La Gran Pantalla - Festival Internacional de Cinema de les Persones Grans de Barcelona (8)

Festival start: 30 June 2026      Festival end: 04 July 2026

La GRAN pantalla is an intergenerational cinematographic meeting space that seeks to dismantle stereotypes about older people through cinema. We look for stories that allow us to generate new readings and discourses about older people, beyond the conventional representations that are usually associated with this stage of life.

La GRAN pantalla seeks to delve into topics such as the sexuality of older people, the digital divide, unwanted loneliness, palliative care, intergenerational dialogues, cohousing, LGBTIQ+ older people, dignified death, migrant older people and all the visions that this population group may have about contemporary social problems such as the climate crisis, demographic change, new forms of families and organization, international conflicts, urban planning, art and social change, etc.

The seventh edition of this contest will take place from 30 June to 4 July 2026 in the city of Barcelona with a showing in Mollet del Vallès and Sabadell (Catalonia).

La GRAN pantalla is an original idea of elParlante, an organization specialized in the design, implementation, and evaluation of communication strategies. For some years now, elParlante has been developing social projects for older people through theater, audiovisuals and formal education.

All official information will be published on our website: www.lagranpantallafestival.com, Facebook: www.facebook.com/lagranpantallabcn and media partners.

Cash Prizes: 600€

-Best international short film: 300 euros (VAT included)+ statuette + Distribution Pass Festhome

-Best Catalan short film: 250 euros (VAT included)+ statuette

-Special mention of the Jury: 150 euros (VAT included)+ statuette

-Audience Award: 100 euros (VAT included)+ statuette

2.- ABOUT THE COMPETITION
In this eighth edition, we will have a non-competitive section for international feature films and three competition categories for international short films.

The conditions that the works must meet to be eligible are detailed below.

2.1 INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION

1. Entries will be accepted only as audiovisual works completed as of July 2025 in fiction, documentary or animated categories, produced either in Spain or abroad.

2. The main theme of the works should be the elderly people and as far as possible that older people do not reflect the stereotypes that are commonly assigned to them in cinema.

3. Short films must have a maximum duration of 30 (thirty) minutes, credits included.

4. Works that are not submitted in Catalan or Spanish must be duly subtitled in Catalan or Spanish.

5. The works will have to comply with the minimum technical standards.

6. The works may not be published on the internet.

7. There will be places reserved in the competition for Catalan short films.

3.- REGISTRATION
Opening: from the publishing of rules and regulations, December 17th, 2025.

Closing: the deadline for registrations is February 20th, 2026.

NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE deadline
Applications and submission of works will be made only through the platforms Festhome, filling in the data requested by the platform and respecting the rules and regulations of the competition, through the following link:

https://festhome.com/f/la-gran-pantalla


4.- SELECTION
Those selected will be notified by email during the month of April 2026. The list will be published and the official selection will be disseminated through our website, social networks and media partners.

The works received will not be returned.

4.1 Selection criteria
The organization reserves the right to select the works that participate in the festival. The selection will be made by the festival's programming department and competent professionals in the field. The following are excluded from participating:

1. Any work directly or indirectly related to a member of the festival organization.

2. Any work directly related to any sponsor or media associated with the festival.

3. Any work that does not meet the published rules and regulations.

4.2 Selected works conditions
The representatives of the works selected in the different categories have the obligation to:

1. Send to the provided address by email, copies of the selected work on file (H264).

2. The copies must be in the possession of the festival organization before the 13th of May 2026.

3. Any problem with the exhibition format or any other reason, should be communicated to the organization as soon as possible by email: direccionartistica@lagranpantallafestival.com

5.- FESTIVAL JURY
The jury will be made up of people with experience in the cinematographic field.

Members who have a direct or indirect relationship with any of the works in the competition will be excluded from the jury.

The verdict of the jury will be public and known by all the participants and attendees of the festival. It will be published on the festival's website, on social networks and in media partners. The decisions of the jury will be final.

The organization of the festival has no influence on the decisions of the jury.

6.- WINNING WORKS

1. The organization reserves the right to include or withdraw prizes according to its criteria. The awards will be announced close to the event.

2. The winning work in each category will be chosen and awarded as follows:

● Best international short film: 300 euros (VAT included)+ statuette + Distribution Pass Festhome

● Best Catalan short film: 250 euros (VAT included)+ statuette

● Special mention of the Jury: 150 euros (VAT included)+ statuette

● Audience Award: 100 euros (VAT included) + statuette

3. The winners will have to include in their future copies and dissemination material, the logo and laurel corresponding to the prize obtained in the contest.

4. If the money has to be sent outside of Spain, the bank charges will be borne by the winners.

7.- LICENSES
The festival will have the licenses of the short films of the selection for their projection in other itineraries or other activities linked to the festival or special screenings of an educational nature.

All short films received will be incorporated into the Festival's video library. The organization of the Festival reserves the right to use all or part of the material presented for the purpose of promoting the Festival, making samples of the Festival or the world of short film itself, always without profit.

The organization reserves the right to use fragments of the selected films to produce advertising material for the festival.

8.- THE ORGANIZATION
The organizers reserve the right to modify the event as well as the dates due to force majeure.
Queries and doubts: direccionartistica@lagranpantallafestival.com and info@lagranpantallafestival.com

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