Festicini - International Independent Film Festival (4)

Festival start: 17 September 2025      Festival end: 28 September 2025

Festicini will award independent productions of long, medium and short films, as well as documentaries and animations, in several categories including the category for films whith environmental themes.

AWARDS

The trophies will be manufactured especially for this Festival.

The winners of the above categories will receive the Festicini Independent Cinema trophy.

1 - OBJECTIVE
FESTICINI – INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, has as its main objective to hold an independent film festival, seeking to value, encourage and promote works by small and medium-sized producers, awarding national and international audiovisual production, establishing exchanges between these professionals, opening space for the promotion of their works and encouraging new productions.

2 - THE EVENT
FESTICINI – INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, as an itinerant festival, will be held on the following dates: September 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2025 in the city of Mogi das Cruzes and on the following dates: September 26, 27 and 28 in the city of Guararema, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

FESTICINI may also promote, during the festival period, parallel, non-competitive screenings in the cities, with films that were submitted and not selected by the festival organization.

3 – SUBMISSIONS
The submitted works must have been completed between 2020 and 2025, with no limit on the number of titles per director/producer.

ATTENTION: Registrations must be made through the websites: www.festhome.com or www Festicini.com.

ATTENTION: The registration form on the Festhome website must be duly completed, containing as much information as possible about the work, its technicians and artists. The awards, as well as the nominations for the awards, will be based on the information contained in the registration form. Carefully read the list of 15 categories; your film may compete in several categories.

ATTENTION: Registrations will only be free from: April 1st to April 30th, 2025. (deadline 11:59 pm on May 31st).

ATTENTION: Starting May 1, 2025, a registration fee will be charged per registered work. Please note the fees for registrations in Brazil and abroad:
Registration for productions in Brazil - R$ 20.00 (Twenty Reais).
Registration for productions abroad - US$ 10.00 (Ten Dollars).

Foreign and Brazilian films MUST be subtitled in Portuguese (Brazil), otherwise they will be automatically disqualified and the registration fees paid will NOT be refunded.

The following are eligible to compete:
a) Feature-length productions (over 60 minutes)
b) Medium-length productions (over 20 to 60 minutes)
c) Short-length productions (up to 20 minutes)

Note: The total running time of the work must include the film credits.

The selected films may compete in up to 15 categories.

ATTENTION: Films that participated in previous editions of FESTICINI and were not awarded may register again and compete for the awards in the categories above, as long as they are within the period of completion of the work mentioned in item 3 - REGISTRATION
Registration will be open from May 1, 2025 to August 17, 2025. The registration form can be filled out through the website: www.festhome.com

ATTENTION: At the time of registration, the films must be available in high resolution (Define) (for projection) and duly subtitled in Brazilian Portuguese so that the panel can evaluate the technical and artistic aspects of the work, and also to meet accessibility standards for audiences with special needs, otherwise they will be disqualified. The organizers will not ask the candidate to resubmit the work if the work is in low resolution or without subtitles.

ATTENTION: The registration of the work, as well as all the information contained in the registration form and the resolution of the film are the responsibility of the owners of the work and/or those responsible for it. Therefore, if the film is subject to any type of observation that goes against the rules and leads to its disqualification, the organization and/or any person involved in the production of the event will not refund the registration fee. To this end, we ask that you submit the registration correctly and carefully read the rules of the FESTICINI regulations.

ATTENTION: The film must be available for submission on the VÍMEO platform along with the password. Do not forget to mention the password for the work on the registration form.

4- SELECTION
The FESTICINI Organization will appoint a Judging Committee with professionals from various artistic and cultural sectors.

The nominees will be announced on August 24,2025.

The winners will be announced on September 26, 2025, at the Awards Ceremony.


5 - PARTNERSHIP
In partnership with DZ.7 Realizações Artísticas e Culturais; holder of the rights to FESTICINI – International Independent Film Festival, CEDECINI – Center for the Study and Development of Independent Cinema, will be making its website available: www.cedecini.org to also publish the list of nominees and the categories in which they will be competing, as well as any other information about the festival.

ATTENTION: We invite all FESTICINI participants to join CEDECINI – Center for the Study and Development of Independent Cinema for free, to be in direct contact with future events aimed at independent audiovisual and information about FESTICINI. Any individual or legal entity, as well as artists and technicians, may join CEDECINI. Visit the website: www.cedecini.org

A pre-selection of the nominated participating films and their categories will be made, which will also be published later on the CEDECINI website: www.cedecini.org

6 - JUDGING COMMITTEE
The Jury will be made up of members appointed by the festival organizers and formed by professionals who are not connected in any way to the submitted works.

ATTENTION: The decision of the Jury is final and not subject to appeal.

7 - CATEGORIES
The selected films will compete in 15 categories listed below:

» Best Feature Film
» Best Medium-Length Film
» Best Short Fiction
» Best Documentary
» Best Animation
» Best Environmental Film - Special Award
for films with environmental themes
» Best Actor
» Best Actress
» Best Supporting Actor
» Best Supporting Actress
» Best Direction
» Best Original Screenplay
» Best Cinematography
» Best Costume Design
» Best Original Soundtrack

Note: The selected films may be nominated in more than one category.

8- PRIZES
Trophies specially made for the Festival will be awarded.

The winners of the above categories will be awarded the FESTICINI Independent Cinema trophy.

9 - ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
The winners will be announced during the FESTICINI - International Independent Film Festival awards ceremony, on September 26, 2025, in the city of Guararema-SP.
The directors and/or producers of the winning films propose to highlight the awards received in all press material, using the Festival Logo and highlighting the phrase: Winner at the FESTICINI International Independent Film Festival.
The Festival Logo must be requested by email: contato@festicini.com.br or festicini@gmail.com

10 – QUESTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION
Questions and/or any type of information related to the festival can be requested by email: contato@festicini.com.br.


11 – FINAL OBSERVATIONS
» The FESTICINI organization may withdraw any film submitted at any time if it does not comply with these regulations or if it contains any information that is not true. The holder of all rights to the film is fully responsible for any legal implications.

» The submitted works are automatically authorized to be shown as an integral part of the FESTICINI program, whether at the main event or at any screenings that may be held and/or in FESTICINI publicity.

» The registered audiovisual works (Films) are automatically authorized to be shown in full as an integral part of the FESTICINI program, whether at the main event and/or at film screenings that may be held after the festival, for 02 (Two) years, in any location in Brazilian territory, completely free of charge, without generating any burden, fee or any charge arising from their showing for their organizers, sponsors, public or private supporters, as well as for any person who is part of the event, during the period determined in this paragraph.

» Participants automatically grant FESTICINI organizers the rights to broadcast excerpts of the selected films, up to 3 minutes long, for the dissemination of the event's programming in any type of audiovisual or printed media and/or on any digital platform.

» FESTICINI organizers may subsequently request additional materials and information on the films entered.

» The person responsible declares, at the time of registration, that the producer of the work is the holder of all applicable rights, guaranteeing its screening at FESTICINI and/or in parallel, non-competitive independent film festivals in the city and/or in other locations in Brazil.

» Registration will be considered an automatic declaration of authorization to screen the selected and/or non-selected work at FESTICINI – International Independent Film Festival and/or at any event promoted by the festival during and after FESTICINI, in any location in Brazil. Registration alone gives its organizers complete freedom to exhibit the work, including it in its programming, without generating any type of complaint or legal action of any nature against its organizers or any public, legal or private person linked to the Festival.

» The materials used in the submitted film, including the soundtrack and/or archive images, must not violate any third-party image usage or intellectual property rights, and the person responsible for the submission agrees to assume exclusive legal responsibility for any claim, lawsuit or litigation arising from the screening or use of the works.

» Any legal actions that may arise against FESTICINI – International Independent Film Festival, must be settled in the Court of the city of São Paulo-SP/Brazil, regardless of how privileged they may be.

» FESTICINI, its SPONSORS, SUPPORTERS and ORGANIZERS will not be held responsible for the full content of the submitted work, and this responsibility falls to the owner of the work in any legal proceedings.

» The submitted works may NOT contain: political/partisan content; prejudice against race, religion, sex, pedophilia; advocacy of drugs and crimes. If any form of prejudice or advocacy against individuals or organizations is identified, these works will be prevented from being exhibited at FESTICINI, and if this happens, any fees paid will NOT be refunded. We would like to point out that the FESTICINI Organization will not accept any type of argument regarding this paragraph.

» The submitted works will not be returned and will become part of the collection of FESTICINI and CEDECINI – Center for the Study and Development of Independent Cinema.

» The submitted films cannot be removed from FESTICINI under any circumstances and will be screened in accordance with the Festival organization.

» Submission of the submission form implies unconditional acceptance of the full terms and conditions of these Regulations.

» Any cases not covered by these Regulations will be resolved by the organization of FESTICINI International Independent Film Festival.

Contacts: contato@festicini.com.br