OPEN FILM SCRIPTS SUBMISSION ANNOUNCEMENT

1. Introduction

JANUS MEDIA S.A. is an audiovisual development company that focuses on producing talents that generate viable and sustainable ideas. Financial sustainability is essential for the long artistic life of each country, which is why we seek to tell stories that reach a large audience.

We want to diversify our talents, and our ideas. For this reason, we invite screenwriters from all over Paraguay to present their film projects, which are in the idea stage, first rundown, or finished script.

2. General rules

The film projects to be presented can be of all types of genre or format (non-limiting list):

– Fiction feature film,
– Documentary feature film,
– Fiction series or miniseries,
– Documentary series or miniseries,
– Interactive content XR (Extended Reality): VR, AR, MR.

It is recommended, but not imperative to have a finished script. We seek to assess the potential of the idea, and the quality of the writing.

Projects from all over Paraguay can be submitted, written by Paraguayans and/or Paraguayan residents who have lived in Paraguay.

3. How to apply

To register your project you must send the following documentation to contact@janusmedia.art:

1. Full name and surname
2. Phone number
3. Email
4. Curriculum vitae.
5. A plot synopsis of a maximum page.
6. Audiovisual script (if any).
7. Proof of deposit of the idea or the audiovisual script before the DINAPI.

4. Costs, benefits to those selected

1. Participation in the call is free of charge.

2. JANUS MEDIA S.A. will make a proposal to the screenwriters who were selected. Proposals may be of the following types:

● Acquisition of production and exploitation rights of the script,
● Acquisition of rights of the submitted material for writing by a third party, for its production and exploitation.
● Recruitment of the scriptwriter to develop your idea and/or other content.

The proposal will be sent to them by email, after a hearing set by the parties.

5. Acceptance of conditions and legal

1. By the sole presentation to this call, it is understood for all legal purposes that the applicant knows and accepts the full content of these bases.

2. The applicants guarantee at the time of registration that they are the exclusive owners of the copyright on the project presented, without violating the rights of third parties.

3. Applicants do not assign any type of copyright to JANUS MEDIA SA at the time of application. The applicants will be responsible for the content and form of the project that they present to this call, guaranteeing that the project does not violate the right to privacy, intimacy or any other rule imposed by the corresponding control authorities, assuming the participants full responsibility for the damages that could be generated.

4. The applicants declare that all the information contained in the application is true and attest to its authenticity.

5. JANUS MEDIA S.A. undertakes to keep confidential all information submitted by the applicant(s) in this call.