{"id":20824,"date":"2026-01-18T20:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infest.es\/rules-of-the-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:59:22","slug":"rules-of-the-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/rules-of-the-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of the competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20824\" class=\"elementor elementor-20824 elementor-20748\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a445412 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a445412\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1721bd\" data-id=\"e1721bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e13e21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e13e21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b>RULES FOR THE ELEVENTH EDITION OF&nbsp; THE INFEST RUB\u00cd FESTIVAL 2026<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14804ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14804ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e59d5b2\" data-id=\"e59d5b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd49d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dd49d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>RULES FOR THE ELEVENTH EDITION OF THE INFEST RUB\u00cd FESTIVAL 2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. The participation scope is international.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Anyone can participate without age restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. There is no limit to the number of submissions per author.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Submitted works must be fiction short films, in the genres FANTASY, FREAK, SCIENCE FICTION, and HORROR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. The duration of the films must not exceed 15 minutes, excluding credits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. If the original language of a work is not English, Spanish, or Catalan, subtitles in English, Spanish, or Catalan must be provided, or the film must be dubbed into one of these languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Any production that does not meet the technical requirements for proper screening may be rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Short films produced before January 1, 2022, will not be accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. Works that have been selected as &#8220;Finalists&#8221; in previous editions of the festival will not be accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. The deadline to submit works is May 3, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11. A digital copy of the short film must be submitted with a minimum resolution of 1280&#215;720 pixels, in any of the following digital formats: AVI, MPEG, MOV, WMV, MKV, etc., with video encoded in H264 and audio in AAC.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submissions can be sent to the festival via digital platforms such as MOVIBETA, FESTHOME, CLICK FOR FESTIVALS, and FILMFREEWAY.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exceptionally, works may be submitted via a viewing link sent to the email address <a href=\"mailto:infest.rubi@gmail.com\">infest.rubi@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shipping costs are the responsibility of the participants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival organization and its jury will select the works that will compete and the winners, respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival will award the following prizes:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a) Jury Prize for <b>&#8220;Best Short Film InFest Rub\u00ed 2026&#8221;<\/b> awarded with \u20ac1,000.<\/span><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b) Jury Prize for <b>&#8220;Runner-Up Short Film InFest Rub\u00ed 2026&#8221;<\/b> awarded with \u20ac250.<\/span><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c) <b>&#8220;Audience Award InFest Rub\u00ed 2026&#8221;<\/b> awarded with \u20ac250.<\/span><br \/>\n        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prize amounts will be transferred via bank transfer. The festival will not cover any fees related to transfers to non-European accounts. To receive the prize, it is mandatory for the winner to issue an invoice. Failure to do so will result in forfeiting the prize.<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winners will be announced at the end of the short film screenings during the closing gala of the festival, scheduled for Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury&#8217;s decision is final. The festival reserves the right to declare a prize void.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization may use fragments of the selected works to promote the festival through any media indefinitely, without commercial purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All works will become part of the festival\u2019s video library and may be shown for cultural and\/or educational purposes, but never for commercial purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Catalan-produced short films participating in this year&#8217;s InFest edition are automatically eligible for the TAC Award given by the <i>Federaci\u00f3 d&#8217;entitats cin\u00e8files<\/i> \u201cTerror Arreu de Catalunya\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submitting an audiovisual work implies full acceptance of these rules. Any unforeseen situations will be resolved at the festival&#8217;s discretion. InFest is not responsible for violations of intellectual property rights of submitted works.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">\n        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization reserves the right to make exceptions to these rules if deemed necessary.<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17115\" style=\"text-align: center;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/infest_logo_mespetit.png\" alt=\"logo infest\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/infest_logo_mespetit-66x66.png 66w, http:\/\/www.infest.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/infest_logo_mespetit.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RULES FOR THE ELEVENTH EDITION OF&nbsp; THE INFEST RUB\u00cd FESTIVAL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20824"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20824"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20918,"href":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20824\/revisions\/20918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.infest.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}