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2nd - 11th May 2008

The festival website describes itself as follows:-

 

2-11 May
Documenta Madrid is an international film festival dedicated exclusively to documentary film and is presently the city's most widely-attended festival.
 Documenta seeks to provide an annual meeting place for professionals, creators, and the public to whom the work is aimed.

There are three general blocks of activities: screenings (in both public and private screening rooms, and conserving the original language and formats), parallel activities (publications, exhibitions, presentations, gatherings, round tables, DVD releases, etc.), and training activities (conferences, instructional classes, workshops, etc.).

The Juries, to be made up of professionals from the worlds of film, art, culture, and the public, who will participate by voting, will decide which of the films from among all the Official Sections of competition are to be granted the following official awards.


ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SECTION
FULL-LENGTH FILMS
First prize of the jury, to be awarded 10,000 € and a trophy.
Second prize of the jury, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.
Honorable mention of the jury, to be awarded a diploma.
Audience award for best film, to be awarded 3.000 € and a diploma.

SHORT FILMS
First prize of the jury, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.
Second prize of the jury, to be awarded 3,000 € and a trophy.
Honorable mention of the jury, to be awarded a diploma.
Audience award for best film, to be awarded 3.000 € and a diploma.


REPORTING COMPETITION
First prize of the jury, to be awarded 10,000 € and a trophy.
Second prize of the jury, to be awarded 5,000 € and a trophy.
Honorable mention of the jury, to be awarded a diploma.
Audience award for best film, to be awarded 3.000 € and a diploma.


NATIONAL COMPETITION
FULL-LENGTH FILMS
First prize of the jury, to be awarded 8,000 € and a trophy.
Second prize of the jury, to be awarded 4,000 € and a trophy.
Audience award, to be awarded 2.000 € and a diploma.

SHORT FILMS
First prize of the jury, to be awarded 4.000 € and a trophy.
Second prize of the jury, to be awarded 3,000 € and a trophy.
Audience award, to be awarded 2.000 € and a diploma.
Avid award for best editing. To be awarded with avid software.


FILMOTECH.COM
Filmotech.com Award, to be awarded 3,000 € and a diploma.


AVID / HP XPRESSATE MARATHON
AVID / HP award, to be awarded Avid software and an HP laptop computer.

The awards can neither be declared void nor be given ex aequo.
The organization will be able to decide on other awards for extraordinary achievements.
There will be no right of appeal against the decision of the jury.
All the awards will be subject to
 

Programme

 

http://www.documentamadrid.com/index.php

 

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