The Hell Chess Film festival is an event celebrated in Campo de Gibraltar and Madrid, Spain
This year we got a special Festival with a final surprise of our mission in cinema life.
We celebrate our screening and Awards Festival.
We celebrate the commemoration of the great Hell Chess film made by From the ruin to Paradise society. This is our fifth Edition .
This year you´ll receive a philosophical welcoming!
We invite all artists from the whole world to participate.
Every year since 2013, we project our Hell Chess film and we play chess in a tournament.
But this year the thing is going to be completed with your artistic works.
Make a better place to live with the best of your souls!
And be elegant to express it!

Awards & Prizes

The spirit of the Hell Chess Festival is so mysterious that you could feel a victory sensation even before starting. So, be sensitive now!

Sterling Silver Trophy to the best film.

Diplomas to:
Best Director (filmmaker of the year)
Best Acting (women and men compete against each other in a single category)
Audience Award
Best Chess film (Rot López Award)
One Honorable Mention.

This is a festival where a short film could win a feature because all compete in the same category.

We got a very special communication with the filmmakers, so all your films will be revised in a very complete way and you will receive our review to improve future projects. You will feel this festival is the festival all filmmakers needed to have.
If you cannot attend the festival in person, we ship all the prizes by traditional mail.

Rules & Terms

The rules are quite simple.
You can submit all kind of films and all kind of music without any limit.The artist freedom is complete. You can submit short films, feature films, documentaries, video clips, trailers, Video Art or whatever digital sight and sound form. Films got no length required.
But the risk, a deep colorful philosophy and the new forms of cinema language are better for us to be selected. As well as synthesis and capacity of being brief.
If you are already a Hell Chess winner, send us an email and we can provide you a free code to submit your new works. But only if you have been a winner in any of the past editions. This year we want to invite the uppermost films on Earth to be WONDERFUL. So this festival is almost a secret garden to drink the eternal water. So, be aware because we are almost a private castle! If you are here you got lucky.

No limits in languages, but ALL NON SPANISH OR NON SILENT MOVIES MUST HAVE SPANISH SUBTITLES. Anyway, we can provide you a certain help to make those subtitles if you are eager to make them. As the same time we are open to photos and music, so you can submit them in our contest.
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  • Elizabeth Berliner

    Dear Administrators and Judges of The Hell Chess Festival,
    What a beautiful summation Video of your wonderful Festival! DRAW and Alchemy are awesome films! And so many other intriguing works! You have done a beautiful job presenting the Festival! I wish I could have attended in person. Your virtual entry on YouTube gave us a beautiful window into the real time Events.
    Thank you for being so very responsive to all of my questions. As an American Film Maker, I truly appreciate your respectful and courteous approach in your communication with all of us who submitted to Hell Chess Festival.
    Best to you!
    Sincerely,

    Elizabeth Berliner
    Director PAWNS

    Sent from my iPhone

    December 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks Elizabeth. As you know your voice and clip are part of the most appreciated by the Hell Chess Festival this year.

  • alexander williams

    Here at Escape Studios in London we were delighted that our short film "Draw" won the Best Film award at Hell Chess! Muchas Gracias!

    December 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for this elegant film and you cooperation with Martin to make our final show more interesting.

  • martin del carpio

    Fantastic festival to be a part of! Thank u for selecting my rendition of Gracias a la Vida.

    December 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for the film. There was a subtle quality on your work. Echoes of speaking memories on the environment.

  • Anita Pico

    Gran comunicación, un equipo con mucha paciencia y se nota que con amor al cine.
    Todo buenas palabras sobre Hell Chess Fest!

    February 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Gracias, Ana, por tu visión fílmica y compartimos tus palabras de entrega al cine, especialmente al cine valiente como el tuyo y desearte que tengas el mejor de los caminos como directora porque nos enorgullecería verte en el mejor de los lugares.

  • Antonio Bellido Marin

    La magia en la Navidad cumplió su objetivo y me regaló este premio de honor. Por un mundo mejor deseo de todo corazón que la avaricia desaparezca de la faz de la tierra y uno de las mejores formas de luchar contra ella es con la crítica social y la denuncia. Agradezco a ustedes la difusión de este villancico.

    January 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Compartimos ese mensaje tan necesario. Gracias por esa gran canción que quedará grabada con letras de oro en el Hell Chess Festival para siempre.