Festival Gollut (13)

Festival start: 03 July 2026      Festival end: 11 July 2026

PRESENTATION

The ‘Amics del cinema de la Vall de Ribes’ Association presents the 13th edition of the Gollut Festival.

The Gollut Festival is committed to auteur cinema, social cinema and new narratives, promoting inclusion, critical reflection and the collective experience of cinema from a decentralised perspective.
It also supports experimental cinema in its short film section as a gateway for new talent and groundbreaking proposals.

It also aims to support emerging filmmakers and peripheral proposals that are often marginalised by commercial circuits and canonical film narratives.
Finally, it seeks to promote creativity and audiovisual research, promoting works that review, rethink and experiment with the possibilities of cinematic language, both in terms of form and content.

Each edition is defined by a central theme consistent with the festival's identity and its desire to encourage a critical reading of the world. This year, under the title ‘Out of Focus’, the festival focuses on stories and realities that are often invisible, offering narratives that propose new ways of observing, inhabiting and relating to the world, with transformative views of society. This approach allows us to escape from contemporary social fatigue, creating spaces for reflection and dialogue.

The festival awards several prizes that recognise the creativity, formal risk-taking and social commitment of the selected works.

In this edition, entitled ‘Fora de focus’ (‘Out of focus’), the festival focuses on stories and realities that are normally invisible. It offers narratives that propose new ways of observing and relating to the world. Transformative views of society that generate spaces for reflection and dialogue.

Cash Prizes: 250€
Screening Fee Shorts: 75€
Screening Fee Features: 140€

AWARDS.

-Best Feature Film Award (length over 30 min., maximum 140 min.)*

-Best Short Film Award (length under 30 min.)*

-Best Experimental Short Film Award (length under 30 min.)*

-Youth Award: the best work produced by filmmakers between the ages of 16 and 30.

*These awards come with a cash prize of €250 each.

Special Awards:
-Audience Award: chosen based on votes cast by viewers.

-Award for Professional Career in the Field of Cinema -Miquel Porter i Moix Award.

These awards do not have a cash prize, with the exception of the Miquel Porter i Moix Award, which is awarded to the Film Clubs of the Catalan Federation of Film Clubs and has a cash prize of €150.

The Gollut Awards consist of the presentation of an original statuette of the winning design created for this purpose, and are a public recognition of the creativity and social values they convey.

PARTICIPATION

The GOLLUT FESTIVAL is open to national and international producers, filmmakers, and distributors who hold all rights to the works they submit, as well as the rights to the images and audio of third-party footage used in the film.

Films may be shot in any language and must be subtitled in Catalan or Spanish, unless the audio language is either of these languages. All subtitles, including those for the English version, must meet quality standards and be non-automatic. Submissions that do not will be rejected.

REGISTRATION


Maximum of 2 submissions per participant

In addition to the Festhome platform, entries can be submitted via email: administracio@amicscibevallderibes.com or through the website www.festivalgollut.com

The following information must be included:

• Title of the submitted work
• Author's full name, ID number, telephone number, email address
• Date the submitted work was created
• Brief introduction
• Representative image/poster of the work
• Download link (WeTransfer, Dropbox, etc.)

COMPETITION SECTIONS

• Feature Film Section
Works with a duration of more than 30 minutes and a maximum of 140 minutes.

• Short Film Section
Works with a duration of less than 30 minutes.

• Experimental Short Film Section
Works with a duration of less than 30 minutes that stand out for their formal risk, expressive research, or narrative and visual experimentation.

Priority will be given to works that have a connection to rural life or that exist in the space between fiction and non-fiction.

AWARDS

- Best Feature Film Award (over 30 min., maximum 140 min.)

- Best Short Film Award (under 30 min.)

- Best Experimental Short Film Award (under 30 min.)

- Young Filmmaker Award: for the best work produced by filmmakers between the ages of 16 and 30.

These awards include a cash prize of €250 each.

Special Awards:

- Audience Award: chosen by audience vote.

- Lifetime Achievement Award in Film
- Miquel Porter i Moix Award

These awards do not include a cash prize, with the exception of the Miquel Porter i Moix Award, which is given to the Film Clubs of the Catalan Federation of Film Clubs and consists of a €150 prize.

The Gollut Awards consist of an original statuette of the winning design, created specifically for this purpose. They are a public recognition of creativity and the social values ​​conveyed.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

Registration fees are:

• Regular: €20 for feature films and €15 for short films (until March 15, 2026).

• Late: €30 for feature films and €25 for short films (from March 15 to April 19, 2026).

Maximum of two works per participant.

Notification of selected works will be made on June 6.

Maximum of two works per participant.

Films can be shot in any language and must be subtitled in Catalan or Spanish, unless the audio is in one of these languages.

The deadline for submitting audiovisual works is April 19, 2026.

Submissions must be made through Festhome.

SUBMISSION FORM

1. Author's full name, NIF (Spanish tax ID number), phone number, email address, and physical address.

2. Title of the work
3. Title of the section to which it is submitted (Feature Film, Short Film)
4. Synopsis of the work.

5. Cover image

6. Place and date of creation
7. Download link (Google Drive, WeTransfer, Dropbox)

Proof of payment.

The registration fee can be paid through the Festhome platform or by:

1. PayPal payment to info@amicscinevallderibes.com

2. Bank transfer to BBVA: ES81 0182 3141 1102 0152 3730

PayPal and bank transfers must include the title of the submitted work and payment confirmation must be sent to: administracio@amicscinevallderibes.com

PUBLICATION OF SELECTED WORKS

Once the works have been selected, their owners or representatives must submit the following materials by June 18, 2026:

- High-resolution photos of the director and the film.

- Trailer in digital format, on a hard drive or via download link.

- The works must be submitted in DCP 2K (Flat or SCOPE) or other format. MP4, 2K resolution, and H264 compression at 8MB/s or higher.

The address for hard drive submissions is:

Cine Catalunya de Ribes de Freser
FESTIVAL GOLLUT
Carrer Major 19
17534 Ribes de Freser, (Girona)

Receipt of materials will be confirmed and communicated to each participant via email.

IMPORTANT: Failure to receive the works and data before June 18, 2026, will result in disqualification of the entry.

JURY

The Jury will be composed of professionals from the audiovisual world and representatives of civil society. The awards may be declared void or unawarded if the jury so decides.

The awards will be presented at the Festival's Closing Session, at the Cinema Catalunya in Ribes de Freser, with corresponding publication on the website (www.festivalgollut.com), social media, and other media outlets.

The Jury will award the prizes by unanimous decision. It may also grant Honorable Mentions, if appropriate.

SCREENING OF SELECTED WORKS

The selected works will be screened at the Cinema Catalunya in Ribes de Freser during the 13th GOLLUT FESTIVAL.

Amics del Cinema de la Vall de Ribes will pay the authors or producers the following amounts for Public Exhibition Rights:

€140 per feature film
€75 per short film

The organization reserves the right to screen all winning and selected works in their original format in subsequent and/or retrospective editions, always within the framework of the GOLLUT FESTIVAL.

The authors therefore waive their commercial exploitation rights only under these circumstances. Outside of this screening context, the organizing entity will pay the corresponding exhibition fees, and in all cases, copyright will be guaranteed.

RESPONSIBILITIES, MODIFICATIONS, AND ACCEPTANCES

Contestants are responsible for any potential third-party claims regarding the submitted works, as well as for any allegations that may arise concerning violations of social values ​​of coexistence.

The Festival Organization declines any legal responsibility in relation to the feature films and short films submitted to the competition and their content.

The Organization reserves the right to change or modify these Rules if circumstances require it.

Submitting a work to the competition implies acceptance of all points of these Rules.