Excellent festival! Great panels, amazing selection of films in an incredible beautiful city. Truly an unforgettable experience!
- Hugo M. Sousa, Filmmaker
Welcome to EMIFF
Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival enters its 13th edition, with a clear mission statement; BRIDGING CULTURES – BRIDGING PEOPLE. EMIFF is now recognized as one of the fastest-growing film festivals in Europe, using international film to shape a creative community, allowing independent filmmakers to feel inspired, network, and thrive in this idyllic Mediterranean island paradise.
THE hub for networking, EMIFF brings together the brightest local and international minds in cinema in Mallorca’s buzzing and the culturally rich city of Palma. For seven days and six nights, EMIFF’s program is curated to showcase a culturally diverse, inclusive, and provocative mix of feature films, short films, documentaries, music videos, films for kids, experimental films and animation shorts.
With competitive screenings unfolding at the most striking island locations, EMIFF is an ideal place for indie filmmakers to rub shoulders with industry professionals at the festival’s Producers Club, its Pitch Forum and with the opportunity to win prizes worth up to 15,000€ across the 13 categories of the festival program. EMIFF’s Made In Baleares section presents films produced and directed by the most talented filmmakers from the Balearic Islands.
EMIFF has recently been named "One of Europe's 10 most exciting Film Festivals" by The Guardian. We are proud to have been one of MovieMaker’s “TOP 50 Film Festivals Worth The Entry fee” Seven years in a row, as well as appearing continuously on the 100 Best Reviewed Film Festivals list on Freeway, ranking in the top 1.5% of more than 8,000 film festivals and creative markets around the world.