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Fourteen short films will compete for the Torrerífico awards after receiving 173 proposals in its ninth edition
The Torrevieja horror short film festival will award 1,700 euros in prizes and will hold its screening day on Saturday, October 24, at 4:30 p.m., at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center.
16.10.2026
Entry will be free for those over 16 years of age, and the public will be able to choose their favorite short film in an edition that includes contests, cosplay guests, and raffles.
The University of Alicante's Torrevieja campus, the youth association La Comarca, and the Torrevieja City Council's Youth Department have announced the fourteen short films shortlisted as finalists for the ninth edition of Torrerífico 2026, which received a total of 173 submissions. The selected works will compete for the festival's three prizes, which have a combined value of €1,700.
The Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center will host the screening of the finalist short films, the audience vote, and the awards ceremony on Saturday, October 24, starting at 4:30 p.m. The session, open to those 16 and older and free of charge, will feature a selection of stories exploring different approaches to horror cinema.
As a main novelty, this edition will incorporate contests, cosplay guests and raffles for attendees, which will complete the festival's program and its leisure proposal in the days prior to Halloween.
FOURTEEN FINALIST SHORT FILMS
The works shortlisted by the evaluation committee are the following:
-Killergotchi , by Carlos Cobos Aroca.
-Amira , by Javier Yáñez Sanz.
-Onírica , by Diego Alejandro Vivas.
-Bloody Olive Trees , by Manuel Jesús Molina Caracuel and Miguel Mendiola Lozano.
-The recommended syndrome , by Juan Carlos Antolín Mostaza.
-The House of the Witch , by Antonio Ortega Prats.
-Dripping , by Verónica Ortega Berlanga.
-Last exit , by Egoitz Diaz Ibargoitia.
-Necrosects , by Javier Lozano Sánchez.
-Don't scare me , by Ángel Fernández González.
-Tántibus , by Ángel Manuel Pecci Sánchez.
-Escape from ape mountain , by Diego Corujo Barrios.
-The stark one , by Mara Salvador Sánchez and Marc Simón Socías.
-The Boogeyman , by Juan Francisco Peláez Toledo.
The selection brings together proposals of supernatural and psychological horror, as well as subgenres such as slasher , body horror , zombies, horror noir and social horror, among others.
The evaluation committee is chaired by Belén Cambronero Saiz and includes Luis Deltell Rodríguez, Patricia Palomares Sánchez and Rubén Aniorte Rebollo, as members, and Rebeca Westerveld Fernández, as secretary.
THREE PRIZES AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Torrerífico 2026 will award a first prize of €1,000 for the best short film, a second prize of €500, and an audience award of €200. Attendees will participate in choosing the audience award through a vote held during the event.
Information about the competitions and complementary activities is being disseminated through the channels of Torrerífico, the youth association La Comarca, the University of Alicante's headquarters in Torrevieja, and the Youth Department of the Torrevieja City Council.