Call For Entries: Skyline Film Festival Seeks The Next Generation Of Filmmakers

The Skyline Benidorm Film Festival has opened submissions for short films to beryllium portion of its 10th edition, which will return spot successful Benidorm from 18 to 25, April 2026. Filmmakers tin taxable their useful until December 20 via nan Festhome, Movibeta aliases FilmFreeway platforms.

With a coagulated way grounds and nickname from nan Spanish Academy of Cinema arsenic a qualifying show for nan Goya Awards, Skyline Benidorm Film Festival has established itself arsenic an basal arena connected some nan nationalist and world movie scene. Its main extremity is to promote, showcase and professionalise short-form cinema, combining nan tone of independent filmmaking pinch a patient committedness to equality, sustainability and assemblage development.

“Reaching our tenth twelvemonth fills america pinch excitement, but besides pinch a consciousness of responsibility,” said Beatriz Hernández, nan festival’s director. “This version will beryllium a ceremony of everything we person built together pinch filmmakers, institutions and audiences. We want to look backmost pinch pride, but supra each look ahead, reinforcing our committedness to cinema and to those who bask it.”

Thousands of euros successful prizes

This typical day version will people a decade of film, talent and imaginative encounters, reaffirming nan festival’s ngo arsenic a span betwixt creators, nan manufacture and audiences. The charismatic sections will see nan National (Goya-qualifying), International, Ibero-American and Young Filmmakers categories, pinch much than a twelve awards recognising some creator and method excellence.

Among nan astir notable prizes are nan awards for Best National Fiction, Documentary and Animation Short Film (€1,000 each), nan DAMA Award for Best Screenplay (€1,500), among others. In addition, nan show offers a €200 action costs to each short films competing successful nan Official National Section.

Inspiring and master space

“We want Skyline to proceed being a welcoming, inspiring and master abstraction wherever audiences tin observe divers perspectives and link pinch cinema astatine immoderate age,” added Hernández. “Benidorm has go a gathering constituent for short movie lovers, acknowledgment to nan corporate power that has driven nan show complete nan years.”

Remaining existent to its spirit, Skyline Benidorm Film Festival continues to service arsenic a prestigious level for some emerging and established filmmakers. Over 8 days, it will big screenings, talks, master meetings and nan PRISMA manufacture sessions — a abstraction for speech betwixt filmmakers, producers and streaming platforms. Full submission guidelines and introduction forms are disposable connected nan charismatic website.