GENERAL RULES and REGULATIONS
for the “GAUDÍ AWARDS”
CONFERRED BY THE CATALAN ACADEMY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ARTS AND SCIENCES

I.- ORGANIZATION, PURPOSE, CALENDAR

1) Organization
The Catalan Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences organizes and  holds the Gaudí Awards on an annual basis in order to give recognition to Catalan films, to the film industry professionals who have been involved in them and to the Catalan film industry professionals who have been involved in non-Catalan films.

2) Purpose
In the context of the Gaudí Awards, the members of the Academy issue an opinion concerning a public audiovisual work that has been officially released in Catalonia during the year corresponding to the Gaudí Awards. An Award is the result of the opinion of Academy members having a right to vote that is governed by these regulations. The audiovisual works participating are neither presented nor withdrawn, and the Academy freely selects the films which are subjected to its critical opinion.

3) Calendar
The Academy will issue an annual calendar of assigned dates which will govern the Awards. This calendar will be made known by September 30 each year. The dates to be assigned in the calendar will cover the following aspects:

• Release dates defining the films to be covered by the current year’s Awards.
  • The initial date will be that immediately following the final date for the previous year.
  • The final date will be agreed with a view to establishing the dates of the two rounds of voting for the Awards, subject to the date of the Gala Ceremony during which the Awards will be conferred.
• Final date for delivering promotional material.
• Initial and final dates for the first round of voting.
• Date for the announcement of the nominations.
• Final date for the second round of voting, which starts after the announcement of the nominations.
• Date of the Awards Ceremony. Usually held during the second half of January of the first half of February.

II.- ELIGIBILITY and AWARDS

A/ ELIGIBILITY

Films are eligible to be included in the first round of voting if they have been released in Catalonia during the year corresponding to the “Gaudí Awards” concerned, as certified by documentation provided by the Government of Catalonia’s Catalan Institute for the Cultural Industries (ICIC) and the Spanish Ministry of Culture’s Institute for the Audiovisual Arts and Sciences (ICAA).

Requirements:

• Catalan language films: these are eligible for all the awards except the specialized awards (i.e. for Best Short Film, Television Film or European Film) and “Best Non-Catalan Language Film”.

• Non-Catalan language films with a Catalan production or co-production team: these are eligible for all the awards except the specialized awards (i.e. for Best Short Film, Television Film or European Film) and “Best Catalan Language Film”.

For the purposes of these rules and regulations, a Catalan film is a film in which a production company registered in Catalonia has a minimum 20% stake. Among such films, however, the Academy’s Board of Governors will only accept those which have a sufficient quota of Catalan creativity. This quota is obtained in accordance with the share of Catalan talent, to qualify for which the Catalan production team will need to include Catalan film industry professionals and elements of Catalan origin so as to score 6 points on the following table:

• Films with a non-Catalan production or co-production team but with Catalan talent: the Academy’s Board of Governors may take into consideration non-Catalan films with sufficient elements of Catalan talent, if proposed by two members of the Board of Governors and if the Board gives its approval by a simple majority. In other words, both film industry professionals residing in Catalonia and Catalans who have contributed their talents and aided the success of non-Catalan films may be considered for the specific Award for their area of activity.