La Mida no importa – Size Doesn't Matter is an international competition of very short films, with a running-time limit of 10 minutes, in the Raval district of Barcelona. Its starting idea is that small, modestly produced films made on tiny budgets can still have a big impact. The selection favours stories about personal and everyday experience that show the diversity of human relationships, the value of dialogue and cultural exchange. Fiction, animation, documentary and experimental shorts compete for prizes from a professional jury and a youth jury. Screenings take place in January in two venues of the neighbourhood, the Meier Auditorium of the MACBA and the Ateneu del Raval.
The festival is organised by SLOWCUrT with the support of Fundació Tot Raval. It dates back to 2012 and has had its current format since 2017. The 15th edition runs 28–30 January 2027.
Awards and prizes
Professional jury:
First prize: €1,000 + DCP copy sponsored by DCPReady.
Second prize: €500 + DCP copy sponsored by DCPReady.
Honorable mentions may be awarded; the recipient may also obtain a DCP copy sponsored by DCPReady.
Youth jury (at least three young people):
Third prize / Youth Prize: audiovisual equipment rental worth €400 (VAT included), sponsored by 16nou, valid for one year from the end of the festival + DCP copy sponsored by DCPReady.
Prizes are awarded to the directors, except when the film is produced by a film school, academy or other audiovisual training institution. Prizes may not be awarded ex aequo or declared void.
Festival rules
Rules for the 15th edition (28–30 January 2027):
- Open to fiction, animation, experimental and documentary short films accepted by the Selection Committee.
- Maximum running time: 10 minutes.
- Films must have been produced after 1 January 2025.
- Free subject matter; films with tourism or commercial purposes, or content that violates human dignity or promotes hatred or discrimination, are not accepted.
- Films not in Catalan or Spanish must be subtitled in one of these languages; films in Catalan or Spanish must have English subtitles.
- Music, images and other artistic resources not owned by the author must be copyright-free or properly licensed.
- Submissions online through Festhome; a registration fee applies per film (€2 until 18 September 2026, €3 after), in addition to platform fees. Submission period: 8 June – 16 October 2026.
- Screening copies: Full HD, H.264 in .mov or .mp4, 1080i/p, 30 Mbps CBR, with embedded subtitles, sent online no later than one month before the screening.
- Participation allows excerpts to be broadcast on television and online; after the festival, selected films may be shown in non-profit cultural and educational programmes with notice to the authors.
- The Selection Committee may exceptionally accept works that do not meet all conditions. In case of discrepancy, the Catalan version of the rules prevails.
