Introduction to the film festival
IMDb Film Festival.
Last year we received projects with big stars like Jeremy Irons or Franco Nero, positioning the Costa Brava Film festival as one of the most important newly created festivals. More than 3,150 filmmakers from 76 countries have already trusted the Costa Brava Film Festival.
We want to help you and all the works registered in the Category: "All categories" will be promoted on our social networks. It does not matter if you are not selected, we will announce your work. All projects registered in the All categories have a promotional post on our Instagram.
All winners of the main category will have:
-Laurels of the winners personalized with the frames of your project so that you can use it as promotional material.
-Feedback with the audience: Our live events have a voting system by the spectators. We will send you all the scores and comments.
-Distribution plan. We will send the best works to the film and television distributors with whom we collaborate. We have more than 8,000 international buyers.
-Your work on our social networks.
Sfilmmaker is our contract submission platform in China, and we look forward to your films.
Awards
Best Feature film
Best Short film
Best Documentary
Best Music Video
Best Director
Best First Time Filmmaker
Best Female Director
Best Producer
Best Cinematography
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Editing
Best Original Screenplay
Best Sound Design
Best Soundtrack
Best Visual Effects
BEST SCRIPT
Best Feature Script
Best Short film Script
Best Screenwriter
Best First Time Screenwriter.
Rules
1. Durations:
Feature film. More than 60 minutes.
Short Film / Series / TV Pilot: maximum 60 minutes.
Short script: up to 30 pages.
Screenplay Feature film up to 150 pages
Documentary: Unlimited.
Unlimited year of production.
2. We accept all languages. If the film is not in English, Spanish or Chinese, we will need English or Spanish subtitles.
3. Costa Brava Film Fest may use samples of their work in a promotional way for the festival. Never commercially (maximum 1 minute).
4. Costa Brava Film Fest is not responsible for copyright violations. The participant declares and guarantees that he has all the copyright and that he does not violate any norm.
5. No fee exemption. The same rules for all. Registration fees are non-refundable after your project has been reviewed.
6. Our live event is free so that the maximum audience can attend. The festival does not pay exhibition fees. At the live festival we screened the winner of Best Short Film, Best Trailer, Best Video Clip and Best Feature Film. Individual categories such as Best Director, Best Actor, Best Producer, Best Sound are considered technical categories and are not screened at the festival. To be eligible to be screened at the live festival you must enter the main categories such as Best Short Film, Best Documentary, Best Feature Film.
7. Our goal is to promote your work. By registering, you agree that we may information about your project to distributors and festivals to promote your work.
8. The organizers reserve the rights to change, cancel or reschedule dates, venue, awards and categories without consent.
9. You must have your project updated on Sfilmmaker, if your link does not work, you change your password or we cannot access your project, we are very sorry but your project will be disqualified. We do not work with external links, we only work through the projects uploaded on Sfilmmaker.
10. IMPORTANT
Registration implies acceptance of these bases.
| Jury Name | Judge photos | Jury Profile |
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Authorization type
Authorization Letter
Duration (several sessions)
Film Festival Features
Dates & Deadlines
2025-06-06
Submission start time
2025-06-12
Earlybird Deadline
2025-07-04
Regular Deadline
2025-08-07
Late Deadline
2025-09-04
Extended Deadline
2025-10-09
Extended Deadline 2
2025-11-20
Extended Deadline 3
2025-11-20
Submission end time
2025-11-25
Finalist notification start time
2025-11-25
Finalist notification end time
2025-11-26
Award ceremony start time
2025-11-26
Award ceremony end time
Categories and fees
2025/06/12
Earlybird Deadline
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/07/04
Regular Deadline
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/08/07
Late Deadline
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/09/04
Extended Deadline
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/10/09
Extended Deadline 2
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/11/20
Extended Deadline 3
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/06/12
Earlybird Deadline
Standard: 12 Dollar
Student： 12 Dollar
2025/07/04
Regular Deadline
Standard: 12 Dollar
Student： 12 Dollar
2025/08/07
Late Deadline
Standard: 12 Dollar
Student： 12 Dollar
2025/09/04
Extended Deadline
Standard: 12 Dollar
Student： 12 Dollar
2025/10/09
Extended Deadline 2
Standard: 12 Dollar
Student： 12 Dollar
2025/11/20
Extended Deadline 3
Standard: 12 Dollar
Student： 12 Dollar
2025/06/12
Earlybird Deadline
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/07/04
Regular Deadline
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/08/07
Late Deadline
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/09/04
Extended Deadline
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/10/09
Extended Deadline 2
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/11/20
Extended Deadline 3
Standard: 30 Dollar
Student： 30 Dollar
2025/06/12
Earlybird Deadline
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/07/04
Regular Deadline
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/08/07
Late Deadline
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/09/04
Extended Deadline
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/10/09
Extended Deadline 2
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/11/20
Extended Deadline 3
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/06/12
Earlybird Deadline
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/07/04
Regular Deadline
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/08/07
Late Deadline
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/09/04
Extended Deadline
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/10/09
Extended Deadline 2
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/11/20
Extended Deadline 3
Standard: 8 Dollar
Student： 8 Dollar
2025/06/12
Earlybird Deadline
Standard: 22 Dollar
Student： 22 Dollar
2025/07/04
Regular Deadline
Standard: 22 Dollar
Student： 22 Dollar
2025/08/07
Late Deadline
Standard: 22 Dollar
Student： 22 Dollar
2025/09/04
Extended Deadline
Standard: 22 Dollar
Student： 22 Dollar
2025/10/09
Extended Deadline 2
Standard: 22 Dollar
Student： 22 Dollar
2025/11/20
Extended Deadline 3
Standard: 22 Dollar
Student： 22 Dollar
2025/06/12
Earlybird Deadline
Standard: 40 Dollar
Student： 40 Dollar
2025/07/04
Regular Deadline
Standard: 40 Dollar
Student： 40 Dollar
2025/08/07
Late Deadline
Standard: 40 Dollar
Student： 40 Dollar
2025/09/04
Extended Deadline
Standard: 40 Dollar
Student： 40 Dollar
2025/10/09
Extended Deadline 2
Standard: 40 Dollar
Student： 40 Dollar
2025/11/20
Extended Deadline 3
Standard: 40 Dollar
Student： 40 Dollar
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