Festival de Cine Todos Santos (19)

Festival start: 24 November 2023      Festival end: 26 November 2023

TODOS SANTOS FILM FESTIVAL (FCTS)
For the last 19 years it has been the only focus of Latin American film culture with an emphasis on Mexican and local cinema, in Baja California Sur (BCS).

The FCTS has been distinguished by the high level of its artistic, social and educational content; its national and international prestige and its community mission throughout the region. The competitive sections are judged by international juries of great professional prestige. Its ability to attract the national and international press has resulted in the award given by HFP (HOLLYWOD FOREING PRESS- Golden Globes) for its hierarchical programming and its community mission. Our programming includes feature films, documentaries, short films, exclusive premieres and also winners at international and national festivals. The presence of prestigious professionals, actors, directors and producers who have been honored (Diego Luna, Dolores Heredia, Maria Novaro, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Tenoch Huerta, Ana Serradilla, Damián Alcazar, Kuno Becker, Gerardo Taracena, Carlos Bolado, Celso Garcia, Luis Alberti, Arcelia Ramirez, Kenya Marquez among many others) has positioned our festival and carried a dignified cultural image of our state, opening the doors of BCS to film projects and giving it a privileged place in the concert of Film Festivals in Mexico and internationally. Its activities, including its Film School, provide opportunities for collective participation between communities and schools, enriching local culture, promoting education, creating audiences and stimulating creativity. The FCTS is the meeting point for filmmakers and viewers who are enriched by a constructive dialogue.

The FCTS is an AC, non-profit organization, supported largely by volunteers and local patrons.

The winners of the Official Competition will be awarded with the Cactus de Todos Santos sculpture, produced by a renowned artist and a diploma that will accredit their victory in one of the official sections in competition.

The special mentions will grant a diploma that accredits it.

FCTS official competition
The Todos Santos Film Festival (FCTS) call mexican filmmakers or filmmakers residing in the mexican republic to register their cinematographic work for our four sections in the Official Competition of its nineteenth edition, which will take place from November 24 to 26, year 2023 from the city of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
1. Made in Baja California Sur (short, medium and feature film)
Any national or foreign production made in Baja California Sur of fiction or documentary with a free theme and filming technique, whose final cut production is from 2022 to 2023, may be registered. Said productions may be registered, even if they were premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have been selected in competition or participated in our 18th edition.
2. Mexican short film
Any fiction or documentary production may be registered where the production, filming, and director is of origin or resident in the mexican republic with a free theme and filming technique of up to 20 minutes in length, whose final cut production is from 2022 to 2023 Said productions may be registered, even if they were premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have been selected in competition or participated in our 18th edition.

3. Mexican animation short film
Any fiction or documentary production where the production, filming, and director is of origin or resident in the Mexican Republic with a free theme and any filming technique for animation only, up to 20 minutes long, whose final cut production is from the year 2022 to 2023. Said productions may be registeres, even if they were premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have been selected in competition or participated in our 18th edition.
4. Short film "The Ocean, Our Treasure"
Any national or foreign fiction or documentary production may be registered where the theme shows the importance of our mexican oceans, marine life, water as sustenance and its conservation with a free filming technique of up to 20 minutes duration, whose final cut production be from 2022 to 2023. Said productions may be registered, even if they were premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have been selected in competition or participated in our 18th edition.

The productions must be of the corresponding final cut from the year 2022 to 2023. Members of the organizing committee, sponsors, collaborators, volunteers, public officials, as well as their direct relatives may not participate in any section, selection or category, competitive or not. Productions that have been selected in competition or participated in our 18th edition will not be able to participate.

The films must be delivered subtitled in English, with the exception of materials with a language other than Spanish, which must be subtitled in Spanish and English embedded on the screen (burn on screen).

The selected productions may participate in simultaneous activities, diffusion and extension, competitive or not; as the Organizing Committee sees fit until the next edition 20th

Once the participation is accepted, the films may NOT be withdrawn from the Selection for the Official Competition under any circumstances.

Once the film has been selected, it is necessary to sign the authorization letter and acceptance of the festival rules, by the legal representative of the cinematographic work, omission of this requirement will mean automatic disqualification. The legal representative of the film accepts the exhibition of the film in the venues determined by the festival, whether online or in a physical location (in person) or broadcast during the years 2022 and 2023.

The productions will be selected by an expert jury in international cinematography, whose ruling will be final, with the power to declare one or several sections void. The Jury may award special mentions in all sections.

The selected productions will be published on Friday, November 3, 2023, in the different official electronic media of the festival, so it is the obligation of the selected production to communicate as soon as possible, by any means offered by the festival.

The complete registration of the applicants assumes the total acceptance of the bases of this call.

Any matter not provided for in this call will be resolved by the organizing committee by written request, up to 48 hours before the start of the festival.