Nontzeberri.com cultural web site promotes 5th edition of Nontzeflash Animated Film competition with the collaboration of Bilbao’s Fantastic Film Festival (FANT). It is open to everybody who wants to take part, no matter where they are from and with no limited number of animated films. Registering is free.
The animated films will be produced in SWF and the file must be not bigger than 3Mb and not longer than 4 minutes. Each film should be submitted in a single file, and if it includes some music it should also be included in the same file.
It should be taken into account that the film sent will be included in a flash 650px (width) 460px (height) and black back. Therefore, we advise the film should have the measures suggested (650 x 460px) if not we would readjust it. On the other hand, if the back of the film is other from black make sure you create a new layer that is under the other layers with the colour of the back you want to have.
It should also be sent an image that represents the film in a 200px (width) x 150px (height) jpg. file. It should not be heavier than 80 KB.
There is no specific topic for the films but they all must be original and produced after 1st January 2007.
If there are any dialogues in a language different from Basque or Spanish, the films will need subtitles in English.
The deadline to submit for the competition will be 21st February 2008 (13.00 p.m. local time). Nevertheless, the organisation would appreciate that the films are submitted beforehand to be shown on nontzeflash.com for the entertainment of the Internet users.
The judges will be three well-known people in the animated film area. They will choose the best works according to quality and originality of the films submitted and will give the awards accordingly.
The best animated films will be awarded by judges and they will be shown on Bilbao’s Fantastic Film Festival FANT 2008.
The competition offers the following awards:
-Nontzeflash Award to The Best Animated film 2.000 euros
-Second Award 1.500 euros
-Third Award. 900 euros
-The Best animated film from the Basque Country. 900 eurosThe awards will be announced on a live awards ceremony at the FANT 2008. The names of the winners will be shown on the website once FANT festival is over.
To submit the competition all attendees will fill in an online form. They will include their name and surname, place of origin, e-mail address, website, telephone number, the title of the animated film, length, an image that represents the film in a 200 x 150 pixels jpg. file and a brief summary of it (no longer than 50 words, in Basque, Spanish or English).
If you have any problem to send the film or you don’t see it on the website after a short period of time, get in touch with us in the following address nontzeflash@nontzeflash.com
Wee correction: 2.000 Euros = $2,932 U.S.D