The 17th annual Huhezinema Basque Short Film Festival has been announced
The 17th annual Huhezinema Basque Short Film Festival has been announced
The 17th annual Huhezinema Basque Short Film Festival has been announced
The Huhezinema Basque Short Film Festival will be held on January 24, 25 and 26, 2024, in Aretxabaleta. The deadline for submitting short films is November 27.
The Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University has announced the 17th Annual Huhezinema Basque Short Film Festival. As every year, the festival, which is organized by the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Audiovisual Communication, will be held at the Arkupe Culture Center in Aretxabaleta, specifically, on January 24, 25 and 26, 2024. The aim of the festival is to bring to light the short films and music videos of creators from the Basque Country and to award prizes to the best works, thus promoting Basque cinema.
From the opening ceremony to the presentation of the Huhezinema Award, the aim of the festival is to offer the audience an enriching experience. For three days, in addition to showing short films that can excite, inspire and entertain, the festival will organize various activities, turning the passion for cinema into a collective celebration. Thanks to the work carried out over the years, Huhezinema has become an unmissable event for Basque film aficionados.
AWARDS
In the words of professor and festival coordinator Iban del Campo, “at the festival, we make a special effort to allocate most of the money in the budget to prizes. In recent years, we have given prizes to the 10 finalists in the official section. After brainstorming by this year’s student team, we have decided to add a new innovation: the Best Performance Award.” In this 17th year of Huhezinema, more than 4,000 euros in prizes will be awarded.
Official Section
- Huhezinema Award: €800 prize for the best film in Basque. The prize will be awarded by the official jury.
- Prize for the best film without public support: This €500 prize will be awarded by a jury of Mondragon University students. This award will be given to a film produced and distributed without public subsidy.
- Audience Award: a gift valued at €100.
- In addition, all finalist works will receive €150.
Student Section
- Best film made by students: €300.
- MU Award: a €200 prize for the best audiovisual work made by Mondragon University students.
- Audience Award: a gift valued at €100.
Music Video Section
- Best music video: €300.
- Audience Award: a gift valued at €100.
Mundukide Prize
- Among the short films submitted, €700 will be awarded to the work that best addresses the topic of Human Rights and Social Justice. The winning work will be selected by the official jury together with a representative from Mundukide.
Best Performance Award
- The best acting work will receive a prize of €150.
In addition, this year’s festival has seen new strengthening of the collaboration with the HAZI organization of the Basque Government, a collaborating entity in recent years. Thanks to this collaboration, the organization will award a new prize. The organizers will specify the conditions and characteristics of this prize at a later date.
REGISTRATION AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS
To submit short films and video clips, interested parties must complete the registration form before November 28. From among the participants, the Huhezinema organizing team will select the best short films to be screened at the festival.
The organizing committee invites all filmmakers and creators to participate in this year’s festival and to share their vision through audiovisual language. The works of the selected finalists will be judged by a jury of film experts and will be screened during the event, offering creators a unique opportunity to disseminate their short films. The rules of the competition can be viewed on the festival website.
CREATION AND ORGANIZATION
The Huhezinema Basque Short Film Festival is an initiative created in 2008 by the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University. A project created with the aim of providing Basque filmmakers with a platform where they can publicly present their creative works.
Since its creation, one of the main characteristics that distinguish this festival from others is that every year a new team of students from the Bachelor’s degree program in Audiovisual Communication participate in the organization of the festival, under the guidance of Faculty professors. In the words of festival coordinator Iban del Campo, “the team of students who participate with great involvement, enthusiasm and care in the organization of the Huhezinema Festival and one more year are doing a great job to move the project forward together. The aim is for the students to become familiar with the process of organizing a film festival, first-hand, and in a practical and real way. Working in a team allows them to put into practice what they have learned in the degree program, while fostering relationships with the professional world.”