Ibizacinefest - 10º Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Ibiza (10)

Festival start: 20 February 2026      Festival end: 01 March 2026

We conceive IBZCF as a window into contemporary cinema, its new trends and creators who contribute new narrative paths to create vibrant, necessary, and modern films.
The 10th edition of IBZCF will take place in 10 venues across the island's five municipalities and online on the Filmin platform. Ibizacinefest renews its commitment to Ibiza and its culture through a program of national and international titles never before seen on the island, exclusive premieres in the Balearic Islands and Spain, activities aimed at professionals, short film sections to discover and promote local and Balearic talent, and our educational program with special screenings to create new audiences.

Reflection will also be given space through open discussions on the relationship between cinema and various current sociocultural issues.

Short films are once again the focus of IBZCF, once again as a qualifier for the 2026 Goya Awards, the Forqué Awards, and the Fugaz Awards, collaborating once again with the European Film Academy on the Shortfilms on Tour program.

We are holding our Slow-Cinema Workshop-Residency with simultaneous filming of 15 short films alongside the in-person Festival, with which we will flood our Island with more than 120 contemporary cinema titles.

Xavi Herrero
Director and programmer IBZCF2-European Film Academy Member

Cash Prizes: 1,000€

All award-winning films and short films are invited to Ibiza for three nights, covering the cost of their hotel and European flights.

IBZCF AWARDS
DISTRIBUTION AWARD FOR FEATURE FILMS
#ConUnPack Distribution will award a distribution prize to a fiction feature film programmed at the Festival. Said award will consist of the distribution of the chosen film in Spain in all exhibition windows where the producer and #ConUnPack Distribution deems appropriate. Contemplating the theatrical release cinema and the “digital release” formula. The distribution will consider how minimum exploitation windows in the TVOD, SVOD cultural circuit
and AVOD.

CRITICS AWARD FOR BEST FICTION FEATURE FILM
Blogos de Oro Critics' Award for Best Fiction Feature Film
PANORAMA Official Section. The Gold Blogs are the prizes
independent films in which online media related to the
seventh art choose the best of the year in independent Spanish cinema, legally formalized as the Blogos Film Awards Association of gold.

CRITICS AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Blogos de Oro Critics Award for Best Documentary Feature Film the PANORAMA Official Section.

AUDIENCE AWARD
The Audience Award will be awarded to the production with the best score in our feature film programming on Filmin.
AC IBZCF AWARD

The Jury is made up of members of the Cultural Association
Ibizacinefest and will award a feature film from the Official Section

PANORAMA.
AWARDS TO THE SHORT FILM SECTIONS
Awards for the best National, International and FEM-CINE Short Film. The short films of Spanish nationality in the Official Section, will receive the certificate that allows them to qualify for the 2026-27 Goya Awards, Forqué Awars and Fugaz Awards.

A maximum of 2 special mentions can be awarded per section.
Awards for the best Ibizan and Balearic short film.

IBZ SCRIPT FESTIVAL AWARD
Cash prize of 1000 euros awarded by a composite Jury
by members of the Ibizacinefest Cultural Association, intended for the production of the short film whose script has been awarded. Saying short film will be selected in the corresponding Official Section in the following edition of the Ibizacinefest at the end of the production. The Jury can award up to 2 special mentions.

IBZCF 2025 RULES

FEATURE FILMS:

Submitted feature films may participate in our Official Panorama Section or will be evaluated for our parallel sections and activities.

Works produced after January 1, 2024, of any nationality and genre may participate.

Fiction: + 60 min.
Documentaries: + 45 min.
languages: Works in any language are accepted. Only selected feature films must be subtitled in Spanish or Catalan if they are not originally released.

The producers of the SELECTED films will cede their rights to screening in our Auditoriums and the possible inclusion of trailers in festival promotional videos without prior signing of any contract.

The IBZCF selection committee will choose approximately 20 feature films to be screened in Ibiza and may be included in the online program, on Filmin, and available throughout Spain, if desired.

SHORT FILMS:

Submitted short films are eligible for the official national, international, and Fem-Cine short film sections, as well as our parallel sections and activities:

-Focus Balear: Balearic productions not included in the Official Section.
-Y ESO?: Short films of special interest to young people aged 14-16.
-Cinekids: Children's and family films.
-Be-Bleu Think Green: Short films with an environmental theme, focusing on the Mediterranean.

For the Official National Short Film Section, nationality and rating certificates are not required, but they may receive a rating certificate for the Goya, Forqué, and Fugaz awards if they are valid at the start date of the festival. In this category, a premiere in Ibiza is required.

For the remaining sections, works produced after January 1, 2024, of any nationality may participate.

The maximum running time will be 30 minutes. in all sections and for all genres: fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental.

Languages: Works in any language are accepted. Only the selected and screened short films must be subtitled in Catalan or Spanish if they are not your original version.

The producers of the selected works will cede their rights for screening in our auditoriums and the possible inclusion of the trailers in promotional videos for the festival without prior signing of any contract.

SELECTIONS: The IBZCF selection committee will choose around 100 short films to be screened in Ibiza.

-FEM-CINE:

Short films of any genre that meet the general guidelines with a theme that promotes gender equality.

Any questions about the Festival Regulations will be answered at info@ibizacinefest.

SHORT FILM SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

The subject of the scripts is completely open and may belong to any genre. All submitted works must be original.
If the contestant uses a novel, short story, or text by another author as the basis for the script, the contestant must include the corresponding authorization from the author of the original work with their entry.

-Works must be submitted in the format of a literary film script, according to industry standards. Scripts that do not present an appropriate format will be automatically disqualified.

-A synopsis of no more than one page must be submitted with the script.

-Storyboards and technical scripts will not be accepted.

-Scripts must be no more than 15 pages in length, not including the cover and the synopsis page.

-Only PDF files will be accepted. The cover must include the title and the author's name, as well as their postal address, email address, and phone number.

-The author of the script will always retain the copyright. Submitted scripts will be eliminated after the festival ends.

COMPETITION.

From all the submitted scripts, up to 5 finalists will be selected to participate in the recorded Pitch to determine the evaluation of the script and the project. The pitch will consist of a video submitted by the finalists. The criteria for evaluating the submitted scripts will be:
Professional format. Originality. Cinematic visualization. Structure.

The Jury's decision is final.

PRIZE

Cash prize of €1,000 (tax included) to be received upon receipt of the corresponding invoice.

To formalize the cash prize, it is essential to demonstrate the completion of the short film without a premiere or that it is in an advanced stage of production.

The short film will participate in the competition at the next edition of the IBZCF in the corresponding section, requiring its world premiere.

The Jury may award up to two special mentions.
More info: admin@ibizacinefest.com