Short Films
Within its schedule, the Short Film Festival supports an open and inclusive view towards horror films. Its many sections offer a careful selection of short films from a wide variety of sources, also focusing on the local film community, covering a wide range of formats and styles, spanning from pure entertainment to the most thought-provoking films, making us feel the most visceral and strongest emotions.
The selection mostly includes premieres and works that are previously unseen or rarely seen at festivals in the region, both major productions and independent works, all with a very high quality and artistic interest as a common denominator.
List of sections in competition
Official Section
The longest-running section in competition of the Festival.Since 2002, it focuses on traits such as artistic quality, innovation and diversity, always within the genre of horror, offering an eclectic programming to the public with the goal to please and broaden people's thoughts.
With the determination to overcome any frontiers, this is a section with national and international recognition that gives out the following awards:
- Jury Award for the Best Short Film
- Best Screenplay Award
- Best FX and/or Makeup Award
- "Víctor Israel" Award for Best Acting
- "Manel Gilbert" Audience Award
- “Méliès d’Argent” Award for the best European Short Film
Ç-Trencada Section
Created in 2019, this section offers a prominent spot within the Festival for short films in Catalonian or produced in Catalonia, as well as innovative productions made in Catalonia. The selected short films can receive the Award for Best Short Film "Secció Ç-Trencada" as well as the Audience Award, and they can also be selected for the TAC Award, which is awarded by the institution Federació d’Entitats Cinèfiles Terror Arreu de Catalunya.
The Award for Best Short Film “Secció Ç-Trencada” is endowed with €700 in filming material courtesy of NRD Multimedia.
Globus Section
This section was created in 2020 with a very clear goal: to create a place for short films that help us see human diversity in all of its dimensions.
The main goal for this non-competition section is to offer a place for different, unique, or, at least alternative works, for new ways to see the genre and, at the same time, to go beyond the classic concept of horror.
Family and schools section
We offer sections for families and schools with the goal to bring a younger audience to the Short Film Festival:, oferim seccions familiars i escolars:
- TerrorKids Session: a screening of kid-friendly short films divided into two blocks, one for younger audiences (6-9 years old) and one for those who want to be grown-ups (9-12 years old). After 7 editions of being outside the competition, in 2023 it became a competitive section that awards the Jury Award for Best Short Film and the "Caca a la Butaca" Audience Award. This section includes activities and cinema workshops for children.
- High School Session: screening of the best short films from the previous edition of the Festival aimed to high school students. This screening also includes educational activities and thematic conferences, as well as the presence of authors.