FICVI, Vila-seca International Short Film Festival is a festival focused on the exhibition of short films.

The 11th edition of FICVI, Vila-seca International Short Film Festival will take place from 17 to 25 October 2026. It is organised by the Vila-seca Tourism Board and collaborates with the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España – Goya Awards as a collaborating festival in the preselection of short films in the categories of fiction, animation and documentary for the Goya Awards.

FICVI is a festival specialised in the short film format that aims to celebrate and bring the best national and international cinema to the town of Vila-seca, supporting emerging, bold and diverse filmmaking in both themes and genres. It seeks to promote cinema in general, support short film creators and establish a reference space where they can showcase their work.

The programme of the Vila-seca International Short Film Festival is structured into two competitive sections:

Official: includes short films under 30 minutes in the following genres: fiction, documentary and animation (with a premiere date after 1 July 2024).

IN SITU: short films under 3 minutes created by residents of Vila-seca and the Camp de Tarragona on a theme set by the festival organisation in Vila-seca. It is accompanied by a training workshop to develop the projects. The official call for the workshop and full rules of the section will be announced on 15 July 2026.

Check the rules here.

Submit your short film by 7 June 2026.