All the works made after 1st January 2025 can apply for the festival. Works that applied for the previous edition shall not be admitted.

Short films can be submitted online via Movibeta:  https://festival.movibeta.com/festivals/26

If the original version of the short film is in other language different from Spanish, the film shall be submitted in its original version with Spanish subtitles.

In case a short film in a language different than Spanish, with English subtitles only, is pre-selected, the filmmakers will have 10 days from the submission of their short film to include Spanish subtitles, after being notified. Notifications will take place in the last week of September. Any fee related to that adaptation will be the responsibility of the film makers. This will be a mandatory requirement to enter the final competition.

The short films shall not be longer than 30 minutes, credits included, and the theme shall be of the applicant choice. For the competition, fiction short films, animated short films and documentary works will be accepted.

The winning authors shall be committed to incorporate at the beginning of their short film the corporate image of this competition -which shall be provided in digital form by the organization- making specific reference to the award won. Having done that, a copy of the film must be sent to the managing board of the festival in order for the film to be verified.

The shipping costs for the pre-selection shall be paid by the applicant.

The selected films will be screened at the festival headquarters during the celebration of FICC55, held between from November 21 to 28 November, 2025.

The prizes awarded by the Festival will be conditioned to the attendance of the winners at the closing gala to collect the award. In case of force majeure, a representative of the film crew, production or distribution company will be accepted to attend. If no person from the awarded short film attends to collect the award, the prize money will be forfeited.