Festival de Málaga opens the call for entries for the second edition of the Ibershorts Award, for Ibero-American short films
Almost 30 festivals from 20 countries will participate in this initiative during the 30th edition of the festival, in collaboration with Festhome
Festival de Málaga, organised by
Malaga City Council through the company Málaga Procultura, announces the second edition of the
Ibershorts Award, which will take place during its 30th edition, to be held from 26 February to 7 March 2027. Full participation rules can be found on the Festival's website, and registration must be done through the
Festhome platform by 30 November 2026.
Ibershorts is an initiative of the Festival de Málaga,
in alliance with Festhome, aimed at promoting and giving visibility to Ibero-American fiction and animation short films. This award, part of the festival's official programme, aims to recognise the quality and diversity of short films produced in Ibero-American countries (including Portugal and excluding Spain).
Festival de Málaga thus fully embraces Ibero-American audiovisuals by partnering up with other festivals that have a strong commitment to short films and influence in the genre. These festivals form part of the network of qualifying festivals for this initiative, with the goal of promoting Ibero-American fiction and animation short films and generating new opportunities for their creators.
A total of 29 festivals from 20 countries are participating in the call for entries, for which they must submit up to two award-winning short films from their most recent edition (the jury winner and the audience winner, or equivalent). These films will be automatically eligible, along with other award-winning short films from other festivals. A joint committee, appointed by Festival de Málaga and Festhome, will select five finalists to be screened during the 30h edition of Festival de Málaga.
The
winner of the Ibershorts Award will receive the Biznaga Award for Best Ibero-American Fiction Short Film. This award will be presented at the Festival de Málaga's Short Film Awards ceremony. The five selected short films will also take part in Málaga Short Corner, an initiative included in MAFIZ / Spanish Screenings Content where they can take part in different industry activities as well as screenings.
The
festivals participating in the Ibershorts Award are:
- ASUFICC - Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo de Asunción (Paraguay)
- Baixada Animada - Festival Iberoamericano De Cinema De Animação (Brazil)
- BITBANG Festival Internacional de Animación (Argentina)
- Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes Versión Española / SGAE (Spain)
- Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival (Portugal)
- Curta-se 24 Festival Iberoamericano de Cinema de Sergipe (Brazil)
- FAM – Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosur (Brazil)
- FANTLATAM (an alliance of 32 fantastic film festivals in Latin America) (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Chile)
- FENAVID – Santa Cruz International Film Festival (Bolivia)
- Festival de Cinema de Gramado (Brazil)
- Festival de Cine Global Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
- Festival de Huelva de Cine Iberoamericano (Spain)
- Festival Internacional de Cine al Este (Peru)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca -FICC (Ecuador)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca (Spain)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Lebu (CINELEBU) (Chile)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata (Argentina)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia (Chile)
- Festival Kinoarte de Cinema (Brazil)
- FIC UBA -Festival Internacional de Cine de la Universidad de Buenos Aire (Argentina)
- FICCI – Cartagena International Film Festival (Colombia)
- Hayah Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Panamá (Panama)
- Icarus, International Film Festival in Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama)
- José Ignacio International Film Festival (Uruguay)
- LESGAICINEMAD (Spain)
- Pávez Awards – Talavera de la Reina International Film Festival (Spain)
- Shorts Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
- Shorts Mexico (Mexico)
- Skyline Benidorm Film Festival (Spain)
