42TH ELCHE INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

19 TO 26 JULY 2019
REGISTRATION, PARTICIPATION AND VOTING

Participation in this edition of the Elche International Independent Film Festival (FICIE) is
exclusively online through the official platform www.festivalcineelx.es, NOT allowing the
submission of originals via postal mail or courier services.

Additionally, FICIE has associated online platforms:

- Movibeta:
http://festival.movibeta.com/web/controllers/siteController.php?action=11&festival=780

- Festhome: https://festhome.com/f/ficie

- Click for Festivals: https://www.clickforfestivals.com/festival-internacional-de-cine-

independiente-de-elche

- Filmfreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/ElcheInternationalIndependentFilmFestival

The Author/Producer/Distributor therefore has five ways of competing in this edition. The
Organization will be in charge of "transferring" the short films registered in these platforms to
the official one cited, in open or restricted mode to the Jury, as explained below.

Although the FICIE website and the associated online platforms accept all types of formats, the
works must be in high definition with the following formats:

Category
Fiction, Animation, Documentary
Duration
Up to 25 minutes
Formats
Avi, mov, mp4 and/or mkv with a minimum resolution of 1920 x 1080 and a size of up to 500
MB.

FICIE's official web application does NOT allow downloading videos for viewing on a desktop
computer, other physical support or online. Neither do the associated online platforms.

In order to upload, vote and comment on videos, the visitor will have to register as a
registered user on the official FICIE website, as indicated in the "To Register" section.

It is NOT possible to vote and comment on the short films presented within the associated
online platforms.

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TO REGISTER

To be able to vote, comment, compete, the user must be registered on the website
www.festivalcineelx.es. It only takes a couple of minutes.

- STEP 1: Choose username and password. Once registered, the user will be asked to vote,
comment and/or compete.

- STEP 2: Fill in the personal data fields

- STEP 3: Accept the Festival Rules by ticking the corresponding checkbox.

- STEP 4: Click on the Send button.

Once registered the user will receive a confirmation email. You only have to register once in
this edition of FICIE.

The registered user can, at any time, modify their data and unsubscribe from the website. To
do so, they must send an e-mail to the Organization at festivalelche@cajamediterraneo.es
indicating so.

TO CONSURRISE

The Author/Producer/Distributor has two ways of competing in this edition of FICIE:

A) Directly on the official FICIE website at www.festivalcineelx.es.

The Author/Producer/Distributor who wants to take part as a contestant in the website

www.festivalcineelx.es will have to follow the following steps:

- STEP 1: Register on the website www.festivalcineelx.es, registering your personal details on

the registration form, as indicated in the previous section.

- STEP 2: In the section Send Video to Competition you will have to fill in the fields requested,
attaching also a photogram or the poster of the short film.

- STEP 3: You will have to choose the competition category you want to enter and follow the
steps indicated.

- STEP 4: You will have to accept the Legal Notices protected by the FICIE. This document can
be downloaded.

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- STEP 5: The Author/Producer/Distributor will have to choose between two modalities. On the
one hand, or the Open view, so that every Internet user can see the video on the web. Or, in
Jury Restricted Mode.

With this option only the members of the Selection Jury will be able to watch the short film. If
the work is selected for the Official Section, it will be seen during the screenings of the Official
Section at the FICIE headquarters in the "Hort del Xocolater" Park and at “Arenales del Sol”
Beach (Elche).

- STEP 6: The contestant must declare that he/she is of legal age. Minors may NOT compete,
participate or vote in the FICIE.

- STEP 7: The contestant will have to indicate if the short film is for adults or less than 18 years
old.

- STEP 8: Click on the Upload Video button, which must have one of the formats mentioned
above.

Once the video has been successfully uploaded, the Author/Producer/Distributor will receive a
confirmation screen notification and an e-mail as an acknowledgement of receipt.

Once registered, the Author/Producer/Distributor will be able to upload as many videos as

desired, following the steps described above.

- The Organization is given a maximum of 24 hours to review the video and admit it to the
web.

- In the case of detecting videos that do not comply with the rules, they will be automatically
deleted, and the Author/Producer/Distributor will be notified via the email provided at the
time of registration.

- The website www.festivalcineelx.es has sufficient screen aids and a section of Frequently
Asked Questions to facilitate both the Registration and the Submission of short films.

- During the period of duration of this edition of the FICIE, participants may make any queries
they wish by sending an e-mail to festivalelche@cajamediterraneo.es.

- The Organization will delete all personal data from the website www.festivalcineelx.es at the
end of this edition, in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act. For further
details, please consult the Legal Notices section of the website, which can also be downloaded.

- The Author/Producer/Distributor is solely responsible for all the contents of the short film.
The Organization is exempt from any kind of legal responsibility.

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- The Author/Producer/Distributor may at any time cancel any or all of the short films he or
she has submitted to the competition. To do so, you must apply directly to the Organization by
e-mail at festivalelche@cajamediterraneo.es, clearly indicating the short film(s) you wish to
eliminate.

B) On associated online platforms

In the case that the Author/Producer/Distributor has his short films registered in one of the
associated online platforms:

- Click for Festivals: https://www.clickforfestivals.com/festival-internacional-de-cine-

independiente-de-elche

- Festhome: https://festhome.com/f/ficie

-Movibeta:
http://festival.movibeta.com/web/controllers/siteController.php?action=11&festival=780

- Filmfreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/ElcheInternationalIndependentFilmFestival

You can send your short films directly from them. These platforms will be the basis for this
edition of FICIE in spanish and english.

COMMON TO BOTH SITUATIONS: whether Open or Restricted to the Jury, the

Author/Producer/Distributor will be able to "embed" directly his short films that are hung in
his Vimeo and/or Youtube profile directly in the official FICIE platform at
www.festivalcineelx.es. More information in the document "Bases" of the 41st Edition of the
FICIE.

The Author/Producer/Distributor has until 12:00 p.m. (spanish time) on May 3, 2019 to send
all the short films with which you want to compete.

TO PARTICIPATE

The FICIE has a competitive section, which is one of its objectives. It represents the
enhancement of the work of the Author/Producer/Distributor in front of the Jury and also puts
it in contact with the public, being the communication between equals and thus enriching the
Seventh Art with the contributions of both parties.

In this way, all web users (registered or not) will be able to link videos and comments through
Facebook and Twitter. The FICIE website is also prepared so that the user (whether registered
or not) can link the video they wish to comment to their website or blog.

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In this sense, the Organization bets on the socialization of the website www.festivalcineelx.es
allowing only registered users to vote, comment, and compete, as well as write comments
through the online platform itself and / or Facebook and Twitter.

The Organization moderates but is exempt from any responsibility for comments made, both
on the official platform and on Facebook and Twitter.

TO BE ABLE TO VOTE

Voting is another objective of this edition. You can vote for all the short films you consider. The
website www.festivalcineelx.es allows the registered user to make only one vote per video.

It is NOT possible to vote in the associated online platforms. It is the sole prerogative of the
official FICIE platform.

The way to vote is to access the card of the desired short film and, from there, registered users
will have a button to vote that will be activated once they have seen at least three quarters of
the video.

Registered users will be able to view and vote for all videos submitted in the open mode from
the date of publication of the rules of this edition until 23:59:59 (spanish time) on 25 July 2019.

From that moment on, the official FICIE platform will be closed and the short film most voted
by the registered users will be automatically shown and, therefore, the winner of the Online
Audience Award of this edition, endowed with 500 euros and the “Dama” Trophy.

The Organization reserves the right to cancel any vote cast fraudulently or due to any attempt
to manipulate the voting system.

The Organization is also exonerated of any responsibility in case of the malfunction of the
Internet network that prevents the normal development of the competition for reasons
beyond the control of the “Caja Mediterráneo” Foundation and, especially, for external acts of
bad faith.

MARCH 2019