Xl Festival Internacional De Cortometrages De Pineda De Mar (11)

Festival start: 22 September 2025      Festival end: 27 September 2025

The Festival is organized by the CinemArt Association of Pineda de Mar, it is an international festival with the aim of promoting a specific space for the discovery, screening and dissemination of short films.

The main thematic axis of the festival is that of comedy; however, the theme and genre of the productions is free. Quality and originality will be prioritized as the main objective, and that the production is unprecedented.

Cash Prizes: 1,800€

"VILA DE PINEDA" for Best Short Film 600 €

"JOSEP MARTÍN" for Best Comedy 300 €

Best Animated Short Film 300 €

Best short film in Catalan 300 €

Audience Award 300 €

"BEST NEW PERFORMANCE" 300 €

The XI Pineda de Mar International Short Film Festival will be held from September 22 to September 27, 2025.

The program of the 2025 Pineda de Mar International Short Film Festival. It will integrate different activities focused on publicizing the selected short films and promoting different aspects of the world of cinema in Pineda de Mar, with the collaboration of the City Council of Pineda de Mar and local entities.

The closing ceremony and the awards ceremony of the Festival will take place on September 27, 2025 at the Pineda de Mar Auditorium.

- Any person or legal entity can participate, individually or collectively, with no age limit, and can be done with any of the following formats: HD, Full HD and 4K. (mpg, mp4, ...)

- The productions must have been made after January 1, 2024.

- They can be made in any language, but necessarily subtitled in Spanish or Catalan.

- Short films in Spanish must be subtitled in english.

- Short films in Catalan must be subtitled in Spanish.

- The duration of the short films will be less than 25 min. Credits included.

Works of an advertising or tourist nature, or those that use non-original material in more than 10% of the total work, will not be admitted. Works that do not have the technical quality necessary for a correct visualization will not be accepted either.

Authors must ensure that the content of their work does not infringe the intellectual property rights, image rights or other rights of third parties, exonerating the Organising Committee from any legal liability.

The selected productions will be publicly screened during the days of the Festival, with the understanding that their authors or producers authorize the screening. In no case is the payment of screening fees contemplated. Admission to the screenings in the Auditorium by the Festival is completely free.

The Festival may use the images of the short films as a promotion of the festival regardless of the year.

The Jury:

The CinemArt Organizing Committee will appoint a Jury made up of 6 or more people.