About the Film Festival
The Medellín International Film Festival (FestMedallo) will celebrate its 12th Edition from February 15 to 17, 2027 in Medellín, Colombia. This festival has as mission to be a space for the projection and diffusion of films from all over the world; and is a platform for sponsors of the global film industry to select projects and directors to finance them.
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Authorization Letter
a- International Competition for Feature Films:
-Fiction.
-Documentary.
-Animation.
b- International Short Film Competition:
-Fiction Short film.
-Documentary Short film.
-Animation Short film.
-Public Prize for Best Short Film.
-Best video clip.
-Script (Feature & Short film)
-Web Serie or New Media.
c.- Individual categories:
-Director.
-Screenplay.
-Actor.
-Actress.
-Cinematography.
Subject ：Unlimited
Video Format ：HDV MPEG4 DCP MOV MPEG
1.- The submissions to the FestMedallo are open for feature films and short films of fiction, animation and documentary, national and international.
2.- The films can be of any subject.
3.- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
4.- The length of short films is less than 40 minutes; for feature films it will be over 41 minutes.
5.- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
6.- The FestMedallo will be held from February 15 to 17, 2027, in Medellín (Colombia).
7.- FestMedallo declines any responsibility regarding the infringement of images, people and audio that are in the film without proper authorization.
8.- Movies that attack any group, show discriminatory material and / or violate the dignity of the people will not be accepted.
9.- The works presented must be original, own of the author or authors that present them.
10.- Participants accept both the exhibition at FestMedallo and the reproduction and / or dissemination of fragments of their works for informative purposes and / or promotion related to the festival.
11.- The Representatives of the films that are OFFICIAL SELECTION accept that, after the celebration of the FestMedallo, the trailers or fragments of their works can be exhibited in the channels of diffusion of the organization, that is, page and social networks of the Festival, for informative and / or promotion purposes related to the festival.
12.- The inscriptions must be sent by means of ONLINE procedure in the allied page Sfilmmaker. The festival must receive the confirmation of participation through this platform, which includes an online link. The participant must ensure that the password does not change until the Festival ends. No registration other than ONLINE will be accepted through this platform.
Categories and fees
Story Short
Video length ：1 - 40
The length of short films is less than 40 minutes
Documentary Short
Video length ：1 - 40
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
-The length of short films is less than 40 minutes
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
Experimental Short
Video length ：1 - 40
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
-The length of short films is less than 40 minutes
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
Animation Short
Video length ：1 - 40
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
-The length of short films is less than 40 minutes
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
Music video
Video length ：1 - 40
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
-The length of short films is less than 40 minutes
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
Web Serie(Short)
Video length ：1 - 60
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
-The length of short films is less than 60 minutes
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
Script(Feature)
Script ：61 - 400
from 60 to 400 pages
Story Feature
Video length ：41 - 200
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
- The length for feature films it will be over 41 minutes.
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
Documentary Feature
Video length ：41 - 200
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
- The length for feature films it will be over 41 minutes.
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
Animation Feature
Video length ：41 - 200
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
- The length for feature films it will be over 41 minutes.
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
Script(Short)
Script ：1 - 60
from 1 to 60 pages
Web Series(Feature)
Video length ：60 - 240
- The films can be of any subject.
- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
-The length of short films is less than 240 minutes
- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
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