CERTAMEN T (2)

Festival start: 21 September 2026      Festival end: 30 September 2026

Put yourself in the shoes of a patient or a caregiver, and use photography or video to capture an emotion, a feeling, or a look that symbolizes what it means to live with a form of cancer that affects both the skin and one’s emotions: social isolation, anxiety, skin lesions, etc.

Cash Prizes: 3,500€

The Competition will award a total of €3,500 in prize money, distributed as follows:

Best Short Film
€2,000

Best Photograph
€1,000

Audience Award
€500

1. Purpose

Kyowa Kirin launches the call for entries through the website www.certament.com for the 2nd Short Film and Photography Competition, CertamenT, with the aim of awarding various prizes for audiovisual and photographic creations that seek to raise awareness about Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL) and its consequences, including social isolation, anxiety, skin-related conditions, and more.

Put yourself in the shoes of a patient and/or caregiver, and through images recreate an emotion or feeling that, in some way, symbolizes what it means to live with an oncological disease that primarily affects the skin and emotions.

The main objective is to raise awareness, educate, and give visibility to the situation of people living with CTCL, while supporting the campaign that highlights the disease and its impact on the lives of patients and caregivers.

Additionally, the competition aims to encourage the use of cinematic language as a tool for awareness and to provide opportunities for creative talent, including screenwriters, directors, actors, photographers, and other artists.

Other objectives include promoting culture, creativity, and emerging cinematic and photographic art.

The competition is open to photographs and short films of any genre and subject matter, provided they relate to the experiences and challenges faced by cancer patients and seek to raise awareness about CTCL.

Creativity and symbolism in portraying and raising awareness of this disease will be highly valued.

The use of elements such as medication or medical treatments required by patients is not permitted.

2. Participant Requirements

The competition is open to short films of any nationality and in any language, provided they include Spanish subtitles.

Participants must be:

Individuals over 18 years of age.
Legally established entities that can document ownership of the rights to the submitted short films, including distributors, production companies, film schools, etc.

Healthcare professionals are not eligible to participate. A healthcare professional is defined as any member of the medical, dental, pharmaceutical, nursing, or podiatric professions, any other person legally recognized as such, or any individual who, in the course of their professional activities, may directly or indirectly prescribe, purchase, supply, dispense, administer, or influence the use of medicinal products for human use.

For the purposes of the competition, a representative of a finalist short film may include the director, producer, filmmaker, creator of the original idea, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, lead actors, composer of the original score, or any other individual holding rights to the submitted work.

Any person involved in the organization of the competition is excluded from participation.

Only entries submitted correctly and within the established deadlines will be accepted.

Participants must hold all distribution and exhibition rights to the submitted work, including soundtrack rights and image rights of any individuals appearing in the work, releasing Kyowa Kirin from any liability in this regard.

Participants are responsible for ensuring that their works do not infringe upon third-party intellectual property rights or image rights.

Each participant may submit up to four works, provided that they are not alternative versions or edits of the same work.

Works of any genre and subject matter are accepted.

Works containing references to medical treatments or medications will not be accepted.

The organizers reserve the right to exclude any work containing obscene, violent, sexist, racist content or content that violates individual rights.

All submitted films and photographs will be uploaded to the competition website and made available for public viewing, implying acceptance as official entries in the Competition.

The Closing Ceremony and Awards Presentation will take place in person in Madrid in September 2026, when the winners will be publicly announced.

Winning short films and photographs will be promoted as award recipients in their respective categories.

3. Short Film Requirements

Submit your fiction, animation, or documentary short film through Festhome.com.

Maximum running time: 30 minutes.

Works from anywhere in the world are accepted. Spanish subtitles are recommended for films whose original language is not Spanish.

4. Awards

A total of €3,500 in prizes will be awarded as follows:

Best Short Film

€2,000

Best Photograph

€1,000

Audience Award

€500

The Jury will determine the winners of Best Short Film and Best Photograph. The Audience Award will be granted to the work receiving the highest number of online votes.

The Jury reserves the right to withhold any prize if the artistic or technical quality of the submissions is deemed insufficient.

Awards are cumulative and may be granted to the same work. No tied awards will be given.

All prizes will be subject to the tax withholdings required under Spanish legislation.

Winners who are neither Spanish nor Portuguese residents must provide a tax residency certificate issued by the competent tax authority in their country of residence.

5. Intellectual Property

The Competition organizers reserve the right to reproduce participating works for cultural and non-profit activities, as well as to use excerpts of short films of less than 30 seconds for communication and promotional purposes, always crediting the author.

Acceptance of these rules and participation in the CertamenT project implies the transfer to Kyowa Kirin, free of charge, of the rights of reproduction, distribution, and public communication of the work for non-profit digital publication on the competition website, educational use, and public communication via the Internet for a period of 12 months from publication or until the next edition of the competition, while the author retains full intellectual property rights to the work at all times.

The principal author is responsible for the originality of all texts and images submitted to the CertamenT project and releases Kyowa Kirin from any claims relating to authorship or exploitation rights.

The author guarantees that all necessary permissions have been obtained for the intended use of the material and for the transfer of exploitation rights described herein.

Directors of nominated and awarded short films agree to collaborate in the promotion of both their work and the Award and to participate in related activities whenever their schedules permit.

Producers of selected short films authorize the use of excerpts from the works for non-profit promotional and informational purposes in any media.

Short films receiving any award from the Competition may include a written reference or laurels indicating such award at the beginning of all exhibition copies and in promotional materials, posters, press kits, and related materials.

6. Jury

The Jury will select and evaluate the works based on their quality and suitability. Its decisions shall be final and not subject to appeal.

7. Submission Deadline

Submission of film links and photographs must be completed from the day following the publication of these rules until 11:59 PM (CET) on August 31, 2026. Public voting will also close on this date.

The Competition organizers reserve the right to modify this deadline and extend the submission period if necessary. Any such modification will be duly communicated through an official notice on the website.

8. Selection Phase

The pre-selection process for finalist works will begin on the day following the submission deadline.

9. Jury Decision

The Jury will select the winners in all categories from among the finalist short films and photographs.

August 31, 2026

Submission Deadline and Public Voting Close

September 2026

Announcement of Winners

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain (Academia de Cine)

In-Person Awards Gala in Madrid

The winners will be announced in September 2026, coinciding with World Lymphoma Awareness Month, during an in-person gala held at the Spanish Film Academy in Madrid.

10. Acceptance of the Rules and Personal Data Protection

Participation in the Competition implies full acceptance of these Rules and Regulations.