DOKUMENTALA (6)

Inizio del Festival: 08 aprile 2025      Festival si chiude: 19 dicembre 2025

Dokumentala was born to show, through the language of cinema, the transforming power of support between people.

That is why the thematic axis of the proposals to the competition will be to make visible support relationships that can occur in society and that generate positive changes in people, in groups and in municipalities.

Argia Fundazioa, opens the Call for the SIX Edition of the dokuMentala 2022 Festival.

Argia Fundazioa is an entity that supports people with a diagnosis of mental illness to improve their quality of life and the image that society has of this group.

dokuMentala 2025 was born in 2019 to show, through the language of cinema, the transforming power of support between people.

The Call for the Festival for the year 2025 is made public, which will be governed by the rules detailed below.

Premi in contanti: 3,500€

1. First Prize for Best Short Film, endowed with €1,400

2. Second Prize for Best Short Film, endowed with €1,100

3. Argia Fundazioa Award, which will go to the best proposal from a social entity and endowed with €1,000

4. PROMESA Second Prize, which will go to the best proposal directed by a new director or less than 25 years old and endowed with audiovisual material valued at 400 euros.

1. THEME
The thematic axis of the proposals for the competition will be to make visible support relationships that can occur in society and that generate positive changes in people, in groups and in municipalities.

(Ex: Intergenerational relations, groups at risk of social exclusion, women victims of gender violence, support and relationship in the field of sports, work, with pets,...)

2. PARTICIPANTS

2.1. Participation in dokuMentala 2025 is open to any person or entity

2.2. In the event that any of the participants is a minor (direction or interpretation), they must attach the corresponding authorization that can be found in the dokuMentala download bar on our website: https://bit.ly/3wy9reF

This authorization will be sent to the following email address: dokumentala@argiafundazioa.org


3. CATEGORIES OF PARTICIPATION.

3.1. Three CATEGORIES of participation are established:

to. SHORT FILM
i. In this category, short films that are Fiction, Documentaries, Animation or any other type can be submitted.

b. SOCIAL ENTITY
i. In this category, those short films made by social Entities, Foundations, Associations, NGOs, non-profit organizations that work in the social field, especially for groups in situations of vulnerability, will have access.

c. PROMISE
i. In this category they can be presented by filmmakers who are beginning their career: first works, under 25 years old.

3.2. The short films must be presented in Basque or Spanish

3.3. Each short film will have a minimum duration of 2 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes.


3.5. The deadline for registration and presentation of the work will end on November 14, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

3.6. Audiovisual productions will be sent online through the digital platform
to. FESTHOME: https://festhome.com/f/5412

b. By WeTransfer to the following email address: dokumentala@argiafundazioa.org
It will be necessary to send an attached Festival Registration Form that can be found in the dokuMentala download bar on our website: https://bit.ly/3wy9reF

c. They may also be presented on DVD or Pen Drive and in formats: .mp4 or .mov (or similar) at our headquarters: Argia Fundazioa, calle Trinidad 11, 48993 Algorta-Getxo

It will be necessary to attach the registration form to the festival that can be found in the dokuMentala download bar on our website: https://bit.ly/3wy9reF

3.7. Once the proposal is validated, additional information will be required via email