Galician Freaky Film Festival (9)

Festival start: 19 September 2025      Festival end: 27 September 2025

The Galician Freaky Film Festival is an international freak and underground festival, which admits films belonging to the horror, fantasy, science fiction, comedy, freak or B series genres.

AWARDS AND DECISIONS OF THE JURY AND AUDIENCE
JURY AWARDS

A prestigious Jury composed of film and audiovisual professionals will choose the winning works from the competitive Official Selection, granting the following awards:

GFFF Grand Prize, for the freakiest short film, with a cash prize of 250€.

BEN DITO Award, for best screenplay.

CREA Award, for best direction.

NEURONAS FRITIDAS Award, for the most extreme or disturbing short film.

Additionally, the Jury reserves the right to grant special mentions to highlight technical and artistic aspects of the films in competition.

Awards may be shared (ex aequo).


AUDIENCE AWARDS

For this edition, the audience awards will be:
OLIMPO DOS FREAKS Award, for the highest-rated short film by the audience, with a cash prize of 250€.

ARREPÍO Award, for best horror short film.

ESCARÁLLOME Award, for best comedy short film.

OLIMPO DOS PEQUEFREAKS Award, for best children's short film, with a cash prize of 200€.

GALICIAN FREAK Award for best Galician short film, with a cash prize of 200€.

The decisions of the Jury and those with decision-making power regarding the awards are final.

The organization will handle prize payment and trophy shipping to those responsible for the winning works. Payment will be made via PayPal or bank transfer. If payment or prize delivery is not possible due to circumstances beyond the organization's control, a second delivery and payment will be arranged with costs assumed by the person responsible for the winning work.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE #9 EDITION
OF THE GFFF - GALICIAN FREAKY FILM FESTIVAL

PARTICIPATION

The GFFF - Galician Freaky Film Festival, International Freak and Fantastic Film Festival of Vigo, opens the call for submissions for its #9 edition that will take place from September 19th to 27th, 2025. Any individual, company, association, or informal group may participate without age, nationality, or other restrictions. There is no limit to the number of works submitted per author.

The deadline for submitting works will be May 13th, 2025, at 23:59 (CET), and must be registered through one of the following options:

Free submission through the Festival's website.

Festhome.

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE OFFICIAL SELECTION AND PEQUEFREAK OFFICIAL SELECTION

The programming team will only consider short films that meet the following conditions:

Short films must be related to the genres of horror, fantasy, science fiction, comedy, or "freak".

Works may also be aimed at children and/or family audiences (Pequefreak Section) as long as they fall within the abovementioned genres.

The minimum duration of the work should be 60'' with a maximum duration of 30'.

Works produced in 2023 or later may participate.

Works must respect equality, diversity, and non-discrimination.

Registration of short films presented and/or selected in previous editions of the Festival will not be accepted.

Works in any language other than Spanish or Galician must be subtitled in either of these two languages or, failing that, include a transcript of the dialogues in english, Spanish, or their corresponding language.

* The Festival offers Spanish and/or Galician subtitling services for foreign works without subtitles. Prices can be consulted with the festival organization at programacion@galicianfreakyfestival.com.

Selected titles will receive confirmation from the Festival's Programming Department to formalize their participation. The Festival will not individually communicate the "non-selection" of works. Titles that are not mentioned in official communications (festival website and social media) or that have not received the organization's request will be excluded from the different sections.

The distributor or individual submitting the short film must provide promotional materials: film stills, poster, director's photo, filmography, and list of selections and awards, as well as film excerpts so that the organization can adequately promote the film in its promotional platforms and media.

SCREENING

Selected works will be exhibited during the #9 edition of the Galician Freaky Film Festival in Vigo (Galicia-Spain).

The Festival organization will decide the screening days and times, which may vary according to its needs. Any changes will be duly communicated.

The organization reserves the right to screen or show selected works from the Galician Freaky Film Festival at other festivals and exhibitions, in collaboration with the GFFF organization, for its promotion. In all cases, they will be identified as works presented at the Galician Freaky Film Festival, and prior permission will always be requested from the owners of the works.

Online SCREENING

Since 2020, the GFFF has included a complementary online festival, allowing works to be shown to the festival audience. Security and quality are key priorities for the GFFF organization, which collaborates with top-level specialized streaming providers.

The organization reserves the possibility of conducting an online version of the Festival with prior consent from those responsible for the selected works. Participation is optional but recommended.

The GFFF audience is international, but geo-restrictions would be established for the films' distribution on the platform.

If the online exhibition of the Official Selection of short films takes place, it will be under PPV on the Festhome platform, and the content will be available between September 20th and 29th, 2025.

Awards AND DECISIONS OF THE JURY AND AUDIENCE
JURY awards

A prestigious Jury composed of film and audiovisual professionals will choose the winning works from the competitive Official Selection, granting the following awards:

GFFF Grand Prize, for the freakiest short film, with a cash prize of 250€.

BEN DITO Award, for best screenplay.

CREA Award, for best direction.

NEURONAS FRITIDAS Award, for the most extreme or disturbing short film.

Additionally, the Jury reserves the right to grant special mentions to highlight technical and artistic aspects of the films in competition.

Awards may be shared (ex aequo).

AUDIENCE awards

For this edition, the audience awards will be:
OLIMPO DOS FREAKS Award, for the highest-rated short film by the audience, with a cash prize of 250€.

ARREPÍO Award, for best horror short film.

ESCARÁLLOME Award, for best comedy short film.
OLIMPO DOS PEQUEFREAKS Award, for best children's short film, with a cash prize of 200€.

GALICIAN FREAK Award for best Galician short film, with a cash prize of 200€.

The decisions of the Jury and those with decision-making power regarding the awards are final.

The organization will handle prize payment and trophy shipping to those responsible for the winning works. Payment will be made via PayPal or bank transfer. If payment or prize delivery is not possible due to circumstances beyond the organization's control, a second delivery and payment will be arranged with costs assumed by the person responsible for the winning work.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Submission of works to this competition implies full acceptance of these terms.

The person or entity submitting the work will be solely responsible for it regarding copyright and/or civil, criminal, or any other legal or administrative liabilities derived from its content.

The Festival reserves the right to make specific exceptions to these rules. Issues not covered by these terms will be resolved at the discretion of the Jury, festival organization, and/or A.C. Abella Producións.

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