Amor Festival Internacional De Cine LGBT+ (9)

映画祭の開始: 24 11月 2026      映画祭の終了: 29 11月 2026

AMOR International LGBT+ Film Festival is the first international film festival in Santiago, Chile focused on sexual and gender diversity. It is an independent, competitive festival. The ninth edition of AMOR Festival will take place from November 24 to 29, 2026, in a hybrid format, featuring both digital and in-person screenings and activities across the country.

As in every edition, the festival is conceived as an inclusive space where the programme invites different sectors of society to engage with cinema centered on LGBT+ themes (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and broader sexual and gender diversities). It is a safe space for the community, where participants can engage, gain visibility, identify, and share their experiences.

AMOR Festival has positioned itself as an event of high artistic quality, showcasing some of the most compelling and distinctive national and international films that explore diversity, as well as award-winning titles from renowned international festivals. It is also a space where programming is structured around gender equality in both competitions and activities, giving visibility to women filmmakers.

Love transcends all sexualities, and through AMOR Festival we aim to contribute to inclusion, foster understanding, and celebrate the visibility of diverse identities through the art of cinema.

現金賞: 1,000$

AWARDS

The prizes that the Jury and the Public will grant for the ninth edition of AMOR International LGBT+ Film Festival will be:

Jury Award - Best Film of International Competition
$600,000 CLP

Jury Award - Best Film of Guerrilla
$400,000 CLP

Audience Award - Best Film of International Competition
Statuette

Audience Award - Best Film of Guerrilla
Statuette

Viewers will be able to be part of the Audience Award that will award the distinction to the best film of the International competition and the best film of the Guerrilla competition.

Eventually, new prizes and categories may be added, based on the alliances and commercial agreements that are concluded between the publication of these rules and the realization of the ninth edition of AMOR Festival.

COMPETITIONS AND SECTIONS

In this ninth edition, AMOR Festival has an international competition of films, an international competition of short films, and three non-competitive sections.

a. International Competition: Feature film competition for fiction, documentary and animation from around the world.

b. Guerrilla - International Short Films Competition: Feature short film competition for fiction, documentary, animation and experimental from around the world.

c. Chilean Panorama: Non-competitive section of Chilean feature films and short films for fiction, documentary and animation.

d. Rupturistas: Feature films and short films that have contributed to the representation and visibility of the LGBT + community over the years.

e. Focus: Selection of titles that seek to highlight and recognize a particular theme or the work and career of LGBT + filmmakers.


CALL FOR ENTRIES

AMOR International LGBT+ Film Festival opens its 2026 call for audiovisual works from 2024 onwards, from all over the world, that address LGBT+ themes (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, intersex, and any other expression of sexual and/or gender diversity); and that they have not had commercial exhibition in physical or virtual theaters, or is available on streaming platforms in Chilean territory.

a. International Competition: Feature films of fiction, documentary, and animation, with a minimum length of 60 minutes, including credits.

b. Guerrilla: Short films for fiction, documentary, animation and experimental, with a maximum length of 30 minutes, including credits.

REGISTRATION

For inscriptions, applicants must complete and submit the registration form available at amorfestival.com, or can also apply through the registration platform: FestHome. Registration is free, and it can be done until 23:59:59 hours on Sunday June 28, 2026.

When registering your film, you must include all the information required in the form, in addition to the passwords or accesses to be able to view them. Applications that do not comply with the format, theme or any of the specifications contained in these bases, will not be accepted, being automatically disqualified.

The films must be spoken in Spanish or subtitled to Spanish, Portuguese, or english.

The postulated works will be submitted to a selection process by the festival’s programming team. The decision will be unquestionable. The inscription doesn’t assure the selection of the film for AMOR Festival. The AMOR Festival programming team will not be obliged to view or download registered films out of time.


JURY

The jury will be conformed of personalities of outstanding trajectory of the national and international audiovisual industry, as well as people related to the arts and culture. The names of those who join the jury for this edition will be communicated at least one month before the start of the festival.

The six members who conform the two juries, will have the mission to choose the best feature film of the International competition, and the best short film of the Guerrilla competition.

People directly related to the AMOR Festival organization, and to the works in competition, will be disabled to form part of the jury. The decision of the jury in any case will be unquestionable.

GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR SELECTED FILMS

Applicants whose works have been selected by the festival's programming team will be notified. Those who are not selected will not be notified.

Those selected must send digitally before October 2nd, 2026:

a. A copy of the selected film through a file download link in H.264 format, will have to be presented in the original version, in Spanish or subtitled to Spanish.

b. A list of subtitles and a list of dialogues with time code (In case of the festival requiring them).

c. Film synopsis.

d. Biography and filmography of the director.

e. A set of at least 5 stills of the film and of the director.

f. Trailer through a file download link in H.264 format.

g. Promotional posters.

h. A complete list of technical and artistic credits.

i. Press kit.

j. Social networks

ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES

Registration and participation in AMOR International LGBT+ Film Festival implies acceptance of these rules. Once selected, the film cannot be withdrawn from the festival.

The works programmed in any of the sections may not be commercially premiered in Chile until the end of the AMOR Festival. Neither may they be publicly exhibited in any other area than the framework of the AMOR Festival, until the end of it.

AMOR Festival reserves the right to use video and audio extracts, which do not exceed 10% of the total work, as well as images, graphics and texts of the selected works, with the aim of disseminating the works and the event. These purposes are exclusively promotional, and without prejudice to the copyright of the works.

The applicants, agents and/or distributors of those works that obtain prizes, undertake to highlight them in all their advertising and press material, using the logo and laurels of the AMOR Festival in accordance with the brand manual of the same. This material can be downloaded from amorfestival.com.