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Espiello, Festival Internacional de Documental Etnográfico de Sobrarbe

Huesca, 000) and a trophy for the best research work. • ESPIELLO CHOBEN Award: endowed with one thousand

Festival overview

About Espiello, Festival Internacional de Documental Etnográfico de Sobrarbe

Physical film festival in Huesca, 000) and a trophy for the best research work. • ESPIELLO CHOBEN Award: endowed with one thousand with submission categories including Documentary and DOCUMENTARY - DOCUMENTARY MADE BY AN UNDER 36-YEAR-OLD - MOUNTAIN DOCUM

DOCUMENTARY is organized by the Service of Culture of the Comarca de Sobrarbe (an institution that it groups to 19 town halls) along with a wide participation of neighbors of the zone who form the Permanent Commission of the festival. It is celebrated during March and April in Boltaña, a small population of the Pyrenees of Huesca (Spain).

Espiello is the only festival with this specialization in the country. It has an international competition of ethnographic documentary and some different sections out of competition and other activities whith topics related to the documentary and the visual anthropology.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens: Sep 1, 2026
Final Submission Deadline: Oct 15, 2026
Notification Date: Feb 15, 2027
Festival Starts: Mar 12, 2027
Festival Ends: Mar 21, 2027

Programming and eligibility

Accepted Projects & Requirements

Accepted film types: Fiction, Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Music Video

Recognition

Awards & Prizes

Cash Prizes: 7,100€

Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+

All productions completed after 1 January 2021, with a minimum running time of 5 minutes and a maximum running time of 90 minutes, may be entered in the festival. Productions submitted to previous editions of the festival, those whose persons responsible are connected with the organisation, and those of a tourist or advertising nature shall not be eligible.
Each director may submit a maximum of three documentaries.
Films shall be submitted in their original language. Those whose original version is not in Spanish must be subtitled in Spanish or, exceptionally, in english. ENTRIES
The submission period shall run from 1 September to 15 October.