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 initiative organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidad Diego Portales. It is dedicated to exhibiting and collectively reflecting upon visual anthropology and contemporary audiovisual practices within the Latin American context. To this end, the festival bridges practices from anthropology, filmmaking, and the visual arts through screenings, exhibitions, panel discussions, symposia, and workshops. We look for works created and produced by Latin American filmmakers or by creators from other regions whose work focuses on Latin American themes.

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

In its inaugural edition, FLAV is particularly interested in short films that challenge the boundaries between cinema, art, and research. We look for proposals that do not merely attempt to represent reality, but rather activate sensitive forms of knowledge, exploring diverse questions through formal devices, engagement with archival materials, and collaborative creative processes.

FLAV Best Short Film Award

Best Student Short Film Award

2.- DATE AND PLACE

FLAV 1st edition will take place from October 27th to 29th, 2026 in Santiago,Chile. The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Diego Portales University will be the main establishment for the development of the festival. Located at Ejército 333, Santiago, Chile.


3.- GENERAL CONDITIONS

Eligible works must have been completed between January 2025 and the closing date of the 2026 call for entries.

Submission and reception of works will be handled via FestHome starting Monday, June 8, 2026, until Tuesday, June 30, 2026, with a strict deadline of 23:59 hours (Chile time). All works received for the different categories will undergo a pre-selection process conducted 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 3, on the Festival's website and social media channels.

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 terms and conditions. Specifically, by the mere 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 any matters not foreseen in these guidelines.


4.- JURIES

The jury will be composed of professionals from both the social sciences and the audiovisual arts whose practices and interests intersect across both disciplines. Jury members may not have any ties to any short film in competition, whether as director, producer, screenwriter, lead actor/actress, or any other role that could generate a conflict of interest.


5.- SubtitleS

All works in a language other than Spanish must include subtitles to be evaluated by the programmers. This requirement must be met both in the submission link and in the official screening copy should the work be selected. The subtitles must be in Spanish.


6.- COPIES / SCREENING PRINTS

The coordination of screening copies will be managed digitally through a server provided by the Festival, in accordance with the technical specifications that will be provided by the event's team. In exceptional cases where, due to unforeseen circumstances, the filmmaking team needs to deliver the materials physically, all shipping costs for physical copies will be covered by the applicant.