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Introduction

Zinebi – Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film Bilbao, Spain 1959

The International Latin American and Philipino Documentary Film Competition of Bilbao (its original name) was created in 1959 under the auspices of the Basque Institute of Hispanic Culture, which in those years was under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event was designed as a little brother, and in certain a sense as a complement to the International Film Festival of Donostia- San Sebastian, which had begun its career six years earlier. Its field of action quickly spread to many countries in the world and in 1968, in line with the rise of short fiction films which could be seen at that time in Spain, it made room for the latter type of cinema. Between 1972 and 1981 were the most intense years of the festival, which served the dual function of becoming a platform for discussion on Spanish short films and at the same time disseminating works belonging to the most diverse and varied cinematography, paying special attention to the cinema of Latin American origin. In 1974 the contest achieved full recognition from the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF, its English abbreviation) as a festival of the highest international ranking, competitive in its three categories: fiction, documentary and animation.

Event Venue

Bilbao, Spain

Event Date

2017/11/10-17

Submission Deadline

2016/3/10-2017/8/10

Prizes & Awards

Grand Prize of the Bilbao Festival

Grand Prize for Spanish Films

Grand Prize for Basque Films

Grand Prize for the Latin American cinema

Golden Mikeldi for Documentary, Fiction, Animation

Silver Mikeldi for Documentary, Fiction, Animation