CALL FOR ENTRIES MICMXIFF7
The INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL MICMXIFF invites producers and directors from Mexico, and the world to register their films for the seventh edition that will be held from March 20 to 28, 2026.
The call opens on July 14, 2025 and closes on January 12, 2026 at 18:00 (Central Mexico Time-6 GMT).
The results will be announced in February 2026 through www.micmxiff.org and the Social networks of the Festival.
In no case will the MICMXIFF pay exhibition fees to films in official competition.
Priority will be given to national, international and world premieres.
In case of obtaining a selection in any category, it is essential to attend the festival, at least to the national competition, otherwise it will be disqualified.
Feature films completed between 2024 and 2025 will be considered.
REGISTRATION AND SELECTION
To be considered, the films must be registered as follows:
Fill out the registration form available at Festhome.
Registrations must be accompanied by digital viewing copies (screeners).
The programming team can adapt the works to a sub-category not specified in the call,
either by some pattern of genres, themes or techniques that have demand in the works
sent, for example: terror, stop Motion, horror, etc.
The presence of the filmmakers is mandatory in the cases of fiction, documentary and
animated films in competition.
The absence of the director may be cause for the project to be removed from the official
selection.
The selection of the works will be the responsibility of the festival by the programming
team and members of the pre-selection juries.
Registrations will have the following costs:
Xólotl and Axólotl section
- Feature films $15 USD.
- Short films $10 USD.
MIC North Section
- Feature films $10 USD.
- Short films $7 USD.
All materials are evaluated by a selection committee made up of specialists and people
from the guild chaired by the general management of the MICMXIFF.
The selection will be final.
It is important to send all the complete materials, trailer, technical sheet, poster, stills, film.
Send PRESS KIT including the following materials: fixed photo of the work (in jpg or tif
format at 300 dpi); synopsis of the work (English and Spanish); brief biography of the
director (English and Spanish); photograph of the director (in jpg or tif format at 300 dpi);
technical sheet with list of credits.
The registration and participation of a film implies the full acceptance of these regulations
and the dates stipulated in the Call.
JURY
The jury will be made up of recognized professionals from the film industry and the cultural field.
Its members will be nominated by the Organizing Committee.
Each institution invited by the MICMXIFF will select and nominate its representative(s).
Members of the MICMXIFF may be present at the deliberations of the juries but may not
cast a vote.
The final decision of the jury will be final. No official prize can be declared deserted.
The Best Film awards of each section cannot be declared ex aequo.
In the event that the jury decides, honorary mentions may be awarded and / or awarded to more than one film if it so decides.
The Audience Award will be awarded to the film best rated by the audience.
The public will cast their vote during the public screenings.
EXHIBITION
The Festival Management will agree on the order and date of exhibition of each work.
Registered works may be selected for out-of-competition samples.
The selected works may be part of the national and international samples in which the MICMXIFF participates during 2026.
All films selected for the MICMXIFF7 must deliver a final exhibition copy in DCP and Blue Ray digital cinema format.
For competing sections, films in Spanish must be subtitled in English; films in different languages must be subtitled in Spanish and English.
The films selected for the official competition must cover the costs by KDM, shipments and subtitles.
In no case will the MICMXIFF pay exhibition fees to films in official competition.
