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DOKUMENTALA

Bizkaia, Spain

Festival overview

About DOKUMENTALA

Physical film festival in Bizkaia, Spain with submission categories including Dokumentala.

That is why the thematic axis of the proposals to the competition will be to make visible support relationships that can occur in society and that generate positive changes in people, in groups and in municipalities. Argia Fundazioa, opens the Call for the SIX Edition of the dokuMentala 2022 Festival.

Argia Fundazioa is an entity that supports people with a diagnosis of mental illness to improve their quality of life and the image that society has of this group. dokuMentala 2025 was born in 2019 to show, through the language of cinema, the transforming power of support between people. The Call for the Festival for the year 2025 is made public, which will be governed by the rules detailed below.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens: Apr 1, 2026
Final Submission Deadline: Nov 3, 2026
Notification Date: Dec 3, 2027
Festival Starts: Dec 19, 2026
Festival Ends: Dec 19, 2026

Recognition

Awards & Prizes

Cash Prizes: 3,500€

Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+

CATEGORIES OF PARTICIPATION.
CATEGORIES of participation are established: to. SHORT FILM i. In this category, short films that are Fiction, Documentaries, Animation or any other type can be submitted. b. SOCIAL ENTITY i. In this category, those short films made by social Entities, Foundations, Associations, NGOs, non-profit organizations that work in the social field, especially for groups in situations of vulnerability, will have access. c. PROMISE i. In this category they can be presented by filmmakers who are beginning their career: first works, under 25 years old.
PARTICIPANTS
1. Participation in dokuMentala 2025 is open to any person or entity
2.
1. Three
2. The short films must be presented in Basque or Spanish
3. Each short film will have a minimum duration o