InFest Rubí (9)

Festival start: 05 July 2024      Festival end: 06 July 2024

The InFest Film Festival is a 2-day freak short film Festival which is held in Rubí, a city of asphalt, industry and smoke located in the Valles Occidental, a region located near Barcelona (Spain).

The InFest festival emerges as a firm and clear proposal: that Rubí be known as the Rubiwood of the Vallés district. During the last 8 years, InFest has organized the best possible short film experience: outdoors screenings, concerts, bar service and all kinds of activities related to cinema. What else can we ask for?

The InFest is devoted to showcase new short films (produced after year 2019) showing Sci-Fi, Fantastic, Freak and Horror elements. Short films cannot exceed 15 minutes length (credits excluded). Foreign films MUST be dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or Catalan, or the film will not be accepted.

In 2024, InFest will celebrate its 9th annual edition. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the InFest was moved to the amphitheater of The castle of Rubí ("El Castell"), a defensive construction from the 13th century, which can host public events with more than 2000 people. The amphitheater features seats, stage and bar! Jury Prize and Audience Award will receive 1000 and 250 euros, respectively.

Cash Prizes: 1,500€

-Jury Award to “Best Short Film InFest Rubí 2024” endowed with €1,000 .

-Jury Award to “Almost Best Short Film InFest Rubí 2024” endowed with €250.

-“Public Award InFest Rubí 2024” endowed with €250.

TERMS & CONDITIONS OF THE NINTH EDITION OF THE INFEST RUBÍ FESTIVAL 2024

1. Short films of any nationality and language can participate.

2. Any person may participate without age restriction.

3. Each filmmaker may submit more than one work.

4. The submitted short films must be works of fiction, containing FANTASTIC, FREAK, SCI-FI and/or HORROR elements.

5. Short films cannot exceed 15 minutes (excluding the credits).

6. Short films with commentary or dialogue in languages other than Spanish or Catalan must be subtitled or dubbed in either of these two languages.

7. Short films that do not have the technical requirements for a good visualization will be rejected.

8. Short films made before January 1st, 2020 will not be accepted.

9. Works already submitted and selected as finalists in previous editions will not be admitted.

10. The deadline to submit short films ends on May 5th, 2024.

11. A copy of the short film must be submitted in digital format with a minimum resolution of 1280x720 pixels, in any of these digital formats: AVI, MPEG, MOV, WMV, MKV, etc… with the video encoded in H264 and audio in AAC.
Short films can be sent online through a file hosting service. In that case, the download link has to be sent to the email address infest.rubi@gmail.com.
Any work can also be uploaded through digital platforms such as FESTHOME.

12. Shipping costs will be borne by the participants.

13. The festival organization and its jury will be in charge of selecting the works that will participate in the competition and the winners, respectively.

14. The Festival organization will award the following prizes:
a) Jury Award to “Best Short Film InFest Rubí 2024” endowed with €1,000.
b) Jury Award to “Almost Best Short Film InFest Rubí 2024” endowed with €250.
c) “Public Award InFest Rubí 2024” endowed with €250.

Prize money will be transferred to a bank account. The Festival organization will not cover in any case wire transfer fees to bank accounts outside the EU countries.

15. The winners will be announced at the end of the screening of the short films, during the closing gala ceremony scheduled for Saturday, July 6th, 2024.

16. The jury’s decision will be final. The organization reserves the right to state no winner in any category.

17. The organization may use fragments of the selected works for the diffusion of the festival in any media for an indefinite period of time. Not intended to commercialize.

18. All works will become part of the Festival’s video library and may be shown for non-commercial cultural and/or educational purposes.

19. All the short films produced in Catalonia that participate in the 9th edition of the InFest Festival will be automatically eligible for the TAC Award granted by the Federació d’entitats cinèfiles “Terror Arreu de Catalunya”.

20. Submitting a short film to the InFest Festival implies the acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Any situation or incidence not foreseen in these Terms and Conditions will be solved according to the festival criteria. InFest is not responsible for the infringement of the intellectual property rights of the works presented.

21. The Organization, as the entity in charge of the celebration of the event, may modify any term and rule if deemed necessary.