FESTIVAL LATINOAMERICANO DE ANTROPOLOGÍA VISUAL - FLAV (1)

Festival start: 27 October 2026      Festival end: 28 October 2026

The Latin American Festival of Visual Anthropology (FLAV) is an academic and cultural event organized by the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Diego Portales University, aimed at showcasing and collectively reflecting on visual anthropology and contemporary audiovisual practices within the Latin American context. To this end, the festival brings together practices from anthropology, film, and the visual arts through screenings, exhibitions, discussions, symposia, and workshops.

The festival seeks to establish itself as a significant forum for convergence within the Latin American context, promoting interdisciplinary exchanges, methodological reflections on research-creation, as well as the creation of academic and creative networks with regional and international reach. Furthermore, this initiative aims to foster languages that explore the social from sensitive, experimental, and critical perspectives.

In its first edition, FLAV has a special interest in short-form works that push the boundaries between film, art, and research. We seek proposals that do not simply attempt to represent reality, but rather activate sensitive forms of knowledge, exploring diverse questions through formal devices, work with archival materials, and collaborative creative processes.

FLAV Best Short Film Award

Best Student Short Film Award

1. COMPETITION CATEGORIES
FLAV Official Short Film Competition

Official Selection dedicated to screening short films associated with visual anthropology and non-fiction. Films must have a minimum runtime of 5 minutes and a maximum runtime of 30 minutes (including credits), and must be made by Latin American directors, producers, and collectives.

Works completed between January 2025 and the submission deadline in 2026 are eligible to participate.

Student Short Film Competition

Official Selection dedicated to screening short films associated with visual anthropology and non-fiction. Films must have a minimum runtime of 5 minutes and a maximum runtime of 30 minutes (including credits), and must be made by Latin American directors, producers, and collectives within academic or training contexts (Film Schools, Audiovisual Institutes, Workshops, collectives, etc.).

Works completed between January 2025 and the submission deadline in 2026 are eligible to participate.

2. GENERAL CONDITIONS
Works completed between January 2025 and the submission deadline in 2026 are eligible to participate.

Submissions and the receipt of works will be managed through Festhome from Monday, June 8th, 2026, until Tuesday, June 30th, 2026, with a final deadline of 23:59 (Chilean time). The works received for the different categories will undergo a pre-selection process carried out by the Festival's programming team.

Applicants of both selected and non-selected works will be notified via email. The Official Selection will be published on Monday, August 3rd, on the festival's website and social media networks.

The submission of short films to this call for entries for the 1st edition of the Latin American Festival of Visual Anthropology implies full acceptance of these regulations. Specifically, by the sole act of submitting the application, the applicant declares that they hold the rights and effectively authorize the public exhibition of the work during the festival period.

The festival organization reserves the right to make any decisions it deems appropriate regarding situations not foreseen in these regulations.

3. JURY
The jury will be composed of professionals from both the social sciences and the audiovisual arts whose practices and interests intersect both disciplines.

Jury members may not have any ties to any short film in competition, whether as a director, producer, screenwriter, lead actor/actress, or any other role that could generate a conflict of interest.

4. COPIES / EXHIBITION PRINTS
The coordination of exhibition prints will be done digitally through a server provided by the Festival, in accordance with the technical specifications that will be delivered by the event's team.

In exceptional cases where, due to any inconvenience, the filmmaking team needs to deliver the materials physically, the shipping costs for the physical copies will be borne by the applicant.

5. INQUIRIES
For inquiries regarding this call for entries or any information associated with the Festival, please write to flav@mail.udp.cl