La mida no importa (15)

Festival start: 28 January 2027      Festival end: 31 January 2027

The main purpose of La mida no importa-Size Doesn’t Matter is to promote short film production and culture.

Sometimes we are warned that if “size doesn't matter” we would have to select and show audiovisual works with no length limit, and perhaps they are not wrong. However, we like to think that things do not have to be too big to be important, beautiful, necessary or decisive, and this is the philosophy that we have been applying since almost the first edition of this Festival.

We vindicate the works of short duration because we believe that it is possible to discover the ingenuity concentrated in a short space of time. This objective is the reason that moves us and drives us to continue searching and rummaging through the proposals that reach us to make a selection of quite different themes, typology and genre to show the range of expressive possibilities of the short story.

Further information: www.lamidanoimporta.cat

Cash Prizes: 1,500€

Awards:

• First prize: €1,000 + DCP copy, sponsored by DCPReady.

• Second prize: €500 + DCP copy, sponsored by DCPReady.

• The professional jury may award honorable mentions. The recipient may also obtain a DCP copy, sponsored by DCPReady.

• Third prize / Youth Prize: audiovisual equipment rental worth €400 (VAT included), sponsored by 16nou, valid for one year from the end date of the festival + DCP copy, sponsored by DCPReady.

RULES AND REGULATIONS – 15th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
LA MIDA NO IMPORTA – SIZE DOESN’T MATTER
28–30 January 2027


1. PURPOSE
The main purpose of La mida no importa – Size Doesn’t Matter is to promote short film production and film culture.


2. ORGANIZATION
La mida no importa – Size Doesn’t Matter is a short film competition organized by SLOWCUrT, with the support of Fundació Tot Raval and the collaboration of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA), the Ateneu del Raval as well as other associations and collectives from the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona.


3. GENERAL CONDITIONS
The competition is open to short films of fiction, animation, experimental or documentary genres, provided they are selected by the Selection Committee.

The subject matter is free. However, films with commercial or tourism purposes, or whose content violates human dignity and/or promotes hatred, contempt or discrimination on the grounds of birth, race, sex, religion, nationality, opinion, sexual orientation or any other personal or social circumstance will be deemed ineligible and therefore excluded.

Entry requirements:

• Films must have been produced after 1 January 2025.

• A registration fee applies per short film, independent of the platform’s service fees:

o Until 18 September 2026: €2
o From that date onwards: €3

• For public screenings, films whose original version is not in Catalan or Spanish must include subtitles in one of these languages. Likewise, films originally in Catalan or Spanish must include english subtitles.

• Music, images and any other artistic resources used in the film must be copyright-free or properly licensed by the author.

• Films must not exceed 10 minutes in duration.

The Selection Committee reserves the right to exceptionally select films that do not fully comply with the above conditions.


4. SUBMISSIONS
Registration must be completed online through the Festhome platform (www.festhome.com), filling in all mandatory fields.

Participants are responsible for any fees charged by the platform, as well as the festival registration fee.

The submission period runs from 8 June 2026 to 16 October 2026.


5. SUBMISSION OF FILES

Works that do not meet the required technical standards for proper public screening may be rejected, even if selected.

Screening format:

• Full HD
• H.264 encoding in .mov or .mp4 containers
• Resolution: 1080i/p
• Bitrate: 30 Mbps CBR
Selected films, including embedded subtitles required for screening, must be sent via online transfer platforms (such as WeTransfer, Smash, Dropbox, etc.) no later than one month before the screening date.

If this method is not possible, please contact the organization at: lamidanoimporta@gmail.com


6. SCREENING AND BROADCAST RIGHTS
Participation in La Mida no importa – Size Doesn’t Matter implies permission to broadcast excerpts of the submitted films on Spanish television channels and online platforms.

After the festival, selected films may be included in non-profit educational and cultural programs. In all cases, the authors will be duly informed and their authorization will be requested.


7. JURY AND awards

Professional Jury
Among the selected films in competition, a jury composed of film industry professionals will decide the First and Second prizes, as well as any Special Mention, if applicable.

Youth Jury
A jury made up of at least three young people will award the Third Prize (Youth Prize).

prizes may not be awarded ex aequo and may not be declared void. The jury’s decision is final and not subject to appeal.

Awards:

• First prize: €1,000 + DCP copy, sponsored by DCPReady.

• Second prize: €500 + DCP copy, sponsored by DCPReady.

• The professional jury may award honorable mentions. The recipient may also obtain a DCP copy, sponsored by DCPReady.

• Third prize / Youth Prize: audiovisual equipment rental worth €400 (VAT included), sponsored by 16nou, valid for one year from the end date of the festival + DCP copy, sponsored by DCPReady.

prizes will be awarded to the directors of the films, except in cases where the work has been produced by a film school, academy or other audiovisual training institution.

Cash prizes are subject to applicable tax withholdings and/or taxes in accordance with current legislation, as well as any banking or transfer fees, which shall be borne entirely by the beneficiaries and shall under no circumstances be covered by the organizing body.

Furthermore, as a condition for payment of the prize, beneficiaries must expressly accept it within a maximum period of eight months from the date of publication of the relevant decision. Failure to do so will be considered a tacit waiver of the prize.


FINAL PROVISION

Participation in La Mida no importa – Size Doesn’t Matter implies full acceptance of these rules and regulations. Any situation not covered herein shall be resolved by the organizing team, whose decision shall be final.

These regulations are published in Catalan, Spanish and english. In case of interpretation discrepancies, the Catalan version shall prevail.