Festival start: 23 October 2025
Festival end: 02 November 2025
INSÓLITO Fantastic Film Festival is the most important consolidated event of genre cinema (horror, fantastic, science fiction, exploitation, trash and similar) in Peru and is currently in its eighth edition.
Since its creation, the Festival has sought to vindicate unconventional ways of making films, including national and international proposals in its exhibitions and competitions, disseminating the best films that have been made worldwide on this topic.
The festival will take place the weeks from October 23 to November 2 in the city of Lima.
Dare to experience a very unusual future
AWARDS
In the International Feature Film and Short Film Competitions, a winner will be designated, who will obtain the Official Laurels of the festival and the famous INSÓLICAT trophies:
Gato Negro Trophy for best feature film
Gato Blanco Trophy for best short film
In the Peruvian Competition, a winner will be designated, who will obtain the Official Laurels of the festival, as well as specialized advice in the development of their next project.
Gato Mestizo Trophy for best Peruvian film
The Awards Gala will be held on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
CALL 8th INSÓLITO
INSOLITO INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
LIMA - PERU, 2025
COMPETENCES
The Insólito Festival has three competitions:
International Feature Film Festival, to which productions of any worldwide origin, whose duration exceeds 60 minutes, may apply. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2023.
Short Film International, to which films of any worldwide origin, whose maximum duration is 30 minutes, may apply. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2023.
Peruvian Competition, to which national productions may apply regardless of their duration. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2023. Free registration.
SAMPLES
Peruvian Panorama: films of any length, any year and any place in Peru. Submit your film completely free. Only genre films (horror, horror, fantasy, science fiction, bizarre humor, trash, gore, action, adventure, fantasy animation, martial arts, musical, etc.).
Insolikito: Genre films aimed at childhood and adolescence, only spoken or dubbed in Spanish, of any length and made in any year.
Tributes and Spotlights: selection of short and feature-length genre films in alliance with other fantastic film festivals and tributes to films made by masters of cinema.
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The Insólito Festival, through its programming team, may include productions that do not align with any of these requirements in any of the different competitions.
CONDITIONS
The open call, application and reception of works is from Saturday, February 1 to Monday, June 30, 2025.
If the spoken language of the film is not Spanish, the viewing copies must necessarily have Spanish subtitles in an SRT file with the same name as the image file or, failing that, they must attach a dialogue guide (List of Dialogues or List of Subtitles) in Spanish, English or another language to facilitate translation.
If the work is selected, the final technical specifications and promotional material requirements will be requested that must be met; Likewise, the festival has the right to request another copy with other specifications if necessary.
The filmmakers must be the owners of the rights to the film and will be responsible for claims of any nature that third parties may make regarding them.
By submitting their works, the participants fully accept the content of these rules and the regulations that are dictated in their development.
Once selected, films cannot be withdrawn from the festival.
Any doubt or gap in these rules will be resolved by the Artistic Directorate of the Festival.
All participating films may be eligible to be shown in activities carried out by the Festival after the completion of its seventh edition for a period of one year, which will be communicated in advance to the filmmakers.
Queries about aspects of the call, as well as any case not contemplated therein, will be resolved by the organizers of the Festival, by contacting the following email: programadoressinsolito@gmail.com
RESULTS
Those selected will be notified by the production of the Insólito Festival until August 15, 2025. Sending the projection file or set of files will represent the commitment and assurance of their participation.
The list of selected films will be announced prior to the start of the Festival, as a first through their social networks; Therefore, absolute reservation must be maintained in case of being selected.
The Insólito Festival will be responsible for the care of the films during and after the duration of this edition, which will be held in person from October 23 to November 2 of the current year.
International Short Film Section
Short Films 30'<
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Films from any country in the world, with a runtime of 30 minutes or less, completed after December 2020.
Peruvian Competition
Short and Feature Films
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Peruvian films of any length, completed after December 2020.
International Feature Film Competition
Short Films >60'
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Latin American films with a runtime of 60 minutes or more, completed after December 2020. Must be previously unreleased in Lima.
Peruvian Panorama Section
Short and Feature Films (2021+)
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Peruvian films of any length, shown in past years to 2021.
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