Ibero-America:
a region in the Americas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese is the predominant language, usually former territories of Spain or Portugal.

The Ibero-American Film Festival Miami was created in 2016 under its previous name, Indie Pasión Festival. By 2019, this small but mighty one-day event grew into four full days packed with screenings, forums, special events and networking mixers.

Our mission is to exhibit and celebrate films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal that possess a high-level of artistry and are otherwise noteworthy for communicating a meaningful and powerful message of social impact.
IAFFM supports the education and creative development of local and Ibero-American filmmakers by providing access to training and networking opportunities.

The 5th annual Iberoamerican Film Festival Miami IAFFM will take place in Miami, Florida from the 24th to the 29th of January 2023.

IAFFM is a platform that will present the best US LatinX and IberoX feature films, shorts and documentaries to promote our diversity, our stories, our social impact message, our cultures, our flavors and our emotions.

Argentina will be this year guest country, for that reason, we want to pay tribute to the trajectory of Argentina cinema.

We will have special screenings, honoring guest, masterclasses and a lot more.

Go ahead, don't miss your chance!
See you in November!

Rules & Terms

All entries must have been completed between 2021 and 2022.
The Criteria for submissions include any one or combination of the following;
1) The writer, director, or producer is from Ibero-America or a descendant.
2) Made in Ibero-America or about Ibero-American themes.
3) Starring Ibero-American actors.

1.1 Eligibility

Submissions for the IAFFM are open for Ibero-American and American feature films and short films with Latinx talent and themes. The works submitted may be documentaries, fiction and animated films.

The selection for the official competition sections will only take in consideration films released worldwide after September 8, 2021. As a whole, the Festival will only deliberate on movies completed during 2021 and 2022.

Once a film has been selected, it cannot be withdrawn from the Festival program nor should it be exhibited in any other venue in Miami.

1.2 Competition Sections

Ibero-American Feature Film
Open to Ibero-American and American feature films with Latinx talent and/or themes, in documentary or fiction genres, that will hold their East Coast premiere during the 5th edition of the IAFFM. The minimum running time is 60 minutes, including end credits.

If selected by the Ibero-American Film Festival of Miami, two copies of the films must be delivered in the following formats:
• DCP in original language with subtitles in English and, if necessary, in Spanish.
• For backup: Blu Ray or a H.264 file, encoded at 10-20 Mbps.

Ibero-American Short Film
Open to Ibero-American and American short films with Latin talent and/or themes, in documentary and fiction genres, to be premiered in Miami during the 5th edition of the IAFFM. The maximum running time is 30 minutes, including end credits.

If accepted by the Ibero-American Film Festival of Miami, two copies of the film must be delivered in the following formats:
• DCP in original language with subtitles in English and, if necessary, in Spanish/
• For backup: Blu Ray or a H.264 file, encoded at 10-20 Mbps.

1.3 Out of Competition Sections
This call for entries is also open for international feature films that wish to be considered in our out-of-competition sections.

Ojo Latinx: Ibero-American and American productions including fiction films, series pilots, miniseries, documentaries, with Latinx talent and/or themes.

Tkáme: Any production including fiction films, series pilots, miniseries, and documentaries with themes related to the arts, music and creative and/or ancestral expressions in Ibero-America or with Latinx talent anywhere in the world.

If accepted by the Ibero-American Film Festival Miami, two copies of the film must be delivered in the following formats:
• DCP in original language with subtitles in English and, if necessary, in Spanish
• For backup: Blu Ray or a H.264 file, encoded at 10-20 Mbps.