Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror y Disidencias Monstrua (2)

Festival start: 03 December 2026      Festival end: 03 December 2026

*International Horror and Dissidence Film Festival Monstrua*

The International Horror and Dissidence Film Festival Monstrua is in its second edition and celebrates its first edition in the format of a film festival. Its first gathering took place at the Centro Cultural Elefante, and in this edition the festival consolidates its base in Santiago as a critical platform for the articulation of creators, researchers, audiences, and specialists linked to horror cinema.

Since its inception, the festival proposes horror as an aesthetic and political device to address dissidence. Understood as bodies, identities, memories, and narratives that escape the norm, with a particular focus on the experiences of the LGTBIQA2S+ community, the genre unfolds in Monstrua as a territory for discomfort, alterity, and the questioning of hegemonic imaginaries.

The program for this edition brings together a selection of national and international works that interrogate the limits of the genre and its capacity to push against the monstrous, the abject, and the forbidden. The screenings will be held at the historic Teatro Comunitario Novedades on Thursday, December 3, from 17:00 to 21:00 hours.

Screening Fee Shorts: 5$

*Awards Monstrua Fest*

Three awards will be granted by decision of the Monstrua Fest curatorial team:

- Best National Short Film
- Best International Short Film
- Best Music Video

Each winning work will receive a festival statuette, which will be presented on the day of the event. If the winners cannot attend, the transfer of the statuette will be the responsibility of each work’s production team.

*Submission Guidelines*

1. *Format*: Only short films with a maximum duration of 10 minutes will be accepted.

2. *Theme and genre*: Works must belong to the horror genre and address themes related to dissidence and the experiences of the LGTBIQA2S+ community.

3. *Production*: Submissions of any year of production and from any country of origin are accepted.

4. *Language*: Works must be spoken in Spanish or include Spanish subtitles for exhibition.

5. *Exhibition rights*: Submitted works must have authorization from their rights holders to be screened within the festival. Monstrua is not responsible for third-party claims.

6. *Work status*: Both unreleased works and works previously screened at other festivals are accepted. There is no premiere restriction.

7. *Submission and materials*: Along with the screening link, applicants must include a technical sheet, brief synopsis, stills, and contact information for the person responsible.

8. *Selection and curation*: The program will be defined by the Monstrua curatorial team. Their decision is final.

9. *Use of material*: Submitted material may be used by the festival for promotional, catalog, and archival purposes, without commercial use.

10. *Dates*: The call for submissions will be open from Thursday, July 2 to Friday, November
1. Selected works will be notified on Thursday, November 20 and will be screened at the festival on Thursday, December 3 at Teatro Comunitario Novedades.

11. *Submission fee*: The submission of each work has a fee of 5 USD.