Punta Del Este Jewish Film Festival 20 (20)

Festival start: 04 February 2023      Festival end: 08 February 2023

This international meeting, already a classic in Punta del Este, has some peculiarities that distinguish it from other Jewish Film Festivals in the world, due to the fact that it takes place in such a special seaside resort as Punta del Este, a meeting point where communities from different countries gather annually in Uruguay.

The Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine Judío de Uruguay, FICJU®) was born in 2003, with the purpose of generating a cultural, educational, didactic and illustrative space, oriented to promote the knowledge of the history of the Jewish people and its diverse cultures and traditions, thus seeking to strengthen our identity and integration through art.

Fiction films and documentaries with different perspectives of the Jewish theme are shown, spaces are organized for the analysis and reflection of the history, customs and cultures of our people around the world, and the memory of the Shoa (Holocaust) is constantly maintained.

We discover new aspects of our heritage and identity, as well as learn about the current conditions of the different Jewish communities around the world, fostering the integration of all Jewish people through the knowledge of our shared essence.

Thanks to the above, the Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival becomes a focus of tourist attraction, with an average of 2,500 attendees.

Best Feature Film of the Festival
Best Latin American Feature Film
Best Short Film of the Festival
Best Latin American Short Film
Best Uruguayan Short Film
Audience Award for Best Feature Film of the Festival
Audience Award for Best Latin American Feature Film
Audience Award for Best Short Film of the Festival
Audience Award for Best Latin American Short Film
Audience Award for Best Uruguayan Short Film

1.- The 20th edition of the Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival, to be held from February 4th to 8th, 2023, calls for entries to the Shorts and Feature Films Competition with different perspectives on the Jewish theme.

2.- They must have been made on after January 1, 2020 and in the following categories: fiction, documentary and animation. The maximum length accepted per work will be 25 minutes for short films and 120 minutes for feature films.

3.- The films may have been produced in any film or digital format, but must be submitted for exhibition in the following formats: .MOV H264 1920x1080 file or similar (MKV, MP4, AVI).

4.- In the case of films that are not originally in Spanish, they must come with embedded subtitles in Spanish. Exceptionally, works will be accepted if they are sent with an SRT file with Spanish subtitles.

5.- The deadline for the reception of films is January 2nd, 2023.

6.- An international jury will discern the awards in the different categories, and its decision will be final.

7.- The festival will try to provide facilities for the presence of the filmmakers of the selected short and feature films during the festival, but the acceptance of the work does not imply the granting of an invitation with airfare and lodging, which must be paid by the participant.

8.- The inscription of the film in the festival implies the tacit acceptance of these rules.