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Festival Internacional de cine UNICINE

Cercado, Cercado

Festival overview

About Festival Internacional de cine UNICINE

Physical film festival in Cercado with submission categories including International Short Film and International University Short Film.

Festival celebrates national and international cinema with the aim of recognizing, promoting, and supporting audiovisual creators, as well as strengthening the dissemination, awareness, accessibility, and understanding of diverse themes of social and cultural interest among a broad and diverse audience. The festival represents an innovative initiative designed to offer quality entertainment with social consciousness, fostering dialogue, reflection, and diverse perspectives through the language of cinema.

The festival will take place as an in-person event, enabling the participation of filmmakers, producers, students, and audiovisual professionals from various regions of Bolivia and around the world. Registration for and participation in the Festival constitute full acceptance of these guidelines, rules, and terms established by the organizers.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
Sep 1, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
Nov 14, 2026
Notification Date
Nov 21, 2026
Festival Starts
Nov 27, 2026
Festival Ends
Nov 28, 2026
Recognition

Awards & Prizes

Cash Prizes: 1,000$
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+
  1. a)

  2. Registration

  3. Participation in the Festival requires the registration of one or more audiovisual works. b) AUTHORSHIP: The registered audiovisual work is the exclusive property and responsibility of the authors. If any person claims the economic rights to the work, it will be automatically disqualified. c) FESTIVAL ASSETS: Works registered for the Festival automatically become part of the Festival's assets and video library, while respecting respective copyright laws; by the mere act of submitting their work, participants accept all terms set forth in this call for entries. d)

  4. Language

  5. Works must be presented in Spanish; if other languages are used, synchronized Spanish subtitles must be included. e) COPYRIGHT: The stories and ideas embodied in the registered short films must be original; in the event of any claim, liability will rest entirely with the holder of the rights to the registered audiovisual work. f)

  6. Deadlines

  7. The deadline for registering audiovisual works is 11:59 PM on Saturday, November 14, 2026, exclusively via the g) PRE-SELECTION COMMITTEE AND JURY: The pre-selection committee is composed of the president and the director of Unicine; both wi

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

International Short Film

This category is open; short films from all over the world may be entered, with the exception of student films.

Current FeeUSD 50.00Standard Fee
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 20 minutes
Category

International University Short Film

This category requires the director to be a university student enrolled at any university worldwide.

Current FeeUSD 50.00Standard Fee
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 20 minutes