In each country, national correspondents evaluate all submitted projects and choose the finalist project. Registration for the next edition ends on October 20, 2019.

Projects must meet the following requirements:

- short film of animation, fiction or creative documentary;

- duration up to 40 minutes;

- the project must have part of its funding secured by a third party (external source);

- the producer must be open to international co-productions (suitable project or intended for co-production);

- Shooting or production should start from June 2020;

A European jury of 3 industry professionals from different nationalities will then elect up to 14 projects to go to the final and pitch during the festival. The list of finalists will be made available to the winners by the end of November 2019. Producers must submit their short film projects by October 20, 2019 to the representative of their country.

In Portugal, the associated festivals are Curtas Vila do Conde and IndieLisboa. All entries must be sent to: Miguel Dias mdias@curtas.pt or Miguel Valverde miguel.valverde@indielisboa.com

See the rules and application form here.