Overview
Organized by ONG Acción Intercultural and Liceo Artístico Guillermo Gronemeyer, the 6th Raúl Ruiz School Film Festival invites young creators to participate in its November 2026 edition in Chile. Inspired by the legacy of the acclaimed Chilean filmmaker, this in-person festival celebrates audiovisual experimentation, artistic research, and bold cinematic exploration. Submissions are open to fiction, documentary, animation, video art, dance film, video essays, and hybrid formats.
Categories
Bodies (School Category): Explores the body as presence, memory, emotion, performance, or transformation.
Memory and Territory (School Category): Investigates the relationship between identity, landscape, soundscapes, heritage, and community stories.
Games and Perception (School Category): Dedicated to works playing with optical illusions, non-linear storytelling, and visual/sound poetry.
Philokinetes (Higher Education Category): Open exclusively to 1st and 2nd-year higher education students in film and visual arts. Free theme focusing on formal freedom, poetic exploration, and speculative cinema.
Key Rules & Submission Guidelines
Entry Fee: Free.
Eligibility: Chilean primary and secondary students (Grades 5 to 12) for school categories; 1st and 2nd-year film/arts university students for Philokinetes.
Maximum Runtime: Up to 10 minutes (School categories) / Up to 30 minutes (Philokinetes), including credits.
Production Date: Works completed within the last 2 years. Previously exhibited films are welcome.
Awards: Filmmaking equipment, specialized cinema/art books, professional training scholarships in DaVinci Fusion & Resolve, and Special Jury Mentions.
