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Diminuto, Festival Internacional de Cine Mínimo

México DF, Mexico

Festival overview

About Diminuto, Festival Internacional de Cine Mínimo

Physical film festival in México DF, Mexico with submission categories including One and Zero.

Welcome to the seventh edition of Diminuto, International Minimal Film Festival, a celebration of short-films. Diminuto comes from the Latin: extremely small.

The minimal cinema is that tiny cinema, but immensely deep; brief, but extensive in possibilities; tiny, but capable of creating endless universes. That is why we say that: The minimal cinema is the maximum.

Categories in competition. In all categories we receive: fiction, documentary, fiction, animation, experimental and hybrids.

For this category we receive fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids. In this edition, it is contemplated that the works selected in the teen competing categories will be screened, scheduled and viewed in three modalities

The winning works of each category in competition will be screened in a cultural venue in Bogota, Colombia. Place and date to be confirmed.

The works selected in the Alternative Films will be programmed streaming on the festival's social networks and on Wahu, streaming platform. The origin of Diminuto is referred to the online workshops: Short films taught in the last year by Aarón Álvarez, the director of the festival.

In them, the concept of brevity and the ideology that allows highlighting the creative processes of the authors are promoted. Complementary to the exhibitions, programming and visualizations, the workshops will be given: Short films, short formats (level 1 and 2), there will be talks and master classes with specialists in cinematography, these activities will be carried out online, they are planned for the attendees and the interested public, seeking to promote new authors.

Special online activities will be held for the authors of the winning short films in each category and the honorable mentions.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
May 1, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
November 22, 2026
Notification Date
December 4, 2026
Festival Starts
December 3, 2026
Festival Ends
December 31, 2026
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+
  1. Short films completed from 2010 to 2026, may participate. The call is open to all audiences, both nationally and International.

  2. The subject is free.

  3. The works must have a maximum duration of 10 minutes.

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

  5. The selected foreign films must have subtitles in Spanish for their final screening.

  6. 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.

  7. The Diminuto festival will NOT be able to translate the subtitles of the selected works, the delivery of the file with subtitles in Spanish will be the responsibility of the authors.

  8. Note: This process is for all selected foreign autors.

  9. 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 a

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

One

1 minute Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal o vertical

Current FeeUSD 13.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 1 minutes
Category

Zero

Under 59 seconds Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 1 minutes
Category

Fractal

Between 1 and 3 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 14.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
Category

Silent

Silent (shorts without dialogue) shorts between 1 and 3 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 14.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
Category

Wide

Shorts between 3 and 5 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal o vertical

Current FeeUSD 15.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 5 minutes
Category

XL

Shorts between 6 and 8 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 17.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 8 minutes
Category

Spot

Spot Between 0 and 5 minutes Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 15.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 5 minutes
Category

Cassette

Videoclip Between 1 and 5 minutes Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 15.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 5 minutes
Category

Tik Short

Shorts made by Tik Tok, under 3 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 14.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
Category

Vertical

Vertical shorts, between 1 and 3 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids

Current FeeUSD 13.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
Category

Extream Long Shot

Shorts between 8 and 10 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 18.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 10 minutes
Category

Mobile

Short films made with cell phones or mobile devices Shorts between 0 and 10 minutes Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids Horizontal or vertical

Current FeeUSD 13.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 8 minutes
Category

Trailer

Movie trailer Between 0 and 3 minutes

Current FeeUSD 13.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes