Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos de Oriente
The Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos de Oriente, better known as ELCO, is a Venezuelan film festival.
| Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos de Oriente | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | Film festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Years active | 9 |
| Next event | 20-22 September 2019 |
| Participants | 50 |
| Attendance | 7500+ |
| Area | Lecheria |
History
The festival is run by the ELCO Foundation, which aims to promote and distribute national cinema as a means of encouraging new artists into the industry.[1] Its first edition was in September 2011.[2]
It accepts entries in all style of film,[1] from anyone anywhere in the world,[3] and was said to be "one of the fastest growing film festivals in Venezuela" by director Vadim Lasca in 2016.[1]
The festival is judged by many famous writers, directors, and producers of the country,[4] and the ELCO Grand Prize "represents one of the most important statuettes in Venezuelan cinema".[3]
Award Categories
There have been different awards throughout the festival's span. The awards as of the ninth edition are:[3]
Margot Benacerraf Feature Film Awards
- ELCO Grand Prize
- Best Fiction Feature Film
- Best Documentary Feature
- Best Animated Feature Film
- Audience Award
Román Chalbaud Short Film Awards
- Best Short Film ELCO
- Best Fiction Short Film
- Best Documentary Short Film
- Best Short Film Animation
- Best University Short Film
Past categories
The categories awarded at the third edition were:[4]
Feature films
- Margot Benacerraf Award
- ELCO Grand Prize
- Best Film
- Best Fiction Film
- Best First Feature
- Best Documentary
- Best Regional Feature
- Best Feature of New National Cinema
- Best Director
- Best Cinematography
- Best Writing
- Best Sound
- Best Soundtrack
- Best Production Design
- Best Production
- Audience Award
- Best Actor
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Advertisement
Short films
- Román Chalbaud Award
- Best Short Film
- Best National Short Fiction Film
- Best National Short Documentary
- Best National Animated Short
- Best National Student Short
- Best Regional Short Fiction Film, from Eastern Venezuela
- Best National Fighting for Freedom Short Film
- Best New Cinema Short Film
- Best ELCO National Challenge Film
- Best Community Short
- Best Video clip
- POSA Award for Best Editing (winner receives a free course in using Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro editing software)
- Escuela Nacional del Cine Award for ELCO Challenge winner (winners receive a scholarship)
- Xenón Films Award for production
References
- "ELCO film Fest". FilmFestivalLife.com. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- Films, Iribarren. "El Blog de IRIBARREN Films: Ganadores del Festival ELCO 2011". El Blog de IRIBARREN Films. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- Festhome. "Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos Oriente". Festhome. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- "5yacción. Especial Aniversario. ELCO 2013". Issuu. Retrieved 2019-09-01.