Festival Internacional De Cine De Terror De Valdivia (23)

Début du Festival: 04 mai 2026      Fin du Festival: 09 mai 2026

Section that has been several years and invites you to participate in a contest where you must terrorize the audience in just 2 minutes, has prizes in money to the first, second and third place, plus a recognition to the most popular audience, elected through popular vote among those who attend the night function. Jury made up of local and national filmmakers and festival personalities and the audiovisual media.

Prix ​​en espèces: 145$

1st Prize: $ 350,000.- (three hundred and fifty thousand Chilean pesos)

2nd Prize: $ 220,000.- (two hundred and twenty thousand Chilean pesos)

3rd Prize: $ 130,000.- (one hundred thirty thousand Chilean pesos)

Who can participate:

Open to all amateurs and / or audiovisual filmmakers of all ages, cities and nationalities. They can participate individually or collectively. Up to two works are accepted per group or contestant.

Gender and theme:

Terror in any of its contents, forms and aesthetics (gore, gothic, giallo, fiction, suspense, psychological, animation, etc.).

Audiovisual treatment:

Free. You can use direct recordings, moving images, animations and audio band; all must be original. It will be the responsibility of the participant or authors of images and audios. In case of having dialogue in a language other than Spanish, it must be subtitled. Any use of images or audio without the relevant rights will imply the elimination of the participant.

duration:

Up to 2 minutes (including credits). Works of 3 minutes or more are immediately excluded from classifying.

Delivery of works:

Via Festhome.com

You must include an enrollment form for each short film you send.


Reception period:

Until 23:59 hours january 31, 2026.

Selection criteria:

The jury will select only 10 works that will be considered finalists of the 2026 competition, and will be exhibited at the beginning of the final function of each day of the festival.

The jury will evaluate originality of the script, artistic and technical treatment, and relevance to the genre.

Awards:

The jury will award first, second, third place; and up to two honorable mentions.

The public attending the functions will choose the "public favorite" prize through ballot voting in ballot boxes installed at the entrance of the Theater.

The awards for 2026 will be:

1st Prize: $ 350,000.- (three hundred and fifty thousand Chilean pesos)

2nd Prize: $ 220,000.- (two hundred and twenty thousand Chilean pesos)

3rd Prize: $ 130,000.- (one hundred thirty thousand Chilean pesos)

The jury reserves the right to increase or reduce the number of distinctions.

Results:

They will be announced on Saturday, May 10, 2026, at the Festival closing ceremony.

Diffusion:

The short films will be published before and during the Terror Film Festival (May 04 - 09, 2026). The authors of the participating short films assign the exhibition rights to the Terror Cinema, who may exhibit them for the purpose of dissemination and / or promotion of the Festival.

Others:

The material delivered by the participants will not be returned. The mere presentation of works implies the acceptance of the contest rules. The responsibility for compliance with copyright laws will be the sole responsibility of the contestants. All costs and expenses incurred by the participants will be of their exclusive charge and the organization will not have any responsibility for them. No participant may demand reimbursement of any kind.

More information:
Nino Bernucci Meixner
63 2 219690
cinedeterrorvaldivia@gmail.com
www.ccm-valdivia.cl