The 13th Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira takes place annually in Bagé, a city located in the border of Brazil with Uruguay. A place of cultural exchange, where there is an authentical identity, which can be noticed through its ritual acts, myths, language, popular festivals, body expression and religiosity. Bagé, despite its recent modernizing politics, still holds its original elements, oneiric values which bring us closer to a former feeling, a vague memory of its ancestors, a mixture of tradition and modernity. There, the travellers meet a resort amid the Pampa and the beauty of the old southern houses. Being in Bagé is like having the feeling of clearly understanding that all the cultural demonstrations are expressions of an intangible heritage which wakes a sleeping imaginary. Bearing this in mind, the several cultural demonstrations need to be taken into account when alternative ways of development are projected. Therefore, cinema turns up not only as an economical, cultural and social development factor for the region, but also and specially as a stimulator of another economy, other ways of narrating a story, or rather, other ways of socialization, which engages in an enlargement of the boundaries and an appreciation of the region’s diversity.

Awards & Prizes

International Feature Film:
- Best movie;
- Special Jury Award.

International Short Film:
- Best movie;
- Special Jury Award.

Regional Shorts:
- Best movie;
- Special Jury Award.
- Best actor;
- Best actress;
- Best Cinematography;
- Best Editing;
- Best Screenplay;
- Best Director.

Rules & Terms

The 13th International Festival of Frontier Cinema will be held in Bage, RS, Brazil, from December 1st to 4th, 2022.

Democratization and access to audiovisual production are the main focus of 10th Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira, which program displays short films and feature film without genre distinction.

Films exhibitions and award

The Festival has a cultural identity, being competitive in four exhibitions:

a) "International Competitive Exhibition of Short Films";
Show films with a maximum duration to 15 minutes of any nationality.

b) "Regional Competitive Exhibition".
The competition in this category short films up to 15 minutes in duration, carried out in the border region Brazil / Uruguay.

c) "International Competitive Exhibition of Feature Films"
Films with a minimum duration of 50 minutes, carried out in areas of national borders, or Portuguese-speaking and Latin American countries. The films must be spoken in Portuguese or Spanish, or be subtitled into one of these languages.

The results will be announced at the closing ceremony of the 13th Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira, which will take place on December 4th, 2022.

Submissions:
a) Applications must be held from March 3rd to November 1st, 2022.

b) The films will be selected by curators, among registered productions, performed in any medium.

c) The short films and feature films registered may not have been shown in previous editions of the Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira.

d) Entries may be held by a representative of the work, either individual or legal entity.

e) Each applicant may submit as many titles as wanted.

f) The decisions of the judges shall be final and the committees will be dissolved as soon as performed the ceremony of trophies and announcement of winners.

g) previously enrolled film that have not been shown in previous editions of this festival can be entered again, provided they are in accordance with this Regulation.

h) participation in the 13th Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira implies acceptance and compliance with all terms and conditions set out in this Regulation.

i) To make the registration responsible must agree to the rules, and send a link to the film.

Bagé, March 2022.