Call for entries for Iberoamerican projects in development state
The Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) opens the call for entries for the 21st Co-production Meetings, an event that aims to bring together film projects in development with audiovisual industry professionals, funds, producers, buyers, and international sales agents.
BASES
The Co-production Meetings will be held within the activities of the 40th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG).
Only those projects that comply in a timely manner with all registration requirements will be received for reading and selection.
A maximum of 15 Ibero-American film projects that are most likely to obtain financing will be selected to participate in the Co-production Meetings.
All the received projects must be feature fiction, documentary or animation which have not yet been filmed, that have a finished script, at least 20% of financing in place and with a minimum of 70 minutes of projected duration.
The projects will be selected by a Committee conformed by members of the film community assigned by the Co-Production Meetings Organization, however the Organizing Committee has the right to include projects by direct invitation.
The decision of this Committee will be final.
The participation in the Meetings is free of charge. Travel and food expenses are the responsibility of the representatives of each project.
Los proyectos podrán inscribirse a partir del viernes 11 de octubre de 2024 y hasta el viernes 27 de diciembre del 2024, a las 18:00 horas tiempo del centro de México.
The selected projects must confirm their assistance to the Coproduction Meetings, otherwise their participation will be automatically canceled and a runner up will be selected.
The selected projects will have access to:
- La posibilidad de presentarse en sesiones individuales one to one durante tres días consecutivos, ante los profesionales nacionales e internacionales (productores, representantes de fondos de financiamiento, agentes de ventas) invitados al Encuentro.
- The publication of project information and participating representatives in the Industry Catalog.
- Two Industry accreditations per project. The representatives of each project must be its director-producer. Only two representatives per project.
- The chance for accommodation for up to 4 nights. One double room per project.
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REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Fill in the electronic registration form found in the following link: https://vp.eventival.com/ficg/2025
En caso de que el proyecto sea seleccionado, ésta es la información que se publicará en el Catálogo de Industria. Además del llenado del documento de inscripción en línea, todos los proyectos inscritos deben de adjuntar en su solicitud dos archivos PDF, uno en español y otro en inglés llamado:
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Documents must use double-spaced Arial 12 font with the following information in the order mentioned below:
- General data of the project: Name, country of origin, estimated running time, genre, category (fiction or documentary).
- Short Synopsis (a maximum of 2 pages).
- Treatment (between 8 and 10) Full script will not be accepted as a substitute.
- Director’s Bio. (350 characters).
- Producer’s Bio. (350 characters).
- Budget cover and provisional financing plan in USD.
- Project status and project calendar including estimated dates of pre production, production and postproduction, premiere and distribution.
- Additional information such as received support, commitments, and possible national or foreign co-producers.
- Director’s Letter of intent regarding their participation in the Co-production Meetings.
- Additional information such as support received, commitments made, possible national and/or foreign co-producers. Copies of letters of intent and/or confirmed financing agreements available at the time of project registration.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
- The General Direction of FICG will resolve any matter that it’s not foreseen in this call for entries. These cases will be evaluated by the Direction and the responsible of each area involved.
- The submission and participation of the project supposes the acceptance of this call for entries. The neglect of one or more requirements and conditions entails the cancellation of the participation at the Festival or the disqualification of the project.
- FICG has a policy of zero tolerance in the face of disrespectful behaviour, harassment, or any situation that endangers the integrity of our guests, organising committee, audiences and volunteers.
- FICG reserves the right to modify the present call for entries.
- The projects that accept the invitation, will receive the proper documentation delimiting the rights and conditions of the benefits offered by FICG, related to accreditation, hospitality and transportation, to the participants of each programme. FICG will not provide any additional prerogatives to the participants.
- Those registered under oath of truth; They are accredited as the authors of the work and holders of the moral and economic rights thereof. Likewise, they ensure that they have the permissions and rights to reproduce texts, works, music and other materials subject to intellectual property and copyright laws used in the registered project. The filmmakers undertake to demarcate the Board of Trustees of the International Film Festival in Guadalajara, A.C. and the University of Guadalajara from any responsibility for possible claims regarding intellectual property and copyright that may arise from any of the participating films, by third parties.
For more information write to: info.industria@ficg.mx
PRIVACY NOTICE: The Guadalajara International Film Festival, with address Avenida Periférico Norte 1695, Rinconada de Azalea, Zapopan, Mexico; aware of your personal data collected for: all the points described in this call and in the same way will protect the projects with documentation fines. For more information about the treatment and the rights that you can assert, you can access the comprehensive privacy notice through the following link https://ficg.mx/aviso-privacidad/
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