Humor En Corto - Umorea Labur (24)

Festival start: 15 December 2025      Festival end: 20 December 2025

Humor en Corto - Humor in Short

The XXIV edition of Arrigorriaga's humor short film festival, the oldest in Spain.

From December the 15th to the 20th, 2025, in Lonbo Aretoa, Arrigorriaga, Spain.

Cash Prizes: 4,000€

BEST SPANISH SHORT FILM: 1000€ + Txantxarri.

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM: 1000€ + Txantxarri.

AUDIENCE AWARD: 600€ + Txantxarri.

YOUTH AWARD: 600€ + Txantxarri.

BEST DIRECTION: 500€ + Txantxarri.

BEST PERFORMANCE: 300€ + Txantxarri.

LANBARRI KULTUR ELKARTEA announces the twenty-third edition of "HUMOR EN CORTO / UMOREA LABUR", Arrigorriaga's short humor film contest, to be held from December 15 to 20, 2025 and will be governed by the following rules:


CONDITIONS

1- The contest will be open to short films belonging to the HUMOR genre. The call for entries is open to any filmmaker, provided this requirement is met. The topic of the short films is free, as well as the technique in which they have been made (real image, animation, computer graphics,...). Short films spoken in a language other than Basque or Spanish must be submitted with subtitles in Spanish or Basque. All short films must include a file with english subtitles.

2- Films shot in any format can be submitted to the Contest, as long as they have a minimum quality and have been produced after January 1st, 2024.

3- The films submitted will compete in the different Official Sections, according to the place of production: KARKAR (Basque), JAJA (national), HAHA (international).

4- The maximum duration of the films in competition will not exceed 25 minutes, credits included.

5- Each author may submit as many short films as he/she wishes.

6- The selected films will be screened from Hard Disk, for which the selected films will be asked to send the short films in files encoded in h.264 and with full HD 1920x1080p resolution. The screening venue will be at the "Lonbo Aretoa" in Arrigorriaga - Bizkaia, at the address C/ Paseo Urgoiti Nº 3.

7- Registration must be made before October 20, 2025.

8- Ways to send the works for its visualization: ONLY online SENDING WILL BE POSSIBLE through the platform: Festhome.

The screening copy will also be sent online, via download file.


9- The organization reserves the right to use the photographs or videos (no more than one minute long) in publicity and diffusion of the Festival, including website and social networks.


10- awards:

BEST NATIONAL SHORT FILM 1000 € + Txantxarri

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM 1000 € + Txantxarri

AUDIENCE AWARD 600€ + Txantxarri

YOUTH AWARD 600€ + Txantxarri

BEST DIRECTING 500€ + Txantxarri

BEST PERFORMANCE 300€ + Txantxarri

(The youth prize will be awarded by the students of the Institute of Arrigorriaga during the sessions that will be offered during school hours).

11- All prizes will be subject to the withholdings established by current regulations.

12- All participants will be notified of the decision of the selection committee.

13- The closing gala will be held at Lonbo Aretoa (Arrigorriaga) on Saturday, December 20, 2025. The festival will facilitate the presence of the winners at the closing gala. In the event that none of the team can attend, the organization reserves the right to reduce the amount of the prize by 20%.

14- The jury, which will be appointed by the organization, will be composed of people related to the world of culture, especially cinema and humor. The jury reserves the right to declare any of the prizes void and its decision will be final.


OTHER DISPOSITIONS:

15- The fact of participating in the contest implies the acceptance of its rules.

16- The registration costs of the film will be paid by the participant.

17- The authors of the works selected for the competition will be invited to present their short film, with q&a afterwards. The festival will provide accommodation for the guests.

18- The persons responsible for the short films participating in the festival must be in possession of all the rights of the works presented.

19- Any additional information or clarification will be provided by mail, telephone or email addressed to the Festival Headquarters or to humorencorto@gmail.com.

20- The official profiles of the festival through which you can be informed about the latest news are the following: www.humorencorto.com www.instagram.com/humorencorto and twitter.com/@HUMORenCORTO

21- LANBARRI KULTUR ELKARTEA reserves the right to modify any of the points of the competition in order to improve the management of the festival and for the good of the participants, audience and team.