International University Film Festival Lanterna
31 May 2022
Call for entries
26 Aug 2022
Festival closed
01 Oct 2022
Notification date
24 Oct 2022
28 Oct 2022
Festival start: 24 October 2022 Festival end: 28 October 2022
The International University Film Festival, FICU LANTERNA, is the meeting point between students and leaders of the national and international audiovisual industry, where dreams and reality become possible.
It is the way to express love for the seventh art and to encounter the world of cinema in each of its facets. FICU LANTERNA is fully organized by students of the Leadership Program in Creativity and Communication, CREA, with the support of Anahuac University Mexico, North Campus and South Campus.
Acknowledgement and statuette by the festival.
● Registration for short films will have no cost.
● The registration deadline will be August 26, 2022.
● A proof of studies or university credential must be submitted by the director or producer, demonstrating that, the film carried out, is by a university student or graduate of a maximum of 2 years.
● The short film must be in H.264 format in .mp4 with a minimum resolution of 720p.
● Productions that involve religious proselytism, political propaganda, institutional promotion, homophobic promotion, discriminatory and/or commercial profile will not be accepted.
● To be admitted, the materials must be presented in Spanish or English. In the event that the original language is not Spanish or English, the translation or subtitles (in English or Spanish) of the project are required, otherwise their participation will not be considered.
● The participants of the production team must attach an official identification.
● It will be required to attach an electronic press kit for each work registered with the following materials:
o Still photograph of the work that represents the project (color at 300 dpi, in .jpg format)
o Synopsis of the work
o Brief biography of the director
o Photograph of the director (color at 300 dpi, in .jpg format)
o Technical sheet with list of credits
● If the owner of the short film (director/producer) does not deliver the materials requested by FICU LANTERNA on the dates and deadlines indicated, they will be disqualified. Extensions are not accepted for any reason.
● The festival is not responsible for copyright.
● It is necessary that the participants read the regulations before submitting their short film, said regulations can be found on the official website of the festival: https://www.ficulanterna.mx/convocatoria
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Aug 22
This category can belong to any genre and type of film, the only requirement is that it be a short film of one minute, no more, no less, without including the credits.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Aug 22
The requirements for this category is to share, narrate, and produce a short film that relates to or is about the LGTBQ+ community. The main factor is that said community must be represented properly and accoridngly within the short film.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Aug 22
This category only accepts shorts films with fictional narrative and stories created by the author or based off a work of fiction.
We remind you that any work created based off other works, must be given credit to be qualified as a candidate.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Aug 22
Within this particular category, any genre is welcomed. However, the short films must be created with a type of animation, such as: traditional animation, 2D animation, 3D animation and/or stop-motion.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Aug 22
In this category, merely informative short films are required on any topic, it can be about ecological problems, gender equity, industrial, economic, political problems, etc. However, it is strictly necessary that it has the narrative that a documentary entails.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Aug 22
This category involves any film that experiments with some aspect of the filmmaking process.
That being said, the short film must defy the conventions of traditional narrative and play with elements such as: filming techniques, visual editing, mode of presentation, audio editing, and so on.
These short films don't necessarily have to tell a story.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Aug 22
This category is especially for young university students from the Universidad Anáhuac (regardless of the campus) within it, any type of short film is accepted, the genre does not really matter. However, we request that you attach evidence that you study at this University, whether it'd be a credential or a certificate of study.
