BAMM Fest | Buenos Aires Motion Makers is a community-born festival dedicated to the art, craft, and future of motion design.

Born in Buenos Aires and built by and for motion makers, BAMM celebrates outstanding motion-driven work across branded films, title sequences, music videos, short motion films, experimental pieces, student projects, and Latin American voices shaping the field today.

We welcome submissions from emerging artists, independent directors, collectives, studios, and established teams working across 2D, 3D, CGI, typography, mixed media, collage, stop motion, live-action integration, and hybrid techniques.

BAMM is more than a screening event. It is a meeting point for motion designers, animators, filmmakers, studios, agencies, producers, students, and visual storytellers who believe motion can move culture, ideas, and people.

Alongside curated screenings, the festival brings together speaker sessions, workshops, masterclasses, live demos, special guests, and community-centered gatherings designed to create real exchange, meaningful visibility, and new opportunities for collaboration.

What we screen 👀

🔹Motion-driven commercial and branded work

🔹Title sequences and visual identity systems in motion

🔹Music videos, visualizers, and audiovisual pieces

🔹Experimental motion films and hybrid visual works

🔹Short motion films

🔹Student motion projects

🔹Selected works from Latin America and beyond

Why submit ✨

🔹Curated by people deeply connected to the motion design community

🔹Focused specifically on motion, not general animation

🔹A platform for both emerging talent and established studios

🔹Visibility in front of peers, collaborators, producers, agencies, and creative partners

🔹Opportunities for selected creators and winners to take part in workshops, masterclasses, talks, and special festival programming

Where we are 📍

Rooted in Buenos Aires with an expanding international vision, BAMM is designed to connect local energy with global motion culture. We aim to create a festival experience that feels warm, sharp, contemporary, and community-driven — a place where great work gets seen and the right people meet each other.

Bring your boldest frames, your strongest systems, your sharpest timing, your strangest experiments.

If it moves and moves us, it belongs at BAMM.

Awards & Prizes

Official Selections will be presented as part of BAMM’s curated festival program and visibility platform, with opportunities for screening, editorial promotion, and inclusion in special programming across the festival.

Winners and selected creators will receive:

🔹 Official BAMM laurels and category recognition
🔹 Screening as part of the festival program
🔹 Promotion across BAMM’s communication and social channels
🔹 Access to selected BAMM workshops and masterclasses
🔹 Invitations to talks, panels, and special festival participation opportunities
🔹 Visibility in front of studios, agencies, producers, collaborators, and the international motion design community

As BAMM expands through future partnerships and festival growth, additional prizes may include sponsor gifts, educational access, software benefits, and special industry opportunities.

BAMM is designed not only to honor exceptional work, but to build lasting momentum around the people creating it. 🌱

Rules & Terms

Eligibility

BAMM Fest accepts motion-driven works from creators, studios, collectives, production companies, and students from around the world.

Eligible projects may include branded motion, title design, visual identity systems, music videos, visualizers, experimental films, short motion films, student works, and hybrid audiovisual pieces where motion design plays a central role.

Projects must have been completed within the last 2 years prior to the date of submission and must meet the category-specific requirements listed on FilmFreeway.

All submissions must be entered in the category that best fits the nature of the work. BAMM reserves the right to reassign a project to a more appropriate category when necessary.

Main Categories

Projects may be submitted to one or more MAIN categories, provided they are relevant to each category’s description and criteria.

Add-On Categories

ADD-ON categories are complementary craft awards intended to accompany a MAIN category submission.

Projects entered into ADD-ON categories should also be submitted to at least one relevant MAIN category. BAMM reserves the right to disqualify or reclassify ADD-ON entries submitted without an appropriate MAIN category entry.

Each category entry requires its own submission fee.

Category Qualifiers

Category-specific qualifiers, including project type, runtime, student status, project origin, completion date, and any other eligibility filters shown on FilmFreeway, form part of these Rules and Terms.

It is the responsibility of the entrant to review and comply with the requirements of each category before submitting.

Submission Requirements

Submissions must be provided as online screeners through FilmFreeway.

Entrants must hold all necessary rights, permissions, and clearances for the submitted work, including but not limited to image, sound, music, type, brand assets, client approvals, and any third-party materials included in the project.

By submitting, the entrant confirms that they are authorized to submit the project and that all information provided is accurate and complete.

Non-English-language works should include English subtitles where relevant.

Premiere Status

Premiere status is not required unless otherwise specified in a particular section of the festival program.

Multiple Entries

The same project may be submitted to multiple categories if appropriate. Each category requires a separate entry fee.

Different versions of the same project should be clearly identified at the time of submission.

Student Entries

Projects submitted to Best Student Motion Project must be student works and must comply with the student qualifier defined on FilmFreeway.

BAMM reserves the right to request proof of student status, enrollment, or academic affiliation at any stage of the selection process.

Latin American Category

Projects submitted to Best Latin American Motion Project must comply with the category requirements stated on FilmFreeway.

BAMM reserves the right to request additional information in order to verify eligibility for this category.

Selection Process

All submissions are reviewed by the BAMM team and, where applicable, by guest curators, jurors, or industry professionals.

Selection decisions are final.

BAMM is not obligated to provide individual feedback on submitted works unless explicitly stated as part of a special program, lab, or partnership.

Notification

Selected entrants, nominees, and winners will be notified according to the notification date listed on the festival’s FilmFreeway page.

BAMM reserves the right to update scheduling, programming structure, award presentation format, or screening format if necessary.

Screening & Promotional Use

By submitting to BAMM, entrants grant the festival the non-exclusive right to use excerpts, stills, titles, trailers, posters, credits, and promotional materials from the submitted work for festival-related promotion.

This may include use on BAMM’s website, social media channels, press materials, printed materials, screening presentations, and related communications.

If selected, entrants may be asked to provide additional promotional or screening assets, including high-resolution stills, final screening files, project descriptions, and credits.

The entrant retains full ownership of the submitted work.

Screening Formats

If selected, entrants must provide a final screening copy in the format requested by the festival by the stated delivery deadline.

Failure to provide the required materials on time may result in removal from the festival program.

Fees

All submission fees are non-refundable.

BAMM does not provide refunds for disqualification, withdrawal, incorrect category selection, failure to meet eligibility requirements, or inaccessible/incomplete submissions.

Disqualification

BAMM reserves the right to disqualify any submission that:

does not meet the eligibility or category requirements

lacks the necessary rights, permissions, or clearances

contains false, misleading, or incomplete information

is submitted to an inappropriate category

is incomplete, corrupted, or inaccessible

fails to comply with these Rules and Terms

Changes and Interpretation

BAMM reserves the right to modify categories, awards, deadlines, programming structure, jury composition, venue details, and event format if necessary.

BAMM also reserves the right to interpret these Rules and Terms and to resolve any matter not explicitly covered herein.

All decisions made by the festival are final.

Agreement

By submitting to BAMM Fest through FilmFreeway, the entrant acknowledges that they have read, understood, and accepted these Rules and Terms.