No Fee
Submissions deadline
10 Mar 25
0€
FICTION, with a maximum time of 30 minutes.
Venezuelan Festival of University Short Films
25 Oct 2025
Call for entries
10 Mar 2025
Final deadline
14 May 2025
Notification date
13 May 2025
16 May 2025
Festival start: 13 May 2025 Festival end: 16 May 2025
Call for group creativity
students with the interest of
encourage reflection on the event
cinematography and power
transformer of images.
It seeks to integrate the potential of
young people in training process
academic, with cinema and the arts
visuals.
Promotes training activities
in the audiovisual field
It brings together an important sample of the
talent present in each region of the
country, while enhancing the reach of
cinematography as a tool
of social change.
Winner Statuette
Certificate
surprises
Regulations of the Venezuelan Festival of University Short Films 3rd Edition 2025
Caracas, May 13 to 17
University students will participate representing the University where they are pursuing their degree, regardless of the connection that said university degree has with audiovisual art. REGISTRATION TO THE FESTIVAL IS FREE
1. The originals will be strictly unpublished, not previously awarded in another film competition, nor subject to any editing commitment.
THE FOLLOWING MODALITIES ARE ESTABLISHED:
FICTION, with a maximum time of 30 minutes.
ANIMATION, with a maximum time of 12 minutes.
DOCUMENTARY, with a maximum time of 30 minutes.
2. The making of the short film must be made up of 51% verifiable university students with proof of studies.
3. Only short films from students studying the university undergraduate degree of any major and mention will be accepted.
4. A call will be held from February 15, 2025 to April 15, 2025 where all students will be able to pre-register their duly identified short films. Through a registration form provided by the FVCU 2025 edition. 5. Once the call is closed, a team of curators from the FVCU 2025 will give us the official selection of the short films that will participate in competition mode in the 3rd Edition of the Venezuelan Festival of University Short Films 2025.
6. The Official Selection will be announced on April 30 through the social networks and other media of FVCU and Kreaton productions C.A.
7. The jury will be made up of people of recognized solvency in the audiovisual field and will be announced in a timely manner.
8. The Festival may use fragments (up to 3 minutes, if applicable) of the participating works for promotion and dissemination through any media.
9. In the pre-registration form, students must attach a viewing and download link (preferably from Google Drive): Technical Sheet of the Film, poster, advertising graphic material, 1 good quality photograph of the main participants of the short film and trailer.
10. Short films must have a production date between 2023, 2024 and part of 2025
11. Public and private universities can participate in this festival.
12. THE awards WILL BE MADE IN THE FOLLOWING MENTIONS:
Best FICTION Short Film
Best ANIMATED Short Film
Best DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
IN EACH CATEGORY THE following WILL BE AWARDED:
Best Address
Best actress
Best Actor
Best Screenplay
Best Editing
Greater Sound Direction
Major Photography Direction
Best Art Direction
13. The winners will receive an award and certificate from the festival and many surprises.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
10 Mar 25
FICTION, with a maximum time of 30 minutes.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
10 Mar 25
ANIMATION, with a maximum time of 12 minutes.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
10 Mar 25
DOCUMENTARY, with a maximum time of 30 minutes.