Festival Internacional De Cine De León 2025 (11)

Feature Film

The duration of the material must be at least 70 minutes including credits.

The participation in this category will be for domestic directors.

The production of the film must be after to January 1, 2024.


The audio materials in Spanish must include English subtitles.

The audio materials in English should contain subtitles in Spanish.

The materials in any other language must contain subtitles in Spanish and English.

Under no circumstances may be part of the official selection material including political propaganda.

They will not participate videoclips, trailers and / or teasers.

DOCUMENTARY- The duration of the material must be at least 10 minutes and a maximum of 20 minutes (including credits).

Participation in these categories will be for domestic directors.

The productions must be after January 1, 2024.

The audio materials in Spanish must include English subtitles.

The audio materials in English should contain subtitles in Spanish.

The materials in any other language must contain subtitles in Spanish and English.

Under no circumstances may be part of the official selection material including political propaganda.

They will not participate videoclips, trailers and / or teasers.

SHORT FILM - The duration of the material must be at least 2 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes (including credits).

Participation in these categories will be for domestic directors.

The productions must be after January 1, 2024.

The audio materials in Spanish must include English subtitles.

The audio materials in English should contain subtitles in Spanish.

The materials in any other language must contain subtitles in Spanish and English.

Under no circumstances may be part of the official selection material including political propaganda.

They will not participate videoclips, trailers and / or teasers.

LOCAL TALENT

- Short Film - The duration of the material must be at least 2 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes (including credits).

For the Local Talent section, directors of mexican nationality residing or coming from the state of Guanajuato may participate. The material to participate must have been recorded in the state of Guanajuato, or failing that, contain 70% of the material with locations from at least one municipality in the state of Guanajuato.

Participants materials can be recorded with: professional cameras, semi-professional cameras, digital cameras or smartphones.

The productions must be after January 1, 2024.

The audio materials in Spanish must include English subtitles.

The audio materials in English should contain subtitles in Spanish.

The materials in any other language must contain subtitles in Spanish and English.

Under no circumstances may be part of the official selection material including political propaganda.

They will not participate videoclips, trailers and / or teasers.

University Talent Filmmakers registered at any university of the 32 federal entities of the Mexican Republic may participate, proving their validity with an official ID from their home school. *Only one film material per person will be received, i.e., a person can register their material in only one category of the festival, regardless of the category.

CHARACTERSITICS OF THE FILM MATERIAL

Duration

Feature film not less than 70 minutes and not more than 120 minutes (with credits included) Short Documentary no less than 10 minutes and not more than 20 minutes (with credits included)

Short film not less than 2 minutes and not more than 15 minutes (with credits included)
Teasers, trailers and/or video clips will not participate.

Genre, Theme and Classification
Film material of any film genre will be admitted, including docu-fiction for the Short Documentary category and animation for any of the categories.

The theme is free nature.

Only A, AA, B and B15 rated material will be admitted.

No material containing political propaganda or political and social movements will be accepted.

Language And Subtitles

Material from any language or dialect will be admitted as long as english and spanish subtitles are provided in.

Subtitles must be sent together with the material in SRT or WebVTT format.

For material with audio in a foreign language (not spanish) subtitles in english and spanish are required. d. For material with spanish audio, english subtitles are required.

Cinema Format
Any cinematographic format can participate as long as it is larger than 1080p (Full HD).
Material recorded with professional and/or semi-professional cameras may participate.
Material made with smartphones will not be accepted.

Production Dates
Any material produced or completed after january 1 of 2024 may participate.

Feature Film International

The duration of the material must be at least 70 minutes including credits.

The participation in this category will be for foreign directors.

The production of the film must be after to January 1, 2024.


The audio materials in Spanish must include English subtitles.

The audio materials in English should contain subtitles in Spanish.

The materials in any other language must contain subtitles in Spanish and English.

Under no circumstances may be part of the official selection material including political propaganda.

They will not participate videoclips, trailers and / or teasers.