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Biophilia Festival Internacional de Cine

animation, Mexico

Festival overview

About Biophilia Festival Internacional de Cine

Physical film festival in animation, Mexico with submission categories including Seed and Cortex: International Short films under 29 minutes (Fiction.

Biophilia is a concept based on respect and love for life and living beings. Our essence is hidden in the earth, inside everything converges, an infinite cycle that reveals being: sprouting, intertwining, flourishing, and later, being a seed that fell to germinate again.

We celebrate the connection of man with the earth, and how from this link, we are able to perceive and build our surroundings, recognize ourselves in the gaze of the other, or ignore a little about our being. The festival activities will take place in the month of November, we will carry out face-to-face and online activities creating links in trhee states of Mexico: the State of Mexico, Mexico City.

We receive cinematographic and audiovisual works that address the following concepts: Biophilia, ecology, nature, native peoples, traditions, collective memory, cosmogony and rituals. The extension is free as well as the genres: fiction, non-fiction, animation, experimental and hybrids.

As well as special activities for the authors of the winning short films in each category and the honorable mentions.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
Apr 17, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
Nov 2, 2026
Notification Date
Nov 5, 2026
Festival Starts
Nov 12, 2026
Festival Ends
Nov 30, 2026
Programming and eligibility

Accepted Projects & Requirements

Accepted film types
Fiction, Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Music Video
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+
  1. Short films may belong to any of the following categories: shorts under 1 minute, short films, medium-length films, feature films, of any genre.

  2. The works must have a maximum duration of 150 minutes.

  3. The films may be made with any type of camera or digital technology, as long as we can display the film in digital format.

  4. The selected foreign films must have subtitles in Spanish for their final screening. It is important that the artist commits to carry out this process, since we are in contact with cultural institutions in Mexico, in addition, the Mexican audience responds better when the works are subtitled. Note: This process is for all selected foreign autors. If the autors does not submit his film with Spanish subtitles, he will be disqualified and there will be no refund for his registration, take this information into account before sending your film.

  5. We ask that when registering your work, do not change the password or download your project since this does not allow us to evaluate it and is a reason for disqualification.

  6. In your registration, use an email that you constantly check since if your email is incorrect or you do not check it, we usually will not be able to establish communication with you. In case you are selected and do not send your digital files, your project will be disqualified.

  7. The format must be MP4, H264 codec.

  8. The registration deadline is 02 november 2026. Registrations made after this date will not be taken into account.

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

Seed

Emerging Mexican filmmakers Under than 20 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genres

Current FeeUSD 10.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 20 minutes
Category

Cortex: International Short films under 29 minutes (Fiction

Current Fee
Category

Rhizome

Medium and feature films Fiction, non-fiction, animation, experimental and hybrid genres Between 30 minutes and 150 minutes

Current FeeUSD 18.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 150 minutes
Category

animation and experimental) - Germans: Intenational Shorts under 59 seconds (Any genres) - Rhizome International Medium

Current Fee
Category

Root

Non-fiction short films and hybrid genres Between 1 and 30 minutes

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes
Category

documentary

Current Fee
Category

Cortex

Shorts fiction and animation Between 1 and 29 minutes

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 29 minutes
Category

animation

Current Fee
Category

Germ

Shorts under 59 seconds Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrid genres

Current FeeUSD 11.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 1 minutes
Category

experimental and hybrid genres) - Root International Non-fiction short films and hybrid genres Under 29 minutes - Sap: I

Current Fee
Category

Sap

Video clip Between 1 and 8 minutes

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 8 minutes
Category

any genres) - Xilema

Current Fee
Category

Xylem

Experimental shorts Between 1 and 29 minutes

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 29 minutes