Festival de Cine de Elche (48)

Festival start: 11 July 2025      Festival end: 18 July 2025

The Elche Film Festival, organized by Mediterraneo Foundation's main objective is to offer a cultural space to filmmakers and moviegoers.

In a constant commitment to the promotion of culture and supporting emerging values of cinema, focusing on innovation, public conversation with the authors and the elimination of technological compete when barriers and vote.

Cash Prizes: 15,500€

AWARDS (15.500€ in total):

MEDITERRANEAN FOUNDATION’ AWARD FOR THE BEST FICTION SHORT FILM. It is endowed with €3,000 and the Dama Trophy. If it is national, it will be shortlisted for the Goya Awards.

CIUTAT D'ELX’ AWARD TO THE BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM. It is endowed with 3.000 euros and Dama Trophy. If it is national, it will be preselected for the Goya Awards 2025.

AWARD FOR THE BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM. Any nationality. It is awarded with 3.000 euros and the Dama Trophy.

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM AWARD, in any category and belonging to any nationality (not Spain). 2.000 euros and Lady Trophy.

FES CURT AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM FROM THE COMUNITAT VALANCIANA, with 1.500 euros and Dama Trophy. It will be chosen from among the productions presented in the Fes Curt category.

CINECLUB LUIS BUÑUEL’ NEW FILMMAKER AWARD, endowed with 1,500 euros and the Dama Trophy, eligible in any of the categories. Both Spanish and international authors who have made up to their third short film are eligible.

HORT DEL XOCOLATER’ AUDIENCE AWARD, endowed with 1,500 euros and the Dama Trophy, from among those Spanish and international short films that form part of the Official Selection. The short film that has received the most votes from the audience attending the Official Selection screenings at the Hort del Xocolater.

48TH ELCHE FILM FESTIVAL

DATES: the 47th edition of the Festival will take place from 11 to 18 July 2025.

IMPORTANT DATES:

- Registration of Short Films: 10 January - 15 March 2025.

- Official Section Communication: From 19 May 2025.

- Reception of files: Before 15 June 2025.

- Official Selection Screenings: 11 - 17 July 2025 (from 22:00h to 23:45h).

- Closing Gala: 18 July 2025, 22:00h.

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WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Any person (over 18 years old) or legal entity, regardless of nationality.

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SHORT FILM REQUIREMENTS:

- Production after 1 January 2023.

- Maximum length: 30 minutes.

- Non-Spanish language: Spanish subtitles required (inserted or in *.srt), otherwise it will be disqualified.

- Trailers, half finished works or works already presented in previous editions are not allowed to participate.

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

- Deadline for entries until 15/03/2025, 23:59:59 Spanish peninsular time.

- Only links (Vimeo or Youtube) and/or official platforms (Festhome).

- Only one short film per participant and category. The Organization and/or the Jury of the festival will have the right to change the category of those short films that, according to their criteria, are not in the one that corresponds to them.

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CATEGORIES:

- Fiction: Spanish and International Fiction authors who wish to compete for the ‘Fundación Mediterráneo’ Award for Best Fiction Short Film and Best International Short Film.

- Animation: Spanish and international animation filmmakers who wish to compete for the Best Animation Short Film and Best International Short Film Award.

- Documentary: Spanish and international documentary filmmakers who wish to compete for the ‘Ciutat d'Elx’ Award for Best Documentary Short Film and Best International Short Film.

- Fes Curt: productions by authors born or living in the Valencian Community and/or from Valencian Film Festivals and/or production companies based in the Valencian Community. They may also be filmed in Valencian, or subtitled in Valencian.

- New Author: Spanish and international authors who have made **up to** **their third short film** who wish to compete for the ‘Cineclub Luis Buñuel’ Award for the Best New Author Short Film. They can be works of Fiction, Animation or Documentary.

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CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:

The Author/Director/Distributor of the works submitted to the competition declares that these are of their authorship, direction and production and that, being original, they are free from third party claims.

Without prejudice to the use and commercialisation that the Author/Director/Distributor may make of the winning work, the Organisation shall be entitled to:

- The right to conserve the works in a digital archive so that they can only be viewed by users during the week of screenings at the Festival venues in the ‘Hort del Xocolater’ park (Elche) and at the Arenales del Sol beach (Elche).

- The limited rights of public communication of the winning works so that the Fundación Mediterráneo, through the activities it organises or collaborates with, can carry out as many screenings as necessary in order to promote the winning works. The screenings will serve to promote the short film and the Festival itself, as long as this does not affect the distribution and possible commercialisation of the short film and the necessary permissions and/or negotiate the *fee* or canon to be able to screen them.

- The reproduction rights of the winning works so that they can be archived and so that the Fundación Mediterráneo can make a special edition in cd, dvd, or similar format in which the work is included together with the rest of the works presented at this or previous editions of the Elche International Independent Film Festival, but always with the authorisation of the Author/Director/Distributor so as not to affect their distribution and commercialisation.

- The Fundación Mediterráneo supports the short film industry by paying royalties to the SGAE for all reproductions, whether during the screenings of the Official Section or in other cycles that may be organised.

Of all the personal data, only the e-mail addresses of those registered will be kept for the purpose of communicating new editions. Those registered for the newsletter on the Festival's official website at https://ficie.fundacionmediterraneo.es/ will also be used for this purpose.

QUESTIONS: festivalcinelche@cajamediterraneo.es
Date of publication: January 2024