Santander Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente (2026) - Sanfici (10)

Festival start: 23 February 2026      Festival end: 27 February 2026

SANFICI is a space to generate meetings at different levels, with an overcoming and innovative will. First of all, it is a space for the relationship between spectators, filmmakers and theorists around cinema and all border and heterodox manifestations. Secondly, it is a special and temporary meeting point.

SANFICI wants to become, year after year, the place of convergence for world independent cinema. But it also wants to be the space where the past and the future dialogue. The place where the most diverse film traditions are embraced with their riskiest proposals.

Cash Prizes: 5,000$

All categories are competitive and have different types of recognition.

Once the film is selected for participation, it cannot be removed from the Festival programming, nor can it be exhibited in any other film curatorial space in Colombia before its official screening at SANFICI.

Regulations and Registration Bases for the Santander International Independent Film Festival

Edition 2026

SANFICI, Santander International Festival of Independent Cinema, will take place from February 23 to 27 in Santander, Colombia.

The applications for the Festival are open for fiction films or national and international documentaries; and for fiction short films or national and international documentaries.

All Competition productions must have been completed after June 1, 2024.

The Festival program will include competitive and non-competitive sections. The scheduled films will be included in the section that the programming committee considers appropriate.

Opening Date: June 15
Closing Date: December 15

To appear in the catalogue, once the film is selected, you will receive communication from the team to request more information, and they will not be able to remove the film from the Official Selection.

The application implies acceptance and knowledge of these bases and conditions. Selected films will be notified by email. If your film has not been selected by the notification date, SANFICI is under no obligation to notify you.

For any questions or information, contact us via email info@sanfici.com