FICH Festival Internacional De Cine De Hermosillo (8)

Festival start: 25 November 2026      Festival end: 29 November 2026

The International Festival of cinema of Hermosillo was born in 2012 founded by a group of young entrepreneurs with a passion for cinema and with the desire to recognize those who share and live this passion through his films, thanks to the efforts of a nonprofit association and with the objective of recognizing the effort and talent of filmmakers around the worldproviding a source of culture and tourism that drives the development of talent and love for the cinema to the State and society.

AWARDS. The Festival's jury will be in charge of electing the winning films. The jury will award one of the films from each of the following categories MEXICAN FICTION FEATURE FILM AND "NEW VISIONS" FICTION FEATURE FILM with a distribution contract for movie theaters given by CINEMEX. The decision of the jury will be unappealable.

THE FESTIVAL WILL AWARD RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING:
· Best Mexican ShortFilm
· Best Northern ShortFilm
· Best International ShortFilm
· Best Animated ShortFilm
· Best Mexican Fiction FeatureFilm
· Best "New Visions" Fiction FeatureFilm
· Audience Award
· Best Novel Direction
· Best Direction
· Best Female Performance
· Best Male Performance
· Cinemex Distribution Price - "New Visions" Fiction FeatureFilm
· Cinemex Distribution Price - Mexican Fiction FeatureFilm

Note: The jury can declare any category as deserted.

HERMOSILLO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, EIGTH EDITION

CALL FOR ENTRIES: SHORTFILMS AND FEATURE FILMS

1. HERMOSILLO'S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL objective is to offer an exhibition space for mexican and international cinema, and gather creators to make a community.

2. COMPETITION CATEGORIES
a. SHORTFILMS (maximum length 30 min. including credits) with a cinema format, digital or video, the ending of production date must be later than January 1st of 2019. The following categories are invited to participate: ANIMATED SHORTFILMS, INTERNATIONAL SHORTFILMS, MEXICAN SHORTFILMS, NORTHERN SHORTFILMS (Made on the states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León or Tamaulipas).

b. FEATURE FILMS (minimun length 60 min.)ith a cinema format, digital or video, the ending of production date must be later than January 1st of 2019. The films must not have been distributed in any movie theaters. The following categories are invited to participate: MEXICAN FICTION FEATURE FILMS AND "NEW VISIONS" FICTION FEATURE FILMS (Mexican debut feature films, made exclusively with independent resources).

3. CONDITIONS
a. To be considered, the films must register through FestHome.com. Your inscription must be accompanied with screeners and data sheet of the film.
b. Videoclips, advertisement projects or films with political propaganda will not be accepted.
c. To be accepted, the films must be made in spanish language, in case of foreign language films you must send the film with spanish subtitles.
d. The date line for entries is December 15 of 2020.
e. The selected films are eligible to be part of special features of the Festival.
f. Exhibition fees will not be paid or accepted on any film.
g. Only films that have not been previously screened in the State of Sonora will be eligible to participate.

4. SELECTION AND JURY. The film selection will be exclusive responsibility of the programing crew and members of the jury. The selection deliberation will be unappealable. The results of this selection will be published on the Festival's website www.fich.mx and its social media.

5.- EXHIBITION. The date and schedule of the selected films exhibition will be decided by the Festival.

6.- AWARDS. The Festival's jury will be in charge of electing the winning films. The jury will award one of the films from each of the following categories MEXICAN FICTION FEATURE FILM AND "NEW VISIONS" FICTION FEATURE FILM with a distribution contract for movie theaters given by CINEMEX. The decision of the jury will be unappealable.

THE FESTIVAL WILL AWARD RECOGNITION TO THE FOLLOWING:
· Best Mexican ShortFilm
· Best Northern ShortFilm
· Best International ShortFilm
· Best Animated ShortFilm
· Best Mexican Fiction FeatureFilm
· Best "New Visions" Fiction FeatureFilm
· Audience Award
· Best Novel Direction
· Best Direction
· Best Female Performance
· Best Male Performance
· Cinemex Distribution Price - "New Visions" Fiction FeatureFilm
· Cinemex Distribution Price - Mexican Fiction FeatureFilm

Note: The jury can declare any category as deserted.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT US AT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL info@fich.mx