Ecozine Film Festival (19)

Début du Festival: 10 avril 2026      Fin du Festival: 17 avril 2026

19th Edition Ecozine Film Festival – International Socio-Environmental Film Festival of Zaragoza. April 2026. Organized by the Ecozine Cultural Association

ECOZINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – The International Socio-Environmental Film Festival, organized by the Ecozine Cultural Association, was founded in 2008 as a platform for social awareness and cultural promotion, advocating cinema as a tool for change.

Committed to showcasing and disseminating audiovisual productions with socio-environmental content.

Prix ​​en espèces: 5,000€

The Jury will grant the following awards with statuette and monetary prize:

•International Film Feature (€1000)

•National Film Feature (€1000)

•Documentary Short Film (€500)

•Fiction Short Film (€500)

•Animation Short Film (€500)

In addition, the organization of the 19th edition of EcoZine grants the following non-monetary awards:

•Young Audience Award in the Young Section.

•Audience Award in the category of short films made by schoolchildren up to 12 years old in the Young Film Festival Section.

•Audience Award in the category of short films made by schoolchildren over 12 years old in the Young Film Festival Section.


Other Awards:

•Aragón Televisión Award, sponsored by Corporación Aragonesa de Radio y Televisión, endowed with €900 for the transfer of non-exclusive broadcasting rights of the audiovisual work. The non-exclusive broadcasting rights of the awarded work will last for one year, starting from the delivery date of materials to the channel. They include two broadcasts on Aragón TV’s DTT channel and availability of the content on the website or digital platform immediately after each DTT broadcast, for a period of seven days. It is an essential requirement to hold exclusive exploitation rights of the audiovisual work. Acceptance of the award implies delivery of the audiovisual work according to the technical requirements established by the channel. To process the Aragón TV Award, the Festival organization will connect the winner with the Department of New Audiovisual Projects of the channel.

•Environmental Values Award, granted by ecological associations of Aragón.

•Distribution Award in Spain, offered by CONUNPACK DISTRIBUCIÓN.


Prizes can not be declared voids.

1. Objectives

1.1 –EcoZine aims to promote, screen, and reward audiovisual works of fiction, animation, experimental, and documentary films focused on socio-environmental issues, produced anywhere in the world, as well as to encourage actions and parallel activities related to this subject.

1.2 –By socio-environmental issues we mean those topics that analyze and connect the interaction between human society and the environment, considering social, economic, and cultural aspects as well as ecological ones. That is, they do not focus solely on nature or solely on social matters, but on how they influence each other.

By way of example, though not exclusively, they include issues such as:

•Climate change: causes, consequences, and social adaptation.

•Biodiversity and conservation: species loss, ecosystem protection.

•Pollution and health: air, water, soil, waste, and their impact on communities.

•Natural resource management: water, energy, soil, forests.

•Environmental justice: how ecological problems affect different social groups unequally.

•Development and production models: intensive agriculture, extractivism, mining, urbanization.

•Circular economy and sustainability: reduction, reuse, and recycling.

•Citizen participation and environmental education: social movements, activism, training.

•Socio-cultural impacts: displacement of communities, loss of territories, indigenous peoples.

•Public policies and environmental governance: laws, international agreements, local management.

In summary: socio-environmental issues seek to understand how human decisions affect the environment and how environmental changes influence social and cultural life.


2. Festival

2.1 – The 19th Edition of EcoZine Film Festival will take place in April 2026 and will be held in different territories, with Zaragoza (Spain) as the main venue.


3. Submission Rules

3.1 – Films submitted must have been produced after July 1, 2024.

3.2 – Submission to the Official Section will be made in one of the following categories:

•Short film: documentary, fiction, or animation, with a maximum duration of 25 minutes including credits.

•Documentary feature film, with a minimum duration of 50 minutes including credits.

3.3 – Submission fees for the Official Section are: €10 for short films and €20 for feature films.

3.4 – Submission to the Young Film Festival Section (short films made by schools) is free of charge, and no screening fees will be paid.

3.5 – The call for entries is open until November 15, 2025.

3.6 – A maximum of 32 productions will be selected for the Official Section, distributed as follows:

•Documentary short film: 8

•Fiction short film: 8

•Animation short film: 8

•Documentary feature film: 8

3.7 – EcoZine Film Festival will pay the following screening fees in the Official Section, regardless of the number of screenings:

•Documentary, animation, and fiction short films: up to €100.

•Documentary feature films: up to €250.

3.8 – An independent team will select, from the submitted works, the films that will participate in the different sections of the festival, and its decision shall be final.

3.9 – Individuals or legal entities linked to the submitted works, whether feature or short films, are prohibited from participating in the selection team, the Official Jury, and/or the organizational structures of the 19th edition of ECOZINE.


4. Notification and Participation

4.1 – The producers and/or directors and/or distributors of the selected films will be informed before December 15, 2025. This date may be extended according to the needs of the festival organization.

Directors of the works selected in the Official Section will be invited to present their films during the festival. This invitation includes domestic transport within Spain, attendance at the screening of the film, accommodation at the hotel chosen by the organization (up to 3 nights), and meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner).

4.2 Sustainability Policy on Transport and Mobility:

Aware of the environmental impact generated by travel associated with the organization of an international film festival, we establish the following guidelines:

•Prioritize public transport.

•The use of air transport is restricted and will only be considered in cases of justified necessity.

•For medium-distance journeys, high-speed trains or other land transport will be prioritized.

•Optimize local transfers.

•Encourage carpooling among staff and guests.

•For urban journeys, bicycles, trams, buses, or walking will be promoted as preferred options.

•The entire festival community is invited to actively contribute to reducing the environmental impact of their travel.

4.3 – EcoZine Film Festival will notify by email those selected as nominees for the corresponding award in the short film or feature film category.

4.4 – Films selected to participate in the 19th edition must submit, before January 10, 2026, the following materials:

•Screening copy according to the instructions provided by the festival organization.

•Trailer and any other promotional material available (posters, etc.).

•Films in a language other than Spanish must include Spanish subtitles. If no Spanish subtitles are available, a dialogue list in Spanish or english with time codes (.srt or similar file) must be provided.

4.5 – EcoZine Film Festival may create parallel sections with films not selected for the Official Section, when considered of interest for screening in the 19th edition, always with the payment of screening fees (up to €60 for short films and €150 for feature films).


5. Jury and awards

5.1 – An Official Jury will be constituted to choose the winners in the Competitive Section, and all decisions shall be final and not subject to appeal. The Organization may invite other independent bodies and organizations/associations to participate in the verdict of any of the awards granted.

5.2 – The Jury will grant the following awards consisting of a trophy and a cash prize:

•International Film (€1000)
•National Film (€1000)
•Documentary Short Film (€500)
•Fiction Short Film (€500)
•Animation Short Film (€500)

5.3 – In addition, the organization of the 19th edition of EcoZine grants the following non-monetary awards:

•Young Audience Award in the Young Section.

•Audience Award in the category of short films made by schoolchildren up to 12 years old in the Young Film Festival Section.

•Audience Award in the category of short films made by schoolchildren over 12 years old in the Young Film Festival Section.

5.4 Other awards:

•Aragón Televisión Award, sponsored by Corporación Aragonesa de Radio y Televisión, endowed with €900 in exchange for the transfer of non-exclusive broadcasting rights of the audiovisual work, valid for one year from the delivery date of materials to the channel. This transfer includes two broadcasts on Aragón TV’s DTT channel and making the content available on its website or digital platform immediately after each broadcast on DTT, for a period of seven days.
It is an essential requirement to hold exclusive exploitation rights of the audiovisual work. Acceptance of the award implies delivery of the audiovisual work according to the technical requirements established by the channel. To process the Aragón TV Award, the Festival organization will connect the winner with the Department of New Audiovisual Projects of the channel.

•Environmental Values Award, granted by ecological associations of Aragón.

•Distribution Award in Spain, offered by CONUNPACK DISTRIBUCIÓN.

5.5 – Other awards may be offered by sponsors, national and international institutions and organizations previously approved by the Festival Organization.


6. General Conditions

6.1 – For the promotion of the Festival, the Organization reserves the right to screen, free of charge, an extract of the selected films in cinemas, television, internet, or other public media.

6.2 – During the festival, the Organization reserves the right to screen the selected films as many times as necessary. In this regard, producers grant the rights in accordance with point 3.7 of these regulations.

6.3 – After the festival, EcoZine may use the selected films for non-profit cultural and environmental programs, always with the express permission of the rightful owners.

6.4 – Any situation not covered by these regulations will be determined by the Board of Directors of the organizing association of the 19th edition of EcoZine, in accordance with the general principles of law and the practices of audiovisual or festival competitions, and its decision shall be final.

6.5 – These regulations are available in english and Spanish. In case of doubt, the Spanish version shall prevail.

Zaragoza, August 2026