The San Sebastian International Film Festival has its main offices at the following address:

FESTIVAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
TABAKALERA - Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea
Plaza de las Cigarreras, 1, 2ª planta
20012 Donostia – San Sebastián (España)
Tel.: +34 943 481212
ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com

Detailed information can be found on the official Festival website: www.sansebastianfestival.com, which also explains how to contact the Festival and its different departments.

The Public Limited Company FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN S.A. consists in equal parts of the San Sebastian City Council, the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport. Its chairmanship is held by the Mayor of San Sebastian. The San Sebastian Festival organisation is headed by its Director, José Luis Rebordinos.

The San Sebastian International Film Festival is accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, FIAPF www.fiapf.org, in the "competitive film festivals" category.

ARTICLE 1

The San Sebastian International Film Festival seeks to make a positive contribution to the development of the film culture and industry.

ARTICLE 2

The 71st edition of the San Sebastian Festival will take place in the city of San Sebastian from the 22nd to the 30th September 2023.

ARTICLE 3

All films presented at the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival will be selected by the Festival Selection Committee. The Committee is chaired by the Festival Director and is advised by a network of international delegates consisting of professionals, specialists in the world of film and in film festivals.

ARTICLE 4

All films selected for the 71st edition will receive a certificate of participation from the San Sebastian Festival Management.

ARTICLE 5

Culinary Zinema is a non competitive section created in collaboration with the Berlin International Film Festival and organised jointly with the Basque Culinary Center with a view to uniting cinema, gastronomy and the development of numerous food-related activities in the fields of education, science and agriculture.

ARTICLE 6

The deadline for receiving films submitted for pre-selection is June 19th, 2023. The Festival Management reserves the right to accept films submitted after this time.

ARTICLE 7

The Culinary Zinema Section is open to participation by films meeting the following conditions:

1. Completed in the 12 months prior to the start of the Festival.
2. Not having participated in any Spanish festival taking place prior to their presentation at the San Sebastian Festival.
3. Not having been commercially released or publicly screened in Spain prior to their official presentation at the Festival.
4. The inclusion in VOD platforms of films participating in the Culinary Zinema Section is not allowed, with the exception of cases where their use is strictly professional and with restricted access.
5. The required format for films in the Culinary Zinema Section is, exclusively: DCP. The Festival's Technical Department will send the server certificate to the producers or representatives of the film, in addition to the coordinates for receiving the KDM.

ARTICLE 8

All of the films selected by the Festival must be presented in their original version.

The film subtitles can be in either Spanish or English.

The cost of subtitling the copy will be paid by the producers or representatives of the film.

The Festival will provide additional electronic subtitling in either English or Spanish depending on the language required. For films subtitled in Spanish whose original language is not English, we will require a DVD of the final original version of the film with subtitles in English and the corresponding list of subtitles in English.

The screening of this electronic subtitling will be carried out by the subtitling company hired for this purpose by the Festival.

ARTICLE 9

Taking part in the section implies:

1. Having duly completed the online film submission form, which can be found on our official website: www.sansebastianfestival.com
2. The producers or representatives of films with Spanish production or co-production must directly contact the film department at films@sansebastianfestival.com prior to completing the online submission form.
3. The fee for each film submitted for pre-selection by the Festival is:
   1. Short and/or medium-length films (up to 59'): €70 (including 21% VAT)
   2. Feature-length films (more than 60'): €100 (including 21% VAT)
   3. DCP in physical format (2.5 hard drive, CRU or similar): €150 (including 21% VAT) no matter what the runtime.
   4. DCP submitted digitally (Signiant Media Shuttle or similar): €200 (including 21% VAT), no matter what the runtime. In this case, the Festival will provide with its Signiant Media Shuttle for the uploading without extra cost.

Said fee will be payable in euros during the film submission process and can be paid either by credit card (Visa, American Express or Mastercard) or via paypal.

ARTICLE 10

Once a film has received an official invitation from the Festival Director, and prior to the event, the producers or representatives of the selected films must confirm their attendance by duly completing and returning the online submission form to the Festival, no later than August 1st, 2023.

The Festival will recognise the person who signs this confirmation as the sole representative in negotiating all aspects related to participation of the film in the event and as the sole responsible as opposed to other companies or individuals to have participated in producing the film.

Confirmation by the producers or representatives of the selected film means that they cannot withdraw their film from the programme and that they irrevocably accept all regulations established by the Festival Management.

ARTICLE 11

The invitation made to each film selected by the San Sebastian Festival will remain strictly confidential between the Festival Management and the producers or representatives of the invited film until the Festival decides to make an official announcement in this regard.

The complete San Sebastian Festival programme and all screening times are exclusively decided by the Festival Management Committee.

ARTICLE 12

The documentation required by the Festival for its press releases, official catalogue and website (synopsis, technical and artistic credits, bio-filmographies, pictures of the director/s and film stills) will be taken from the online submission form, which must be duly completed no later than August 1st, 2023.

All promotional material for the selected films requested by the different Festival departments must be sent without delay by the producers or representatives of the film.

ARTICLE 13

The producers or representatives of invited films must send the selected copies to be screened at the Festival, 15 days prior to the date on which the event is due to begin, to the Festival Film Department at its main offices:

Donostia Zinemaldia – Festival de San Sebastián
Departamento de películas
TABAKALERA Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea
Plaza de las Cigarreras 1, 2ª Planta
20012 DONOSTIA – SAN SEBASTIÁN
Tel.: +34 943 481212
films@sansebastianfestival.com

The producers or representatives are free to send the Festival as many copies of the film as they wish.

The Festival Management reserves the right to reject copies found to be unsuitable for screening during control by its Technical Department. In the event of irregularities in the copies, the Festival Management will issue the film owners or representatives with the corresponding technical report.

ARTICLE 14

The transport and insurance costs of the copies of selected films will be paid by the participants until their arrival at the Festival offices or at the premises of its customs agent.

The San Sebastian Festival will insure the copies from the moment of their arrival at the Festival offices or at the premises of its customs agent, until they are returned.

The cost of generating KDMs will also be the responsibility of the producers or representatives of the film.

The cost of returning the copies of films selected by the Festival will also be paid by participants. Returns will only be made after the Festival closing date.

In the event of damage to a copy during the event, the Festival limits its responsibility to the cost of having a new standard copy made at current laboratory rates.

ARTICLE 15

Accredited industry professionals attending the Festival will receive special attention at the Industria Department. Here, a team of professionals will provide them with all possible means and contacts to facilitate their work, including film viewings in its film library after having obtained the corresponding written authorisation from their producers.

ARTICLE 16

In the event of disagreement (related to organisation or running of the event) or failure to comply with these rules and regulations, the Festival Management reserves the right to the final decision based on the FIAPF regulations for international film festivals.

In the event of discrepancy in the interpretation of these rules & regulations, the Spanish version will apply.

All doubts arising from the interpretation of these rules and regulations will be solved by the San Sebastian Festival Management.

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