Call for Entries for the Second Edition of the Hispasat 4K International Film Festival
Madrid, Spain, May 6, 2016--HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite communications operator, leader in the distribution of content in Spanish and Portuguese, has announced the call for entries for the second edition of the Hispasat 4K International Film Festival, one the first festivals in the world entirely dedicated to short films, shot and post-produced in 4K.
The Festival is sponsored by the film production company Cine365 Film, Samsung and Dolby Laboratories. Other leading technological companies in the field of film production such as SGO, Fujifilm, and the Ad Hoc sound studio, as well as RTVE, the TV corporation that leads the way for this technology in Spain, and the graphic communications agency Azento de Diseño, have joined the initiative with the aim of making this unique Film Festival possible.
The excellent response to the first edition of the Festival in 2015 by filmmakers and the industry has allowed significant changes to be included in this year’s proposal. Thus, a new award category of Best Director has been included, in which the winner will be given the paid opportunity to direct a feature film, to be produced by Cine365 Film during the year 2017, and the Jury Prize, sponsored by the new range of Samsung SUHD TV.
In addition, the Hispasat 4K International Film Festival will be sponsoring the San Sebastián Film Festival this year, thus allowing the award ceremony to be held in September within the framework of this important film event where the winning short films will also be presented.
Finally, and in line with HISPASAT’s commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, the Festival jury will positively assess the short films whose topic is in some way related to any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, and grant at least one of the awards, in any of its categories, to a short film addressing one of these topics using any approach, genre, perspective or aesthetic proposal.
The call for entries of short films will be open until 3 July 2016. The HISPASAT 4K International Film Festival is open to films produced in any country and any genre, with a maximum duration of 25 minutes, shot and post-produced in 4K. The following categories and awards have been established:
- CINE365 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR: Directing a feature film.
- HISPASAT AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM: 3,000 € + Samsung SUHD TV.
- DOLBY AWARD FOR BEST SOUND: 1,000 € + Dolby ATMOS mastering, in collaboration with Ad Hoc Studios.
- SAMSUNG SUHD JURY AWARD: 1,000 € + Samsung SUHD TV.
- RTVE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM FROM A FILM ACADEMY: 1,000 € + film aired on the programme “Versión Española”.
- FUJIFILM/SGO AWARD FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY: 1,000 € + Fujifilm professional photo camera.
The official rules and regulations of the festival are available at: http://www.hispasat4kfest.es. Entry forms shall be submitted through the MOVIBETA site.
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