The 19th Nest Section focuses on encouraging and supporting works produced by young talents by showing their short films at the San Sebastian Festival.
The section will take place on 21st, 22nd and 23rd of September within the framework of the 68th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
The section is open to students attending intermediate or advanced level schools in any country in the world.
Each school may propose a maximum of three works completed in the 12 months prior to the start of the Festival. The works shall have a maximum duration of 30 minutes and shall be presented in their original language. In the case of versions other than Spanish or English, the copies must be subtitled in English or Spanish.
The short films will be forwarded to the Festival in the following way:
Link: It will be possible to provide a web link from which to download or watch the short film. In order to do this you must indicate both the web link and password to access to it in the registration form. Only links with restricted access will be accepted.
The selected short films will be added to the “LABURbilduz: shorts from around the world” collection at Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture.
Two years after the 19th Nest edition concludes (September 2022) the shortlisted short films will be part of Tabakalera’s virtual library.
The decision of the Selection Committee for the 19th Nest Section regarding the selected work will be communicated in the first fortnight of August, by e-mail.
The selected works shall be sent to San Sebastian International Film Festival before September 1st in DCP format following the instructions bellow:
The DCP can be sent through our receiving system Signiant or through a PenDrive or HardDrive.
DCPs or PenDrives have to be formatted in EXT2, in EXT3 or in NFTS. HFS + EXTFAT will be rejected.
The DCP should only contain the version that is going to be shown at the festival.
If you send a screening copy and a backup, please let us know which is which.
All copies must carry English subtitles, except English versions that must have subtitles in Spanish. The list of subtitles shall be attached in all cases.
Each selected school will receive an invitation including accommodation for two students. 1) The presence is required of the director of the selected work 2) and one student not related to the film to sit on the jury. It is preferable that this student has knowledge of English.
The selected works proposed to the Selection Committee will be made available to professionals in the Festival’s video library and will be included in the official Festival’s catalogue.
A specific jury, consisting of students from the participating schools and chaired by a distinguished figure from the world of film, will be responsible for choosing ‘Orona Best Short Film Award’, sponsored by Orona Fundazioa.
The prize carries €10,000 gross, going to the director of the winning work.
Any doubts arising from the interpretation of these rules and regulations will be solved by the Management Committee of San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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