L'Alternativa
Festival rules
Films may participate in the following competitive sections:
- Feature Film (fiction, non fiction, animation, experimental)
- Short Film (fiction, non fiction, animation, experimental) with a maximum duration of 40 minutes.
There is no entry fee.
The Festival awards cash prizes in each of the sections:
- 3.000 € feature film prize
- 1.000 € short film prize
Films may also be selected to participate in the non-competitive sections Panorama and L'Alternativa Hall.
Participants (Filmmakers) may submit a maximum of 2 films. Distributors, Production Companies and Film Schools may submit a maximum of 6 films.
All films submitted for selection must have been completed after 1/1/2015.
Submission regulations:
Entry form
Completed online entry for each film submitted. We do not accept entry forms sent via email.
Screener
There are 2 ways to share a screener with us:
Include a web link (and corresponding password if necessary) when you complete the entry form to stream the film on a video sharing website (ie. Vimeo). We do not accept links to download films from FTP servers, or accept files sent via file collaboration services (ie. WeTransfer, YouSendIt, etc).
Send a copy of the film on DVD with the registration number given when you enter your film online, film title and filmmaker's name.
Submission deadline is: 1st July 2016 (postmarked)
Please send the preview DVD to:
L'Alternativa - Festival de Cine Independiente de Barcelona
C/ Montalegre 5
08001 Barcelona (Spain)
Foreign shipments must state (on the outside of the packet):
NO COMMERCIAL VALUE. FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY
All submitted films will be presented before a selection committee.
Preview DVD will not be returned.
The participant must take financial responsibility, if selected, for the arrival of the screening copy in Barcelona. L'Alternativa will ensure its safe return after the Festival.
Participation in l'Alternativa implies acceptance of the above-mentioned regulations. The Festival will settle all non-specified cases.
L'Alternativa has qualified for the AIC 2016 certificate.
