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Mecal Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Spain
festival
Mecal, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, will celebrate in 2020 its 22nd edition.
The festival, with more than 5.000 short films submitted annually, has become a point of reference both in Spain and abroad. Due to its international scope and quality programming, Mecal regularly benefits from grants awarded by various Spanish and international public cultural institutions.
The festival is a regular, annual event that is strongly committed to promoting the exhibition and promotion of audiovisual creations in the short format, not only for the public, but also in having professional creators and distributors meet through different activities, including numerous screenings, events and parties.
Mecal is also devoted to fostering emerging talent, by holding events and awards specially aimed at young creators. In this sense, it also works as an International Short Film Promotion and Distribuition Network, organising screenings both at a national and an international level, collaborating with festivals, embassies, and institutions around the world.
Event date
14.03.2020 ⟶ 05.04.2020
Every year, the festival screens around 400 short films from over 40 countries in 4 competitions and more than 20 parallel categories. These are the 4 competitions:
– International Fiction
– Oblique (edgy, experimental works)
– Animation
– Documentary
Awards:
1. International Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the International Section. Awarded by the International Jury. This jury will also grant a second and third award to complete a podium in this category.
2. Animation Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Animation Section. Awarded by the Animation Jury. This jury will also grant a second and third award to complete a podium in this category.
3. Filmin Oblique Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Oblique Section. Awarded by the Oblique Jury. This jury will also grant a second and third award to complete a podium in this category.
4. Documentary Grand Prix to the Best Short Film of the Documentary Section. Awarded by the Documentary Jury. This jury will also grant a second and third award to complete a podium in this category.
5. Videolab Award for the Best Spanish production. Awarded by the International Jury.
6. Moonlight Award to the Best Spanish Fiction. Awarded by the Oblique Jury.
7. ALMA Award to the Best Spanish Script. Awarded by a jury composed of members of ALMA (Spanish Screenwriters Guild).
8. Young Jury Award to the Best Short Film of the Oblique Section. Awarded by the Young Jury.
9. Audience Award to the Best Short Film of the Animation section. Awarded by the audience.
10. El Periódico de Catalunya Audience award to the Best Short Film of the Documentary section. Awarded by the audience.
11. Animation Students Award to the Best Short Film of the Animation section. Awarded by the Animation Students jury.
12. Prix de la Critique. Awarded by a jury composed of members of ACCEC (Catalan Film Critics and Writers Association)
13. Avisual Pro Award to the most innovative short film of the Barcelona Film Schools. Awarded by the audience.
14. Plançó Award to the best short film of the Catalan Animation Schools. Awarded by the audience.
15. Shorts TV Award. Awarded by the Shorts TV jury.
Admin Address
C/ Joan d’Àustria, 126,
2n 1r – 08018 Barcelona
Spain
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Roberto Barrueco
(Festival Director)
Director and founder of Mecal, International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, Roberto
Barrueco multiplies activities and experiences. This art historian, emigrated in
Barcelona, is fond of Art in general and keeps proving it, working in the area of
electronic music, or collaborating, namely, with the Chinese contemporary art Loft
Gallery of Barcelona… Today, he travels round the world through the Spanish short
film broadcasting structure, Mecal, that he put in place in order to stand for this
format and meet people sharing his passion. His last projects : a virtual reality festival
(360 Barcelona VR Fest) and a videoclips festival, Soundie.