8º Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Gastro Cinema (8)

Festival Start: 13 November 2026      Festival Ende: 19 November 2026

8 INTERNATIONAL GASTRONOMY FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL.

Geldpreise: 500€

- Best National GASTRO CINEMA Short Film –€ 500

- Best Director.

1) Terms

The 8th edition of the GASTRO CINEMA Film Festival will be from 13 to 19 November 2026, and will be open to filmmakers worldwide.


2) Rules

Fiction, animation and documentary short films with a maximum duration of 30 minutes can participate.
Entries must have completed production after January 1, 2024.

Participating short films must have a clear connection to gastronomy, either as the main theme or as a relevant part of the context in which the story unfolds.

This connection may be reflected, among other aspects, in the presence of food, beverages, cooking, restaurants, gastronomic culture, or in the development of the action in spaces or situations related to gastronomy, such as a meal, a restaurant, a celebration, etc.


3) Registration

Registration can done by sending your film online Festhome and it will end on September 30, 2026.


4) Selection

The films selected will forward a copy of the film before November 1, 2026 copy Mov or Mp4 file. Size: 1920 x 1080 to gastrocinemafestival@gmail.com

All those films whose original dialogues are not in spanish must be subtitled in spanish.

Participation in GASTRO CINEMA implies the assignment of the broadcasting rights of the images sent within the scope of the Festival itself, which they will be archived by the organization if deemed appropriate and by mutual agreement with the owners of the work.

The Organization shall agree the date and order of films screened, only committing to project them into GASTRO CINEMA.

The official jury composed of professionals from the film, will be in charge of awarding the prizes.


5) Awards

Best National GASTRO CINEMA Short Film –€ 500

Best Director.

In the case of obtaining any of the prizes awarded by GASTRO CINEMA will include a written record of the award at the beginning of all copies of the film distributed for commercial theatrical exhibition and / or audiovisual events, as well as throughout the information material. This will consist of a text reference to the type of award, accompanied invariably corporate image (logo and name) of the Alicante Film Festival, which will be provided by the same organization.


6) Awards Ceremony

The decisions of the Official Jury will be unappealable. The prizes awarded will be presented at the closing gala on November 19, 2026 in Arniches Theatre.

Registration implies acceptance of the rules.