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Human Rights Film Festival Brazil (7)

Postponed

Deadlines

18 Jul 2024
Call for entries

30 Apr 2025
Final deadline

1
mth

30 Jun 2025
Notification date

30 Apr 2025
10 May 2025

Address

Rua Camélia, 12215410, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

Festival description

Short film festival >1'

Feature film festival

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Online and Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >1'

Feature Films

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Portuguese

English

Festival description (Edition: 7)

Festival start: 30 April 2025 Festival end: 10 May 2025

The Human Rights Film Festival Brazil is an international festival of short films of up to 25 minutes that address the theme of Human Rights in their plot. Whether it is the fight to guarantee the rights of humanity or denouncing disrespect for these universal rights.

Prizes and qualifications

Cash Prizes: 1,000$

All those selected will receive a Laurel with the words “Film in Defense of Human Rights”.

All those selected will be displayed on our own online website with more than 300 boosts.

All those selected will be shown in a Cinema Room on a widely publicized festive date with at least 500 spectators in person.

Online viewers will vote and choose the BEST SHORT in the categories: DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION AND FICTION, and each one will receive (via mail) a Trophy and Certificate

Viewers of the in-person session will vote and choose the BEST SHORT FILM OF THE FESTIVAL, where all films will compete regardless of their categories.

The winning film will receive a special trophy and will be automatically selected for the Brazilian Human Rights Film Festival of the following year (2025) and will be attended by 1 (one) representative with all expenses paid.

Rules

Any short film of up to 25 minutes in length can participate, coming from any location and made by professionals, producers, institutes or students, aimed at adults or children, in any language, but which addresses the fight for human rights in its central story. , actions to value these rights or denounce disrespect for them.

ATTENTION. It is mandatory to send subtitles in English, even if the film is spoken in English.

Short Film

Short Films >1' 25'<

Standard Fee 10$
-8% 9.2$
PRO 33% 6.7$

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Submissions deadline
30 Apr 25

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3.3$

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Here you can register any short film from around the world

Feature Film

Short Films >30' 440'<

Standard Fee 20$
-8% 18.4$
PRO 33% 13.4$

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Submissions deadline
30 Apr 25

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6.6$

Submit

Here you can register any FEATURE film from around the world

One-minute or Music Video

Short Films 5'<

Standard Fee 5$
-8% 4.6$
PRO 33% 3.35$

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Submissions deadline
30 Apr 25

Save up
1.65$

Submit

This category is open to one-minute films or music videos from bands or musical artists

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