Mostra de Curtas Vila de Noia (26)

Festival start: 09 October 2025      Festival end: 18 November 2025

The City Council of Noia convenes the "24th Short Film Showcase Vila de Noia 2023", to be held in the last quarter of this year.

Cash Prizes: 11,168€

The prizes will be awarded as follows:

- Best Fiction Short Film: 3.000€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best Spanish Short Film: 1.200€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best Documentary Short Film: 1.200€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best Direction: 700€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best script: 500€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best Male Performance, Xosé Manuel Olveira Pico Award: € 500 + Commemorative Trophy

- Best female performance: 500€ + Commemorative Trophy


Special prizes:

- Best Animation Short Film: 1200€ + Commemorative Trophy.

- Special Audience Award: 1168€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Pedro Brandariz Award for Best Galician Short Film in Original Version: 1200€ + Commemorative Trophy
The amount of the prizes will be charged to the budget item ‘Performing Arts’.

In addition to the aforementioned prizes we will have:

- Best Spanish Short Film Award, sponsored by the Blog del Cine Español, a special trophy donated by Juan Francisco Pérez Polo, director of the Blog del Cine Español, and 200€ of advertising on its website.


The representatives (maximum 2 per work) of the winning short films must attend the awards ceremony as a requirement demanded by the organisation. If they are unable to attend, they must give prior notice and justify their absence, which will be assessed by the organisation.

The representative of the winning short films will be the director, as well as the people who have been awarded a prize in a certain category. In case of force majeure, he/she can only be replaced by someone who holds one of the following positions in the film: director, director of photography, producer, main actor/actress or, if necessary, by another supporting actor/actress.

1. PARTICIPANTS

All professional and amateur productions of fiction and animation short films, made after January 1st 2025, which have not been commercially released in public cinemas, DVD, video or television in Spain, can participate. The works in competition must be preferably made in Galician or Spanish. Short films made in a language other than Galician or Spanish must include subtitles in Galician or Spanish.

The shipping costs will be paid by the participant, therefore the organization of the Mostra will not be responsible for the deterioration or loss of the shipment during the transport.

Participants will be responsible for any possible damage caused to third parties by the projection of their works in the "Mostra de Curtas Vila de Noia". In this sense, the organisation of the Mostra disclaims any legal responsibility that may have been incurred by the exhibition of these works.

2. SUBMISSION AND FORMATS
Each author may submit works to the competition in FULL HD and HD digital support, the only formats admitted for the exhibition. Each short film submitted to the competition must include the name of the work, as well as a technical file with an e-mail address and a contact telephone number of the DIRECTOR, regardless of the distributor's telephone number.

As the exhibition is a short film competition, the duration of the works must be equal to or less than 15 minutes, including credits. The theme and genre of the works is completely free.

Works of a tourist, documentary or advertising nature will not be screened, nor will those that do not offer the minimum technical guarantees for a correct projection.

Works may be silent or audio.

The deadline for receipt of entries is Friday 15 August 2025 at 14:00h.

The inscription and sending of the works can be done online through the web portal: https://festhome.com or sending them by post or courier to the address:
MOSTRA DE CURTAS "VILA DE NOIA"
CONCELLO DE NOIA ROSALÍA DE CASTRO Nº 2
15.200 NOIA - A CORUÑA

The following formats will be accepted:
- FICTION, DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATION SHORT FILMS in one of these formats:
-Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) / 1920x1080 / Frame rate 50i (interlaced) / MOV container - Mp4 or
H264 / 1920x1080 / Frame rate 50i (interlaced) / MOV container.
** NOTE - for the pre-selection process, no wetransfer or emailing of links will be accepted.

SELECTION
The organisation of the "Mostra de Curtas Vila de Noia" reserves the right to select the works to be included in the Mostra from all the short films received, as well as from the winners of the festivals with which it collaborates.

The Selection Committee will evaluate all the aspects related to the works: ideas, script, direction, production, interpretation, style, editing, photography, valuing positively the artistic quality over the production quality.

The organisers of the festival will inform all participants of their selection or not through the selection platform or by publishing the official selection on its website and social networks.

The organisers of the Mostra will invite the director and producer to the day assigned for the screening of their short film. If they are unable to attend, they must justify their absence with prior notice and send the corresponding material for its presentation.

The accommodation of the participants will be covered by the organisation of the Mostra in a hotel in the city: a single or double room in the case of 2 representatives per film, with full board.

The representatives of the winning short films are understood to be the director and producer, as well as the people who have been awarded a prize in a certain category. They may be replaced by someone who occupies one of the following positions in the film: director of photography, main cast or head of department of the short film.

Transfers to the nearest airports or train stations will be the responsibility of the guests, and the organisation will provide the necessary means for transfers from the nearest airports or train stations to Noia.

The video or DVD copies sent for selection will become part of the exhibition archive, it being understood that the authors or producers of the works give their authorisation to use them and exhibit them for non-commercial purposes. In the same way, the details of the author, work, etc., of the works may be included in publications of the exhibition.

4.1 The prizes will be awarded as follows:

- Best Fiction Short Film: 3.000€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best Spanish Short Film: 1.200€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best Documentary Short Film: 1.200€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best Direction: 700€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best script: 500€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Best Male Performance, Xosé Manuel Olveira Pico Award: € 500 + Commemorative Trophy

- Best female performance: 500€ + Commemorative Trophy

4.2. Special prizes:

- Best Animation Short Film: 1200€ + Commemorative Trophy.

- Special Audience Award: 1168€ + Commemorative Trophy

- Pedro Brandariz Award for Best Galician Short Film in Original Version: 1200€ + Commemorative Trophy

The amount of the prizes will be charged to the budget item ‘Performing Arts’.

In addition to the aforementioned prizes we will have:

- Best Spanish Short Film Award, sponsored by the Blog del Cine Español, a special trophy donated by Juan Francisco Pérez Polo, director of the Blog del Cine Español, and 200€ of advertising on its website.

The representatives (maximum 2 per work) of the winning short films must attend the awards ceremony as a requirement demanded by the organisation. If they are unable to attend, they must give prior notice and justify their absence, which will be assessed by the organisation.

The representative of the winning short films will be the director, as well as the people who have been awarded a prize in a certain category. In case of force majeure, he/she can only be replaced by someone who holds one of the following positions in the film: director, director of photography, producer, main actor/actress or, if necessary, by another supporting actor/actress.

5. JURY
The selection and awarding of the Mostra prizes will be made on the proposal of the jury, which will be made up of representatives from the audiovisual world, the Councillor for Culture and an employee of the City Council who will act as secretary of the jury WITHOUT VOICE AND WITHOUT VOTE.

The criteria to be followed by the jury for the awarding of the prizes will be:

- Best short film: The awarding of the prize will be based on the overall value of the work, that is to say; the script, the direction, the editing, the rhythm and narrative time, the photography, the interpretative work, etc.

- GALICIAN SHORT FILM IN ORIGINAL VERSION: The prize will be awarded on the basis of the overall value of the work, i.e. script, direction, editing, narrative rhythm and timing, photography, acting work, etc. Amateur short films produced in Galicia will be eligible for this prize.

- Directors who have already won in previous editions will not be able to participate in this section, except for school projects or amateur charity groups.

- The criteria to be followed for the awarding of the prizes for script, editing, animation, direction, actress and actor will be the analysis of each of these points in each short film screened at the festival.

- The criteria to be followed for the awarding of the prizes for script, editing, animation, direction, actress and actor will be the analysis of each of these points in each short film screened at the festival.

- The special audience prize will be awarded by means of a vote of those attending the festival during the days of the festival. The winner of the prize will be the work with the highest arithmetic average, resulting from dividing the total score obtained in each session by the number of voters. Short films from the ‘Corto Galicia’ section will not be eligible for this award.

- The Jury may award, together with the official prizes, special mentions in each of the sections.

- The prizes may be declared void if the jury so decides.

5.1 Winning entries
The jury's decision will be published on the Noia City Council information board, as well as on the websites www.concellodenoia.gal and www.mostradecurtas.com and
our social networks Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

5.2 Payment of the prizes
With character previous to the accomplishment of the payment of the prizes, the rewarded participants will have to present declaration sworn in which it consists the fulfillment of the requirements indicated in the article 10 of the Law 9/2007, of 13 of June, of subsidies of Galicia, to obtain to condition of beneficiary of a public subsidy, in conformity with the model that approaches from the City council.

The amount of the prize will be paid within ten days following the designation of the bank account in which the winners wish to receive the corresponding amount.

6.- IMAGE CONTRIBUTIONS
The mere participation in the Mostra Curtas Noia in each of its sections will oblige the production/distribution companies to insert the Festival logo with the indication ‘XXVI Edition’ on the header of the films. This logo and caption must also be included in all print media, as well as expressly mentioning this participation in the different audiovisual media in which the film is advertised prior to the Festival or during its celebration.

When registering their films for the XXVI MOSTRA CURTAS NOIA, short film production companies agree that in the event of winning any of the prizes awarded by the Festival, they will include a written reference to the awarding of this prize at the beginning of each and every copy of the film distributed for screening in commercial cinemas and/or at audiovisual events, as well as in all printed information and promotional material (press-books, posters, etc.). This reference will consist of a text with the type of prize awarded, invariably accompanied by the corporate image (logo and name) of the Mostra Curtas Noia, which will be provided to them, together with its rules of use, by the Festival Organisers.

This reference to the Festival's award must also appear in all the supports in which these short films are exhibited and marketed.

The inscription in the ‘XXVI Mostra de Curtas Vila de Noia’ implies the total acceptance of these rules.