GENERAMMA Festival de Cine realizado por Mujeres, Chiclana (6)

Festival start: 15 September 2026      Festival end: 19 September 2026

From March 30 to May 31, GENERAMMA, Festival de Cine Realizado por Mujeres - Chiclana, opens its call for entries for short films directed by women from Spain, Europe, Latin America & Caribean, for its fifth edition from September 15 to 19, 2026.

GENERAMMA is a festival with a NON COMPETITIVE international showcase of feature films, and a COMPETITIVE official section of short films that offers its audience the best of cinema made by women.

GENERAMMA is a festival organized by the Andalusian Association of Women in Audiovisual Media (AAMMA), which brings together more than 250 film and audiovisual professionals.

Generamma will award 4 jury prizes, one for each section in each category.

In none of the sections may prizes be awarded ex aequo. In case of a tie, the Artistic Direction of the Festival will have the casting vote.

The prize will be 1 statuette.

The qualifying jury will be composed of film and audiovisual professionals, and will be announced on the festival website during the month of June.

All the short films, including those that are part of the Andalusian short film showcase, also compete for the audience award for the Feminist Short Film - Diputación de Cádiz.

The winning short films will be announced during the closing ceremony of the V edition of the Generamma Festival.

GENERAL CONDITIONS:

We are looking for works that promote equality and diversity of stories and looks with a gender perspective.

Short films that are committed to innovation (generation of content, breaking gender stereotypes, diverse women, active protagonists of their own stories...). Originality, diversity in the audiovisual story and in the range of characters will be valued.

The presence of women in the different departments of the short film, direction, production, artistic and technical team will be taken into account.

We value the previous trajectory of the short films, but we will give priority to Spanish premieres.

Registration in GENERAMMA is free of charge.

REQUIREMENTS:

INTERNATIONAL SECTION: Short films must be directed or co-directed by a woman and their country of production must be in Europe, Latin America or the Caribbean.

SPANISH SECTION: Short films must be directed or co-directed by Spanish women or women residing in Spain.

Short films must have a production date of 2025 and 2026.

Short films must have a maximum length of 20' (including credits).

Short films in any language are accepted (if the original version is not in Spanish, it must be subtitled).

The short films will be grouped into two categories: Fiction and Non-Fiction, and any technique or resource can be used for their realization.

Shorts that have been submitted in previous editions cannot be entered again.

Advertising or institutional short films will not be accepted.

deadline, PLACE AND FORM OF PRESENTATION:

This call will be open until May 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm.

Submissions must be made through the form available on the festival's website and also through the FESTHOME platform, including the following attachments: artistic file, technical file, poster, photograph of the director or producer proposing the documentary and two stills.

SELECTED SHORT FILMS:

The selection of the short films to be screened will be made by a committee composed of AAMMA members (not linked to any of the works presented) and external guests and will be communicated at least two weeks before the festival.

The selected short films will be presented in two sections: FICTION and NON-FICTION.

No fee will be paid for exhibition rights.

The Festival may cover one night's lodging for a representative of a selected short film to accompany us at GENERAMMA for the presentation of their work, upon invitation.

TREATMENT OF DATA AND MATERIALS:

The person submitting the short film declares responsibly to have the necessary permissions to authorize its projection in case it is selected.

By submitting a work, the submitter authorizes GENERAMMA and AAMMA to share the information and data of a professional nature gathered in the entry form, as well as his or her image, still images and a selection of up to 30 seconds of images from the short film for informational and promotional purposes.

The screening copy and high quality promotional materials must be submitted no later than August 25.

GENERAMMA will keep a copy of the selected short films for information, consultation and internal archiving purposes.

FINAL DISPOSITIONS:

For questions or doubts, please contact us at participa@generammafestival.com.

Any issues not covered in these rules will be resolved by consensus between the GENERAMMA organizing team and the Board of Directors of AAMMA.