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Organized by the Fundación de los 500 Años de la Vera Cruz, A.C.
Dedicated to extremely independent films made with very little or no budget and without strong support.
The FMCINEV has gathered films from the 5 continents, never been screened in the American Continent.
It is a unique event of its kind on a continental level with an exclusive programming that no other film festival in the Americas has.
9th FMCINEV 2022 will take place on-line from December 18 to December 30 throught a plattform.

Awards & Prizes

- Full-length Fiction Films. Run time: over 60 minutes.
- Full-length Documentary Films. Run time: over 60 minutes.
- Fiction Short-films. Run time: not over 15 minutes.
- Documentary Short-films. Run time: not over 15 minutes.
- Animation Short-films. Run time: not over 15 minutes.
- Experimental Short-films. Run time: not over 15 minutes.
- SPECIAL AWARD “MARCEL SISNIEGA” The Direction of the FMCINEV will award a feature film and a short film the Special Prize "Marcel Sisniega" to films that show love and passion for film-making, in honor of this excellent Mexican filmmaker and great chess master.

Rules & Terms

NO "WE TRANSFER" PLEASE! PERMANENT DRIVES ONLY.
Films must be quite independent films shot in any format.
Once selected, the film can not be withdrawn.
Submitting your film, you accept and authorize to the Veracruz World Film Festival to upload to a platform like Vimeo or Odysee or other simila and share it during the event.
Any participant film should have their first exhibition between 2020 and 2022.
It’s essential that the film is at least Premiere in Mexico.
Selected films that are not spoken in Spanish should be subtitled in Spanish.
Screening format must be Full HD or Ultra HD.
All selected films give the FMCINEV the right to use photographs, video, images and sounds from the films for promotional purposes.
The Official Selection is done professionally by the Sellection Comitee of the 9th FMCINEV, reserving the possibility of inviting certain movies.
FMCINEV will not pay for the rent of the works submitted for exhibition.
FMCINEV Direction will select the members of the Jury, integrated by national and international personalities of re-known fields of cinematography, arts and culture. The members of the Jury shall not be involved in the production of any of the films in competition. The decisions of the judges are unappealable.

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  • Johnny Olán

    Todo muy bien con el festival, les deseo mucho éxito siempre!

    January 2023
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  • ERASMO MUÑOZ FLORES

    Fue una grata experiencia. Los resultados fueron dados a tiempo. Muchas gracias

    January 2023
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  • Productions Lamberg

    Thank you director and jury for a very well organised festival, the great communication; and it was an absolute honour to win Best Film: Westermarck Effect, Best Director: Saara Lamberg and Best Actor: Jayden Denke. ¡Muchas gracias!

    January 2023
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  • Elisa C. Martínez Salazar

    Fue un festival excelente. Gran oportunidad.

    January 2023
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  • Liliana Paganini

    I'm so happy to have participated with my short film "The words" (Las palabras) in this wonderful festival and I feel proud to have received the Honorable Mention. I hope I can participate again with new work and I hope I can come in person!

    January 2023
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