The Sitges Film Festival collaborates with film promotion organizations and academic institutions around the world to manage entry fee waivers. These are only granted through these entities. To obtain a waiver for the submission of your film production, you must contact the organizations or institutions in your country directly and process the application through them.

Film submissions are only accepted through the Festival's official submission platforms: FilmFreeway and Festhome.

The Festival does not accept submissions through any other means and does not accept links.

FEATURE FILMS can be submitted in the following categories:

a) Feature film – Official Fantastic Selection (at least a European premiere, with priority given to international or world premieres)

b) Feature film – other sections

c) Documentary feature film

d) Animated feature film

e) Brigadoon Section (feature films)

f) Sitges Family Section – family audiences (feature films)

SHORT FILMS can be submitted in the following categories:

a) Live-action short films

b) Animated short films

c) Brigadoon Section (short films)

d) Sitges Family Section – family audiences (short films)

For more detailed information, please refer to the Submission Rules and Regulations for the 59th edition.

Yes, just email us at films@sitgesfilmfestival.com and we'll make the change.

Brigadoon independently selects productions within the horror and fantastic genres. It is not a requirement for a short film to be unreleased in Spain in order to be considered for Brigadoon.

Yes, but you will have to pay for each submission.

The Festival does accept submissions of works in progress. This status must be indicated at the time of submission by checking the appropriate box or by indicating it in parentheses after the title.

The Selection Committee will only view your film once.

Pieces submitted in any category cannot be productions previously posted on the Internet or other platforms.

Yes, you can, as long as you pay the entry fee again, but if it wasn't selected for previous editions, it's unlikely that it will be selected this time.

The Festival is committed to filmmaking talent and the creative authorship of the pieces presented. Film productions that are created entirely with artificial intelligence, or those in which artificial intelligence has been an essential element in their concept or artistic production, will not be accepted in any of its in-competition categories. If you have any questions, please contact the Films Department.

The notification date for selected projects will be September 1st, 2026.

The Festival receives a very high volume of submissions, and for this reason, it's not possible to offer personalized feedback on the submitted projects.

Prices by submission type and deadline are as follows:

In the event that you decide to withdraw your submission from the Festival, the entry fee will not be refunded.

The 59th edition of the Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia will be held from October 8 to 18, 2026.

The submission period will open on February 23, 2026 , at 12 noon (Central European Time Zone) and close on July 17, 2026, at 12 noon (Central European Time Zone).

There will be two submission periods:

Early Bird submission: February 23 to June 18, 2026

Final submission: June 19 to July 16 at 12 noon. 

No projects will be accepted after the official submission deadline.