On Saturday, October 14 at 10:00 a.m. the IN SITU contest begins. The purpose of this contest is to turn Vila-seca into a large set, where everyone who wants can participate. It involves recording during the weekend, a short film of no more than 3 minutes in length, using locations in Vila-seca and some surprise elements delivered by the festival management just before the contest begins. In the previous edition, the surprise elements were a Roll of toilet paper, Poker cards and the phrase "I can't believe they haven't invented this yet" had to be used. On Wednesday, October 19, the short films presented will be screened.