El Grito: Festival Internacional De Cine Fantástico (8)

Début du Festival: 29 octobre 2026      Fin du Festival: 31 octobre 2026

El Grito is the first and only fantasy an horror film festival in Venezuela.

This event seeks to celebrate fear and showcase the narrative visions of both emerging and established filmmakers, whose stories reveal the darkest aspects of the human condition.

Over the past eight years, it has served as a disruptive platform in the country’s periphery—the state of Táchira—where filmmakers, producers, and fantasy film enthusiasts have come together to reflect, enjoy, and learn. El Grito is part of the Latin American Alliance of Fantasy Film Festivals (FANTLATAM), the Venezuelan Film Festival and Showcase Circuit (CIFEST), and the Ibero-American Network of Film Festivals (REDIBEROFEST).

We invite feature films and short films from around the world—spanning fantasy, horror, sci-fi, thriller, suspense, and related subgenres— in any narrative format (fiction, documentary, animation, or experimental) to participate in our 7th edition.

More info at: elgritoproduce.com/festival

1) International Feature Film
2) Venezuelan Feature Film
3) Regional Shortfilm (San Cristóbal, Venezuela)
4) International Short Film
5) Venezuelan Short Film
6) Animation Shortfilm

TERMS AND CONDITIONS - EL GRITO FESTIVAL 2026

• The call for entries for the 8th El Grito Festival has a submission deadline of July 31, 2026, until 23:59 (Venezuela time).

• El Grito: International Fantastic Film Festival is organized by Productora El Grito C.A. in the city of San Cristóbal, Táchira state, and will celebrate its eighth edition in October 2026.

• Films may participate in the following categories:

International Feature Film
Venezuelan Feature Film
International Short Film
Venezuelan Short Film
Animated Short Film
Táchira Short Film

• Six (6) awards will be granted, one for each winner of the aforementioned categories, which include a statuette and a certificate. Additionally, the organizing team will select one Venezuelan feature film and one Venezuelan short film to represent the festival at the 2026 Fantlatam Grand Prix.

• An 7th award will be granted by the festival attendees, called the Audience Award. It includes a statuette and a certificate.

• The event will be held from October 29 to 31, 2026, in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela.

• Feature films with a minimum duration of 60 minutes, short films with a maximum duration of 25 minutes, and music videos with a maximum duration of 10 minutes are accepted.

• Works can be of any nationality.

• Feature films and short films can be in fiction, documentary, animated, or experimental formats and must fit into the genres: fantasy, horror, science fiction, thriller, suspense, and related sub-genres.

• Works must have a completion date starting from January 2024, with the exception of the Venezuelan Feature Film category, which may have a completion date starting from January 2022.

• Filmmakers selected in previous editions may apply.

• The reception of films is via web through our partner platform: FestHome.

Any category may be declared void if, in the Committee's judgment, the submitted projects do not meet the minimum required quality.

• All feature films and short films must pay a registration fee (check fees and deadlines on the platforms).

• Works that are not spoken in Spanish must include subtitles in this language in SRT format or embedded in the file. If the film does not have Spanish subtitles, it will not be considered for participation in the event.

• More than one work per filmmaker is accepted. However, registration does not guarantee screening/selection within the Festival.

• The selection of films in this Festival does not provide for the payment of exhibition rights or travel expenses by the organization.

• The Organizing Committee will curate the material received, where the works participating in the official competition will be selected.

• It is presumed that the applicant to participate in El Grito Festival is the holder of the economic copyright of the cinematographic work. In no case is the company Productora El Grito C.A. responsible for, nor does it assume responsibilities that may derive from the infringement of this presumption. Therefore, the participant accepts, with the application for participation in the Festival, all responsibility that may arise from third-party claims regarding the unauthorized use of the cinematographic work in the El Grito International Fantasy Film Festival.

• After the exhibition within the framework of the event, filmmakers will be provided the opportunity for further dissemination of their work through screenings in regional, national, and international distribution circuits, always with prior notice and authorization from the author or distributor. • Registration in the event implies acceptance of all participation terms and conditions. Send inquiries to the email elgritofestival@gmail.com