Our seventh edition of Ibizacinefest, already like new
qualifying festival for the Goya Awards 2023 for the
fiction and documentary short film categories, has
been a resounding success with the public, press and films
released in Spain. With 10 days of projections in the
island of Ibiza and reaching all of Spain with our
online programming through FILMIN.
We have once again met our two parallel objectives of
bring to our islands the most courageous and
cryptic, and at the same time, as a festival markedly
territorial, quality independent cinema that will reach the
commercial halls of the peninsula, but never to Ibiza.
The 2023 edition has been a great success with the public and
press, confirming the IBZCF as one of the main
emerging festivals in Spain.
We believe in a committed auteur cinema, with points of
necessary sight, that can move in substance and form, in
the margins of the norms of commercial cinema, with total
creative freedom.
IBZCF is once again a 100% face-to-face festival, but
Filmin continues to be essential for us, giving the
possibility of having viewers throughout Spain.
We offer national online visibility to the films that
wish (14 feature films in the 2023 edition), with
various possibilities of permanence during the 10 days
of the festival, even offering 24-hour premieres.
Filmin also connects us with the industry and our
desire to participate and assist in the distribution of these
films, since some of them, discovered in the
IBZCF, although they are state premieres, obtain contracts and
They are included in the Filmin catalogue.
Our Collaborative Distribution Award Continues
with #ConUnPack and the Mexican film RICOCHET, thank you
to its award, it will be released in theaters and platforms thanks to
his presence in IBZCF22.
Our Pitching and advice sections for
four feature film projects have continued online,
supervised by Ángela Bosch and we premiered SORBELTZA,
the short film that won our script contest in
IBZCF22 and received a cash prize for his
co-production.
Our new programs dedicated exclusively to
secondary school students has been one of the points
strengths of this edition, the acceptance of the students to the
programming presented has been one of our great
satisfactions, after all they will be the public future of the
festival and less conventional and commercial cinema, but of
great authorial quality and social commitment, which
We strive to schedule.
The same acceptance is repeated in our second edition
CINEKIDS, a program of animated short films
for the little ones who will enjoy in 4 municipalities of
Ibiza.
We will continue in our 8th edition the intention set
in 2023, premiere feature films in Spain and help them in
its distribution, occupy the 3 commercial halls of the Island,
schedule around 100 quality movies
proven, author, independent, brave,
engaged... . .and therefore cryptic, which otherwise
they would not reach our island.
Throughout the year we will continue to develop an audience
thanks to our educational programs.

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.

IBZCF PITCHING
It rewards 4 feature film projects at any stage of their development, with an online counseling session of approx. 90 minutes by Àngela Bosch and delivery of a corresponding report to guide its production and/or distribution.

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: IBIZACINEFEST PITCHING-SPANISH PROJECTS
The Ibizacinefest Pitching selects 4 documentary and fiction feature film projects of Spanish production, which will be presented online to our advisor Ángela Bosch.
Ibizacinefest is committed to making known and promoting all the selected projects in our RRSS and newsletters.
Ibizacinefest will present a report prepared by Ángela Bosch specific to each project and later she will attend them personally in a one-to-one session to finalize the advice.
The maximum duration of each recorded Pitch will be 15 minutes.
Initial projects, finished scripts, projects in pre-production, works in progress and final cuts are accepted.
PRESENTATION RULES
All pitch recordings must be in Spanish or English.
At the time of registration through FilmFreeway only, each project may include:
1. Synopsis (maximum 300 characters).
2. Treatment (maximum 700 characters).
3. Project the image in HD (300 dpi).
4. Trailer or teaser if available.
5. Possibilities and demands for financing at the current time of the project.

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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  • 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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  • Przemek Węgrzyn

    I am really impressed with communication, quality and professionalism of IBIZACINEFEST. Thank you for selecting my work 'Piko and Brunatny'

    April 2022
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