The Medellín International Film Festival (FestMedallo) will celebrate its 9th Edition from February 25 to 27, 2024 in Medellín, Colombia. This festival has as mission to be a space for the projection and diffusion of films from all over the world; and is a platform for sponsors of the global film industry to select projects and directors to finance them.

a- International Competition for Feature Films:
-Fiction
-Documentary
-Animation
b- International Short Film Competition:
-Fiction
-Documentary
-Animation
-Public Prize for Best Short Film
-Best video clip
c.- Individual categories:
-Director
-Screenplay
-Actor
-Actress
-Cinematography

1.- The submissions to the FestMedallo are open for feature films and short films of fiction, animation and documentary, national and international.
2.- The films can be of any subject.
3.- The filmmaker can enter as many films as he wants.
4.- The length of short films is less than 40 minutes; for feature films it will be over 41 minutes.
5.- Productions have to be presented in the original language, but with subtitles in Spanish or English if that is not the language of the film.
6.- The FestMedallo will be held from February 25 to 27, 2024.
7.- FestMedallo declines any responsibility regarding the infringement of images, people and audio that are in the film without proper authorization.
8.- Movies that attack any group, show discriminatory material and / or violate the dignity of the people will not be accepted.
9.- The works presented must be original, own of the author or authors that present them.
10.- Participants accept both the exhibition at FestMedallo and the reproduction and / or dissemination of fragments of their works for informative purposes and / or promotion related to the festival.
11.- The Representatives of the films that are OFFICIAL SELECTION accept that, after the celebration of the FestMedallo, the trailers or fragments of their works can be exhibited in the channels of diffusion of the organization, that is, page and social networks of the Festival, for informative and / or promotion purposes related to the festival.
12.- The inscriptions must be sent by means of ONLINE procedure in the allied page FilmFreeway. The festival must receive the confirmation of participation through this platform, which includes an online link. The participant must ensure that the password does not change until the Festival ends. No registration other than ONLINE will be accepted through this platform.
JURY
The jury will be composed of prominent representatives of Colombian and Latin American cinematography.
The jury and / or organization reserve the right to modify the rules or declare the festival or any category declared deserted if it deems fit.
The jury will evaluate the films of the Official Selection and will award a score in different sections, from the script, direction, photography, interpretation, etc.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE BASES
Taking part in the contest presupposes acceptance of these rules.

GENERAL CONDITIONS
The organization reserves the right to modify one or more points of these bases as well as their interpretation in case of doubt.
Any issue not foreseen in the bases will be solved by the organization of the festival.

Overall Rating
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  • A Festival of great quality, excellent organisation

    March 2024
  • fede montero

    Hola! Estamos muy felices por recibir el galardón a mejor guión inédito por nuestro largometraje y un honor participar de éste gran festival. Ojalá la próxima vez pueda ser con la película realizada. Saludos grandes

    March 2024
  • william yudis

    Wonderful festival, I will be submitting to them again

    February 2024
  • It's a great film festival, and the film has a very high aesthetic eye.
    Good communication and trustworthy.
    We had a lovely experience.

    March 2023
  • barbara massimilla

    Thank you ! I am very happy for my INTERLACEMENTS! Grate Festival

    March 2023