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Muestra Audiovisual ’Cortos De La Polis Joven’

Festival overview

About Muestra Audiovisual ’Cortos De La Polis Joven’

Physical film festival with submission categories including Celebrating Human Rights.

The Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) of Costa Rica, through the Centro Agenda Joven en Derechos y Ciudadanía, in support of young audiovisual producers and filmmakers and with special attention to the young population in the country, is launching the 16th Audiovisual Showcase “Cortos de la Polis Joven”.

The event aims to promote audiovisual production in Costa Rica through a culture of visual expression that reflects the creative imagination of young Costa Ricans and their daily experiences.?Cortos de la Polis Joven” seeks to present these productions to all kinds of audiences within the university as well as to the local and international community, in order to foster and develop Costa Rican cinematographic production and culture.

We believe it is important to open a space for discussion on how young people’s perceptions change over time regarding politics, social issues, daily life in the country, and other topics related to the region.

Finally, another objective is to raise awareness among young people about the production, exhibition, and creation of audiovisual works and the arts in general, as a medium to communicate ideas and engage in experimentation. ****Topic of the showcase: "Celebrating Human Rights" ****Subtopic of the showcase: "Hecho en casa (Homemade)" (Only costarican productions) The theme of the 16th Short Film Showcase “Cortos de la Polis Joven” will be "Celebrating Human Rights", which will include a special thematic category called "Hecho en casa" (Homemade).

Regarding the theme "Celebrating Human Rights", submissions may address any topic that, in some way, expresses the importance of guaranteeing, defending, and experiencing human rights on a daily basis (for example: education, politics, multiculturalism, environment, sexualities, the right to choose, human dignity, social equality, migration, among others). Promo video on YouTube

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
Aug 25, 2025
Final Submission Deadline
Oct 4, 2026
Notification Date
Oct 21, 2025
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+
  1. Age: 12 to 35 years old Maximum length of the shortfilm: 30 minutes (including credits) Topic of the film showcase: "Celebrating Human Rights" All cinematographic genres allowed. PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE SENDING YOUR SHORTFILM: Only the first 100 films send by External submission platform will be taking in count for the festival.

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

Celebrating Human Rights

In the main category "Celebrating Human Rights", audiovisual short films of any genre and related to themes will be received, which in some way express the importance of guaranteeing, claiming and experiencing Human Rights on a daily basis (for example, the right to education, the right to migrate, political rights, multiculturalism, the environment, sexualities, the right to decide, human dignity, social equality, among others). In their production or direction there must be young people participating (between 12 and 35 years old), in addition the productions should accomplish the requirements indicated in the articles of the rules of the Showcase. Solo serán tomadas en cuenta las primeras 100 producciones que ingresen por External submission platform.

Current Fee
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes