International Documentary Film Festival "Documenta Madrid" 09: Call for entries

The VI International Film Festival "Documenta Madrid", that will be celebrated from May 1st through the 10th, 2009, has opened the registration of films. This must be done online, at the Festival website. The deadline for submissions is December 31th, 2008.

Documenta Madrid 2009 will have four competitive sections:

Original Documentary Section: All films previously unreleased in Spain with an original or innovative perspective in terms of either form or content will be admitted for competition. This section has two categories: Full-length films, for films exceeding 45 minutes in length. And short films, for films up to 45 minutes in length that do not make up part of a series.

Documentary Reporting Competition: This section is intended for those documentary films previously unreleased in Spain whose point of view is either of an informative nature or about current events in our world. All films made for cinema or television will be admitted for competition, regardless of their duration. In the case of television documentaries belonging to a series, only one episode from the series may be sent for admission.

National Competition: For films previously unreleased in Spain whose production is entirely or mostly of Spanish nationality. This section has two categories: Full-length films, for films exceeding 45 minutes in length. And short films, for films up to 45 minutes in length that do not make up part of a series.

Filmotech.com: For films selected in the three previously mentioned sections and included in the Filmotech website for safe downloads. The conditions are to be announced upon completion of the selection process. The films, the copyright holder of which voluntarily decides to post them on http://www.filmotech.com/ to have them legally downloaded, may compete for the Filmotech.com award.

And the Awards are:

Original Documentary Section:

Full-length films:

- First Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 10,000 € and a trophy.
- Second Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.
- Honorable Mention of the Jury, to be awarded a diploma.
- Audience Award for Best Film, to be awarded 3.000 € a diploma, and the possibility for automatic distribution in Spain as part of "The documentary of the Month" initiative.

Short films:

- First Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.
- Second Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 3,000 € and a trophy.
- Honorable Mention of the Jury, to be awarded a diploma.
- Audience Award for Best Film, to be awarded 3.000 € and a diploma.

Reporting Competition:

- First Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 10,000 € and a trophy.
- Second Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.
- Honorable Mention of the Jury, to be awarded a diploma.
- Audience Award for Best Film, to be awarded 3.000 € and a diploma.

National Competition:

Full-length films:

- First Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 8,000 € and a trophy.
- Second Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 4,000 € and a trophy.
- Audience Award, to be awarded 2.000 € and a diploma.

Short films:

- First Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 4.000 € and a trophy.
- Second Prize of the Jury, to be awarded 3,000 € and a trophy.
- Audience Award, to be awarded 2.000 € and a diploma

Filmotech.com:

Filmotech.com AWARD, with 3,000 € and a diploma.