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What do you need to know?
The Laya Awards acknowledge the special impact of cinematographic and audiovisual projects on the fostering, awareness of, and reflection on human rights, by means of their selection, exhibition and broadcasting.
Deadline for submitting applications: from 17 August until 20 September 2024, both dates inclusive.
This procedure can only be done online. You must identify yourself when you send the form with the idCAT Mòbil or a digital certificate of a natural person, a representative, or a related person.
Application forms must be duly completed within the deadline and in accordance with the terms established in the call resolution and must be submitted electronically, using the application form available in this space of the Tràmits gencat website (https://web.gencat.cat/ca/tramits).
- a) Independent audiovisual production companies, including Economic Interest Groupings (EIGs), that are registered in the Register of Audiovisual Companies of Catalonia or in the Administrative Register of Film and Audiovisual Companies managed by the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) or those of a member state of the European Union or associated with the European Economic Area, and with an operational establishment in Spain.
- b) State-funded universities.
- c) Audiovisual production establishments.
- d) Non-profit organisations.
The beneficiaries indicated under b), c) and d), must be domiciled in Catalonia.
Only entries of projects that are consistent with the nature of the awards for the dissemination, knowledge and reflection on human rights, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations and its implementing regulations, will be considered.
Only projects that on 1 September 2024 are in the phase prior to post-production or rough cut, that is, in the first version after preliminary editing, can participate in the Laya Awards.
Projects that have already been awarded in previous editions are excluded from entry for the Laya Awards.
Deadline for submitting applications: from 17 August until 20 September 2024.
Due to an unplanned interruption, the deadline is open from 2/10/2024 at 0:00 a.m. to 4/10/2024 at 11:59 p.m.
Documentation that must be submitted with the application
The following documentation must be submitted with the application form:
- Project form(standard form). Description of the project in accordance with the standard form indicated in the call.
- SEPA payment document if it is more than five years since it was last provided.
There is no fee for this procedure.
Prizes and financial endowment of each category
A prize is awarded for each category:
- Category a) Award for feature films: €50,000
For the purposes of this award, feature films are understood to be productions with a duration equal to or greater than 60 minutes.
- Category b) Award for medium-length or short films: €25,000
Projects with a duration of less than 60 minutes will be included in the category of medium-length or short films.
- Category c) Awards for series and miniseries: €50,000
The awards may be declared void if the entries evaluated are not consistent with the nature of the awards on the dissemination, knowledge and reflection of human rights or do not achieve a sufficient level of quality.
All awarded works receive a certificate accrediting the award they have obtained, issued by the Directorate General for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights.
Steps to follow
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Step one
Submitting an entry for the award
Deadlines
From 10/02/2024 to 10/04/2024
This procedure must be carried out online.
To submit the application electronically, advanced electronic signature systems and advanced electronic seals that are based on a reliable record of the identity of users or are based on recognised or qualified electronic signature certificates are accepted. Those specified in section 3.2 of Order VPD/93/2022, of 28 April, approving the Catalogue of identification and electronic signature systems, are accepted.
The main form must be signed with a digital certificate of a natural person, a representative, or a related person.
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Application forms
Start . Go to Application forms
This procedure must be carried out online.
To submit the application electronically, advanced electronic signature systems and advanced electronic seals that are based on a reliable record of the identity of users or are based on recognised or qualified electronic signature certificates are accepted. Those specified in section 3.2 of Order VPD/93/2022, of 28 April, approving the Catalogue of identification and electronic signature systems, are accepted.
The main form must be signed with a digital certificate of a natural person, a representative, or a related person.
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Step two
Provide documentation
Submission of documentation that is not required: applicants for the grant may submit the documentation they deem appropriate throughout the procedure using the documentation submission form, which [...]
Deadlines
From 08/17/2024 to 12/31/2024Submission of documentation that is not required: applicants for the grant may submit the documentation they deem appropriate throughout the procedure using the documentation submission form, which must include the file number received by email.
- Submission of required documentation: if the application does not meet the established requirements or the aforementioned documents are not attached, the administration body must require the interested party to correct the defects or attach the relevant documents within ten working days, informing them that, if they do not do so, they will be considered to have withdrawn their application.
By Internet
Provide documentation
Start . Go to Provide documentationTo provide documentation or make claims, you must submit the electronic form for the submission of documentation and attach the relevant documentation.
How to do this
- Download the form Submit documentation for the processing of the award entry. You must fill it in, validate it and save it on your computer.
- Open the form again and attach the documentation.
- You must make the submission from the same home page where you downloaded the form. By clicking on the ‘Select a file’ button, upload the saved form and submit it. Once you have sent it, a page will appear that will show you the details of the procedure and the acknowledgement of receipt document, which you must print or save.
Remember:
- The maximum form size, including attachments, is 5 MB. If you plan to attach a lot of documents, you can use the compressed files (.zip) option.
- The documents that can be sent using this form should preferably be in PDF format or in generally accepted formats.
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Step three
Consult the status of the procedure
In the Private area (with the mobile idCAT and/or the digital certificate). In the Status of my procedures (with the procedure identifier and national or tax ID number (DNI/NIF). By [...]
- In the Private area (with the mobile idCAT and/or the digital certificate).
- In the Status of my procedures (with the procedure identifier and national or tax ID number (DNI/NIF).
- By calling the telephone number 012 (with the identification code (ID) of the procedure and the national or tax ID number (DNI/NIF).
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Step four
Receive the response from the Administration
When do I receive a response from the relevant authority?
When do I receive a response from the relevant authority?
Before awarding the prizes, the head of the Directorate General for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights must notify the interested parties of any decision of ineligibility or withdrawal by publishing it on the electronic bulletin board of the Administration of the Government of Catalonia (tauler.gencat.cat), without prejudice to the fact that other electronic means may be used for this purpose.
The maximum period for reaching a final decision and notifying the awarding of the prizes is six months from the day following the end of the period for submitting applications.
After this period has elapsed, if the express resolution has not been issued and notice sent, the application shall be deemed to have been rejected due to administrative silence, in accordance with the provisions of Article 54.2.e) of Law 26/2010, of 3 August, on the Legal Regime and Procedure of the Public Administrations of Catalonia.
How will a reply be received?
The resolution awarding the prizes is published on the electronic board of the Administration of the Government of Catalonia (tauler.gencat.cat) prior to the award ceremony, without prejudice to the fact that other electronic means may also be used.
Can an appeal be filed?
The decision to award the award does not exhaust the administrative channels. Interested parties may lodge an appeal against the award resolution issued by the secretariat to which the Directorate-General for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights is attached. Such an appeal may be filed with the person in charge of the department to which the said Directorate-General is attached within one month of the day following the publication of the resolution on the electronic bulletin board. in accordance with the provisions of Articles 121 and 122 of Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.
