Submissions deadline
05 Mar 23
2.16€
Feature films of 70 minutes or more, produced from 2020, that fit into any variant of the comedy genre.
FINTCH - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Humor
01 May 2023
Call for entries
28 Feb 2022
Standard deadline
31 Mar 2022
Late deadline
05 Mar 2023
Extended deadline
03 May 2023
Notification date
07 Dec 2022
16 Dec 2022
Festival start: 07 December 2022 Festival end: 16 December 2022
The International Humor Film Festival - Primavera do Riso - will present to the public the worldwide contemporary cinematographic production dedicated to the comedy genre in its many variants, allowing the circulation of films that do not find space in the traditional commercial medium of distribution and exhibition.
The selected films will compete in three different categories:
1 - "Best Feature Film Comedy" - to be chosen by the technical jury. Brazilian and international films will participate in this category;
2 - "Best International Short Film Comedy" - to be chosen by popular vote. This category is specific to international films;
3 - "Best National Short Film Comedy" - to be chosen by popular vote. This category is specific to films produced in Brazil.
Winners will receive Award Certificates. There will be no cash prizes.
1) Can be registered for the selective stage of the Festival short films of up to 15 minutes and feature films of more than 70 minutes produced from 2020 that fit into all the variants of the comedy genre, regardless of the topic addressed.
2) Each participant will be able to register as many works as they wish.
3) The official language of the Festival is Brazilian Portuguese, when filmmakers submitting films produced in any other languages, a text file (.srt) in English or Spanish may be requested, using the "time-code", containing the texts, narrations or dialogues.
4) The list of selected short films will be published until August 22, 2022 through social networks and communicated via e-mail.
5) The materials received will become part of the International Humor Film Festival - "Primavera do Riso" - collection and will be deposited at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, which can be used for the dissemination of the Festival, and for cultural purposes without commercial purposes.
6) The registered directors grant BENGUELA Produções e Eventos Culturais Ltda the right - free of charge - to display and disseminate images of the films (photos and fragments with a maximum of 30 seconds), at any time and without limit of times without any remuneration to participants.
7) It is the participant's responsibility to use images and music from third parties in his films, in addition to any conflict arising from copyright infringement.
8) The registration of the work indicates the full acceptance of this regulation by its responsible.
Submissions deadline
05 Mar 23
Feature films of 70 minutes or more, produced from 2020, that fit into any variant of the comedy genre.
Submissions deadline
05 Mar 23
Short films of up to 15 minutes in length, produced from 2020, that fit into any variant of the comedy genre.
Attention: This category does not include films produced in Brazil.
Submissions deadline
05 Mar 23
Short films of up to 15 minutes in length, produced in Brazil from 2020, that fit into any variant of the comedy genre.