Bunyols D`or (1)

Festival Start: 13 Dezember 2025      Festival Ende: 13 Dezember 2025

COP Sa Tafona, the centre of the Associació Cultural fil Roig, aims to promote healthy leisure activities among young people.

With this in mind, it intends to organise leisure activities that combine the use of new technologies with healthy and creative leisure.

It also aims to promote the creation of audiovisual content in Catalan.

Geldpreise: 500€

BEST SHORT FILM AWARD: statuette and cash prize of €250 for the best film production.

CLIMENT GARAU SPECIAL PRIZE: Cash prize of €250 for the production that best uses and promotes the Catalan language.

1st ‘Bunyol Daurat’ Short Film awards

1-The Films

1.1 All film productions with a duration of less than 10 minutes (including credits) are eligible to participate in the mobile short film awards.

1.2 Entries must be made in the original Catalan version (VOC). This means that at least 75% of the dialogue, voiceovers and original subtitles must be in Catalan. Under no circumstances will the following be accepted:

Short films shot mainly in another language.

Short films dubbed or subtitled in Catalan.

Short films without dialogue.

1.3 A maximum of two short films per participant will be accepted. The works must be filmed solely and exclusively using a mobile phone for the image. The audio may be supplemented with the use of microphones.

1.4 From the moment of registration for the awards, all promotional materials accompanying the short film provided by the author (trailer or teaser, synopsis, poster, stills, etc.) will be made public and may be used to promote the film in any media.

1.5 Once submitted, short films may not be withdrawn from the competition, either permanently or for the purpose of making corrections, reductions or additions.

1.6 The same author may only submit two short films to the awards.

1.7 Productions submitted to the 2025 edition must have been made during the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

1.8 Authors who participate in the awards exempt the organisation from any liability arising from plagiarism or any other violation of current legislation that may occur.

2- Registration for the awards and submission of short films

The deadline for submitting short films is 31 October 2025 at 23:59.

1: Film registration

2.1 Before submitting films to the *FESTHOME platform, you must register for the awards using the form published on Su *Tafona's social media profile (@cop_satafona). In this section, you must provide:

2.1.1 The details of the individual who will be listed as responsible (director, producer, etc. and to whom, if awarded, the cash prize will be given). It is essential to attach a copy of your ID card/passport/residence card.

2.1.2 The technical details of the film and a synopsis.

2.1.3 Promotional images of the short film (poster, photographs from the shoot, etc.) in *jpg format. These images will be used to promote the participating works:

Poster (essential)
Teaser or trailer banner (essential)
Stills from the film (optional)
Images from the shoot (optional)

2.1.4 In addition, a teaser or trailer in MP4 format. The file must be in this format in order to be played on the web.

2: Film registration via FESTHOME

2.2 Subsequently, short films must be uploaded privately to the FESTHOME platform and the corresponding information must be filled in. Registration is mandatory.

2.3 A short film will not be considered registered for the awards until all the required documentation has been submitted. If the registration is correct and all the mandatory promotional material has been attached, the short film will automatically be selected (this information will be made explicit on the FESTHOME platform).

2.4 From the moment a short film is selected to participate in the awards, all additional promotional material (teaser or trailer, filming images, technical details, etc.) will be made public and disseminated through the social networks of Su *Tafona (@cop_satafona).

2.5 Any short film that does not meet the technical requirements for proper public screening will be declared ineligible for the awards.

2.6 All documentation accompanying the short film must be written in Catalan.

3-Copyright and broadcasting rights

3.1 The copyright of the works must be owned by the author. Associació Cultural Fil Roig is exempt from any liability arising from plagiarism or any other possible violation of current legislation.

3.2 The individual listed as the author on the registration form will be the beneficiary of any prize that may be awarded.

3.3 Associació Cultural Fil Roig assumes that the authors of the short films have the authorisation of the individuals who appear in the cases stipulated by law. At the same time, it also assumes that they have permission to use all archive materials and images that may appear in the film. Likewise, the author is responsible for matters relating to the right to privacy.

3.4 The authors of the works submitted shall retain at all times the rights corresponding to them under the Intellectual Property Law.

3.5 The authors shall be solely responsible for registering the works in the Intellectual Property Registry, as well as for the effects of failure to register with third parties.

3.6 Authors may freely exhibit, transfer and market the award-winning works, but in all cases they must state the distinction they have obtained in the awards and the year in which the award was granted.

3.7 Furthermore, the Associació Cultural Fil Roig reserves the right to:

Show the trailer and promotional image of the short film to the media and on its own social networks, as well as those of COP Sa Tafona (@cop_satafona).
Screening the finalist short films at a public exhibition.

Screening the award-winning short films at subsequent editions or at other events organised by the Associació Cultural Fil Roig, which under no circumstances will be commercially exploited.

4-The award

4.1 The following prizes are established:

BEST SHORT FILM AWARD: statuette and cash prize of €250 for the best film production.

CLIMENT GARAU SPECIAL PRIZE: Cash prize of €250 for the production that best uses and promotes the Catalan language.

4.2 The awards are indivisible and under no circumstances may the prizes be divided or the amounts distributed.

4.3 Cash prizes will be subject to legally established tax withholding and will be paid by bank transfer.

4.4 The organisation will notify the winning authors individually.

4.5 Associació Cultural fil roig may revoke the awards granted and demand the return of the financial amounts received and the prize, without the right to compensation, if the winning works fail to comply with any of the requirements set out in these rules, particularly if they are not unpublished or original.

5- The jury

5.1 The jury will be made up of prominent figures from the world of culture and the arts, together with members of the Associació Cultural Fil roig and the Bunyola delegation of the Balearic Cultural Organisation. The names of the jury members will be made public in due course.

5.2 The jury will meet during the month of November to evaluate the short films selected for the competition.

5.3 From among all the selected short films, the jury will select a maximum of 5 finalists that may be screened publicly at a short film festival. The finalist short films must submit a copy for reproduction via the FESTHOME platform.

5.4 The jury reserves the right to declare the awards void.

5.5 The jury's decisions are final.

5.6 Any cases not covered by these rules will be resolved in a closed meeting of the jury.

6-Award ceremony

6.1 The awards ceremony will take place during the short film screening to be held at the Rafel Ramis Theatre on 13 December 2025.

7-Non-winning short films and files containing personal data

7.1 The promotional files of the participating short films and the files containing personal data will be destroyed once the competition has ended.

8-Final

8.1 Except in cases of queries, interpretation of the rules or requests for information, no correspondence (or telephone contact) will be maintained with contestants or their representatives.

8.2 Any work submitted that does not comply with any of the conditions of these rules will be declared ineligible for the contest, without the possibility of subsequent appeal.

8.3 Participation in the competition implies full acceptance of these rules and the rights and obligations arising therefrom.