Gijón International Film Festival opens the call to submit feature films and short films for selection at its 61st edition, which will be held November 17th – 25th, 2023
The Official Section is made up of the following official competitions:
Retueyos Competition: Official international competition comprising first, second or third feature films (co-)directed by emerging filmmakers.
Albar Competition: Official international competition consisting of works (co-)directed by filmmakers who have more than three feature films premiered at festivals and/or in commercial screening rooms.
Tierres en Trance Competition: Official competition consisting of works (co)produced by countries in the Latin-American area (including Spain and Portugal).
Short Film Competition: Official international competition comprising short films.
In addition, the Festival is completed with the following sections: Enfants Terribles, a competitive section specifically aimed at the Festival’s younger audience; Esbilla, a selection of films showcasing works from the international film industry scene that stand out for their quality and/or audacity, to which premiere titles of special formal or thematic value are added; FICX | Laboral Cinemateca, a section co-produced by Laboral Cinemateca, comprising a classical and/or contemporary audiovisual selection accompanied by presentations and special meetings, and/or live music; and, Asturies Curtiumetraxes, a wide selection of short films made in Asturias and/or by Asturian producers or filmmakers.
Finally, Gijón’s International Film Festival enriches its program with the presentation of several Spotlights and Retrospectives, conceived to discover and reinforce the work of filmmakers on the national and international film industry scene, selected through curatorship and/or in collaboration with other festivals and institutions; Seasons, defined by a thematic line or by a geographical criterion and selected likewise; and Special Screenings SCREENINGS which shows works of singular interest accompanied by guests.
The call is open for feature films no less than 45 minutes long and short films no more than 30 minutes long, produced after January 1st, 2022. They all will be able to be registered in the competitive and non-competitive sections of the Festival, except for the Asturies-Curtiumetraxes section, for which there will be a specific call, to be announced in the upcoming weeks.
Registration must be made complying with the following deadlines:
Enfants Terribles Section: before 25th August, 2023tember 10th, 2023.
Feature Films for all the other sections: before September 10th, 2023
Short Films (except Asturies Curtiumetraxes, whose call will be announced in the upcoming weeks): Early bird: before September 10th, 2023. Late entries: before September 17th, 2023.
All films must be submitted via Festhome.
