Apply Now: IX International Videopoetry Competition 2025

Funding Information

• The jury appointed for this purpose will award the following cash prizes to the three winning videopoems:
  • 1st Prize: 500€
  • 2nd Prize: 300€
  • 3rd Prize: 200€
  • Special Audience Award: 200€ (awarded by the audience attending the IX Maldito VideoPoetry Festival Ceremony)

Eligibility Criteria

• Anyone can participate, regardless of age, gender, nationality or place of residence.

Application Requirements

• Length: 5 minutes maximum, credits included.
• Visual and aesthetic treatment: It will be totally free, being necessary that the word, the poetry, has importance in this work. Not only the attraction of the image is sought, but also the symbiosis with the word, whether written, narrated or suggested. Works that do not contain a poem will not be considered for the competition.
• Format: The videopoem must be submitted in .MP4 format.
• Subtitles: Videopoems in languages other than Spanish must have embedded subtitles in Spanish.
• Rights/permissions: Registration will be considered as a guarantee that the author has the rights/permissions of image, music and text to project his/her work within the framework of the festival.
• Age of the videopoem: Videopoems that have been submitted to the competition in previous editions or those made before 2022 will not be taken into consideration.
• Maximum number of works: 2 videopoems per participant.

For more information, visit Maldito Videopoetry Festival.