Submissions deadline
28 Feb 26
0.9$
Feature Film (Live Action, Animated, or Documentary)
Erotic Cinema Showcase of Bogotá
13 Aug 2025
Call for entries
31 Aug 2025
Early deadline
31 Jan 2026
Standard deadline
28 Feb 2026
Late deadline
28 Feb 2026
Final deadline
6
mths
05 Mar 2026
Notification date
01 Apr 2026
05 Apr 2026
Festival start: 01 April 2026 Festival end: 05 April 2026
The accompanied loneliness
The global existential crisis, a product of a wild and violent capitalism based on the maximum exacerbation of ego that destroys social fabric and condemns sapiens to loneliness, has produced biotechnological phenomena such as virtual sex. And the webcam industry is the most expanding in that horizon.
Despite this, morality, as always, which allows massacres and genocides in the name of God, marginalizes and stigmatizes people who professionally practice explicit sex in front of a camera.
The greater the development, the greater the loneliness. This neoliberal-neofeudal system, built against our collaborative nature, where aggressive competition, violence, and limitless ego prevail, has generated an alienated society, self-absorbed, incapable of organically communicating with others.
And it is these individuals, unable to find company naturally, who spend hours and hours in front of a screen, spending fortunes in the global south, with the sole objective of having an interlocutor who saves them from their lonely hell.
That is why this 5th edition of our Erotic and Post-porn Film Bogotá Showcase is dedicated to those who professionally offer their virtual companionship services. One cannot be stigmatized and excluded, who offers solace, companionship, and dialogue, apart from sex, to people that the system has communicationally mutilated.
The film showcase will feature a selection that addresses the issue in all its complexity, far from inquisitorial moralism and absurd prejudices.
On the academic side, we will offer talks and workshops, led by professionals with experience in the field, to share their experiences on how to improve performances on camera, how to build characters, or how to apply basic psychology notions that lead to better presentations and better performance with less effort.
Through this initiative, we want to provide tools to industry individuals so that, far from feeling excluded, they empower themselves and seek autonomy that allows them not to have to sell their labor to exploitative studios but to be the owners of their time, work, mind, and body.
Welcome, web cam companions. We are proud to dedicate this edition of our Showcase to you and, hopefully, contribute to your self-affirmation and emancipation.
Cheers!
The Bogotá Erotic Film Showcase is a non-competitive film event, and no screening fees are paid.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CALL FOR ENTRIES
- DATE AND LOCATION OF THE EVENT: April 1–5, 2026, in the city of Bogotá, Colombia.
- SUBMISSION PERIOD: From August 15, 2025, to February 28, 2026. The period will be divided into three deadlines: Early deadline (August 13–31, 2025), Regular deadline (September 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026), and Extended deadline (February 1–28, 2026).
- OFFICIAL SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: The official selection will be revealed on March 5, along with the Allies, screening venues, partners, and sponsors, through a Live Stream on social media.
- CATEGORIES AND FEES: The SHOWCASE will be divided into the following categories:
* International Feature Film (Live Action, Animated, or Documentary): Early deadline: USD
5. Regular deadline: USD 10. Extended deadline: USD 18.
* Short Film (Live Action, Animated, or Documentary): Early deadline: USD 3. Regular deadline: USD 5. Extended deadline: USD 8.
* National Feature Film: Early deadline: USD 3. Regular deadline: USD 5. Extended deadline: USD 10.
* National Short Film: Early deadline: Free. Regular deadline: USD 3. Extended deadline: USD 5.
If the curatorial team considers that a submitted film fits better in a different category than the one entered, they may move it without prior notice, and no claims from participants will be accepted.
- ELIGIBLE WORKS: Films from all over the world may participate. If the film is in a language other than Spanish, Spanish subtitles are required. If the film is in Spanish, nothing additional is required. National, continental, and world premieres will be prioritized in the official selection process; however, it is not a requirement that they have not been screened in Colombia. The films will be available on the IndyOn.TV platform during the Showcase, and each film will be screened at least once at a physical event.
- RUNNING TIME:
* Short Films: Works from 1 minute up to a maximum of 30 minutes (including credits).
* Feature Films: Works from 31 minutes onward with no time limit.
- SUBMISSION: Applicants must register through FestHome and complete the corresponding entry form.
- SENDING THE WORKS: The digital high-definition file of the film (.MOV, .MP4, H.264 compression or ProRes 422) must be uploaded to a virtual platform (Dropbox, PCloud, Google Drive, etc.) and the download link sent via email. The email must include a document granting the Showcase the right to exhibit the material.
- REQUIREMENTS: In addition to the high-quality video file, a basic Press Kit is required (poster, 5 still frames from the film, banner, director’s photo, trailer). If selected, the applicant must place the Showcase laurels on the poster and banner.
- TERMS OF PARTICIPATION: By registering, the representatives of the films selected for the Official Selection agree to have their films screened at the activities framed within the 2026 Showcase. They also agree to the use of film stills for promotional purposes through media outlets. Submitted material will not be returned and will become part of the Showcase archive. The Showcase is not responsible for possible copyright infringements, which are the sole responsibility of the entrant. Shipping costs are the responsibility of the participants. The Bogotá Erotic Film Showcase is a non-competitive film event, and no screening fees are paid.
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