Galician Freaky Film Festival (8)

Festival start: 20 September 2024      Festival end: 28 September 2024

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 & JURY'S DECISIONS

For this edition the awards will be:

-GFFF Grand Award. To the freakiest film.
-BEN DITO Award. To the best script.
-CREA Award. To the best direction.
-NEURONAS FRITIDAS Award. To the most extreme or bizarre film.
-OLIMPO DOS FREAKS Award. To the most applauded film.
-ARREPÍO Award. To the best horror film.
-ESCARÁLLOME Award. To the best humor film.
-OLIMPO DOS PEQUEFREAKS Grand Award. To the best freakiest children’s film.

The winning short films in the following categories will also receive an award of 200€:

-GFFF Grand Award. To the freakiest film.
-OLIMPO DOS FREAKS Award. To the most applauded film.
-OLIMPO DOS PEQUEFREAKS Grand Award. To the best freakiest children’s film.

Decisions made by juries and others with awards decision-making authority cannot be appealed.

#8 GALICIAN FREAKY FILM FESTIVAL
20-21 SEP | 25-28 SEP 2024
Vigo (Galicia, Spain)
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1. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

1.1. Everybody can take part without any kind of restriction.

1.2. Horror, fantasy, sci-fi, comedy, and freak genre films are eligible.

1.3. The films may also be aimed at a children's/family audience (Pequefreak
Section) as long as they fall within the genres described in point 1.2 above.

1.4. There is no limit on the number of films per competitor.

1.5. Short films with a maximum duration of 30 minutes.

1.6. Films produced in 2022 or later are eligible.

1.7. Films that respect equality, diversity, and nondiscrimination are eligible.

2. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

2.1. Film entries in any language different from Spanish or Galician must be
subtitled in any of these two languages, or at least competitors must send to
the GFFF organization a dialogue list in English, Spanish, or Galician.

2.2. The festival offers a subtitling service in Spanish and/or Galician for those
foreign films that do not have subtitles. Prices can be consulted with the
festival organization at programacion@galicianfreakyfestival.com.

3. DEADLINE

3.1. The deadline for submitting short films is June 10th, 2024 at 23:59 CET.

4. SCREENING

4.1. The selected films will be exhibited during the Galician Freaky Film Festival
in Vigo (Galicia-Spain).

4.2. The organization reserves the possibility to screen the films selected for the
Galician Freaky Film Festival Competition in other festivals and exhibitions in
collaboration with the GFFF organization. In that case, it will be informed that

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those short films have been selected for the Galician Freaky Film Festival.

Permission shall always be requested from the owners of the films.

5. SUBMISSION SERVICES

5.1. All works in the competition must be registered through one of the following
options:

5.1.1. Free of charge through the GFFF website.

5.1.2. Festhome.

6. AWARDS & JURY'S DECISIONS

6.1. For this edition, the awards will be:

6.1.1. GFFF Grand Award. To the freakiest film.

6.1.2. BEN DITO Award. To the best script.

6.1.3. CREA Award. To the best direction.

6.1.4. NEURONAS FRITIDAS Award. To the most extreme or bizarre film.

6.1.5. OLIMPO DOS FREAKS Award. To the most applauded film.

6.1.6. ARREPÍO Award. To the best horror film.

6.1.7. ESCARÁLLOME Award. To the best humor film.

6.1.8. OLIMPO DOS PEQUEFREAKS Grand Award. To the best freakiest
children’s film.

6.2. The winning short films in the following categories will also receive an
economic award of 250€:

6.2.1. GFFF Grand Award. To the freakiest film.

6.2.2. OLIMPO DOS FREAKS Award. To the most applauded film.

6.2.3. OLIMPO DOS PEQUEFREAKS Grand Award. To the best freakiest
children’s film.

6.3. Decisions made by juries and others with awards decision-making authority
cannot be appealed.

6.4. Payment of the award, as well as the delivery of the statuette, to the persons
responsible for the winning entries, will be paid by the festival organization.
Payment will be made through PayPal or bank transfer. If payment or
shipment of the award are not possible for reasons beyond the organization's

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control, a second shipment and payment of the award will be provided and
the person responsible for the winning work will be responsible for the costs.

7. SECURE ONLINE STREAMING

7.1. Since 2020, the GFFF has had an online festival, allowing us to show films to
our audience even in these tough times. Security and quality are key for us
and we partner with top professional streaming providers.

7.2. The organization reserves the possibility of making an online version of the
festival with the previous authorization of those responsible for the selected
works. Participation is optional, but recommended.

7.3. The GFFF audience is international but geo-restrictions are allowed in the
diffusion of the films on our platform.

7.4. The online exhibition of the short films of the Official Selection will be subject
to prior payment through the Festhome platform. The contents will be
available between September 25 and October 6, 2024.

8. ANNOUNCEMENTS

8.1. In the event of dates or location changes, these will be published on the
festival's website.

8.2. The official selection will be announced by email to all competitors and
released on the GFFF official website.

9. ADHERENCE TO THESE RULES

9.1. Submission to the Festival implies adherence to the present competition
rules and regulations.

9.2. The jury, the festival’s organization, and/or A.C. Abella Producións have the
power to deal with all unforeseen cases in the present competition rules and
regulations.

9.3. In case of dispute, only the Galician version of the present competition rules
and regulations will count, and not any derived translation.