The 8th edition of the Ibiza International Independent Film Festival IBZCF24 has been held in various spaces in the 5 municipalities of the Island, for the first time with the institutional support of the 5 City Councils, and the online version on the Filmin platform. The institutional support in Ibiza is total, adding the Departments of Culture and Tourism of the Island Council of Ibiza plus various private sponsors on the Island. In addition to the collaboration of the Government of the Balearic Islands.
Ibizacinefest has renewed its commitment to Ibiza and culture with a program of 132 national and international titles, exclusive premieres in Spain, 90% of premieres in the Balearic Islands, activities aimed at professionals, short film competitions to discover and promote local and Balearic talent or educational program with special screenings for students and children to create new audiences. The reflection has also had its space through 21 colloquiums after screenings with its creators about their creative process and the relationship between cinema and the most diverse sociocultural realities. We have taken 75 guests to Ibiza, 18 of which are international.
Short films are once again the protagonists of IBZCF24, being qualifiers for the 2024 Goya Awards and in collaboration with the European Film Academy we program Short Films on Tour. IBZCF24 has been a resounding success. The commitment to the industry is materialized with a national first-level Masterclass by Ion de Sosa and Laura Ferrés. We have significantly increased our in-person audience, in 38 sessions, and online throughout Spain, thanks to our programming of 14 feature films, 3 of Balearic production, on Filmin, with more presence in the media, with international reports and a notable increase in impacts compared to the 2023 edition. We will continue to believe in committed auteur cinema, with necessary visions, that can move in substance and form outside the norms of commercial cinema, with total creative freedom.

Xavi Herrero
Director and programmer IBZCF2
European Film Academy Member

Awards & Prizes

9.000€ IN PRIZES
All the award-winning feature films and short films are invited to Ibiza for 4 days with all expenses paid.

DISTRIBUTION AWARD
#ConUnPack Distribución will award a distribution prize to a fiction feature film programmed at the Festival. Said prize will consist of the distribution of the chosen film in Spain in all the exhibition windows where the producer and #ConUnPack Distribución deem appropriate. Contemplating the premiere in theaters and the formula of "digital premiere". The distribution will contemplate at least the exploitation windows in the TVOD, SVOD and AVOD cultural circuit.

CRITICS AWARD
For the fourth consecutive year: Blogos de Oro critics' award for the best feature and documentary film in the Official Sections of the Ibizacinefest. The Blogos de Oro are the independent film awards in which online media related to the seventh art choose the best of the year in independent Spanish cinema, legally formalized as the Blogos de Oro Film Awards Association.
Awards for short films
Our jury will reward the best fiction, documentary and gender equality short film, which are directly shortlisted for the Goya Awards. All those selected receive the certificate that brings them closer to this pre-selection.

AWARDS FOR SHORTFILMS
Our jury will reward the best fiction, documentary and gender equality short film, which are directly shortlisted for the Goya Awards. All those selected receive the certificate that brings them closer to this pre-selection.

AUDIENCE AWARD
The Audience Award will be awarded to the production with the best grade in our Filmin programming.

AWARDS AND SPECIAL MENTIONS IBZCF
For all the Official Sections of the festival. The Jury is made up of the members of the Ibizacinefest Cultural Association and jointly with the Department of Equality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia in the case of the Fem-Cine section. All directors will be invited, expenses paid (European flights only), to the last weekend of the festival, when they will be presented with our award.

IBZ SCRIPT FESTIVAL AWARD
Cash prize of 1,000 euros awarded by a Jury made up of members of the Ibizacinefest Cultural Association, destined for the production of the short film whose script has been awarded. Said short film will be selected in the corresponding Official Section in the following edition of Ibizacinefest at the end of production. The Jury can award up to 2 special mentions.

Rules & Terms

FEATURE FILMS:
Registered feature films will be able to participate in our official Panorama, Humans in focus and NCE (New Spanish Cinema) sections.
Likewise, they will be evaluated for our parallel sections and activities.
Works produced from January 1, 2022 of any nationality may participate.
Fiction: + 60 min.
Documentaries: + 45 min.
Languages: Works are accepted in any language, only the selected feature films must be subtitled in Spanish or Catalan if they are not your VO.
The producers of the SELECTED works will assign their rights for the projection in our Auditoriums and the possible inclusion of the trailers in promotional videos of the festival without the prior signing of any contract.
SELECTIONS: The IBIZACINEFEST selection committee will choose 35 feature films that will be screened in Ibiza and may be included in the online program, in Filmin and available throughout Spain, if they wish.
Any questions about the Festival Regulations will be answered at: info@ibizacinefest.com

FEM-CINEMA:
Films of any length and genre produced after January 1, 2022 with a theme that promotes gender equality are accepted.

SHORTFILMS:
The registered short films opt for the official national and international short film sections, as well as our parallel sections and activities.
Works produced from January 1, 2022 of any nationality may participate.
Fiction: max. 30 minutes.
Documentaries: max. 45 minutes
Experimental: max. 30 minutes.
Animation: max. 30 minutes.
Languages: Works are accepted in any language, only the selected and screened short films must be subtitled in Catalan or Spanish if these are not your VO.
The producers of the selected works will assign their rights for the projection in our auditoriums and the possible inclusion of the trailers in promotional videos of the festival without prior signing of any contract.
SELECTIONS: The IBIZACINEFEST SELECTION COMMITTEE will choose 70 short films that will be screened in Ibiza.

INDUSTRY: IBIZA SHORTFILM SCRIPT FESTIVAL
The theme of scripts is completely free and can belong to any genre.
All papers submitted must be original. In the event that the contestant uses a novel, a story or a text by another author as the basis of the script, the contestant must include in his/her registration the corresponding authorization from the author of the original work.
All scripts must be written in Spanish or English.
The works must be presented in the format of a cinematographic literary script, in accordance with industry standards. Scripts that do not present a suitable format will be automatically disqualified.
Storyboards and technical scripts will not be accepted.
The scripts must have a maximum length of 15 pages, not counting the cover and the synopsis page.
Only files in PDF format will be accepted. The cover will indicate the title and name of the author as well as their postal address, email and telephone number.
The synopsis will have a maximum length of 15 lines.
The criteria for the evaluation of the registered scripts will be:
1) Professional format.
2) Originality.
3) Cinematic visualization.
4) Structure.
The jury's decision is final.
The author of the script will always have the rights to it. The scripts presented, once the festival is over, will be eliminated.
COMPETENCE
Of all the scripts presented, the organization will select 12 finalists. These finalists will submit a recorded speech of no more than 5 minutes in length.
The Ibizacinefest Jury will decide the winner without appeal and may award up to 2 special mentions.
PRIZE
The prize consists of a grant for the production of the winning short film valued at €1,000 (taxes included). In addition, the short film will participate in a contest in the next edition of the festival where its screenwriter and director will be invited to present it.
2 Special Mentions will be awarded, assuring the producer of the finished short film, the official selection of him in the corresponding edition of the Ibizacinefest.
All finalist scripts will have a fee waiver for their registration at the Ibizacinefest once the short film is finished.
In any of the above possibilities, the producer of the short film undertakes to include the corresponding Ibizacinefest logo at the beginning of the film.
script@ibizacinefest.com

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  • Rob Maguire

    Super experience, great communication, fascinating programming, really well run-festival :)

    March 2024
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  • Regys Estevam

    Foi meu primeiro Festival Internacional e tive a alegria de ser finalista na categoria Roteiro de Curta Metragem. Gostei bastante do festival, parabéns a todos os organizadores

    March 2023
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  • Laura Hirch

    It was a great festival and I am very grateful my film got selected. I especially loved the environmental and femme cine category, the team helps to create awareness in society👏🏼

    March 2023
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  • marcelo castellano

    Encantado de haber participado y gracias por la selección como finalista de mi guion.

    April 2022
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  • JAVIER ESPINOZA

    Very happy to present our short film "Hojas de Sauco" at the IBIZACINEFEST. Looking forward to return.

    April 2022
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