Festival Data:

• Established: 2007
• Genre: Documentary (click to see)
• Attendance: 2000
• Media Attendance: 15
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 9
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 45
• Total Number of Films Screened: 35
• Total Screenings: 35
• Total National and International Premieres: 2
• # of Shorts Screened: 5
• # of Features Screened: 30

• Competitive
• Has Panels
• Has Seminars

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

CINESTRAT is a thematic international documentary film festival that deals with a different issue each edition. Cinestrat accepts documentaries and docudramas, specifically excluding any film with a marked  institutional, touristic or advertising character.

CINESTRAT 2008 will focus on two very important issues for us all: Climate Change and the Decline of Fossil Energy Resources. During the eight day event, the festival will screen films which present themes related to: Nature, Energy, Industrialization, Consumer Society, Urbanism, Rural Life, Habitats, Climate and Sustainable Development

CINESTRAT is a Film Festival with an International Competition, which has awards in cash that come up to a total of €12,000 distributed in various prizes.

Prizes and Official Section of Documentaries:

BEST DOCUMENTARY. Funding prize of  €7,000.00 and the PUIG DE PLATA award. The prize is to aid the independent production of documentaries and is awarded as a financial package for the next project of the winning Director, which has to be submitted within 9 months of the jury’s decision.

CRITICAL LENS. The prize is a camcorder Pro HDV SONY FX 1E or similar for the filmmaker of the documentary with a content and focus that shows an accurate and perceptive critique on any of the themes in the CINESTRAT-2008 programme.

SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY. There may be special mentions as seen fit by the jury, aimed at highlighting a certain aspect of a documentary, whether related to form or content.

HONORIFIC MENTION GVA. PUIG DE PLATA. Presented by the Delegate of the Valencian Government, Mr. José Marín Guerrero.

AUDIENCE AWARD. The prize is a painting by the international artist PHILIPPE DUPIEREUX, valued at 1,500.00 euros.

SOLIDARITY AWARD. Funding prize of €3,000.00. Highlights the solidarity of a documentary or fiction film with a social group and its cause.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions
• Submission formats: 35mm, DVD
• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.cinestrat.es/ cinestratE/ formulariocinestratING.pdf