Barcelona, Spain
Physical film festival in Barcelona, Spain with submission categories including GENERAL SECTION.
Festival is the festival of the Puig de les Basses prison. This festival will aim to choose the favorite short film rated by the inmates.
All authors over 18 years of age may participate in the contest.
Each contestant may submit a maximum of two short films (fiction, animation or documentary) made in Spanish or Catalan (if there is a scene in another language, it must be subtitled in Catalan or Spanish. However, at least the 70% of the shortfilm has to be made in spanish or catalan) and whose duration does not exceed 15 minutes. The works must have been completed after January 1, 2023. Works made by people belonging to the Festival Organization may not be submitted to the competition. In adition, the shortfilms submitted in other editions of the festival will not be selected.
The works must be uploaded to the internet following our instructions (through ). To finalize the registration, the file will have to be sent so that it can be viewed without Internet access by the inmates of the penitentiary centre.
Fiction, documentary or animation works with an open theme can enter the contest. The organizers of the competition reserve the right not to admit those short films that it deems inappropriate for thematic, legal or technical reasons. The contestant will be solely responsible for all the content of their short film, for example, images and sounds of other authors are not permitted. Therefore, if any of them or their legal representatives ask for explanations later, the contestant must respond on their behalf. The organizers of the Festival decline all legal responsibility for the short film and its content.
The deadline for registration and uploading short films to the web will 15/20 days before the celebration of the film festival.
GENERAL SECTION currently lists a maximum runtime of 15 minutes. Listed fees include EUR 3.5 early-bird, EUR 5 regular, EUR 10 late, and EUR 15 extended.
