Submissions

Paraíso Terrenal International Film Festival (PTIFF) is now accepting submissions for our upcoming edition. Submissions are currently open via FilmFreeway.

🎥 Category

We accept submissions in the following two categories:

🩸 Feature Films

  • Runtime: 40 minutes or longer

  • Any genre, any language (subtitled if not Spanish)

  • Selected features will screen in-person at Pulquería Los Insurgentes

  • Selected features may be programmed as part of weekly screenings or in festival blocks

  • Approx. 5 features will be selected

💥 Short Films

  • Runtime: under 40 minutes

  • Any genre, any language (subtitled if not Spanish)

  • Selected shorts will screen in-person at Pulquería Los Insurgentes

  • Selected shorts may be programmed as part of weekly screenings or in festival blocks

  • Approx. 20 shorts will be selected

🎥 Genres

  • Underground

  • Experimental

  • Fiction (Short or Feature)

  • Documentary

  • Essay Film / Video Art

  • Musical or Hybrid

  • Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy

  • Animation or Mixed Media

📜 Rules & Terms

  • All films are eligible, regardless of budget, country, language, or premiere status.

  • Works in any language are accepted. Please include English and/or Spanish subtitles if the film is in a different language.

  • No completion date limit.

  • Both student and non-student filmmakers are encouraged to submit.

  • Films made with cell phones, DV, VHS, Super 8, or other alternative formats are welcomed.

  • We can accept file formats in .mov, .mp4. We do not require DCP format.

  • Submissions must be your original work, or you must have legal rights to exhibit it.

📍Venue & Format

All screenings will take place in person at Pulquería Los Insurgentes in Mexico City.

Selected films may also be programmed into our screening series after the main festival.

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