1 – SOBRE LA 20ª CINEBH - FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE BELO HORIZONTE
La CineBH – Muestra Internacional de Cine de Belo Horizonte es un festival internacional dedicado a la articulación entre creación, reflexión, circulación y mercado en el audiovisual contemporáneo, con enfoque estratégico en América Latina. La Muestra actúa como plataforma de conexión entre la producción brasileña y latinoamericana, promoviendo el intercambio artístico y profesional, estimulando el debate, la formación de redes de colaboración y la valorización de nuevos talentos por medio de secciones competitivas y premiaciones. Incluye además un apartado dedicado a la exhibición de producciones realizadas en el Gran BH.
El festival se consolida como un espacio de pensamiento y experimentación sobre los rumbos del audiovisual, reuniendo profesionales del sector, realizadores, investigadores, académicos, representantes de la industria nacional e internacional y público en torno a debates sobre sostenibilidad del cine, estrategias de lanzamiento y ventas, coproducción internacional, innovación en el lenguaje, nuevas tecnologías y modelos de exhibición y difusión.
Con programación gratuita, la CineBH presenta una curaduría de películas brasileñas y latinoamericanas —largometrajes y cortometrajes— articulada con homenajes, debates, acciones formativas, sesiones Cine-Escuela, Muestrita de Cine y actividades artísticas, consolidándose como un espacio de encuentro entre creación, formación de públicos y desarrollo del sector audiovisual.
La Muestra CineBH es una idealización y realización de Universo Produção y presenta películas brasileñas y latinoamericanas de larga y corta duración. Integra Cinema sem Fronteiras – programa internacional del audiovisual, que reúne tres muestras anuales complementarias: la Muestra de Cine de Tiradentes, la CineOP – Muestra de Cine de Ouro Preto y la CineBH - Muestra Internacional de Cine de Belo Horizonte.
Fecha prevista de realización de la 20ª edición del evento: del 22 al 27 de septiembre de 2026.
Lugar de realización: El evento está planificado en formato híbrido, con actividades presenciales en diversos espacios de la ciudad de Belo Horizonte —capital del estado de Minas Gerais— y programación en línea en la plataforma oficial del evento: cinebh.com.br.
2 – SOBRE EL SEGMENTO LATINOAMERICANO DE LA CINEBH
El segmento latinoamericano de la CineBH está compuesto por dos secciones competitivas de películas latinoamericanas dedicadas al cine de carácter autoral, libertad formal y potencial internacional, con el objetivo de promover el diálogo, el intercambio y la ampliación de las redes de circulación entre los países de América Latina.
2.1 – Muestra Territorio
Sección internacional competitiva compuesta por hasta seis largometrajes latinoamericanos, preferentemente inéditos en Brasil*, de realizadores(as) que estén dirigiendo con la película inscrita, individualmente o en conjunto, su segundo largometraje en adelante —de ficción, documental o animación—. Solo se considerarán obras de directores(as) nacidos(as) o con ciudadanía en países de América Latina, incluyendo Haití y Puerto Rico, y con producción mayoritaria de un país latinoamericano.
El objetivo de la muestra es ampliar la visibilidad de producciones autorales, fortalecer el intercambio entre países latinoamericanos e impulsar la trayectoria de realizadores en proceso de consolidación en la escena audiovisual.
Las películas seleccionadas serán evaluadas por un Jurado Oficial, conformado por profesionales del audiovisual invitados por la organización del evento, que otorgará los premios a Mejor Película de la sección y Destacado del Jurado. Los premios serán anunciados en la ceremonia de clausura del evento y las películas ganadoras recibirán el Trofeo Horizonte —oficial del evento—. La Mejor Película también recibirá un premio en dinero por un valor de R$ 10.000,00 (diez mil reales).
*Se considerará inédita la película que no haya sido estrenada comercialmente ni exhibida en ningún evento, muestra o festival en el territorio brasileño.
2.2 – Muestra Horizonte
Sección internacional competitiva compuesta por hasta seis largometrajes latinoamericanos, preferentemente inéditos en Brasil*, dedicada exclusivamente a la presentación de primeras obras —largometrajes de ficción, documental y animación— realizadas por directores(as) nacidos(as) o con ciudadanía en países de América Latina, incluyendo Haití y Puerto Rico, con producción mayoritaria de un país latinoamericano.
La Muestra Horizonte tiene como objetivo destacar a nuevos realizadores, ampliar la visibilidad de óperas primas y fomentar la renovación del cine latinoamericano, promoviendo el intercambio cultural y la inserción de estas películas en circuitos de exhibición y circulación internacional.
Las películas seleccionadas serán evaluadas por un Jurado Oficial, conformado por profesionales del audiovisual invitados por la organización del evento, que elegirá la Mejor Película de la sección y un Destacado del Jurado. El anuncio se realizará en la clausura del evento, programada para el día 27 de septiembre de 2026. La película ganadora recibirá el Trofeo Horizonte —oficial del evento— y será contemplada además con un premio en dinero por un valor de R$ 5.000,00 (cinco mil reales).
*Se considerará inédita la película que no haya sido estrenada comercialmente ni exhibida en ningún evento, muestra o festival en el territorio brasileño.
The London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival is a festival dedicated to short-films from emerging filmmakers. Created by Anouk Witkowska Hiffler and Tomás Felicio Oliveira, the festival is organised by the Vaporetto Films production company. Now in its third year, the 2026 edition will take place in London at the Garden cinema on the 6th of June 2026.
The aim of the festival is to create an environment in which all filmmakers will have the chance to network, build connections and perhaps find their next filmmaking partnerships.
The Girona Independent Film Festival is a platform for directors and authors of independent fiction feature films without a distributor. The festival aims to promote these productions by providing an opportunity for their exhibition and commercial distribution.
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Cerro de Pasco, a city that has forged its identity in the depths of the earth, is preparing to welcome a new treasure: the "4 Reales" Film Festival. Inspired by our region's rich mining history, this cinematic event stands as a beacon of hope and creativity, illuminating the deepest corners of our culture. With each frame, we aim to project dreams, inspire talent, and celebrate the cultural diversity that characterizes us. Since time immemorial, stories have been passed down from generation to generation, carved into the walls of mines and resonating in the hearts of their inhabitants. Today, cinema becomes the new medium to tell these stories, to make visible the struggles and dreams of a people who have known how to face challenges with courage. The name "4 Reales" pays homage to the colonial-era currency, a symbol of value and exchange. Just as money connected people in the past, cinema unites us in the present, creating a space for encounter and dialogue where differences are blurred and diversity is celebrated.
Cerdanya Film Festival, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cerdanya, is a Festival specialized in the documentary, fiction and animation genre, short and feature films, consisting of competitive international sections, non-competitive sections and parallel activities. All the films that are part of the different sections will be selected by the Festival programmers.
Cerdanya Film Festival qualifies for Premios Goya – Spanish Film Academy in Best Spanish Shortfilm, in Fiction, Animation and Documentary categories.
The 16th edition of the Cerdanya Film Festival will be held from 1st to 17th August 2026.
Bayelsa International Film Festival - BIFF is established with aim to engage filmmakers, artists, performers, academics and members of the creative community to unravel the delicacies of diversities and locate common grounds across cultures and societies.. To provide an exciting, educative, and information oriented Film Festival.
Bayelsa International Film Festival - BIFF is established with aim to engage filmmakers, artists, performers, academics and members of the creative community to unravel the delicacies of diversities and locate common grounds across cultures and societies.. To provide an exciting, educative, and information oriented Film Festival.
Bayelsa International Film Festival - BIFF is established with aim to engage filmmakers, artists, performers, academics and members of the creative community to unravel the delicacies of diversities and locate common grounds across cultures and societies.. To provide an exciting, educative, and information oriented Film Festival.
BIFF is designed to be an intimate and eloquent filmmaker festival where film enthusiasts can get first hand insights from directors, writers, actors and producers from the premiering films. With commitment, BIFF will be presenting an annual film festival and art exhibition to provide both professional and amateur filmmakers with a space for display and dissemination of their works. At the same time, a strong focus on the BIFF as a place for the world to discover recent talents in African films and filmmakers. The event also offers master classes, panel discussion and workshop to augment this diverse programming.
The International Documentary Film Festival of Uruguay began in Atlántida, the summer retreat of Alberto Mántaras—one of the pioneers of Uruguayan documentary filmmaking—and a place of refuge for Pablo Neruda. It is one of the first seaside resorts east of Montevideo, located just a few kilometers from the airport and offering ideal infrastructure for hosting a festival. A beautiful coastal town with a beach and a historic hotel that once welcomed notable figures such as Gardel, García Lorca, Mirtha Legrand, and many other celebrities of the 1930s.
Year after year, the festival expanded throughout the entire country, driven by the desire to reach more people, especially in Uruguay’s interior, where the best documentaries in the world do not always arrive. Public television channels support us, but it is never enough—particularly considering that around 600 films are submitted each year, and we only have the capacity to program the 100 that are selected.
This creates a double commitment: on the one hand, to the filmmakers who place their hopes in being part of Atlantidoc’s program; and on the other, to a diverse audience that must leave the comfort of their homes to attend a screening and watch a documentary we have selected, trusting our judgment—always guided by the pursuit of formal and narrative quality. One day we hope to have a streaming platform that will allow us to reach audiences more directly, more comfortably, and more effectively.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
In this part of the world, excellent documentaries are produced, yet we face challenges in theatrical and festival programming. This is why we created Atlantidoc in 2006: a festival that seeks to give documentaries the recognition they deserve.
Since then, it has grown every year, expanding across the whole country and throughout South America. With professional juries, significant awards, and high-level training programs, Atlantidoc is an international festival inspired by decentralization.
Our experience in festival organization dates back to 1982, with notable achievements such as Divercine, which ran for 30 years, and the First Animation Film Festival of Uruguay in 2005. We draw inspiration from the Documentary and Experimental Film Festival of SODRE from the 1960s.
Since the very first edition, we have invited to Uruguay the best documentary filmmakers we could bring—many of them outstanding—resulting in clear and lasting benefits for documentary filmmaking in the region. Uruguayan cinema cannot exist without co-production, and this has been at the core of our work since the beginning.
La Poesia che si vede is an international competition for poetry films based in Ancona, Italy. It is organized by Associazione Nie Wiem and it’s the product of the collaboration between two important festivals: La Punta della Lingua International Poetry Festival and Dorico International Film Fest (formerly known as Corto Dorico Film Fest).
La Poesia che si vede aims to explore the world of international poetry film and its authors. The underlying mission of the competition rests in the challenge of researching, promoting and supporting new artistic gazes, poetics, and visions. From kinetic text to sound text, from visual text to cine-poetry, up to the filmed performance, poetry film for La Poesia che si vede is total poetry, without discrimination of genre or format.
The Franco Scataglini Prize, dedicated to the poet who, in the last century, was able to project Ancona into the centre of the world of Italian poetry for his formal and visionary ability (not separated from his attention to painting), will be awarded by a jury of film and poetry experts.
A unique short film festival situated in the backdrop of a beautiful village in the north of Castellón: Herbers.
Promoting film talents that highlights the importance of repopulation, rural environment, biodiversity and diversity in the rural environment giving them the platform to showcase and promote their work.
Turicine Film Festival (FECT), organized by Grupo Turicine aims to promote and showcase Ecuadorian cinematic production by fostering interaction between local talent and the general public in order to reach, encourage and develop new audiences across the country. The 2025 edition of FECT is supported by Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio and Instituto de Fomento a la Creatividad y la Innovación.
Four films of any genre enter the competition, going through two semifinals before reaching the grand final, where only one will be crowned the winner. The audience and the jury will select the finalists.
In addition to thrilling matchups, we will have discussions with the filmmakers, live music, and plenty of opportunities for networking and socializing.
⚫ Club Benares | Battle Royale
Semifinal #1 | Two short films compete, one advances.
Semifinal #2 | Two short films compete, one advances.
Final | The two winners face off in the grand final.
Since 2004, Festimaj has offered international screenings for short films made by children and young people aged 4 to 30, as well as by professionals with no age limit. The selected films are then screened across five continents thanks to co-organizers around the world.
The proposed theme is optional, but a dedicated program is created around it.
A festival of diversity that brings these original films to audiences in more than 35 countries.
An international network of professional filmmakers, co-organizers, and distributors that enables children, youth, and adults to access these unique programs.
An ethical cinema of socially engaged films addressing crucial societal issues: education, tolerance, migration, peace education, children’s rights, ecology… as well as the fight against discrimination, bullying in schools, abuse, corruption… so many important topics to help build a sense of citizenship, change perspectives, and open up to others.
Access to culture for thousands of children and young people, reaching over 300,000 viewers through more than 150 physical and digital screening venues (anyone can register to watch the films from home).
The films will be divided into different programs:
Films for 4-6 year olds
Films for 7-11 year olds
Films for 11-15 year olds
Films for 15-18 year olds
Student directors
Animations
All audiences
This year we are celebrating a very special edition: the Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary, a quarter of a century committed to talent, creativity and short films. This is a particularly significant milestone for the organisation, and we would be delighted to have your participation once again this year to continue growing this project, which is already a cultural benchmark.
We encourage you to submit your works and be part of this commemorative edition, which we hope will be as special as the stories you send us.
The InFest Film Festival is a 2-day freak short film Festival which is held in Rubí, a city of asphalt, industry and smoke located in the Valles Occidental, a region located near Barcelona (Spain).
The InFest festival emerges as a firm and clear proposal: that Rubí be known as the Rubiwood of the Vallés district. During the last 10 years, InFest has organized the best possible short film experience: outdoors screenings, concerts, bar service and all kinds of activities related to cinema. What else can we ask for?
The InFest is devoted to showcase new short films (produced after year 2020) showing Sci-Fi, Fantastic, Freak and Horror elements. Short films cannot exceed 15 minutes length (credits excluded). Foreign films MUST be dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or Catalan, or the film will not be accepted.
In 2026, the InFest will celebrate its 11th annual edition. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the InFest was moved to the amphitheater of The castle of Rubí ("El Castell"), a defensive construction from the 13th century, which can host public events with more than 2000 people. The amphitheater features seats, stage and bar! Jury Prize and Audience Award will receive 1000 and 250 euros, respectively.
RULES OF THE CALL FOR DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS MENORCA DOC FEST 2026
The Menorca Doc Fest is a film and photography festival that aims to raise public awareness through the documentary genre, understanding it as a tool to promote critical thinking about the phenomena of the past and present that affect contemporary society.
The International Film Festival - El Cine Suma Paz is an event that takes place for the first time and brings together cinematographic content related to the Culture of Peace and the protection of the environment.
Only for Spanish Filmmakers.
LAZOS es un festival de cine surgido en la zona de Montes Torozos como una iniciativa para promover y divulgar el cine de provincias, alejándose del modelo industrial centralizado en las grandes ciudades.
The festival was created in 2015 and has the goal to become a space for professional development for filmmakers and amateurs that are looking for a platform to show their films and do some networking.
It has different categories for competition open for high school and university students (in Mexico) and international filmmakers. In addition, it has two international film exhibitis, one for gender and sexual diversity and one for long feature films.
You can find more info in cchfilmfest.com
The Caracas Film Criticism Festival is conceived as a space to reflect and reward the expression of significance of film criticism in various national and international works. From In this way, it seeks to encourage, promote and disseminate Venezuelan cinema, as well as the analysis depth of the cinema made in Venezuela in comparison with the international cinema awarded in the festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, San Sebastián and Venice.
The Caracas Film Critics Festival is designed as a space for reflection which aims to reward the best national and international works, according to the standards of film criticism.
In this way, we seek to carry out an in-depth analysis of the cinema made in Venezuela and abroad.
Of it, as well as encourage, promote and disseminate the cinematographic act. From a point of view external, thanks to the participation of foreign collaborators.
