El Grito: Festival Internacional De Cine Fantástico (7)

Festival start: 31 October 2025      Festival end: 02 November 2025

El Grito is the first and only fantasy an horror film festival in Venezuela.

This event seeks to celebrate fear and showcase the narrative visions of both emerging and established filmmakers, whose stories reveal the darkest aspects of the human condition.

Over the past seven years, it has served as a disruptive platform in the country’s periphery—the state of Táchira—where filmmakers, producers, and fantasy film enthusiasts have come together to reflect, enjoy, and learn. El Grito is part of the Latin American Alliance of Fantasy Film Festivals (FANTLATAM), the Venezuelan Film Festival and Showcase Circuit (CIFEST), and the Ibero-American Network of Film Festivals (REDIBEROFEST).

We invite feature films, short films, and music videos from around the world—spanning fantasy, horror, sci-fi, thriller, suspense, and related subgenres— in any narrative format (fiction, documentary, animation, or experimental) to participate in our 7th edition.

More info at: elgritoproduce.com/festival

1) International Feature Film
2) Venezuelan Feature Film
2) Regional Shortfilm (San Cristóbal, Venezuela)
3) International Short Film
4) Venezuelan Short Film
5) Music Video
6) Animation Shortfilm

RULES - EL GRITO FESTIVAL 2025

• The submission deadline for film entries to the 7th El Grito Festival is July 15, 2025, until 11:59 PM (Venezuela time).

• El Grito: International Fantastic Film Festival is organized by Productora El Grito C.A in San Cristóbal, Táchira State, and will celebrate its seventh edition in October 2025.

• Films may participate in the following categories:

International feature film
Venezuelan feature film
International short film
Venezuelan short film
Animated short film
Táchira State short film
Music video

• Seven (7) awards will be given, one for each of the aforementioned categories, including a statuette and certificate. Additionally, the organizing team will select one Venezuelan feature film and one short film to represent the festival at the 2026 Fantlatam Grand Prize.

• An 8th award will be given by festival attendees, called the Audience Award. It includes a statuette and certificate.

• The event will take place in person in San Cristóbal, Venezuela from October 31 to November 2, 2025.

• We accept feature films with a minimum duration of 60 minutes, short films with a maximum duration of 25 minutes, and music videos with a maximum duration of 10 minutes.

• Works may be of any nationality.

• Feature films and short films may be in fiction, documentary, animation or experimental format and must fit within the genres: fantasy, horror/terror, science fiction, thriller, suspense and related subgenres.

• Works must have been completed after January 2023, except for the Venezuelan feature film category which may have a completion date after January 2020.

• Filmmakers selected in previous editions may apply.

• Films will be received via web through our associated platforms: FestHome, except for the Táchira State short film category, which will be received through the following form:

Any category may be declared void if, in the Committee's judgment, the submitted projects do not meet the minimum required quality standards.

• International feature films and short films must pay an entry fee (check platforms). Venezuelan participants do not pay entry fees.

• Works not spoken in Spanish must include subtitles in this language in SRT format or embedded in the file. Films without Spanish subtitles will not be considered for the event.

• Multiple works per filmmaker are accepted. However, submission does not guarantee screening/selection in the Festival.

• Selection of films for this Festival does not include payment of rights or expenses by the organization.

• The Organizing Committee will curate the received material, selecting the works that will participate in the official competition.

• It is presumed that the applicant to participate in El Grito Festival is the owner of the copyright of the film work. In no case is Productora El Grito C.A responsible or assumes any liability that may arise from the infringement of this presumption. Therefore, by submitting to the Festival, the participant accepts full responsibility for any claims from third parties regarding unauthorized use of the film work at El Grito International Fantastic Film Festival.

• After the screening during the event, filmmakers will have the opportunity for further distribution of their works through screenings in regional, national and international distribution circuits, always with prior notice and authorization from the author or distributor.

• Submission to the event implies acceptance of all participation rules. Send inquiries to elgritofestival@gmail.com