Gijón International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón/Xixón)

Gijón International Film Festival

Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón/Xixón

Also known as: FICX, Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival
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The Gijón International Film Festival (FICX) focuses on independent and auteur cinema, with particular attention to new filmmakers and formally adventurous work. Its official selection includes the Albar and Retueyos feature competitions, FICX Premiere and an international short-film competition. Fiction, documentary and animation share the programme, with an emphasis on European and Latin American cinema.

Enfants Terribles offers films for children and young people, while retrospectives and filmmaker focuses explore established and emerging bodies of work. Crossroads presents films selected jointly with the San Sebastián festival. Based in Gijón/Xixón, Asturias, the festival also supports filmmakers through FICXPro industry activities and SEMILLERU laboratories for projects in development and post-production.

Country

Spain

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Short

Dates

13 November 2026 — 21 November 2026

Awards and prizes

The 2026 regulations include awards for best feature, direction and performances in Albar; FIPRESCI and special jury awards in Retueyos; best feature and artistic contribution in FICX Premiere; the Principado de Asturias Award for best short; Enfants Terribles and audience awards; and young-jury prizes. Further distinctions recognise Spanish and Asturian cinema, screenwriting, editing, films directed by women and Latin American cinema. Distribution and service prizes accompany selected awards.

Festival rules

The 2026 edition accepts features of at least 45 minutes and shorts of no more than 30 minutes, produced after 1 January 2025, through Festhome. The Albar, Retueyos, FICX Premiere and international short-film competitions require a Spanish premiere. Retueyos pays particular attention to filmmakers with fewer than four released features. Enfants Terribles accepts works for children and young people. Asturies Curtiumetraxes has separate entry rules. Films made predominantly or entirely with generative AI are ineligible; incidental use must be explicitly declared. Screening copies require English or Spanish subtitles. Submission deadlines are 21 August 2026 for Enfants Terribles, 6 September for other features and regular short-film entries, and 13 September for extended short-film entries.

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