I. Projects must be submitted by production companies from Spain, Portugal and Latin America, registered as such with the Institute of Cinematography or similar bodies in their country of origin, be they trade associations or other recognised bodies.
II. The contractual link with the screenwriter confirming the transfer of exploitation rights must be clear.
III. Projects must have the nationality of their country of origin.
IV. If the project is an international co-production, a contract or a memo deal must be provided, stating the percentage of participation of each country.
V. The project submitted should preferably be up to the director's third audiovisual work.
VI. Fiction feature films, documentary feature films and animation projects will be accepted, with a minimum running time of 70 minutes. Series, web series, news reports, short films and TV movies will not be accepted.
VII. The projects submitted must be at an advanced stage of development, understood as those projects that have preferably secured funding of at least 20% for their production. Projects that are in the filming or post-production phase will not be accepted.
VIII. Projects will be registered free of charge online, using the registration form which will be available, from 1 august, on the website: www.mafiz.es(
https://mafiz.es/es/evento/maff/formulario)
IX. Projects submitted in the previous edition cannot be re-registered for the current 2026 MAFF call.
X. Materials/information will be sent in the official languages of MAFF.
The official languages of MAFF will be Spanish and Portuguese. Forms may be submitted in both languages.
XI. The producer, by submitting the entry form, acknowledges that they are the owner of all material/information requested, and has full right and authority to submit the material/information requested by MAFF.
XII. The material/information submitted by applicants will be kept confidential by the Festival de Málaga and affiliated entities related to the Festival, as well as by the members of the evaluation team and selection and benefits professionals.
XIII. The selection of the projects will be made by four experts with solid professional careers. The decision of the jury committee is final. The organisation reserves the right to make the assessments public.
XIV. Once the projects have been selected by the jury committee, the selected projects will be informed confidentially and their attendance will be confirmed. Afterwards, the selection will be officially announced on the Festival's website www.festivaldemalaga.com and social media platforms.
XV. The participation of the producer and/or director in the MAFF event is essential for the selected projects. If this point of the regulations is not complied with, the Festival de Málaga has the right to cancel the participation of the project in question. It would be favourable for the project if both producer and director were involved.
XVI. Once the participation of the project has been confirmed, the producer undertakes to send the requested materials/information in two languages: Spanish and English, within the time frame established by the Festival de Málaga.
XVII. The Festival de Málaga will have the right to use the materials/information of the selected projects for their dissemination and promotion in national and international territories through the channels or media it deems necessary.
XVIII. MAFF is an international event, which will be attended by European producers to learn about the selected projects, so it is important that the pitching and presentations are in English.
The deadline for project registrations is 12 November 2025.
The announcement of the selected projects will be made at Ventana Sur 2025
XIX. In case of selection
- The production company or producer of the project undertakes to participate in the event on all the days of the MAFF. If they do not participate, the project will be disqualified.
- If the film is awarded a prize, the production companies and producers must offer it in consideration to the organisation of the Festival de Málaga for its premiere at the Festival.
- If selected, they also agree that the project details and contact information of their representatives will be published in the MAFF catalogue.
- The director and/or the producer of the works selected for the MAFF must include the MAFF - FESTIVAL DE MÁLAGA logo in the opening and closing credits of the film, with the following text: "MAFF Official Selection - 2026", as well as including it in all publicity, press material and the film's website. Moreover, the logo of the collaborating company awarding the prize must be included in the credits of the film. The first logo will be provided by the Festival de Málaga, and the latter by the collaborating company.
XX. Truthfulness of information
In the event that the person responsible for the project, in order to demonstrate funding or competence, has not been truthful with regard to the information contained in the documents accompanying the entry or during the execution of the project, and in the event that the observations made by the event organisers have not been solved to their satisfaction, the Festival de Málaga reserves the right to refer the matter to the competent authorities in their country of origin, in order to inform them of the situation and to decide on the appropriate action to be taken. In addition, the production company will be barred from resubmitting projects for five years. The decisions made in this respect by the Festival de Málaga must be recorded in the administrative act that will be notified by registered letter to the affected party, giving rise to the obligation to return the contributions if prizes are awarded in cash or in kind.
XXI. Disqualification
In accordance with this call, production companies are ineligible to participate in this call as applicants if, at the time of submission of their application or during the evaluation or selection stages, they are ineligible due to administrative incidents in their respective countries and with respect to their local and/or international funds.
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