Festival de Cine de Bogotá (42)

Inizio del Festival: 20 novembre 2025      Festival si chiude: 26 novembre 2025

XLII BOGOTA FILM FESTIVAL

November 20th to 26th of 2025

THE FESTIVAL

The Bogota International Film Festival, organized by the Colombian-local organization Corporación Bogocine, was created in 1984 in order to recognize and reward the Colombian film production. For its second edition, the Festival brought together not only Colombian but other Andean countries cinema as well, and went on to honor productions from the Caribbean Islands, South America, Spain, France, Africa and the Pacific Coast on subsequent editions.

Currently, the Festival is recognized worldwide as a relevant platform for new directors (with no more than 3 released feature films) and debut feature films. Renowned filmmakers such as Pedro Almodovar, Bong Joon-Ho, Isabel Coixet, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Rodrigo García have been awarded for their respective early films throughout the Festival's history.

THE COMPETITION

The Festival rewards the best international debut feature film with the Pre-Columbian Circle Award in its Golden, Silver and Bronze spots, and the Pre-Columbian Golden Circle for Best Debut Film Director. Nationally, the Pre-Columbian Golden Circle is given respectively for best Colombian feature film and short film. The Festival also rewards prizes for documentary films, either Colombian or international in three different categories: best documentary film focused on social issues, best documentary film focused on environment and best documentary focused on Art.

SIDEBARS:
The Festival has non-competitive sections for animated films, sacred-themed feature films, international short films and films for children.

SPECIAL AWARD
A recognition can be given each year to a person or entity, for their contribution to the film industry nationally and/or internationally.

OTHER EVENTS
The Festival also invites directors with wider trajectories (more than 3 films released) for retrospective screenings and shows other parallel sections depending on each year's focuses and interests, such as Contemporary Cinema screenings, Special screenings from ally film festivals and Classic Film screenings.

International feature film awards:

· Golden Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Feature Film

· Silver Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Feature Film

· Bronze Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Feature Film

· Golden Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Director


National feature film awards:

· Gold Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Colombian Feature Film


National short film awards:

· Golden Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Colombian Short Film


National or international Documentary film awards:

· Golden Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Social Documentary Film

· Golden Pre-Columbian Circle (“Enrique Grau” Award) for Best Art Documentary Film

· Golden Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Environmental Documentary Film

R U L E S

Article I
The purpose of the Bogotá Film Festival is to emphasize the best International Films, to recognize the Colombian Film Production, to serve as a stimulus of the Film Industry and to diffuse cinematography culture.

Article II
The XLII Bogotá Film Festival will be held in Bogotá from November 20TH to 26TH of 2025.

Article III
The Festival reserves itself the right to elect the films which it considers appropriate to participate in competition as well as for the parallel film samples. The Festival selects a film among the productions of a director who has not yet directed more than three films.

Article IV
During the days of the Festival invited film may not be exhibited outside of projection rooms of the Festival before the official presentation.

Article V
For pre-selection the Films should be shown with Spanish subtitles before July 10th online version. For final selection, will have to send a copy of the film in FTP link for DCP, MP4 (vimeo) or disk before september 10th. The producer will take care of the transportation expenses.

Article VI
The Bogotá Film Festival appoints the members of the Jury as well as the President. The Jury will be made up of a President and a maximum of four (4) foreign and Colombian judges competent in the subject of cinematography art, and who have no ties with the productions or with the participants in competition.

The vote is secret. The decisions are taken by an absolute majority of voters in the election or by the relative majority in the following returns.

The Directory and the General Secretary of the Bogotá Film Festival participate in the deliberation of the Jury but they cannot vote.

No person with interests in the production and the promotion of any film in competition may form part of the Jury.

Article VII
PRE-COLUMBIAN CIRCLE awards
The jury must assign the following awards:
The Golden Pre-Columbian Circle Award for Best Feature Film.
The Silver Pre-Columbian Circle Award for Best Feature Film.
The Bronze Pre-Columbian Circle Award for Best Feature Film.
The Golden Pre-Columbian Circle Award for Best Colombian Feature Film.
The Pre-Columbian Circle Award for Best Feature Film can not be shared.
The Golden Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Social Documentary.
The Golden Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Art Documentary.
The Golden Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Environmental Documentary.
Each Film selected and exhibited at the Bogota Film Festival will receive a Participation Certificate.

Article VIII
The award winners and their distribution companies promise to use in the promotion of their Film the Pre-Colombian Circle award and the following text: "BOGOTA FILM FESTIVAL 42 -2025".

Article IX
Documentation about each film selected should be delivered to the Festival before JULY 10th of 2025, to be used as promotional material and to prepare the catalogue.

A DCP and/or MP4 Copy with Spanish subtitles of each selected movie must be delivered to the Festival before October 15th, 2025.

IF THE COPIES OF THE FILMS ARE NOT RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE THEY WILL NOT BE PRESENTED AT THE FESTIVAL

Article X
ALL deadlineS SPECIFIED IN THE ARTICLES ARE FINAL.

Article XI
The expenses related to the shipment and insurance of the participating copies are to be paid by their owner.

The transportation expenses of the films sent to the members of the selection committee for their eventual invitation are entirely incurred by the producers of the organization which supply the film.

The Festival is only responsible for the projection, storage, and the insurance expenses of the copies of the selected films since the moment they have been handed in to the Festival until the moment they are given to the freight agent for their return. In case of loss or damage of a copy the Festival will not be liable except for the value indicated by the producers in the Entry Form.

Article XII
The Director of the Bogota Film Festival retains the power to rule any case, which is not foreseen in these regulations, but in conformity with the International Regulations.

Article XIII
The Bogota Film Festival abstains from any political, moral and religious censorship of the Films exhibited during the Festival, giving equal free opportunity to the selected material.

Article XIV
The attendance to the Festival implies the compliance with the present rules.

Article XV
During the Festival, no film entered in any of the Festival sections may be screened more than a total of 3 times, including screenings for press. Films for side bars may be screened more than a total of 5 screenings including the screening(s) for press and only in the city where the Festival takes place and during the Festival's official dates and at the PLATAFORM BOGOCINE.

For any additional screenings of whatever nature, the Festival will have to obtain a written authorization from the producer or eventually, from his duly empowered representative.

Any screening held which is not authorized in writing or the object of a contract is liable to legal pursuit for infringement of national laws and the International Copyright Conventions.

Films in “Festival On Line” have special rules.

Note: Please fill the entry form at: www.bogocine.com Dead Line: July 10th .
Participating in the Festival means you agree with these conditions.

Terms and Conditions
1. If this application is not properly filled in, it WILL NOT be sent.

2. Keep in mind that it is mandatory for the application process to send a copy from vimeo or a downloaded link of your audiovisual production with Spanish subtitles, and no water marks, along with application form, before July 10th 2025.

3. Please fill in the application in either Spanish or english. Send it as an attached file to the email secretariageneral@bogocine.com, along with photography of the director, banner and frames of the production.

4. Please, if you send a hard disk copy with, attach a signed print copy of the application. Label the envelope with the sender’s name, the category to which it’s applying to, the name of the production and a contact email.

5. All the shipment fees will be paid by the applicants.

Participating in the Festival means you agree with these conditions.