Acafilms Low Film Festival 2021 (3)

Festival start: 09 December 2021      Festival end: 31 December 2021

In this year of 2021, we are back, after a sour taste in 2020, we know for a fact that change is on the way. As filmmakers and creatives, we need to embrace ourselves, support our craft on a global level. As a film producer myself with multiple awards and participation on Brazilian and international projects, I know for a fact that technology can bring us close! So in this year, I want to invite aspiring, students and professional filmmakers to exhibit online in an across platform show your work, to touch on the matters that are most important on building a future where we produce film and media content to produce change, awareness and to unite the industry in a global level. We have special categories this year to facilitate the entrance of voices and persons from communities that need representing and a much more vocal presence in a still heavily dominated industry by old standards.


Short Film Categories:
Best Overall short film
Best Horror Short Film
Best Drama Short Film
Best Female director
Best International Student Short Film
Best Brazilian Student Short Film
Best International short documentary film
Best Brazilian short documentary film
Best transgender director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best VFX Digital
Best Practical VFX
Best audio editing
Best Art direction
Best Covid theme film
Best achievement in VR / 360 / Tech films and productions

Full Lenght Films Categories:
Best Overall film
Best Female director
Best VFX
Best Practical VFX
Best audio editing
Best Art direction
Best Actor
Best transgender director
Best director
Best Drama
Best Documentary
Best Covid Theme film
Best achievement in VR / 360 / Tech films and productions

Cash Prizes: 100$

All winners categories:

First place (Best International + Brazilian film):
Festival Award Certificate already framed. 100 USD

Second Place (Best Full-length Film BR and Global):
Festival Award

Third Place( Best Short film (BR and Global):
Festival Award

The jury of the people awards for Brazilian and international films.
short and full-length film = ( Surprise award)

An official selection doesn't mean you have won, just that you are competing against the other films.

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, you agree that if selected, to compete with other films, you grant us access to private screenings for specialized judges and online screenings for the public.

We accept al genres, the films ( short's or full length projects ) should be from November 2019 up. Breaking this rule will automatically disqualify the film of the festival.

An official selection doesn't mean you have won, just that you are competing against the other films.

Films that contain hate speech, cruelty to animals or other forms of abuse against children, animals, women or minorities will not be selected or appreciated.