Weird Market turns 15 years old. From its 12th edition on, Weird Market is much more than animation, video games and new media, including new sectors such as board games or comics. That is why it becomes WEIRD MARKET, a new name that welcomes great ideas and IPs regardless of their origin.

Weird Market organizes the 15th edition of the Weird International Animation, Video Games and New Media Market inValencia, Spain, from September 26th to October 1st 2023. The objective of the meeting is to create collaborations between distributors, producers, TV channels, Programmers, video game developers, students and animation directors, international and national.

Weird Market dedicates this call to new Portuguese-Spanish animation projects (feature films, short films or series) and video games that want to be known in their different states of production: in pre-production, production or finalized.

From the projects received a selection that will be published in the catalogue of Weird Market will be made, in order to promote and help with the development and distribution of the Spanish and Portuguese industry of animation and video games. Special attention will be given to innovative projects. 

From this selection of projects, which will be reflected in the publication, a second selection will be made: Projects that will be presented during the market by their creators. 

The publication is distributed online and reaches more than 7,000 professionals each year. The purpose of the publication is to make known the excellent Portuguese-Spanish production of animation and video games and to be able to put in contact its creators with distributors, buyers and co-producers.

2.1. The selection of animation and video games projects of the market is open to all kinds of Portuguese-Spanish projects, in their different states of production, understood by these: pre-production, production or finalized.

2.2. All animation techniques (3D, 2D, stop motion…) and all types of video games are accepted in the participating projects. 

2.3. All formats: short films, feature films, animated series and video games are accepted. VR video games projects will be able to participate in the video games section, as long as the animation has a notable presence.

2.4. Each project can only be registered in a single category and in a single state of production, it cannot be repeated in the next edition of the market (except in the case of feature films). Transmedia projects should fill the appropriate form.

2.5. The maximum number of participating projects per company will be three titles.

2.6. Only projects of producers or studies registered in Spanish or Portuguese territory will be valid. 

2.7. There is no entry fee.

2.8. It is not necessary to have a production company in order to apply.

2.9. There is a right of admission to works that offend people’s sensibilities, incite violent or discriminatory behaviour or are contrary to social customs.

2.10. The deadline for registration and submission of materials is July 27th, 2023.

3.1. The following are the materials that will be needed to complete the registration for each category. The sending of this documentation is obligatory to formalize the request.

3.2. Sending extra material that helps to know the project better like graphic materials, teaser, trailer, working demo, etc. will be positively valued.

3.3  Reference images may be included in the dossier, but in no case may the 2 representative images be reference images.

3.4. All materials should be sent to: weird@weirdmarket.es. All documentation must be sent in a single email, preferably in a single link.

4.1. The selection committee will be formed by professionals and specialists in animation and video games.

4.2. The selected works will appear with their information sheet and contact information in the Weird Market catalogue.

4.3. Producers or authors must ensure that they are in legal possession of the project rights, including those indirectly related (for example, music).

4.4. The material of each of the selected titles may be available to professionals accredited in digital format, unless the creators indicate otherwise.

5.1. An accreditation will only be granted to those projects that are selected to be presented by their authors and / or receive advice.

5.2. All professionals who need more information or wish to go to the Weird Market 2023 can contact us at: weird@weirdmarket.es

6.1. The selected projects will be published on the website  www.weirdmarket.es in September 2023.

6.2. To the projects selected to be presented during the market by their creators, the organization will provide transportation, accommodation and meals for a representative.

7.1 Movistar Plus+ Short Film Project Award

Movistar Plus+ supports for the eighth consecutive year the call granting the Movistar Plus+ Short Film Project Award to the best national short film. The short film selected in this section will obtain the acquisition of the rights of emission by Movistar Plus+ for an amount of 9,000 euros during the term of 2 years and unlimited number of passes, being the first year in exclusivity for the aforementioned channel. The national premiere of the winning short film should be done in Weird Market, in either of the next two editions (2024 or 2025). Which means that the short film can be released outside Spanish territory before Weird Market.

The award will be granted between those short film projects that express their desire to participate and accept the conditions of the prize (above mentioned).

7.2. RTVE Awards for video game projects

The public entity, RTVE, continues supporting this call for projects and it will give three awards: the Best Video Game Project, the Most Innovative Video Game Project and the Video Game Weird Plus,  to the video game that breaks molds, to the weirdest. These awards are granted by the Interactive Media Department of RTVE; Where the selected project can be presented to the Interactive Directorate of RTVE.

7.3. Free accreditation Annecy – MIFA 2024 to the best series project by a young creator 

For the fifth consecutive year, among all the participant animation series projects whose director or production company is their first or second series, it will be granted the recognition to the Best Young Creator Animation Series Project, offering a free accreditation for the next edition of Annecy-MIFA (MIFA professional accreditation).

7.4 Other awards may be given in this call. These will be communicated to all participants via email in addition to being announced on the website and Weird Market social networks.

8.1. Participation in the call for projects, with the sending of materials and the registration made, implies the full acceptance of these regulations.

8.2. The person signing the work must have the necessary rights on the work to present it.

8.3. Weird Market doesn’t reserve any ownership of the work, except for publication in the catalog.

8.4. In the following links you can access the inscription sheet of each type of production: