Festival de Cine Interactivo Gava Dates ()

Festival start: 15 February 2025      Festival end: 15 February 2025

Interactive Festival where the public enjoys Short Films, theater, music and surprises.

The public participates in an active way during the event.

We accept any gender except Horror. Open to all types of filmmakers, whether professional or amateur.

The festival will be held in the town of Gavà, Barcelona (Spain), in mid-February. The VIII Edition will take place on Saturday, February 15, 2025.

Cash Prizes: 200€

• Jury Award: Trophy + Economic Prize (100€)*

• Audience Award: Economic Prize (100€)

* The physical trophy will only be awarded if there is a representative of the winning short on the day of the screening.

- We accept all genre short films, except horror.

- No more than 15 minutes.

- Must have been made between 2017 and 2024.

- Films presented in previous editions are not accepted.

- A maximum of three works per filmmaker will be accepted.

- The works can be shot in any format but they can only be presented in MP4 through the official platforms that work with the festival.

- The deadline for receiving the works will be January 28, 2025.

- The works that are not in Spanish or Catalan, will have to be subtitled in Spanish.

- Each short film will have to be accompanied by: Title, duration, Year, Sinopsis, Country and shooting location, language, Director, Actors, Poster and frame, Email and-Phone.

- The festival is open to all types of filmmakers, whether professionals or amateurs.

- Films will be examined by the Festival team, if any immoral conduct is observed, they will not be admitted to the contest.

- The selected works will be those that opt ​​for the Public Prize of the contest and will be exhibited in our festival. This selection will be notified by email.

- The organization of the reserves the possibility of making projections in other festivals, or samples with which collaborations are established. In these cases it will be informed that they are works presented in the Gava Dates Festival.

- Those responsible for the works, which include the participation of third parties, must have the corresponding authorizations for their exhibition. The festival declines all responsibility regarding the rights of image of the works.

- The official selection and the finalists will be published on the web and on our social networks two weeks before the start of the festival.

- All selected short films will be included in the festival's video library, the organization reserves the right to partially or totally use the material presented for the purpose of promoting the festival, always without spirit profit.

- If due to extrem conditions the festival is affected so that it could not be celebrated in the theater, it will be postponed or carried out online depending on the situation at the time.

- The registration of the work implies that these bases are accepted, failure to comply with said requirements will leave the short film out of competition.