Culture Allocates 3 Million Euros for Short Film Grants

The ICAA awards subsidies to 68 projects, with 58% of the total funding directed towards films by women directors.

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The Ministry of Culture, through the ICAA, has awarded grants totaling 3 million euros for the production of short films, benefiting 68 projects.

Out of a total of 685 applications submitted, 68 short film projects have been selected as beneficiaries. Of these, 41 are fiction, 14 are documentary, and 13 are animation. Fifteen of the short films are or have been produced in co-production with foreign companies.
A total of 36 short films are directed exclusively by women, representing 58.16% of the total funding. Of these, 22 are fiction, 5 documentary, and 9 animation.
The grants are distributed among production companies based in 11 different autonomous communities, with the Community of Madrid (21) and Catalonia (18) receiving the most.
Based on information from the official source: Ministerio de Cultura — Actualidad (13/11/2026)