Ecozine Film Festival (16)

Festival start: 12 April 2023      Festival end: 20 April 2023

16th Ecozine Film Festival, International Film and Environment of Zaragoza. April 2023. Organized by Asociación Cultural Ecozine and City of Zaragoza.

The Jury will award the following prizes

• Best International Film
• Best National Film
• Best Short Documentary
• Best Short Fiction
• Best Animated ShortFilm


It will be applicated a deduction on the total of the prize, according to the Spanish Legislation

The organization of the 16th edition of EcoZine gives, also, the following recognized awards (non-monetary awards):
• Young Audience Award for Best Short Film

1.1-The 16th ECOZINE FILM FESTIVAL (April 2023) will be held in different locations, being the main headquarters in Zaragoza (Spain).

2.1-Ecozine wants to promote, showcase and reward audiovisual works of fiction, animation, experimental and documentaries, focused on environmental issues, produced anywhere in the world, also promote actions and parallel activities related to this subject

2.2- Environment: all aspects related to climate change, water resources and their management, sustainable development and change, human rights and gender relations in relation to environment, North-South relations and socio-economic imbalances and other human activities with harmful effects to the natural environment.

3.1-The films must have been produced after July 1, 2021

3.2-Registration for the competition section will be done in the following sections:

• Short films, up to 25 minutes (documentary, fiction and animation)
• Feature Films, more than 45 minutes (documentary)

3.3-The call for entry is open untill October 15, 2022.

3.4-Ecozine Film Festival don´t pay screening fee

3.5-The producers and / or directors and / or distributors of the films selected will be informed before December 1, 2022. This date may be extended according to the needs of Ecozine´s Organization.
The Film Festival just will notify the films selected

3.6-The films selecteds to participate in the 16th edition must send before January 10, 2023, with the following documents:

• Screniing Copy
• Filmmaker´s C.V.
• Two HQ photos for inclusion in web and catalogue
• Trailer and any other material available for promotion (posters, etc.)
• Selected films that are not in Spanish must be submitted with Spanish subtitles. If they did not have Spanish subtitles they should be sent in english or French with the time codes (srt files or similar)

4.1-An independent Selection Team will select among the works submitted the films that going to participate in the competitive categories.

4.2-It´s forbidden to participate in the Selection Team, the Official Jury and structures of the organization of the 16th edition of ECOZINE, individuals or legal entities with any connection with the films submits in the Competitives Sections

4.3- EcoZine Festival can create parallel sections with films haven´t been selected, when They are considered interesting to screen during 14th edition

5.1-An International Official Jury will be constituted to choose winners in the Competitive Section, and all decisions will be final. The Organization may invite other independent and organizations / associations to decide any of the prizes awarded.

5.2- The Jury will award the following prizes

• Best International Film Feature
• Best National Film Feature
• Best Short Documentary
• Best Short Fiction
• Best Short Animation

5.3-It will be applicated a deduction on the total of the prize, according to the Spanish Legislation

5.4-The organization of the 15th edition of EcoZine gives, also, the following recognized awards (non-monetary awards):

-Young Audience Award for Best Short Film
-Short jury prize made by schoolchildren up to 12 years old
-Short jury prize for schoolchildren over 12 years old


5.5-It can be offered other awards by institutions and national and international organizations previously approved by the organization of the Festival

6.1- For Festival promotion, Ecozine´s Organization reserves the right to exhibit an extract from the films selected free, in cinema, TV, Internet or other public media

6.2- While the contest is held, the organization reserves the right to display the selected films as many times as necessary. According to this point the producers will give in the rights without any charge during the Festival.

6.3- After the Film Festival, EcoZine may use the films selected for cultural and environmental programs, always with the express permission of the owners.

6.4.- The films presented can be used by Ecozine to include in our Mediatheque online. The mediatheque will serve for use in other cultural programs, presentations and festivals for educational and non-profit

6.5-Any situation omitted from these regulations shall be determined by the 16th Edition Ecozine´s organization, according to general principles of law and customs of audiovisual contest or festivals.

6.6-The signature of the director/producer/distributor in the entry form implies agreement of these rules.

6.7-This regulation is in english and Spanish. In case of doubt, shall be settled by the Spanish version.