Acocollona't

Acocollona't is an annual horror and fantasy film festival in Girona. It began in 2011. The name Acocollona't comes from the word cocollona, which is a mythical half-crocodile half-butterfly creature that lives in the Onyar river.

The festival is organised by a small group of horror enthusiasts:

• Paco Cavero (@pacocavero)
• Filmmaker David “Callahan” Ruiz (http://www.callahanruiz.com)
• Jordi Martínez (https://www.instagram.com/j.art_inez)

"It started with three geeks who wanted to do something different in the horror-fantasy genre. We didn't have any money, and we actually started by losing money. It started like that. But I suppose because of our love for horror-fantasy films, we kept going, and we kept losing money. But finally we got hekp from public funds, but when we started we had nothing. But it went well, the first years went really well." 
- Paco Cavero https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Fx1vWz9Gh/

In 2025, David expressed feeling tired of organizing the festival every year.

Links: acocollonat.wixsite.com/acocollonat | instagram.com/acocollonat | filmfreeway.com/Acocollonat

Acocoexprés

Acocoexprés is a short film competition within Acocollona't. Participants have 24 hours to make a short horror or fantasy-themed film. First prize is €500 and second prize is €300. To enter, you have to send an email to acocollonat@gmail.com with the subject "INSCRIPCIÓ ACOCOEXPRÉS" with your name, address and phone number. To prevent teams from starting filming before the day of the competition, on the morning of the competition, the organizers will send each team an object, song and/or phrase that has to be in the film. You then have until the next day to send the organizers your finished film. However, some winning films include the required object/phrase only briefly (a second or two) rather than weaving it into the story, making it easy to cheat.

See https://acocollonat.wixsite.com/acocollonat/acocoexpres

Year	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize (menció especial, from 2022)	Required object/song/phrase
2014	?	Rambla14 (Xevi i Marc) – Amb la Mosca al Nas
2015	Rambla14 (Xevi i Marc) – La Caseta la Martina	?
2016	Joaquim i Joan Girbau - Renaixement	Óscar Lladó – Diguin eel que diguin
2017	Ivan Mulero – Ultra Mega Slasher	Diversos alumnes de l'ERAM – I'm yellow
2018	Paul Jones – Playtime	Lluís Robirola – Ressurrecció diabòlica fatal	Toni Ortega i Héctor Moreno – Top Secret
2019	Paul Jones – Lost in Movieland	Lluís Robirola – Mortal mosca fetal	Pep Caballé – Terrarisme
2020	Israel Manzano – Quarantine Myers	Fernando Álvarez – Salva a la Marta	Paul Jones – Només vull fer caca
2021	Les Cases Grober – Un dissabte qualsevol	Israel Marzano – De hijas a madres	Paul Jones – El Cap Blanc
2022	Albert Portal – Revelacions 3	Ester Bertran i Aleix Cabarrocas – La presència	Paul Jones – Lost in Musicland
2023	Guillem Munné i Ester Bertran – Al final del túnel	Albert Portal – EMDG Redux	?	A psychokiller mask and at least 10 seconds of the song Barbie Girl by Aqua
2024	Anaïs Valle – Km 0	Job Jom Joo – Brams	Paul Jones – Els Caçacocollones	An element from the film Ghostbusters (the logo, the theme music, or the uniform) and the phrase “Què diria en Sebastià d'Arbó?”
2025	Oleguer Nuñez - Quan diguis tres	Albert Portal - Revelatio	Israel Marzano - 49 segons, and Miquel Salvà - Mossegada verda	The phrase "d'alguna cosa s'ha de morir" and a syringe

Frequent participants

• Ester Bertran is a reporter for TV3. She often enters with her husband Aleix Cabarrocas.
• Lluis Robirola is a Catalan known for Amor d'ultratomba, a short zombie film where all the actors have intellectual disabilities or autism.
• Paul Jones is from England and usually works alone - writing, directing, acting, shooting, editing the films all on his own. https://www.youtube.com/@PaulChrisJones
• Albert Portal https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCysXk99YpAOhB9I0zljdUMA

Other Acocoexprés awards

• 2016 – Millor Curt Jove: Fran Boyle – Carrers
• 2018 – A tasca dels actors: Mireia Blasco
• 2016 – A tasca dels actors: Xavi Morcillo

Other Acocollona’t competitions

• Acocotut is a short film competition for students at schools in Girona
• Acocorapida was a painting competition

Other horror festivals in Catalonia

• Acocollona’t – Girona
• Bcn Fantasy Film Fest – Barcelona
• Cardoterror – Cardedeu
• Cryptshow – Badalona
• Fantboi – Sant Boi de Llobregat
• Fantosfreak – Cerdanyola
• Fangofest – Amposta
• Fantàstik – Granollers
• Festival de Cinema de Terror de Sabadell – Sabadell
• Galacticat – Tàrrega
• Infest – Rubí
• Sang Cugelloni – Sant Cugat del Vallès
• TerrorMolins – Molins de Rei
• Walpurgis Queer Horror Film Fest – Barcelona
• El Monstruito – Bilbao
• Fascurt – El Masnou
• Mostra Dr. Mabuse – Barcelona
• Curtas – Vilagarcía de Arousa
• Galician Freaky Film Festival – Vigo
• Cutrecon – Madrid

(List taken from https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17CRcZey7z/)