Festival de Cine Rural y Montaña de Cervera de Pisuerga (4)

Festival start: 09 May 2026      Festival end: 16 May 2026

Third edition of the Rural and Mountain Festival of Cervera de Pisuerga.

This festival was born out of the need to give visibility to rural and mountain works. To value the natural environment from a rural, ethnographic, sporting and heritage value point of view.

Awards

Best Rural and Mountain Short Film Award

Best Rural and Mountain Short Film from Castilla y León Award

Best Female Director – Rural and Mountain Award

Best Male Director – Rural and Mountain Award

Best Short Film Shot in the Palencia Mountains Award

Best Cinematography Award – “Piedad Isla Prize”

Rules – 4th Rural and Mountain Film Festival, Cervera de Pisuerga
May 9–16, 2026

1. Purpose

The Cervera de Pisuerga Town Council, together with Evenmedia Producciones, announces the 4th Rural and Mountain Film Festival of Cervera de Pisuerga, whose objective is to promote short films related to rural, ethnographic, ecological, mountain, adventure, and nature themes, based on artistic criteria that emphasize screenplay and cinematic direction.

2. General Conditions

The Festival is open to fiction, documentary, and animation short films, addressing topics related to the rural world (its social, cultural, sporting, or anthropological aspects), the mountain, mountain sports, heritage, and nature. Tourist or commercial films will not be accepted.

Each author may submit as many short films as they wish. The festival registration fee is free (independent from the Festhome platform service fee) for this edition; therefore, only the platform cost must be paid.

Participation is open to all Spanish short films produced and completed between January 1, 2024, and April 15, 2026.

Films must be submitted in their original language. Works whose original version is not in Spanish or English must include Spanish subtitles.

The maximum running time shall not exceed 59 minutes.

A qualified and diverse jury will select the short films that will take part in the competition. The results of the selection will be communicated to the contact person indicated on the entry form.

3. Submissions

All short films submitted must comply with the following rules:

The submission deadline is April 15, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

Submissions must be made online via the “Festhome” platform at www.festhome.com
, filling in all required fields. Participants will assume any costs derived from using the platform.

Through this platform, participants must create an account and upload their video file with burned-in English subtitles, in the case of works whose original language is neither Spanish nor English.

Participants who, due to geographical or political issues in their country, cannot register online, may request to participate by contacting:
???? cerveraescine@gmail.com

4. Selected Short Films, Delivery, and Screening Copies

The Selection Committee, composed of professionals from the audiovisual and organizational fields, will select the films for the festival’s different sections.

If a work is selected, the organization will contact the representative to request all required materials.

Screening copies of selected works must be sent within the timeframe and in the manner requested by the organization, no later than April 27, 2026, via online delivery.

Technical requirements:

Copy must be free of subtitles.

Dialogue subtitles must be provided separately in SRT format, in Spanish.

Accepted formats:

*.mp4 / *.mpeg4 H.264 – Full HD (1920×1080)

*.mp4 / Apple ProRes 442 – Full HD (1920×1080)

Selected participants must send to cerveraescine@gmail.com
(if not already uploaded to Festhome) a Press Kit including:

Poster and/or three stills or representative photos from the short film, plus a photo of the director. Preferred format: digital file, 300 dpi, JPEG or TIFF, approx. 10×15 cm.

Director’s biofilmography (max. 600 characters).

Trailer (link or file).

Completed entry form (provided by the organization within the given timeframe).

Participants authorize the Festival organization to use excerpts from selected works for promotional purposes in any media outlet. The Festival may also use stills from the films and directors for press materials, other communications, and the Festival catalogue.

Selected works will be screened in competition during the Festival dates (May 9–16, 2026) in Cervera de Pisuerga, Palencia, for viewing and evaluation by the appointed jury.

Selected films will become part of the Rural and Mountain Film Festival Archive, authorizing their private consultation for educational or research purposes.

Any film not meeting the technical requirements necessary for public screening may be rejected.

Participation in the Festival implies authorization for the dissemination of excerpts from submitted works on Spanish television and online.

Selected copies may be used for limited screenings by the selection committee or for non-profit Festival showcases, with prior notice to the producers.

5. Jury

A qualified jury will decide on the awards and trophies among all short films selected for the official section. Their decision will be final.

6. Awards

Best Rural and Mountain Short Film Award

Best Rural and Mountain Short Film from Castilla y León Award

Eligible for the Castilla y León Award are works that meet one of the following conditions:

Directed or produced by a person born in Castilla y León.

Produced by a company based in Castilla y León.

Additional awards:

Best Female Director – Rural and Mountain

Best Male Director – Rural and Mountain

Best Short Film Shot in the Province of Palencia and the Palencia Mountains
(Works shot substantially or entirely in this area.)

Applicants must indicate this eligibility during registration and provide proof if required by the organization.

No awards may be declared ex aequo or left vacant.
Winning short films must include the Festival laurel in their credits for any future public screenings or media.

7. Final Considerations

Participants are responsible for ensuring that the submitted works do not infringe upon any third-party rights related to their production.

Submitting a film implies full acceptance of these rules, as well as the decisions made by the organization, selection committee, and jury. Any matter not covered in these rules will be resolved by the festival organizers.

The organization reserves the right, on an exceptional basis, to accept works that do not fully comply with some of the above requirements.

The organization guarantees that the personal data of participants will be handled in accordance with Article 12 of Organic Law 15/1999 of December 13, on the Protection of Personal Data (LOPD).