The objective of this contest is to select the commercial ad that will promote the 15th version of the Valdivia International Film Festival. The contest is open to audiovisual filmmakers, TV and cinema production houses, advertising agencies and adverstising students throughout the world, each participant can send more than one piece.
The organization of the event opens this areas of contest to anyone that wants to produce a modern piece of advertising with elements related with cinema and Valdivia. The jury will be composed by two professionals with a reconginzed carrer in the audiovisual industry and a third member will be Guido Mutis, the Director of the Valdivia International Film Festival. The jury's decision cannot be appealed and the final choise will depend on the quality of the work presented.
The winner will receive, as awards, one Pudu, the highest award granted by the organization; the complete stay for two people during the event; ten 35mm cans, offered by Kodak Chile and US 1500 in image and sound postproduction services, granted by Atomica. The award will be presented during the inaugural ceremony of the International Film Festival, on October 3rd.
Participants have to send 3 DVD copies of the commercial ad, each copy must indicate the participant's personal data. The reception of pieces finish on July 14th and the announcement of the winner will happen through our website on July 18th.
The winning commercial will be broadcast through Television Nacional de Chile, the official channel of the event, as well as on the FICV website and associate portals.
For more information download the bases or contact us to the phone 56-63-573777 or write us an email to prensa@ficv.cl

The objective of this contest is to select the commercial ad that will promote the 15th version of the Valdivia International Film Festival. The contest is open to audiovisual filmmakers, TV and cinema production houses, advertising agencies and adverstising students throughout the world, each participant can send more than one piece.
The organization of the event opens this areas of contest to anyone that wants to produce a modern piece of advertising with elements related with cinema and Valdivia. The jury will be composed by two professionals with a reconginzed carrer in the audiovisual industry and a third member will be Guido Mutis, the Director of the Valdivia International Film Festival. The jury's decision cannot be appealed and the final choise will depend on the quality of the work presented.
The winner will receive, as awards, one Pudu, the highest award granted by the organization; the complete stay for two people during the event; ten 35mm cans, offered by Kodak Chile and US 1500 in image and sound postproduction services, granted by Atomica. The award will be presented during the inaugural ceremony of the International Film Festival, on October 3rd.
Participants have to send 3 DVD copies of the commercial ad, each copy must indicate the participant's personal data. The reception of pieces finish on July 14th and the announcement of the winner will happen through our website on July 18th.
The winning commercial will be broadcast through Television Nacional de Chile, the official channel of the event, as well as on the FICV website and associate portals.
For more information download the bases or contact us to the phone 56-63-573777 or write us an email to prensa@ficv.cl

On April 11th, Julian Naranjo, Alejandro Gonzalez and Enrique Carmona selected the winning poster of the fourth contest.
For this ocation, we received over 150 work pieces from Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Germany and Chile.
Fernanda Ortiz Neira is a design student of Santiago and she participated with an image that reproduces the city of Valdivia and its relation with films. She won 1000 euros and her poster will be reproduced in posters, catalogues and in every paperwork to promote the Film Festival.

We are please to inform you that Registration has officially open for 15th Valdivia International Film Festival 2008. It will be held in the city of Valdivia between October 3rd and 8th, 2008.

Eligible works must have been finished January 2007 or later.

Films must be registered through our electronic entry form available at our website. Besides, filmmakers must submit a copy in DVD format (NTSC or PAL), spoken or subtitled in Spanish, for the pre- selection process.

No work that has participated in the pre-selection process, or as an official selection of previous versions of the Valdivia International Film Festival will be accepted.

The final date of registration, as well as for reception of the material in DVD format, along with all information required for the pre-selection process in both Spanish and English, is june 13, 2008; this is the FINAL DEADLINE.

Film selection will be informed by email to the applicant beginning July 27,2008.

For more information visit our website www.ficv.cl

CATEGORY WINNER WIP: “199 RECETAS PARA SER FELIZ”
Directed by: Andres Waissbluth, (Chile)

Special Mention: “Mami te Amo”
Directed by: Elisa Eliash, (Chile)
Young People FICTION: “Las Peluqueras”,
Directed by: Maite Alberdi & Israel Pimentel, P.Univ. Católica

Mention: “Debajo”
Directed by: Dominga Sotomayor, P.Univ.Católica

Young People DOCUMENTARY “Sueños Descalzos”,
Directed by: María Daniela Herrera, DuocUC

Special Mention: “Jornada Laboral”
Directed by: Ignacia Uribe, P. Univ. Católica

Regional Video FICTION “Desde Lejos”
Directed by: Alejandro Fernandez, Chillán, (Chile)

Regional Video DOCUMENTARY “Galaxia Manuel”
Directed by: Pablo Schalscha and Claudio Fernández, (Chile)

International Short Film “La Primavera de Sant Ponc”
Directed by: Eugenia Mumenthaler and David Epiney (Switzerland)

Special Mentions: “Sandía”
Directed by: Gorki Glacer-Müller (Sweden)
“AM”
Directed by: Naira Ilich, (Chile)

International Documentary “La Sombra de Don Roberto”
Directed by: Juan Diego Spoerer and Hakan Engstrom (Chile-Sweden)
Mention: “El Susurro de los Árboles”, by Tom Lenke, Germany-Chile

“Best Chilean movie” TVN Award: “Mirageman”
Directed by: Ernesto Díaz

Best Actor: Han Sanming for “Still Life” (Hong Kong)

Best Actress Saadel Isil Aksoy for “Yumurta” (Turkey-Greece)

Best Director Semih Kapanoglu for“Yumurta” (Turkey-Greece)

Special Mention Ex aequo: “La Vida me Mata”
Directed by: Sebastián Silva and

“Lo Bueno de Llorar”
Directed by: Mátias Bize (Chile)

Critics Award “Lo Bueno de Llorar”
Directed by: Matías Bize (Chile)

Audience Award to the Best Feature Film “Suicidio Encomendado”
Directed by: Artur Serra, (Portugal)

Best Internacional Feature Film Award “Still Life”
Directed by: Jia Zhang-Ke, (Hong Kong)

Regulations and submission form are available on the Festival's web site http://www.ficv.cl in English and Spanish.

The Organization of 14th Valdivia International Film Festival have announced that is open for film competition entries. This year's festival will take place from October 5th to 10th. Regulations and submission form are available on the Festival's web site http://www.ficv.cl in English and Spanish.

The Official competition categories are: Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary, Regional Video and Young People. This last one category is focused on foreign or Chilean productions developed by young (up to 30 years old) filmmakers.

In order to improve foreign and Chilean participation, the organizing team emphasized that this year the regulations has changed, merging some categories.

The required materials must be sent to the Valdivia International Film Festival address: 14th Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia 2007 – Centro de Promoción Cinematográfica de Valdivia, Vicente Pérez Rosales 787, Oficina E, Código Postal 5110652, Valdivia, Chile.

In order to enter the competition, submission forms (fulfilled both in Spanish and in English), and film copies (DVD) must be sent to the Valdivia International Film Festival address by July 13th, 2007.

SELECTION

Selected movies and videos for competition will be informed starting August 27th, 2007 by telephone, fax or e-mail.

The original copies of the selected materials should reach Valdivia no later than September 27th 2007. All materials received have to meet the general and pre-selection requirements, otherwise will be send back to the sender.

14th Valdivia International Film Festival is organized by Universidad Austral de Chile (Austral University of Valdivia), produced by Centro Cultural de Promoción Cinematográfica de Valdivia (Cultural Centre for Cinematographic Promotion of Valdivia), and invited by Ilustre Municipalidad de Valdivia (Valdivia City Hall).

For further information contact us by email: info@ficv.cl, or visit the Festival Web Site: http://www.ficv.cl or by phone/fax 56 – 63 – 249073