The Crappy International Movies in Sueca (CIM Sueca) film festival is a global competitive event aimed at low-budget audiovisuals, both independent and/or non commercial: namely, B and Z movies, trash, gore, underground, etc. The CIM is held by the «Cultural Association for the Second Law of Thermodynamics» in the town of Sueca, Valencia.

We hope to stimulate countercultural audiovisual initiatives to spotlight independent productions which focus on creativity, medium love and sheer fun over technical requirements leading to a ban from commercial mainstream. We aim to establish the CIM as a meeting venue for the unassimilated, the rebellious and the free minds of the audiovisual underworld!

The acronym CIM (which is peak in Catalan) means that, the top of the mountain, the vertex of the iceberg, the summit of the mound. The peak of dung which form the works most battered by the establishment.

a) SHIT prize (Suecan Horrorous Incoming Trophy) short films (for works no longer than 30 minutes), worth €300.

b) SHIT prize (Suecan Horrorous Incoming Trophy) feature films (for works over 30 minutes in length), worth €300.

c) MORRALLA award for feature films: €150.

d) MORRALLA award for short films: €150.

e) TERRETA award 150€.

CIM Sueca’s management may award any other prizes or special mentions, with no cash prize at all.

CIM Sueca welcomes any individual, firm, association or group form to participate in the festival, with no restriction regarding age, language, ethnicity or any other kind whatsoever.

Entries must be low-budget, independent or non-commercial films, ideally B to Z series, bizarre, campy, DIY, exploitation, freak, gore, kitsch, trash, underground or unclassifiable productions, either fiction or non-fiction, as long as it revolves or pays homage to such genres.

Works in any format and length are allowed.

Those works in a language other than Valencian or Spanish must be subtitled in either one. In case of not having subtitles in Spanish or Valencian, an archive (srt, txt, ass or compatible) of English subtitles or timed dialogue list must be provided and the festival will perform its own freely and inaccurately translated subtittles. Subtitling material must be provided a maximum of one month before the start of the festival, otherwise the works may be rejected and replaced in the final lineup.

The organization, or the appointed qualified person, may comment live all non-sensical or rather unsufferable works.

Entries can be submitted by filling in the form that will be available at www.cimsueca.com and providing a download link to the file: authors or copyright owners shall provide the highest quality export, were it to be screened.

Physical media can also be mailed the old-fashioned way to:
SUECA TELEVISIÓ
ELS PORXETS
CARRER DEL SEQUIAL 3
46410 – SUECA
(VALÈNCIA) – SPAIN

Inscription is possible as well through the platform FilmFreeway.

The deadline is May 1 for all general free submissions. For works sent by snail mail, sending date will be considered.

CIM Sueca team, consisting of cinema and TV professionals and aficionados alike, will do a first selection of the works at the contest.

All those approved for showing at the festival are eligible to win the international award; in both occurrences, authors or owners will be notified per e-mail (or any other means) and the full listing will be published at www.cimsueca.com as well.

The authors of the works transmitted online that are selected to be screened should provide a good resolution file version (mp4, mov, avi) at most one week before the projections. When notified of the selection, they can provide promotional material (posters, photos, banners, press releases) that the festival will be responsible to share by the means it considers.

Selected films will be single screened to the attending public during the festival. The winners and those selected for their uniqueness will be screened in a second venue during the awards ceremony or, failing that, at a special recap-event promoting the festival.

CIM Sueca reserves the right to cancel any projection last minute, if deemed so.

CIM Sueca management can create competitive and out of competition sections.
Awards are as follows:
a) SHIT prize (Suecan Horrorous Incoming Trophy) short films (for works no longer than 30 minutes), worth €300.
b) SHIT prize (Suecan Horrorous Incoming Trophy) feature films (for works over 30 minutes in length), worth €300.
c) MORRALLA award for feature films: €150.
d) MORRALLA award for short films: €150.
e) TERRETA award 150€.
CIM Sueca’s management may award any other prizes or special mentions, with no cash prize at all.

If any awardees can’t make it to the festival to receive the honor, trophies will eventually be sent by mail and cash prizes transferred to their bank accounts, minus shipping costs and whatever charges may incur.

All awards are voted by the public. SHIT awards are granted to the most voted works, MORRALLA awards are for most abused works. TERRETA award will be given to the best work in valencian language. All decisions are final.

Submitted works (either digitally or physically) won’t be returned, but will be archived in the festival’s vault. The festival vows not to make any commercial use out of them.
Festival reserves the right to use fragments of that works for promotional videos or events.

Participating films might be broadcasted by local station and festival promoter SuecaTV, only if their authors agree beforehand.

Participants take responsibility for any possible complaints regarding rights of third parties in the works presented. Authors of works submitted for CIM assigns all rights generated as a result of the exhibition in the festival. And therefore waives any financial amount derived from any copyright or intellectual property laws.

Any unforeseen circumstance will be resolved at the organization discretion.

Registration in the competition implies full acceptance of these conditions.

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  • James Kirby

    Thrilled that our short comedy film, "The Sunshine Summit O'er the Mountain of Dishes" was selected and I am overjoyed and humbled to have our film screened in front of an enthusiastic Spanish audience!

    A splendid and utterly professional valuable learning experience not to be missed by any aspiring filmmakers. They truly care about emerging filmmakers and it shows! I will certainly re-submit any future projects and I encourage other first time (as well as seasoned) filmmakers to do the same. Many humble thanks.

    October 2023
  • marokshanam movie

    No certificate yet after the film screening

    October 2023
  • Scott Grenke

    Thank you for including my film in your festival. Thanks also for the honorable mentions!

    October 2023
  • Unfortunately I didn't receive any news about the evolving of the festival and about the news of my short

    October 2023
  • Excellent big festival ! Thanks to selectionned BRAMBORK !

    October 2023