Call for schools participation open

FICBUEU

The Schools Section of FICBUEU has three categories for different educational levels

Bueu, April 28th, 2023 — FICBUEU announced this week the opening of the call for its schools section for the 16th edition of the festival. This section has been a space within the festival dedicated to audiovisual work being done in educational centres and film schools and faculties for several years now.

The Schools Section has three competitive categories: Special Education, Kindergarten and Primary Education, and Secondary Education (both for Galician schools), and Film Schools and Faculties (open to both international institutions and all of Galicia).

The call’s rules and the short film registration form can be found on the website www.ficbueu.com/information, which will remain available until June 15th, the deadline for participation.

All audiovisual works produced during the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 school years, which have not participated in previous editions of the competition, and belong to any educational center, faculty, or audiovisual training school located in the Galician community, as well as international film schools, can be registered.

All audiovisual works produced during the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 school years, which have not participated in previous editions of the competition, and belong to any educational centre, faculty, or audiovisual training school located in the Galician community, as well as international film schools, can be registered.

The works selected to be part of the FICBUEU 2023 Schools Section will be announced on August 1st, 2023, and will be eligible for one of the four section prizes: Best Primary Education Short Film: Trophy and audiovisual material worth €150, Best Secondary Education Short Film: Trophy and audiovisual material worth €150, Best International Schools Short Film, and Best Short Film from Galician Image and Sound Schools and Faculties: Trophy + Audiovisual training worth €250.

The winning shorts will be announced during the Galician Schools FICBUEU 2023 Ceremony, which will take place in September during the MiniFIC week in collaboration with Kalandraka and the Novas Foundation.