No Fee
Submissions deadline
30 Jun 25
0€
MALDITO FESTIVAL launches the International Videopoetry Contest section with the purpose of making known two disciplines that, either individually or collectively, are much more isolated and forgotten than we would like.
From MALDITO FESTIVAL we intend to vindicate videopoetry as an art that connects people, transmits feelings and stimulates different ways of seeing the world.
All information at www.malditofestival.com
PARTICIPANTS
Anyone can participate, regardless of age, gender, nationality or place of residence.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
The registration period, as well as the reception of works, is from April 1 to June 30, 2025 at 12 p.m. (Spanish time).
Entries that, after the deadline, have not been registered in their entirety (entry form + file submission) will not be considered for the competition.
COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUTHORS
Both the videopoems selected as finalists and those that are not, will receive an email indicating one or the other condition before September 30, 2025.
The award-winning videopoems will be announced on October 15, 2025 through an email to the winners and the subsequent publication of said list on our website (www.malditofestival.com) and social networks.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES
The entry of a videopoem implies full acceptance of these rules. Non-acceptance implies non-participation.
SCREENING AND AWARDS
The finalist videopoems will be screened in person at the IX Ceremony of Maldito Festival de Videopoesía (November 2025), and on-line the following day through the festival's channel on the streaming platform FILMIN.
The videopoems selected as finalists will become part, together with the rest of the finalist videopoems of previous editions, of their own permanent section called IX Maldito Festival de Videopoesía in the streaming platform FILMIN.
The intellectual property of all the videopoems submitted to the contest remains always in possession of their authors, granting to the organization of Maldito Festival de Videopoesía the authorization to project them in this festival, as well as in the circuit of festivals and informative activities under the name of “MALDITO FESTIVAL”.
The jury appointed for this purpose will award the following cash prizes to the three winning videopoems:
1st Prize: 500€
2nd Prize: 300€
3rd Prize: 200€
Special Audience Award: 200€ (awarded by the audience attending the IX Maldito Videopoetry Festival Ceremony)
VIDEOPOEM REQUIREMENTS
- Length: 5 minutes maximum, credits included.
- Visual and aesthetic treatment: It will be totally free, being necessary that the word, the poetry, has importance in this work. Not only the attraction of the image is sought, but also the symbiosis with the word, whether written, narrated or suggested. Works that do not contain a poem will not be considered for the competition.
- Format: The videopoem must be submitted in .MP4 format.
- Subtitles: Videopoems in languages other than Spanish must have embedded subtitles in Spanish.
- Rights/permissions: Registration will be considered as a guarantee that the author has the rights/permissions of image, music and text to project his/her work within the framework of the festival.
- Age of the videopoem: Videopoems that have been submitted to the competition in previous editions or those made before 2022 will not be taken into consideration.
- Maximum number of works: 2 videopoems per participant.
REGISTRATION
- To consider a work, it is essential to register it in its entirety: Registration form (1 x film) + registration of the film in FESTHOME.
FORM:https://forms.gle/WTbfpKVm6Kvm7suy9
