OVERVIEW
The 14th Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival is organized by the production company Grafo Audiovisual. The Festival will take place in Brazilian territory, in a hybrid modality with in-person sessions in Curitiba and online, from June 11 to 19, 2025.
Entries for the festival are open to films of all types and genres. The selected movies will be screened in the following format: DCP and ProRes 4:2:2.
For the festival consideration: short film is up to 49′ and feature film is over 50’.
APPLICATION CONDITIONS
The films must follow the rules below:
Non-Brazilian Feature and Short Films: Only Brazilian premiere, screened publicly after April 1st 2024.
Brazilian feature films: Only Brazilian premiere, except for films qualified for the Mirada Paranaense section, which must have been publicly screened after April 1st 2024.
Brazilian short films: Preferably Brazilian Premiere. For this category, films that have been screened in public premiere sessions (at festivals, showcases, etc.) in Brazil in 2024 will not be accepted.
We define Brazilian premiere as having no prior public screening (commercial, movie theater, tv, websites, festivals, exhibitions, online, etc.) in Brazil, except in cases of single screenings for mandatory counterpart purposes.
Non-premiere short and feature films may compose the non-competitive festival sections at the discretion of the Festival’s programming team.
APPLICATION
Applications must be sent by the filmmakers, producers or legal representatives of the films at the website olhardecinema.com.br through the Application Form, between January 15th and March 03rd, 2025.
International feature and short films must pay a submission fee: €9 for international short films and €26 euros for international feature films. Brazilian feature and short films are exempt from the submission form fee.
It won’t be considered those films who had filled out the submission form incorrectly.
International Films that have not paid the entry fee will not be considered.
The films must be sent exclusively by a private or non listed link and, in the case of private links, the password must be kept the same until May 10th, 2025. The festival may disqualify films due to viewing issues with the links.
All films must be submitted with subtitles in English or Portuguese when not spoken in Portuguese.
For application purposes, the work-in-progress version of the film will be accepted.
SELECTION
The screening copies must arrive at the festival until May 19th, 2025.
SCREENINGS
The festival will take place with in-person and online screenings. The rights holders of each selected film will be contacted and consulted for authorization of the screenings.
The submitter can accept (is not obligated) to have an online screening too and the festival pledges to take all technological and organizational measures to ensure a secure platform with all possible anti-piracy mechanisms, including DRM (Digital Rights Management), geo-blocking, access control, as well as viewing limitation.
For the online screenings, if authorized by the submitter, the access will be restricted to Brazilian territory only, but guests, critics and press abroad, with credentials, can watch the sessions.
The Brazilian premiere, even if online, must take place until the end of the festival (June 20th) for the sections: International Competition, Brazilian Competition, New Views and Opening/Closing film for both Brazilian and international features and international short films.
AWARDS
All official and partner awards bestowed by the festival may be found on our website under the menu The Festival -> Awards.
The organization may include further awards resulting from new partnerships and this information will be made available on the festival’s official website.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The individual or legal entity enrolling a film hereby declares they are authorized to submit the film to screenings and understands and accepts these terms and regulations.
The official selection will be announced to the public and press until May 10th, 2025.
The person responsible for the registration must indemnify and exempt Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses (including, but not limited to attorney fees and court costs) that may occur by reason of complaints involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, exhibition, loss or damage to the enrolled selection videos.
FINAL DISPOSITIONS
Situations unforeseen by this regulation will be analyzed by the organizing committee of the festival, being its decision final and absolute.
Curitiba | Paraná | Brazil
January 15th, 2025
