Cortoons Festival Gandia
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Cortoons Festival is an international festival devoted to animated short films. Its competition has five sections: international shorts of 1 to 4 minutes, international shorts of 4 to 20 minutes, Spanish shorts, shorts produced in the Valencian Community, and international graduation films. Entry is free, and films made with AI are not accepted.
The festival ran in Rome for several years before moving to Gandia, in the Valencian Community, where it is organised by Cortoons Festival together with the City of Gandia, the Generalitat Valenciana through the Institut Valencià de Cultura (Culturarts) and the Gandia campus of the Universitat Politècnica de València. The 22nd edition takes place at Teatro Serrano on 23-25 October 2026.
Country
Spain
Focus
Animation
Categories
Animation, Short, Student
Awards and prizes
Best animated short film from 1 to 4 minutes.
Best animated short film from 4 to 20 minutes.
Best Spanish animated short film.
Best animated short film produced in the Valencian Community.
Best animated graduation short film.
Cortoons Special award: best animated short film.
Best European female director of an animated short film.
Moll Motor award for creativity in motion.
Festival rules
Open to national and international producers and filmmakers, with an unlimited number of films per participant. Entry is free.
Competition sections: international animated shorts of 1 to 4 minutes; international animated shorts of 4 to 20 minutes; Spanish animated shorts; Spanish animated shorts produced in the Valencian Community; international animated graduation shorts.
Films must run 20 minutes or less, be made with any animation technique, and be completed on or after 1 January 2024. Films made with AI are not accepted. Screening formats: .mov, .mpeg and .mp4 with H264 codec. Shorts must be subtitled for the hearing impaired. A minimum of two JPEG stills (at least 300 dpi) and a synopsis are required with each entry.
Films are submitted online through FilmFreeway, Festhome or WeTransfer. Once registered, a film cannot be withdrawn. Copies sent for registration are not returned. The artistic direction makes the selection and notifies only the authors of selected films.
Rules for the 2026 edition: registration deadline 1 September 2026; selection results notified on 5 September 2026.
Contacts
- cortoons.es
- info@cortoons.es — General contact and questions about the rules
- cortoonscontest@cortoons.es — Film submissions by WeTransfer