The San Sebastian International Film Festival has its main offices at the following address:

FESTIVAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
TABAKALERA - Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea
Plaza de las Cigarreras, 1, 2ª planta
20012 Donostia – San Sebastián (España)
Tel.: +34 943 481212
ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com

Detailed information can be found on the official Festival website: www.sansebastianfestival.com, which also explains how to contact the Festival and its different departments.

The Public Limited Company FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN S.A. consists in equal parts of the San Sebastian City Council, the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport. Its chairmanship is held by the Mayor of San Sebastian. The San Sebastian International Film Festival organisation is headed by its Director, José Luis Rebordinos.

The San Sebastian International Film Festival is accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, FIAPF www.fiapf.org, in the "competitive film festivals" category.

ARTICLE 1

The San Sebastian International Film Festival seeks to make a positive contribution to the development of the film culture and industry.

ARTICLE 2

The 73rd edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival will take place in the city of San Sebastian from the19th to the 27th September 2025.

ARTICLE 3

The EUSKO LABEL short film competition is an initiative organized jointly by HAZI, an instrumental entity of the Basque Government and the Festival, which aims to promote, through audiovisuals, the dissemination of positive messages related to the contribution made by the rural and coastal environment and the first sector of Euskadi to urban society. In short, the aim is to make known the importance of a living rural and coastal environment, as the basis of the model of society that we have, and in turn, to value the role and the people of the primary sector and the rural and coastal environment within this model. In other words, the idea would be the following: from the rural to the urban, adding value and promoting a sustainable development of the rural and coastal environment that recognizes the contribution it makes to balanced economic and social development.

All selected films are eligible for the two EUSKO LABEL Awards, which will have an economic endowment of 6,000 euros for the first winner and 4,000 euros for the runner-up.

ARTICLE 4

The EUSKO LABEL Award will be decided by a jury constituted for this purpose, chosen by the management of the San Sebastian Festival and the Basque Government, and made up of three people, representatives from the world of gastronomy and/or local products and/or audiovisuals.

ARTICLE 5

The Award may not be declared void and may not be attributed to more than one film.

ARTICLE 6

The two winning short films will be announced and screened at the EUSKO LABEL Saria Award Ceremony to be held as part of the Festival. 

ARTICLE 7

The producers or representatives of the films that have received the award undertake to mention it in all publicity and press material concerning said film, representing the exact wording of the Jury's decision and using the Festival's logo. This logo will be available in several languages on the Festival's official website: www.sansebastianfestival.com.

ARTICLE 8

The admission of short films entered for the pre-selection of the EUSKO LABEL short film competition will begin on May 10th and end on June 17th.

The registration process will be carried out online through the Festival's website.

ARTICLE 9

Short films that meet the following conditions may participate in the section:

1. Have a maximum duration of 3 minutes.
2. Be entirely made with a mobile device in horizontal format.

ARTICLE 10

All films selected by the Festival will be presented in their original version, in Basque or Spanish. The Festival will carry out, at its own expense, an additional electronic subtitling in Basque or Spanish. For this purpose, a DVD or a link of the final original version of the short film will be required.

ARTICLE 11

Acceptance of the Award implies:

• Acceptance of these regulations.
• To have duly completed the online film entry form, which can be found on the official website: www.sansebastianfestival.com.

ARTICLE 12

Once the film is officially invited by the Festival Director, the producers or representatives of the selected films must confirm the entry form, sent in advance, and duly completed, no later than August 1st, 2025.

The Festival will recognize the signatory of this confirmation as the sole interlocutor to negotiate all aspects related to the participation of the film in the event and as the sole responsible before other companies or persons who may have participated in the production of the film.

The confirmation by the producers or representatives of the selected film means that they will not be able to withdraw it from the program and the irrevocable acceptance of all the rules required by the Festival management.

ARTICLE 13

The invitation of each film selected by the San Sebastian Festival will be strictly confidential between the Festival management and the producers or representatives of the invited film, until the Festival decides to officially announce it.

The overall programming of the San Sebastian Festival and the screening schedules are the exclusive responsibility of the Festival's management committee.

ARTICLE 14

The necessary documentation materials for press releases, catalog, and official Festival website (synopsis, technical-artistic sheet, filmography biographies and photos of the directors and photos of the film), will be extracted from the online registration form, which must be duly completed no later than August 1st, 2025.

All promotional material concerning the selected films that may be required by the various departments of the Festival must be sent promptly by the producers or representatives of the film.

ARTICLE 15

The producers or representatives of the invited films must send the selected copies to be screened, 15 days prior to the beginning of the Festival, to the Festival's film department at its headquarters:

SAN SEBASTIAN FESTIVAL
Film Department
Tabakalera
International Center for Contemporary Culture
Plaza de las Cigarreras, 1 -2º
20012 Donostia - San Sebastián (Spain)
Tel. 34 943 481212
ciclos@sansebastianfestival.com

The Festival management reserves the right not to accept copies that, after control by the Festival's technical department, prove to be unsuitable for screening. The Festival Management will send the technical report to the owners or representatives of the films if irregularities are found in the copy.

ARTICLE 16

The accredited industry professionals will be attended by the Festival's Industry area, coordinated by a professional team that will make available to these accredited professionals all possible means to facilitate their work, including the viewing of the films in its video library, with the prior written authorization of their producers.