Habitar el Cine, Caracas International Contemporary Film Festival, is an annual event that seeks to connect different audiences across the country with the best national and international films of the moment. The festival celebrates and promotes diversity in filmmaking, offering a wide range of programming, activities, special events, and discussion forums that bridge the gap between the work, the author, and the audience. More than a competitive event, it is designed to view, enjoy, and delve into cinema in a healthy way, far from the lure of the market and closer to discoveries and the avant-garde.

Awards & Prizes

Awards for the 5th edition of Habitar el Cine:

- Postales a Lumière Award: Best International Film
- Cuadro x Cuadro Award: Best International Short Film
- Ojo de Agua Award: Best National Film
- Nuevas Perspectivas Award: Best Short Film - Film Schools
- Audience Award

Rules & Terms

Habitar el Cine - Caracas International Contemporary Film Festival takes place every year in the city of Caracas, Venezuela.

Rules and Terms

1. General Conditions

1.1. Eligibility

The call for entries is open to feature films, medium-length films, and short films in the form of Venezuelan and international fiction, documentaries, animations, and experimental films completed between January 2024 and the present.

1.2 Premiere

Exclusive in Venezuela, for national and international films.

2. Awards

2.1. Awards for the fifth edition

The awards ceremony will take place at the closing or before the closing of the festival, promoting a healthy competitive spirit, always decided by a jury invited by the festival, based on personal and technical criteria and the ability to engage in dialogue with the world.

3. Materials for the selection process

3.1. Requirements

Completed registration form on the submission platform and link to the film for viewing on Vimeo or YouTube.

Films must be subtitled in English if their original language is not Spanish.

4. Selected films

4.1. Program and catalog

Habitar el Cine suggests that the following requirements be sent for selected films: synopsis of the film, biography and filmography of the author, 4 stills from the film, and credits for the work.

All required information must be sent as soon as possible, once the invitation to participate in the film screening has been accepted and before the deadline confirmed by Habitar el Cine.

4.2. Summary or excerpt for promotional purposes

Habitar el Cine may use excerpts from national and international films, with a maximum duration of 2 minutes, for promotional purposes. (Excerpts from short films used for promotional purposes shall not exceed 10% of their maximum duration).

If the film producer does not send the required film excerpts, Habitar el Cine will use excerpts from the film for promotional purposes during the Festival.

4.3. Screening schedule

The film schedule and screening times are decided by the Habitar el Cine organization.

4.4. Screening formats

DCP or ProRes

4.5. Language and subtitles

If selected, films will be screened in their original version. If the film is not in Spanish audio, it will be required in XML or SRT format in Spanish or English.

4.6. Screening Fees

Habitar el Cine does not cover screening fees.

5. Acceptance of Terms and Conditions

5.1. Decisions

Participation in Habitar el Cine implies acceptance of the terms and conditions of the call for entries. In the event of any irregularities, the Festival organizers will analyze and resolve any issues.

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