CORTONAOS FILM FESTIVAL LA PALMA (2)

Inizio del Festival: 03 agosto 2026      Festival si chiude: 09 agosto 2026

The second edition of the CORTONAOS FF La Palma International Short Film Festival will take place from August 3rd to 9th in the coastal town of Puerto de Naos. This initiative aims to raise awareness about respecting the ocean and the biosphere it harbors through audiovisual media. The festival's official selection will award prizes for the best national and international short film (including all short films submitted from outside the Canary Islands) and the best Canarian short film (for films shot in the Canary Islands).

Premi in contanti: 1,000€

Awards and Classification:

Best National and International Short Film: €500

Best Canary Islands Short Film: €500

1. Participants and Works:
Participants of any nationality may enter, provided their work was filmed in the calendar year prior to the publication of these rules, anywhere in the world. However, to be eligible for the competition, works must be properly subtitled in Spanish, and vice versa: works in Spanish must be subtitled in English. Participants represent and warrant that they are the sole owner or hold the right to exploit all copyrights to the audiovisual production they submit to the competition and are fully responsible for ensuring that no third-party rights exist in the submitted works. The organizers are not responsible for copyright infringement by participants.

Theme:
The theme of the work submitted to the competition is open and may be fiction, documentary, or animation. It must be related to the sea or oceans, which must be depicted directly or indirectly within the plot. While not a fundamental requirement, expressing environmental awareness regarding respect for the oceans will be considered an asset.


Requirements:
Short films must comply with the following conditions:

• There is no limit to the number of entries a participant may submit.

• Entry is free.

• Films must not exceed 15 minutes in length.

• Films must be submitted within the established deadlines.

• Films must adhere to the format and quality standards outlined in these guidelines. Participants who do not comply with all the stated conditions will be automatically disqualified.

• Films submitted in a foreign language must include embedded Spanish subtitles, and vice versa; Spanish films must be subtitled in English.

• Films submitted to other competitions may be entered, provided they were filmed within the year prior to this call for entries.

2. Identification:
The rules are available on the Festhome platform.

3. Format:
Videos can be recorded with any device: mobile phone, tablet, camera, video camera, etc.
The following formats are accepted: mp4, avi, mov.
Videos must have a minimum resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. Submissions must be sent via the Festhome platform.

Submission Deadline and Dates:
The submission period will close on July 12, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

4. Evaluation Process:
After the deadline, the submissions will be pre-selected by the selection committee and subsequently evaluated by the jury.

Jury Decision:
The winners will be notified of the jury's decision three days before the closing ceremony, which will be held on August 8, 2026.

Prize:
Two prizes of €500 each will be awarded. One prize for the best national and international short film and another for the best short film shot in the Canary Islands.

Winners' Obligations: The winner of both the international/national section and the Canary Islands short film section will be required to send a thank-you video upon request to this organization for screening at the Closing Gala, which will take place on August 8, 2026.

Advertising Use of Winners' Names and Data Protection: Upon accepting the prize, the winner gives their express consent for the use, editing, processing, and distribution of their work for advertising purposes, without this use entitling them to any remuneration or benefit other than the promotion itself.

5. Incidents: Any circumstance not covered in these rules will be resolved by the jury.

6. General Rules: These rules are mandatory for all participants in the competition to accept, comply with, and sign.