{"id":9810,"date":"2025-01-28T13:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas?page_id=9810"},"modified":"2025-01-28T13:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:28:06","slug":"guide-to-apply-with-an-almost-finished-film-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas?page_id=9810","title":{"rendered":"GUIDE TO APPLY WITH AN ALMOST FINISHED FILM &#8211; EN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>MECAS GUIDE TO APPLY WITH AN ALMOST FINISHED FILM\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>MECAS <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a meeting place for independent filmmakers and producers making fiction, non-fiction, narrative and non-narrative or experimental films, films with a strong personal vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MECAS is committed to talent and to the creation of <\/span><b>a cinema that is born without a commercial vocation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, proposals that move away from labels, trends and conventionalisms, stories with their own identity, that move the viewer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think your next film would fit in with MECAS, we invite you to participate in <\/span><b>MECAS Almost Finished Film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can also take a look at the selection of projects from our past editions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TO PARTICIPATE IN MECAS ALMOST FINISHED FILMS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>(READ BEFORE SENDING YOUR PROPOSAL)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your project must be ALMOST FINISHED, this could mean you have just started editing, you have a first cut or a final cut, you are already in the post-production phase or you are still in the final stages of filming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the <\/span><b>first evaluation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we need to see a <\/span><b>minimum of 15 minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes of your film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you are still in the editing phase, you can send us a long teaser or prepare a montage with one or more clips of that length.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those who have finished editing or have a complete first cut, <\/span><b>please indicate this and also add this link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If we pre-select the 30-minute cut, we will move on to viewing the completed\u00a0 film or the wholel rough cut.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the MECAS festival we will only screen a segment of approximately 15 minutes (you can select a part of the film or prepare a clip with several different moments).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your finished project must have a minimum duration of 60 minutes. \u25cf It can be fiction, non-fiction or something in between. \u25cf It must be a European and\/or Latin American production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a requirement that the film does not yet have a distributor or sales agent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All applicants must complete the form for ALMOST FINISHED FILMS at: ENTRY ALMOST FINISHED FILMS (link to form)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>ABOUT THE SELECTION\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MECAS 2025 projects will be selected by a committee made up of the MECAS team and external advisors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MECAS team may request meetings with the projects after final selection, as well as request additional material.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A maximum of 10 projects will be selected for participation. In this 7th edition of ALMOST FINISHED FILMS, one of the participating projects has already been invited through the collaboration between MECAS and FICXProSEMILLERU Lab 2024 of the Gij\u00f3n International Film Festival.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the selected projects will be directed by a filmmaker from the Canary Islands or produced by a production company from the Canary Islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the selected projects will be eligible to be filmed in the Canary Islands or will have the potential to be co-produced by a local production company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each selected film will be notified individually and the final selection will be published in April. This official invitation will only be sent to the selected projects to the contact indicated on the Entry Form.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MECAS reserves the right to invite projects it considers of interest for this edition of MECAS Almost-Finished Film.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>HOW IT WORKS ONCE THE PROJECT IS SELECTED<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>INFORMATION ON PARTICIPATION\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the project has been selected and prior to the event, the MECAS <\/span><b>team and the team of each project <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will hold a <\/span><b>meeting by videoconference <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to clarify any doubts and communicate what will happen during the participation. This meeting will serve to detail the following points:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MECAS will cover the cost of accommodation for a maximum of three (3) nights in a hotel and per diems for <\/span><b>one representative from each project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, preferably the director or producer. However, we suggest that more than one person from the team accompanies each project to MECAS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For LATAM participants, the organization may offer assistance for air travel, but cannot cover all travel expenses. Each case will be studied individually.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All participants will present their project to MECAS experts, who will be: representatives of international festivals, markets and laboratories, curators, production and distribution companies, sales agencies and representatives of film funds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>language of presentation of the projects will be English<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presentations will take the form of a conversation in front of a professional audience (MECAS experts), with each project team and a MECAS moderator taking part in the conversation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each team <\/span><b>will have the same amount of time <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the introduction of their work, the conversation and any questions from the audience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MECAS will prepare a schedule of meetings. Each participant will have the opportunity to meet with the experts who can best support their project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representatives of the selected projects must attend the activities organized by MECAS.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>ABOUT THE PRIZES\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MECAS Almost-Finished Film Prize: A jury hidden among the experts will award a cash prize of \u20ac8,000 (including taxes) that can be used in the process of completing the work.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of MECAS, the winning projects must submit all administrative documentation to receive payment plus an Expense Plan for the cash prize.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The following prizes will be awarded by collaborating companies or laboratories:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music Library &amp; SFX Award: An award consisting of access to all the music in the production music catalogues sub-edited by the company, with unlimited downloads for synchronisation on the winning project. It also includes synchronisation of the music for up to 2 promotional contents of the project (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">teaser<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/trailer). It includes value-added services through the services offered by our 360\u00ba Acorde music supervision division. Prize valued at \u20ac2,000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blackout Films Prize for the creation of the project&#8217;s DCP, includes subtitles in copy and\/or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">version files<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the production company must provide the subtitles already laid out) to add the file to the DCP and distribution by fiber optic for one year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Pendent de l&#8217;Alternativa PRO Award: consisting of the dissemination of a project, materialized in the participation of that same project in the<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edition of Cinema Pendent 2025. This award considers both the projects selected in Almost-Made Films and Films-in-Progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEMILLERU Lab Award: consisting of the dissemination of a project, materialized in the participation of that same project in the SEMILLERU 2025 edition. This award considers both the projects selected in Almost Made Cinema and Cinema Yet to Be Made.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>OTHER SPECIFICATIONS ABOUT THE AWARDS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No special mentions or ex aequo prizes will be awarded.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>TAX WITHHOLDINGS ON THE AWARDS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial prizes will be paid upon presentation of an invoice dated in the year of the market edition and presented within the calendar year of the market edition. These prizes will be subject to withholding taxes according to Spanish law. A deduction certificate may be issued upon request by the interested party.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In cases where these payments are made to foreign individuals or companies resident in a country with a double taxation treaty with Spain that would allow the declaration of monetary prize payments with the corresponding deduction in the recipient&#8217;s country, the foreign individuals or companies must submit, together with the invoice, a certificate of tax residence in that country. In cases where the country of tax residence of the winning individual or company does not have a double taxation treaty covering this type of payment, the provisions of Spanish legislation on withholding taxes shall apply.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PHYSICAL PRIZES\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All prizes include the presentation of a plaque or diploma, as appropriate, to the director of the winning project or a representative thereof.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>COMMITMENT TO PARTICIPATE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BY ACCEPTING THE INVITATION TO MECAS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The data and information to be included in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infobook MECAS 2025<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, available to experts and market participants, will be collected on the registration form, which has been completed by each participant. The veracity, accuracy and correctness of the data provided in Spanish and English are the responsibility of the participants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teams of the selected projects undertake to provide MECAS with the complementary information within the deadlines required for the production of the Infobook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teams of the selected projects undertake to provide MECAS with the screening files &#8211; with English subtitles if necessary &#8211; within the deadlines required by the Festival and MECAS screening and technical team.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The name and logo of MECAS, Mercado del Cine Casi Hecho \/ Festival<\/b> <b>Internacional de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria must<\/b> <b>be inserted in the credits of all selected projects,<\/b> <b>once completed and, if your project is a winner, it must<\/b> <b>be inserted in the opening credits of the finished film.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MECAS reserves the right to use the photographs and promotional materials of the projects and filmmakers sent by the person submitting the project to MECAS for its promotion, web and social media advertising, both of MECAS, as well as of the Las Palmas International Film Festival and other collaborating entities and sponsors. Likewise, it may use the images taken during the event for promotion, communication and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">making-of<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to maintain contact and follow-up on each project and to share the successes\/achievements that each one accumulates, the participants agree to maintain communication with the MECAS team when news arises about selections at festivals and other awards obtained. In this way, we will be able to support and publicize the journey of the works that have passed through MECAS on our social networks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration implies acceptance of these rules.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deadline for submitting projects to this call is February 20, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. UTC+1.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MECAS team may make a pre-selection and request meetings with the projects prior to the final selection, as well as request additional material.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MECAS team is very small and we cannot communicate with all the registered projects, therefore, we will send the official notification only to those selected projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>If you have not received a communication from us by March 31, it means that your project has NOT been selected.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants declare under their own responsibility the veracity of the data provided in the registration process, and declare that they comply with the requirements established in the rules. The provision of false data will result in the rejection of the registration application.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants give their consent for the processing of the data provided in the registration process to MECAS Cine Por Hacer, which will be used for the sole and exclusive purpose of managing their participation in the initiative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The personal data collected will not be communicated to third parties, except where legally obliged to do so and except for those data necessary to manage their participation in the initiative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants give their consent to receive communications from the organization by subscribing to its newsletter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likewise, registration and, consequently, acceptance of these rules allow Promoci\u00f3n de la Ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria S.A. to capture, reproduce and disseminate images and\/or videos of the participant taken during the MECAS event and their subsequent reproduction and\/or dissemination through any means of communication of MECAS, the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival and Promoci\u00f3n de la Ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria S.A. , for all the uses it may have and for any application.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JURISDICTION\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the event that an amicable resolution cannot be reached between the parties to any conflict that may arise, the parties shall submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts and Tribunals of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, expressly waiving their own jurisdiction<\/span><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration implies the express and complete acceptance of these rules, with the organization being responsible for resolving any incident or conflict that arises and is not covered in these rules, which are final.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoci\u00f3n de la Ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria S.A. The MECAS organizing entity reserves the right to make modifications to these rules or add successive annexes, which will be duly communicated during the period of the current call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you have any questions, please write to us at mecas@lpafilmfestival.com <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/ <\/span><b>mecas3@lpafilmfestival.com<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MECAS GUIDE TO APPLY WITH AN ALMOST FINISHED FILM\u00a0 MECAS is a meeting place for independent filmmakers and producers making fiction, non-fiction, narrative and non-narrative or experimental films, films with a strong personal vision.\u00a0 MECAS is committed to talent and to the creation of a cinema that is born without a commercial vocation, proposals that move away from labels, trends &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9810","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9811,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9810\/revisions\/9811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/mecas\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}