ENCUENTRO PARA CINÉFAGOS
ENCUENTRO PARA CINÉFAGOS
XV ENCUENTRO PARA CINÉFAGOS
A Cinema and Arts Festival on the Border
San Cristóbal, Venezuela
August 7 to 9, 2025
the fifteenth edition of the Cinephagus Meeting, born in 2011 from the conjunction of the Andes University Cinema Club and BORDES, an independent organization dedicated to study and promote arts and humanities in Venezuela, will be held in San Cristóbal (Venezuela), from August 7 to 9, 2025, with an online screen available for audiences around the world.
Experimental films are more than welcome: our festival encourages innovation and transgressing of format, genres, political and aesthetic borders. We are especially receptive of video-art and dance films, as well as animation and documentaries, considering it necessary for artists to have adequate spaces for the exhibition and critique of their work, outside commercial circuits and other formal demands that may limit creative exploration of contemporary languages.
We are also interested in films exploring the subject of frontiers. Táchira is located in the border of Venezuela with Colombia, and this has traditionally been the most active geo political limit in Latin America, but in the last five years activity has been more than unusual, deserving many different views to be displayed. The story of this and other borders from around the world may be valuable contributions to our festival, which encourages reflective discussion as well as aesthetic enjoyment of all works presented.
Type
Current Schedule
01/2025~07/2024
Has been held
15 Session
Timeline
The film festival ends
2024年7月9日Film collection begins
2025年1月25日New year Deadline Deadline
2025年2月14日regular deadline Deadline
2025年4月1日medium deadline Deadline
2025年5月14日latest deadline Deadline
2025年6月15日Nomination announcement
2025年7月1日The film festival begins to be held
2025年8月7日
other information
Official website
https://www.bordes.com.ve/bases-encuentro-para-cinefagos/
Organizer Director
Osvaldo Barreto
Event Address
encuentroparacinefagos@gmail.com
Categories & Fees
Fiction
Narratives exploring original or adapted stories, employing creative resources that challenge the conventions of the genre
Standard ￥79.7
Global low prices ￥72.45
Documentary
Works that examine reality from critical or innovative perspectives, highlighting the author’s viewpoint as an essential element in the narration.
Standard ￥79.7
Global low prices ￥72.45
Animation
Productions using various techniques such as 2D, 3D, stop motion, or other experimental approaches to tell stories or convey emotions.
Standard ￥79.7
Global low prices ￥79.7
Video Art
Visual proposals integrating aesthetic, conceptual, and experimental elements, challenging the boundaries between cinema and visual arts.
Standard ￥79.7
Global low prices ￥79.7
Video Dance
Works merging body expression and audiovisual language, using movement as a central axis for poetic or abstract narratives
Standard ￥79.7
Global low prices ￥72.46
Music Video
Audiovisual pieces created to accompany musical productions, where visual creativity becomes a protagonist alongside the sound.
Standard ￥79.7
Global low prices ￥72.45
Borders Short Film
This award is given by the Organizing Committee to a work that: Explores the theme of borders from any angle (geographic, cultural, social, personal, aesthetic, or technical). Transcends technical or aesthetic limits in its realization. Works of any genre, origin, and production level (professional or student) are eligible to participate.