The 8th edition of the Surf movie festival of Donostia will take place from the 9th till 13th of June 2010.

The surfing contest movie (full-length films) aims to be an authentic party of the best movie of world surfing.

The participants have to send their production before April the 15th - movies have a superior duration of 30mn and were produced after January 1st, 2009.

The selected lengths-measurements will participate in the official selection of the “Amstel Surfilm Festival”. The best will be rewarded a 6000€ prize.

The short films of surfing (pair of shorts movie contest), as for them, must be sent before May 16th, 2010. They will last at least 5mn , generics included and will be subtitled in English if it is not the language of the short film. The selected short films will be thrown during the “Amstel Surfilm Festival”,  in the main theatre of Donostia-San Sebastian.

Several prizes will be awarded among which the Prize of the Jury (1500€) and the Prize of the Public (300€).

And the public can already feast with some videos, on-line on: www.dailymotion.com/group/surfshortfilm <http://www.dailymotion.com/group/surfshortfilm>  contest

Forming part of the programme “San Sebastian, Space for a Culture of Peace”, the Festival endeavours to awaken and stir the critical awareness of citizens with regard to the great many violations of human rights occurring all over the world. The aim with this event is to foster and spread values of equality, justice, solidarity, freedom and peace… with images, words, direct testimonies, contacts, experiences…
« These difficult times of worldwide economic recession oblige us to look both inwards and outwards. Near and far » says the mayor of the town « In the attempt to progress in a more human world. We cannot allow ourselves to sink into a crisis of human values cleaving an ever deeper breach in a world already wounded by injustice, violence, intolerance and unequal opportunities. »
San Sebastian, candidate for European Capital of Culture 2016, imaginatively places its stakes on this Festival combining the best movies in the world with a variety of creative activities targeting awareness among its citizens.
Informations : http://www.cineyderechoshumanos.com