II Changuito Festival De Cine Para Las Niñeces (2)

Children’s Rights

Films that address children’s rights as fundamental human rights. This category includes works that explore issues such as protection, access to education, identity, participation, dignity, safety, and freedom of expression. These films recognize children not as passive recipients of care, but as rights-holders whose voices and experiences deserve visibility and respect.

Child Participation & Agency

Films that highlight children as active participants in their communities and decision-making processes. This category focuses on stories where children create, organize, express opinions, influence their surroundings, and take initiative. It values representations of childhood that emphasize autonomy, creativity, and collective action.

Community Media

Works produced within community-based processes, collectives, schools, or grassroots organizations. These films reflect collaborative creation and local storytelling practices. The focus is not only on the final product but also on the collective process behind it, strengthening media democratization and access to audiovisual tools.

Films that engage with social issues affecting children and their communities, encouraging awareness, advocacy, and transformation. These works may address inequality, environmental justice, gender issues, displacement, peace-building, or access to cultural rights. Cinema is understood here as a tool for social engagement and change.

Intergenerational Dialogue


Films that foster meaningful exchanges between children, youth, and adults. This category values narratives where different generations collaborate, listen, and co-create. It seeks to challenge hierarchical relationships and promote mutual respect and shared responsibility.

Anti-Adultcentric Perspectives


Films that challenge adult-centered narratives and power structures. This category values works that question the assumption that adulthood is the only legitimate source of authority, knowledge, or creativity. It promotes representations where children are seen as thinkers, creators, and protagonists of their own realities.

Education & Collective Learning


Works that explore learning processes beyond traditional schooling models. This includes community education, artistic workshops, popular education practices, and collective knowledge-building experiences. These films highlight learning as a shared, participatory, and transformative process.