Aaiff Americas` - The All Americas` Independent Film Festival (2)

`Aaiff Americas - The All Americas` Independent Film Festival



Deadlines

04 Oct 2025
Call for entries

13 Mar 2026
Early deadline

10 Apr 2026
Standard deadline

08 May 2026
Late deadline

05 Jun 2026
Extended deadline

2
mths

03 Jul 2026
Notification date

14 Aug 2026
16 Aug 2026

Address

46 Altamirano,  01090, CDMX, Ciudad de México, Mexico


Festival description
Short film festival
Feature film festival


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Any Theme
 Has submission fees
 Continental Festival
 Online and Physical Location
 November 2024
 Production countries: Required
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films 
 Feature Films 
 AI Tools 
 Any language
 Subtitles 
English Spanish
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Spanish
English


Festival start: 14 August 2026      Festival end: 16 August 2026

AAIFF Americas' 2026 offers 18 awards in 12 categories including Americas' Best Independent Film Director 2026 and America’s Best Independent Film 2026.

As the sister film festival of ÉCU—the European Independent Film Festival, which has been held in Paris for 21 years, the AAIFF Americas' has the ability to harness the rock-solid reputation of the ÉCU Film Festival Group as being one of the World’s foremost independent film festivals groups and to help bring global attention to Americas’ independent filmmakers.

Our objective is to offer excellent opportunities for all the Americas' independent filmmakers to find audiences for their films, to connect with peers, distributors and talent scouts – and importantly to provide them unforgettable film festival experience.

Prizes range from year to year.

The awards for the 2026 edition are:

Americas’ Best Independent Film 2026

Americas’ Best Independent Film Director 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Animated Film 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Comedy Film 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Documentary 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Dramatic Feature 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Dramatic Short 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Environmental Film 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Experimental Film 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Music Video 2026

Best Americas’ Independent Student Film 2026

Best Cinematography 2026

Best Editing 2026

Best Actor 2026

Best Actress 2026

Best Independent Feature Script 2026

Best Independent Short Script 2026

Mexican Students Special Award 2026

Films should be independent in spirit and original in perspective. Open to all films made with less than 50% participation by a major studio or television broadcaster. Films may be submitted in any language.

However English speaking films must have Spanish subtitles, Spanish speaking films must have English subtitles, and any other film language must have Spanish and English subtitles. Appropriate subtitles are required to ensure the best screening for our audience.

A synopsis of no more than 180 characters in English, Spanish and Portuguese, a screenshot from the film and a short director's biography also in English, Spanish and Portuguese are requested upon submission. The films must be completed since 1st of November 2024.

The films must be from one of the countries in the American continent. (North America, Central America, and South America)








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