IMDb Film Festival.

Last year we received projects with big stars like Jeremy Irons or Franco Nero, positioning the Costa Brava Film festival as one of the most important newly created festivals. More than 3,150 filmmakers from 76 countries have already trusted the Costa Brava Film Festival.

We want to help you and all the works registered in the Category: "All categories" will be promoted on our social networks. It does not matter if you are not selected, we will announce your work. All projects registered in the All categories have a promotional post on our Instagram.

All winners of the main category will have:
-Laurels of the winners personalized with the frames of your project so that you can use it as promotional material.
-Feedback with the audience: Our live events have a voting system by the spectators. We will send you all the scores and comments.
-Distribution plan. We will send the best works to the film and television distributors with whom we collaborate. We have more than 8,000 international buyers.
-Your work on our social networks.

VERY IMPORTANT:
None of the works will be screened online. We are against online screenings and your work can only be viewed at our live event.
We do not have a production year limit. We accept projects of all years. Because we all deserve a second chance!

One of the charms of the city of Girona is that you can visit the locations of Game of Thrones from the sixth season.

Awards & Prizes

Best Feature film
Best Short film
Best Documentary
Best Music Video
Best Director
Best First Time Filmmaker
Best Female Director
Best Producer
Best Cinematography
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Editing
Best Original Screenplay
Best Sound Design
Best Soundtrack
Best Visual Effects

BEST SCRIPT
Best Feature Script
Best Short film Script
Best Screenwriter
Best First Time Screenwriter.

Rules & Terms

1. Durations:
Feature film. More than 60 minutes.
Short Film / Series / TV Pilot: maximum 60 minutes.
Short script: up to 30 pages.
Screenplay Feature film up to 150 pages
Documentary: Unlimited.
Unlimited year of production.

2. We accept all languages. If the film is not in English, we will need English or Spanish subtitles.

3. Costa Brava Film Fest may use samples of their work in a promotional way for the festival. Never commercially (maximum 1 minute).

4. Costa Brava Film Fest is not responsible for copyright violations. The participant declares and guarantees that he has all the copyright and that he does not violate any norm.

5. No fee exemption. The same rules for all. Registration fees are non-refundable after your project has been reviewed.

6. Our live event is free so that the maximum audience can attend. The festival does not pay exhibition fees. At the live festival we screened the winner of Best Short Film, Best Trailer, Best Video Clip and Best Feature Film.

7. Our goal is to promote your work. By registering, you agree that we may send press releases about your project to distributors and festivals to promote your work.

8. The organizers reserve the rights to change, cancel or reschedule dates, venue, awards and categories without consent.

9. You must have your project updated on FilmFreeway, if your link does not work, you change your password or we cannot access your project, we are very sorry but your project will be disqualified. We do not work with external links, we only work through the projects uploaded on FilmFreeway.

10. IMPORTANT
Registration implies acceptance of these bases.
16 Reviews
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  • John Dawson

    Good communications that kept me in the loop the entire time. A good festival to be in.

    December 2023
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  • Richard De Witt

    What's most important is that the audience of Costa Brava Spain selected our movie, Marbles and Bullets and connected with it as an international audience - We are humbly grateful for the amazing response. We love the Costa Brava area a people and will always follow and tune into their ongoing interaction with the film festival world.

    December 2023
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  • Harry Waldman

    Thanks for awarding "Enter the Room" for Best Horror Film. The communication was clear and concise and I received everything I needed. I had a very good experience overall and will definitely consider submitting future projects to Costa Brava Film Festival.

    December 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you very much Harry. And congratulations on the award, you deserve it.

  • Brett Howard Nelson

    The Costa Brava Film Festival is a prestigious one—desired and admired—if you are a filmmaker. Ana did a superb job with the communication of emails pertaining to the events taking place, especially for the screenwriting portion. And I'm thrilled beyond words for my script "Spyder" that won Best Feature Script and Best Screenwriter for yours truly. Thank you to Ana and the Judges for an outstanding and impressive festival.

    November 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you very much Brett for your wonderful comments. You leave us speechless. We work very hard to ensure that the experience of all artists is excellent. We really appreciate that you had a good experience with the festival. We send you a hug, friend.

  • Matthew Tucker

    I really appreciate the award for first-time filmmaker! I am so honored and excited to the recognition. It's great to be a part of the Costa Brava family.

    November 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you very much Matthew. Very good job, you have an excellent future.