Socialmed 25 Valencia Festival Dels Drets Humans De La Mediterrània (5)

Festival start: 01 October 2025      Festival end: 03 October 2025

SOCIALMED VALÈNCIA is the first Mediterranean Social Film Festival, which pays special attention to cinema and artistic creation related to social issues geographically and culturally linked to the Mediterranean Sea. The festival is based in the city of Valencia and will host its main event once a year in spring, although the first edition in 2021 was held exceptionally in 19-27 November 2021. This call for entries applies to the competitive and informative sections of the festival.

As organisers and promoters of the festival, VSRIGHTS (the Valencian Agency for Human Rights) and the ACM Foundation invite MedCités / MedCities, the network that coordinates 63 city councils and unions of municipalities from across the Mediterranean region through sustainable development projects, strategic urban city plans and the development of urban services, to collaborate in the promotion of the festival and the reception of submissions from its members. In addition, the organising entities are members of the network.

Cash Prizes: 500€

MED DOCS

- Best Short Film - 500 €
- Audience Award.

MED VLC

- Madiba-VLC Award.

GENERAL RULES

1. Only documentary short films lasting less than 30 minutes 00 seconds and of Spanish or predominantly Spanish nationality that have not been previously screened at the festival may participate.

2. Year of production: Productions must have been made in 2024 or 2025.

3. languages: Submitted works must be subtitled in Spanish or Catalan and registered on the Festhome platform. The festival reserves the right to invite unregistered works to participate in the festival.

4. Registration deadline for all sections:
15 September 2025

5. The platform for submitting works will be Festhome.

6. The SOCIALMED organisation will determine the selection committees and juries for each section. The jury will be announced once the selection has been made.

7. The call for entries is now open for the following sections:

MED VLC
Short documentaries produced mainly in Valencia. Entries will be exempt from the registration fee by writing to the festival address samuelsocialrebel@gmail.com
Short films in this section may also be selected for the MED DOCS section if the selection jury so decides.
The award will be presented at the Picassent Penitentiary Centre.

MED DOCS
Short films produced mainly in Spain.
They will be screened on 1 and 2 October at the SGAE Foundation in Valencia.
The winning short film will also be screened at the closing session on 3 October.

Cost of entry: 3€

8. Eligible works:

a) The individual or legal entity submitting the entry declares that they own all intellectual property rights to the work exhibited at the festival and the audiovisual material included in it (soundtrack, third-party images, etc.). The festival will not be held liable if this rule is breached.

b) The films selected may not be withdrawn by their producers.

c) Producers/distributors must send a copy online along with a dossier of the work, three images from the film and a biofilmography of the director with photo. subtitles in Spanish or Catalan must be sent in a separate file in .srt format.

d) The festival will not cover the travel and accommodation expenses of the directors, but it will cover those of the winners of the audience award and the jury's award for best documentary.

9. Exhibition Rights:

a) The festival will not be responsible for any claims arising from copyright infringement by the work.

b) The festival may take a sample of the works submitted for use in any medium solely for the purpose of promotion within the framework of SOCIALMED (printed programme, press, Internet, social networks, trailer, etc.).

10. Acceptance of the rules:
Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of these rules.

11. For any clarification, questions or additional information, please write to
samuelsocialrebel@gmail.com