose text will be worded by NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES, S.L., will be signed within a maximum of three months from the moment the Award is accepted by the winning production company and, in any case, before the post-production work begins.
Under the said contract, NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES, S.L. will become the audiovisual co-producer of the film and will therefore hold full rights to it. NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES, S.L. will also obtain 100% of the exclusive film rights in Spain and non-exclusive film rights in Andorra.
If the winning film were produced by a Spanish production company, NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES would obtain a percentage of the world rights of the film, including Spain. This percentage will be identical to the percentage represented by the contribution of the post-production companies with respect to the total cost of the film. The production company winning the award must communicate prior to signing the contract, the total production cost to date, including all costs except the cost of post-production (which will be the contribution of NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES) and the cost of advertising and copies, which will be decided at a later date.
The winning production company shall guarantee that it owns the licensing rights to the film and that it is authorised to sign this co-production contract with NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES, S.L. in the above terms. In the event that this guarantee fails to materialise, the production company will be held responsible for compensation to NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES, S.L.
The companies sponsoring the award shall carry out the post-production tasks that are their responsibility in accordance with the following description, no later than 31st July of the year after the one in which the award is presented. This work shall always be carried out following a work schedule that the companies themselves have designed and which the company producing the film must accept. The companies will contribute:
BEST DIGITAL will provide:
- Sound mixing of the winning film, facilitating the following: Dolby Atmos pre-mixing and mixing studios and print master, up to 80 hours.
Materials to be delivered:
- Atmos Mix mxf files to 24 FPS, by reels.
- 5.1 mixing and LT RT to 24 FPS, by reels.
- 5.1 mixing and LT RT to 25 FPS, continuous.
Bteam PICTURES will guarantee release of the winning film in Spanish cinemas, with a minimum of 2 copies, and the corresponding advertising. The total advertising cost will be decided by Bteam Pictures according to the film’s potential. Bteam Pictures will decide the extent of the marketing campaign and the presence of the winning film at other national festivals. In addition, Bteam Pictures can edit the title, the poster image and the trailer to suit the Spanish market, always with the producers’ approval.
Said release will take place within the 18 months of delivery of the first master copy of the film, and Bteam Pictures will decide on the best date for its release in cinemas.
DELUXE SPAIN is responsible for:
- Creating an EDL in high definition, completed and provided by the customer.
- Providing digital effects, up to a maximum of 80 hours.
- Graphic works (opening and closing title sequences), up to a maximum of 40 hours.
- Up to 80 hours of colour correction.
- Obtaining the DCP master (Digital Cinema Package), in original version with English subtitles.
- Master HD (OV).
In the event that the Deliveries for international sales are awarded to Deluxe Spain as a result of intermediation by the production company winning the WIP Europa Industry Award, it will pay 3% of the total invoice for the contract in question. This payment will not be made in the event that the distributor has a prior agreement with Deluxe Spain for carrying out said work.
DOLBY IBERIA, S.L. will provide the services included in its Motion Picture Service Agreement (MSPA).
LASERFILM will provide translation, adaptation and location of the English subtitles of the film, including a day of simulation with the native translator. It will also add the subtitles to the DCP.
NEPHILIM PRODUCCIONES S.L. will coordinate the post-production work and licensing of the film in Spain and Andorra as envisaged in these rules and in the co-production contract.
NO PROBLEM SONIDO S.L. will produce the sound design and editing (not including recording of the dubbing or foleys).
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ANY POST-PRODUCTION WORK
Any additional work to those indicated by each company awarding the Prize, will be assumed by the awarded production company and requested to the corresponding company.
The non-utilisation by the production company of any of the hours, work, disciplines or services that each company contributes to the Industry Award, as expressed in these terms and conditions, are not interchangeable with each other, or with other work or services not detailed in the terms and conditions.