CINEHasta en las Aulas (1)

Festival start: 15 April 2026      Festival end: 17 April 2026

FILMS in Class & Beyond International Festival was created with the aim of recognizing, highlighting, and celebrating audiovisual talent generated in the educational and social spheres.

FILMS in Class & Beyond International Festival provides a space where teachers, students, people with disabilities, and at-risk communities can share their stories, lessons learned, and perspectives on the world, using cinema as an educational, artistic, and inclusive tool.

FILMS in Class & Beyond International Festival understands audiovisual language as a powerful means of learning by doing, communicating through feeling, and transforming through creativity.

The festival is held in person in A Coruña and Madrid (Spain), and Latin America, allowing for open, international participation without geographical or physical barriers.

This initiative began in Maturin, Venezuela, in 2009 with a training course in audiovisual production given by a group of teachers specializing in filmmaking. This led to the first exhibition, called “CINEHasta en las Aulas” (Cinema in the Classroom), held in 2010, and since then there have been seven editions.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Audience Award: Most voted film online. (one vote per user)
• Award for Best Educational Teaching Production
• FILMS in Class & Beyond Award for Children
• Award for Inclusive Production
• REDDI Award by category (statue)
• Special Award for Audiovisual Innovation with AI
• Honorable Mentions: creativity, values, social impact, narrative, or technique, given by the public.

The awards will be non-monetary: Certificates will be sent to the selected works and the winners will be exhibited in the Festival's Official Online Exhibition and disseminated through the channels and networks of FILMS in Class & Beyond International Festival, as well as in exhibitions associated with collaborating educational and cultural institutions.

EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL OBJECTIVES

a.- To promote audiovisual education as a pedagogical and creative resource in classrooms at all educational levels.

b.- To promote inclusion and diversity through the participation of people with disabilities or in vulnerable situations.

c.- To give a voice to children and young people, promoting productions created by them, for them, and with them.

d.- Raise the profile of educational and social productions made in educational settings.

e.- Recognize and disseminate audiovisual projects with social, educational, and cultural value.

f.- Create a meeting place between Europe, Spain, Galicia, Coruña, and Latin America through educational cinema.

PARTICIPATION CATEGORIES

The festival has four main categories:

1. Productions made by teachers: Short films created by teachers or teaching teams, with an educational or reflective focus.

2. Children and teenagers producing for children and teenagers:

Works created by students at any stage of education, aimed primarily at a child or youth audience.

3. Inclusive productions: Short films made by, or in which people with disabilities or at high social risk actively participate.

4. Collaborative or mixed category: Projects that bring together teachers, students, and groups at risk or with disabilities in a joint effort of integration and learning.

REGISTRATION FEE VARIES ACCORDING TO STAGE

- From December 1, 2025, to January 15, 2026, it will be €3.

- From January 16 to February 15, 2026, it will be €5.

- From February 16 to March 1, 2026, it will be €8.

- From March 2 to March 15, 2026, it will be €10.

TYPES OF PRODUCTIONS ACCEPTED

All those that have not previously participated in international festivals.

Audiovisual productions of an educational or social nature are accepted, created in any of the following formats:

• Fiction
• Documentary
• Educational sequence (short piece with an educational or reflective message)
• Animation / Stop Motion
• Creations made with Artificial Intelligence (AI), provided that its use is clearly indicated and copyright and creative ethics are respected.

Maximum duration: 10 minutes.

VOTING SYSTEM

Ballots for the public and evaluation by a jury.