Montevideo Fantástico 14 (Uruguay) (14)

Festival start: 26 August 2023      Festival end: 10 September 2023

Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival is the first Uruguayan festival dedicated to promoting national and international film productions related to horror, fantasy and science fiction genres. Its objective is to annually present independent and ultra-independent creations that are often considered "minor", and that hardly access commercial and cultural circuits.

It has sections related to short and long feature films in competition, as well as exhibitions, tributes to different figures of the genre, lectures presented by specialists, and promotion of different cultural activities that occur in the country.

The Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival has been declared of Cultural Interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture, of Municipal Interest by the Intendance of Montevideo, and of Tourist Interest by the Ministry of Tourism in Uruguay.

It was screened in the Punta del Este International Film Festival, LatinUy Film Festival ("Cinema Fantasy" section, in La Barra), Piriápolis de Película International Film Festival ("FantaPiria" section), as well as in several foreign genre festivals like 'Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre' from Argentina; 'Brasilia International Fantastic Film Festival' from Brazil; 'FIXIÓN Fest' from Chile and 'Zinema Zombie Fest' from Colombia.

Best Feature Film of the Festival
Best Latin American Feature Film
Best Director (feature film)
Best Script (feature film)
Best Actor (feature film)
Best Actress (feature film)
Jury's Special Mentions (feature film)
Best Short Film of the Festival
Best Ibero-American Short Film
Best Director (short film)
Best Script (short film)
Best Actor (short film)
Best Actress (short film)
Best Uruguayan Short Film of the Festival
Jury's Special Mentions (short film)
Audience Award for Best Feature Film of the Festival
Audience Award for Best Latin Feature Film
Audience Award for Best Short Film of the Festival
Audience Award for Best Ibero-American Short Film
Audience Award for Best Uruguayan Short Film

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1) All materials (short films up to 15 minutes, and feature films up to 100 minutes long) belonging to the horror, fantasy and science fiction genres (animation, real image, documentary), produced after January 1st, 2021, are eligible to participate.

2) Submissions to the Festival must be made exclusively through the Festhome platform. Submissions of films by email, WhatsApp, or social networks will not be accepted. The Festival will not pay any taxes or fees for sending copies, nor screening fees.

3) Films may have been produced in any film or digital format, but must be submitted for exhibition in the following formats: .MOV H264 1920x1080 file or similar (MKV, MP4, AVI).

4) In case of films that are not originally in Spanish, they must come with embedded subtitles in Spanish or accompanied by an SRT file with the time code to be translated into Spanish (EXCLUDING REQUIREMENT).

5) Feature films that have not been screened in Montevideo, either in commercial or cultural circuits, exhibitions, cycles, festivals, conventions, special screenings or in any type of electronic media (YouTube, platforms), will have maximum priority at the moment of being selected and to integrate the Official Competition.

6) Participation in the Festival implies acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of the 2023 edition of Montevideo Fantástico. Any unforeseen event not established in these Terms and Conditions, or arising during the Festival, will be interpreted and resolved solely and exclusively by the Organizing Committee of Montevideo Fantástico, and will not give rise to any subsequent claim.