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Espanto Festival Internacional Cine De Terror, Horror, Suspenso & Ciencia Ficción (7)

Espanto Film Fest

Deadlines

01 Mar 2025
Call for entries

31 Aug 2025
Extended deadline

4
mths

03 Oct 2025
Notification date

29 Oct 2025
05 Nov 2025

Address

Privada del mango 104 campestre Villas del Álamo , 42184, Mineral de la Reforma , Pachuca de Soto, Mexico

Festival description

Short film festival 25'<

Feature film festival >60' 190'<

Script / Pitch projects

Accredited

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Genres

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Online and Physical Location

January 2024

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films 25'<

Feature Films >60' 190'<

Any language

Subtitles
Spanish

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Festival description (Edition: 7)

Festival start: 29 October 2025 Festival end: 05 November 2025

Espanto Film Fest International Horror, Horror, Suspense and Science Fiction Film Festival Volume 7 will take place from October 29 to November 5, 2025 in person and virtually by streaming through our Planiferio platform, taking place in several States of the Mexican Republic.
Having a program focused on the best of independent horror cinema in international feature films, we are the ones who give the highest percentage of screen to Mexican feature films and short films, in addition to the script sections for short films, feature films, international short films, Ibero-American section, LGBTIQ+ and experimental and/or university short films with a duration of no more than 25 minutes, in addition to Espantito shorts made by children, and the new category of video games, all production must be from 2024 to date all with horror, horror, suspense, science fiction, fantasy and all its subgenres.

Prizes and qualifications

The Calavera Espanto stakes are awarded as a prize to the best projects in each category, in addition to the fact that in the international and Mexican feature film categories they can be on a streaming platform for projection in the United States.

Rules

Once the material is an official selection, it must be sent in digital form 720 x 1080, MP4 (a different format will not be accepted) for download with subtitles in Spanish if it is in another language, the above for dissemination on the streaming platform Planiferio (official media of the festival); To be viewed by the jury, it must include a trailer for download, poster, stills, profile and photo of the director and any material that helps its promotion and dissemination, as well as its social networks if available; It should be noted that the Planiferio platform is secure and inviolable; For all participating short films, it is mandatory to be on the platform.
The Festival does not manage quotas, fees, or any remuneration for screenings, neither in person, nor on the platform, everything is completely free in order to bring cinema closer to all communities.

Espanto International

Short and Feature Films >31' 190'<

Fee

-8%

Standard 13$ 11.96$

Extended 13$ 11.96$ 31 Aug 25

Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25

Save up
1.04$

Submit

International feature films horror, horror and science fiction from anywhere in the world spoken or with Spanish subtitles

Espanto Mexicano

Short and Feature Films >31' 180'<

Fee

-8%

Standard 0$ 0$

Extended 0$ 0$ 31 Aug 25

Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25

Save up
0$

Submit

Espanto short International

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Standard 10$ 9.2$

Extended 10$ 9.2$ 31 Aug 25

Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25

Save up
0.8$

Submit

Cortometrajes internacionales de terror, horror, y ciencia ficción hablados o con subtitulos en español año de producción del 2021 a la fecha no máximo de 30 min

Espanto Short Mexican

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Standard 0$ 0$

Extended 0$ 0$ 31 Aug 25

Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25

Save up
0$

Submit

Cortometrajes mexicanos producidos por realizadores nacidos en México.

Espanto short experimentl and or university student film. Mexico

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Standard 0$ 0$

Extended 0$ 0$ 31 Aug 25

Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25

Save up
0$

Submit

Cortometrajes mexicanos experimentales y de universidades y escuelas donde su crew y director sea mexicano tenga años de producción del 2021 a la fecha y no exceda 30 min

Espanto Iberoamericano

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Standard 10$ 9.2$

Extended 10$ 9.2$ 31 Aug 25

Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25

Save up
0.8$

Submit

Because we want to enhance productions in the Spanish language, we open a section in competition for Spanish productions or those that have Spain co-productions with any Spanish-speaking country. The feature films must include a technical sheet to verify their production, as well as short films and these must not exceed 30 minutes including credits

Script / Espanto Guión para cortometraje Largometraje

Script / Pitch

Fee

-8%

Standard 0$ 0$

Extended 0$ 0$ 31 Aug 25

Submissions deadline
31 Aug 25

Save up
0$

Submit

Scripts prepared from 2023 to 2025 that are duly registered to respect copyright, for short film and feature film format, will be accepted

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