Brain Film Fest - Premio Solé Tura (10)

Festival start: 09 March 2027      Festival end: 14 March 2027

1. Brain Film Fest

The Brain Film Fest (BFF) is an international film festival dedicated to highlighting and promoting the creation and dissemination of feature films and short films about any aspect of the brain, from its amazing abilities and conditions to its pathologies. The BFF is jointly organized by the Pasqual Maragall Foundation and Minimal Films. In addition to being a film competition, the BFF will also organize throughout the festival other in-person and online social, cultural and/or scientific events that focus on the brain.

The 9th edition of the Brain Film Fest will be held from March 9 to 14, 2027.

Cash Prizes: 4,500€

The 17th Premi Solé Tura Awards present the following prizes:

Best Feature Film, endowed with a festival trophy and the amount of €3.000*.

Best Short Film, endowed with a festival trophy and the amount of €1,500*.

Audience Award: This prize is presented to one of the short films and one of the feature films selected from the official section, and it is voted in person by the audience in the theater at the end of the screening. The Audience Prize is endowed with a Brain Film Fest trophy.

None of the prizes can be declared void.

*The monetary prize amounts are subject to the deductions of current personal income tax egulations and/or international tax regulations and will only be paid to the prize winners (directors/producers and/or distributors as internally decided by the awarded team), and in no case to third parties.

2. Brain Film Fest competition call:

For the 17TH Solé Tura awards, which comprise:

A jury awarded prize for best Competition Feature Film.

A prize for feature films as voted by the audience in the theatre.

A jury awarded prize in the Category of Short Films.

A prize for short films as voted by the audience in the theatre.

3. Entry fee
The entry fees for submitting and registering short films and feature films are as follows:

Short films: free of charge

Feature films: 10 euros

4. Requirements to participate in the XVII SOLÉ TURA awards competition for feature films and short films
The subject of the feature films and short films must address any aspect related to the brain, including its functions and diverse conditions, neurological disorders, mental and brain health, artificial intelligence, and/or the impact of these on contemporary society.

The works must display creativity, innovation, scientific rigor and/or a strong storyline. All types of film genres are accepted.

Works completed on or after October 30, 2025, will be accepted for consideration, except for works that were presented in previous editions of the festival.

For the Feature Films Competition
The main criteria for selection will be the theme related to the brain, cinematic quality, and audience appeal. Preference will be given to works that have not been commercially released in Barcelona.

Only works of more than 50 minutes in length, not including credits, will be considered.

Films submitted must be subtitled in english if the original language is not Spanish, Catalan or english. subtitles may be embedded or in SRT format.

For the Short Films Competition
The running time of the films must not exceed 20 minutes, not including credits.

The short films submitted must be subtitled in Spanish or Catalan if the original language is not Spanish or Catalan. subtitles may be embedded or in
SRT format.

The person submitting the work therefore accepts these terms and conditions, and declares that the submitted works are original and not subject to any contracts, transfers, or licences to third parties regarding copyright, intellectual property, or other rights, except those belonging to the author.

The person submitting the audiovisual works is responsible for holding all necessary rights to the materials used in their works for exhibition at festivals, on social media, and online.

All feature films and short films longer than 6 minutes that are selected must provide a trailer of no more than two minutes.

5. Submitting works

Both feature films and short films may be submitted through the www.festhome.com platforms by following the requested criteria. In the event of submitting on these digital platforms, the rules and regulations herein will be automatically accepted at the time of submission.

Additionally, in the case of short films, these may also be submitted to the competition through the www.brainfilmfest.com website, according to the following submission rules and regulations:

Vimeo link of the film, including password access download option, or through WeTransfer/Dropbox, in Full HD (1920x1080) quality.
Attach 3 stills.
Fill out the entry form available on the www.brainfilmfest.com website, in which you declare your willingness to participate in the competition and acceptance of these rules and regulations and the jury’s decision. The entry form indicates: the director, the title, a brief 300-character summary, the duration, the shooting format and email address, and it must be signed by the person entering the competition.

By accepting the rules and regulations of the XVII Premi Solé Tura awards, the person submitting the audiovisual work exempts BFF from any legal, criminal or commercial liability with regard to copyright, which is assumed to belong to the individual submitting the work to the competition.

6. Competition call dates

The call for entries for the XVII Premi Solé Tura awards for Feature Films and Short Films opens on Monday, July 13, 2026. The deadline for the reception of entries will be Friday, October 30th, 2026, at 23:59h GMT +2.

7. Selection Committee and jury of the 17th Premi Solé Tura awards

A selection committee will choose the finalists at the end of the call for entries.

The jury will comprise people from the scientific field as well as film production professionals, as convened by the Brain Film Fest organization.

The Jury's decision shall be final and not subject to appeal within the framework of the competition, without prejudice to any rights that participants may have under the applicable law.

Participants in the competition will renounce any challenge or actions contrary to these rules and regulations, the jury’s decision for the Premi Solé Tura awards and the voting results for the Audience Prize.

The presentation of prizes will be performed in person or through a nominated representative of the prizewinner. The prizes will not be presented to the winners if they are unjustifiably absent from the ceremony and have not sent any representatives. In this event, the amounts will be added to the following year’s prize money.

This rule does not apply to the Audience Prize, as it does not involve a cash prize.

The prizes will be announced publicly in the awards Ceremony, through general media channels, as well as through the communication channels of the Brain Film Fest, Pasqual Maragall Foundation and Minimal Films.

For this purpose, all prizewinners give their consent to the use of their name and image (both in photography and video) for their dissemination (including promotional campaigns, events and material through) any communication channel, free of charge, non-exclusively, nationally and internationally.

8. Award

The 17th Premi Solé Tura awards present the following prizes:

Best Feature Film, endowed with a festival trophy and the amount of €3.000*.

Best Short Film, endowed with a festival trophy and the amount of €1,500*.

Audience Award: This prize is presented to one of the short films and one of the feature films selected from the official section, and it is voted in person by the audience in the theatre at the end of the screening. The Audience Prize is endowed with a Brain Film Fest trophy.

None of the prizes can be declared void.

*The monetary prize amounts are subject to the deductions of current personal income tax regulations and/or international tax regulations and will only be paid to the prize winners (directors/producers and/or distributors as internally decided by the awarded team), and in no case to third parties.

9. Programming and dissemination of Feature Films and Short Films at Brain Film Fest

The feature films and short films selected for the Brain Film Fest 2027 - 17th Premi Solé Tura awards will be screened up to 2 times at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) throughout the course of the festival, or other locations where the festival is held.

Additionally, the Brain Film Fest 2027’s short film programming will also be available on the FILMIN streaming platform for two weeks from the beginning of the festival. The short films will be uploaded, geolocalized in Spain, and protected against copying.

In the case of short films, Acceptance of the award implies the grant of a non-exclusive licence for the reproduction, distribution, public communication, and dissemination of the awarded work, both nationally and internationally, for a period of one (1) year following the closing of the festival.

This involves the dissemination of the winning work, without any additional compensation for this assignment. After this time, the assignment reverts to the person who submitted the work.

These exploitation rights include the rights of use, dissemination, distribution, exhibition, public communication, disclosure and reproduction, as well as the right to transform the work as required to adapt it to the needs of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation and Minimal Films, guaranteeing that said exploitation will at all times respect the rights regulated by Organic Law 1/1982, of May 5, 1982, on the Civil Protection of the Right to Honor, Personal and Family Intimacy and One’s Own Image, both nationally and internationally.

The selected short films and feature films will be incorporated into the Brain Film Fest database, although no dissemination activity will be carried out without the permission of the person who submitted the work.

The producer must state that the work was a prizewinner at the Premi Solé Tura awards in its promotional materials and further distribution and dissemination campaigns of the film.

The Brain Film Fest has laurels available for directors and producers to incorporate into their communication.

Clips and images from the selected feature films and short films may be used for the Brain Film Fest promotional materials and audiovisuals, with or without the original audio.

10. Contact and personal data processing

For any enquiries regarding these Rules and Regulations or the submission process, please contact the Festival team at: films@brainfilmfest.com

Data Controller
The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, with registered address at Wellington 30, 08005 Barcelona, Spain, and contact email: gdpr@fpmaragall.org

Purpose of the Processing

The personal data of individuals submitting works to the Brain Film Fest will be used solely for direct communication regarding the Brain Film Fest and for sending official Festival communications, as well as information of interest from the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, provided that the corresponding consent box has been selected in the submission form.
Your personal data will not be shared with third parties, except where necessary to fulfil the purposes described above or to comply with legal obligations. The data will be retained only for as long as is strictly necessary to fulfil those purposes or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Award recipients may exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, and any other rights provided for under the applicable data protection legislation by contacting gdpr@fpmaragall.org You can consult the full Privacy Policy here.

Participants have the right to withdraw their consent at any time. If they consider that their data protection rights have not been adequately addressed, they may lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) (www.aepd.es).