Biophilia Festival Internacional de Cine (6)

Início do Festival: 12 Novembro 2026      Fim do Festival: 30 Novembro 2026

Biophilia is a concept based on respect and love for life and living beings.
Our essence is hidden in the earth, inside everything converges, an infinite cycle that reveals being: sprouting, intertwining, flourishing, and later, being a seed that fell to germinate again. We celebrate the connection of man with the earth, and how from this link, we are able to perceive and build our surroundings, recognize ourselves in the gaze of the other, or ignore a little about our being.

The festival activities will take place in the month of November, we will carry out face-to-face and online activities creating links in trhee states of Mexico: the State of Mexico, Mexico City.

We receive cinematographic and audiovisual works that address the following concepts:
Biophilia, ecology, nature, native peoples, traditions, collective memory, cosmogony and rituals. The extension is free as well as the genres: fiction, non-fiction, animation, experimental and hybrids.

International categories

Germans
Shorts under 59 seconds
Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genres

Sap
Videoclip
Between 1 and 8 minutes

Cortex
Fiction, animation and experimental short films
Under 29 minutes

Xilema
Experimental short films
Under 29 minutes

Root
Non-fiction short films and hybrid genres
Under 29 minutes

Rhizome
Medium and feature films
Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genres
Between 30 minutes and 150 minutes

National category

Seed
Emerging Mexican filmmakers
Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genres
Under than 20 minutes

Complementary to the exhibitions and programming, workshops will be given and there will be talks and master classes with specialists in cinematography, these activities will be carried out online and in person (if pandemic conditions allow it), and are planned for attendees and the interested public. , seeking to promote new authors. As well as special activities for the authors of the winning short films in each category and the honorable mentions.

1. A Jury will choose a winning work in each category and, if deemed necessary, honorable mentions. Which will be awarded a special recognition.

2. The works of the Official Selection of all categories will be screened in at least one space in México City, and scheduled via streaming.

3. The winning works in each category will be screened in Oaxaca.

1.May participate short films completed from January 1, 2010 to 2026. The call is open to all audiences, both nationally and International.

2. Short films may belong to any of the following categories: shorts under 1 minute, short films, medium-length films, feature films, of any genre.

3. The works must have a maximum duration of 150 minutes.

4. The films may be made with any type of camera or digital technology, as long as we can display the film in digital format.

5. The selected foreign films must have subtitles in Spanish for their final screening. It is important that the artist commits to carry out this process, since we are in contact with cultural institutions in Mexico, in addition, the Mexican audience responds better when the works are subtitled.

Note:
This process is for all selected foreign autors.
If the autors does not submit his film with Spanish subtitles, he will be disqualified and there will be no refund for his registration, take this information into account before sending your film.

6. We ask that when registering your work, do not change the password or download your project since this does not allow us to evaluate it and is a reason for disqualification.

7. In your registration, use an email that you constantly check since if your email is incorrect or you do not check it, we usually will not be able to establish communication with you. In case you are selected and do not send your digital files, your project will be disqualified.

8. The selected authors must send their film in a download link, through platforms such as: Dropbox, We transfer, Vimeo, Drive or similar. The format must be MP4, H264 codec.

9. The registration deadline is 02 november 2026. Registrations made after this date will not be taken into account.

10. The official selection will be announced via email as well as the festival's official social networks from 05 november 2026.

11. The Jury's decision will be final.

12. The selected works will be projected and programmed at the different venues from November 12 to 30, 2026. Based on a scoring system, a jury of specialists will choose a winning work for each category, and if deemed appropriate, honorable mentions.

13. Contestants are responsible for the rights of the submitted works.

14. The projection times will be announced in the official program of the Festival, as well as in social networks.

15. The Festival may use fragments of the selected films for dissemination of the event in the media, including the Internet.

16. The organization of the Festival will not cover in any case the coverage of tickets, Travel expenses or accommodation for the authors of the selected films.

17. The Festival therefore it will not pay screenings to the selected artists.

18. Once the work is registered there will be no refund.

19. Sending a film to Biophilia, International Film Festival, five, implies acceptance of these rules.

- We receive cinematographic and audiovisual works that address the following concepts:
Biophilia, ecology, nature, native peoples, traditions, collective memory, cosmogony and rituals.

- The extension is free as well as the genres: fiction, non-fiction, animation, experimental and hybrids.

- International categories

Germans:
Shorts under 59 seconds
Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genres

Sap:
Videoclip
Between 1 and 8 minutes

Cortex:
Fiction, animation and experimental short films
Under 29 minutes

Xilema:
Experimental short films
Under 29 minutes

Root:
Non-fiction short films and hybrid genres
Under 29 minutes

Rhizome:
Medium and feature films
Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genres
Between 30 minutes and 150 minutes

- National category

Seed:
Emerging Mexican filmmakers
Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genres
Under than 20 minutes