inDOCumentari - Festival De Cine Documental De Sabadell (5)

Festival start: 27 June 2026      Festival end: 27 June 2026

The independent production companies La Produktiva Films (Sabadell) and Plans Films (Caldes de Montbui), with the collaboration of Sabadell city council, are organizing inDOCumentari, an international festival dedicated to documentary film in all its forms.

The two winning documentaries will receive a commemorative statuette.

The 5th edition of the festival will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2026.

Registration deadline: May 29, 2026.


Sections

Best Documentary Feature Film (minimum 60 minutes and maximum 90 minutes).

Best Documentary Short Film (minimum 10 minutes and maximum 30 minutes).


Admission Criteria

Films that can be considered documentary due to their content.

Produced after January 2025.

Documentaries must be submitted in their original language and must have subtitles in Spanish or Catalan when this is not the language of the film.

The Festival will not accept unfinished productions.
Participants guarantee that they own all rights for their exhibition.

Documentaries that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.


How to Submit a Documentary

Submissions will be made online through the Festhome platform.

DVDs or other physical formats will not be accepted.

Only timely submissions will be accepted, and incomplete applications will not be considered.


Registration Fee

To register for the Festival, you must pay a registration fee to cover processing and viewing of the film. Registration fees are non-refundable and vary depending on the presentation date and length of the documentary.


Selection Process

The Festival organizers and several industry professionals will select the six documentaries (three short films and three feature films) that will participate in the Festival.

The Festival organizers are under no obligation to disclose the reasons for their selection or the rejection of submitted films.

The Festival will announce the selected documentaries on June 1.

Requirements for Selected Films

The Festival must receive the digital copy or DCP for screening by June 15, 2026.

The Festival will not accept copies that do not meet the minimum exhibition requirements.

The selected documentaries will be screened in their original language and must have subtitles in Spanish or Catalan when this is not the language of the film.

The selected documentaries will provide the organizers with promotional materials (stills, digital poster, synopsis, etc.), trailers, and other materials so that the Festival can promote the film.

Awards

The winning documentaries (Best Feature and Best Short Documentary) will receive a commemorative statuette. The organization reserves the right to add new awards and replace them with others of equal or greater value, provided there is a justified cause. All decisions made by the Festival and the jury are final.


Contact

For questions related to the rules and/or the registration process: indocumentari@gmail.com
Registration and participation in the Festival implies full acceptance of the rules. Any questions that may arise will be resolved by the Festival management.