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Festival Internacional de Cine Friki (4)

Friki International Film Festival

Deadlines

17 Jan 2025
Call for entries

10 Mar 2025
Early deadline

10 May 2025
Standard deadline

10 Jul 2025
Late deadline

10 Sep 2025
Extended deadline

6
mths

25 Sep 2025
Notification date

29 Oct 2025
02 Nov 2025

Address

Av. De los Conquistadores, 170157, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

Festival description

Short film festival >1' 15'<

Feature film festival >70' 150'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Genres

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

January 2022

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >1' 15'<

Feature Films >70' 150'<

Any language

Subtitles
Spanish

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Festival description (Edition: 4)

Festival start: 29 October 2025 Festival end: 02 November 2025

Friki:
/ˈfrēkē/
adj.

Estar o llegar a estar extremadamente emocionado o entusiasmado por un tema, típicamente uno de interés especializado o minoritario.

FICF es un festival de cine en Quito, Ecuador dedicado a la exploración de la Ciencia Ficción, el Terror y la Fantasía. Nuestro propósito principal es presentar y promover diferentes géneros que no son comunes en el circuito de festivales de cine latinoamericano.

Tenemos una serie de conferencias, talleres y fiestas para que tu experiencia de networking sea lo más friki posible. Los oradores y las fechas de los eventos se anunciarán en nuestro sitio web.

Lleva tu frikiness a la pantalla. ¡Aplica ahora!

Prizes and qualifications

Best Horror Feature - Mejor Largo Terror (Cash Prize + trophy)

Best Horor Short Film - Mejor Corto Terror (Cash Prize + trophy)

Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Feature - Mejor Largo Ciencia Ficción (Cash Prize + trophy)

Best Sci-fi/ Fantasy Short Film - Mejor Corto Ciencia Ficción (Cash Prize + trophy)

Best Trailer - Mejor Trailer (trophy)

Audience Awards - Premio del público (trophy)

Rules

- Production must have been completed after March 2022.

- Feature films must have a duration of more than 70 minutes.

- Short films must have a duration of less than 15 minutes.

-Trailers must be less than 2 minutes.

- Films must be in Spanish or have Spanish subtitles for selection.

- The films will be screened in DCP format, it is necessary to send the project in this format after having been selected. The festival can make a DCP file for an additional fee.

- There should not be a screening fee attached to the film.

- All entries selected at the festival grant FICF the right to screen the project at the festival and to use any footage from the Screener, and all submitted publicity photos and any other material submitted to us related to this entry for FICF promotional purposes , without limits.

-A complete press dossier will be requested for the films accepted to the festival.
- FICF reserves the right to withdraw any film from the poster, before or during the event.

-All selected films/representatives warrant that they have all rights necessary to exhibit all elements of my submission, including music rights.

- FICF reserves the right to stop viewing your film after 15 minutes if the critic determines that the technical quality of the film is not at a basic level for inclusion in the festival.

- The categories can be declared void if the minimum number of entries is not met or if the jury considers that the films/shorts do not meet the basic technical and artistic requirements.

-Festival winners who cannot attend the award event must cover shipping costs to receive their trophy.

- I understand that my presentation is in no way a guarantee of acceptance or nomination in and in FICF

Best Horror Feature Film

Feature Films >70' 150'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 13$ 11.96$ 10.66$ 10 Mar 25

Standard 15$ 13.8$ 12.3$ 10 May 25

Late 18$ 16.56$ 14.76$ 10 Jul 25

Extended 20$ 18.4$ 16.4$ 10 Sep 25

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Submissions deadline
10 Sep 25

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Feature films under 70 minutes.

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Feature

Feature Films >70' 150'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 13$ 11.96$ 10.66$ 10 Mar 25

Standard 15$ 13.8$ 12.3$ 10 May 25

Late 18$ 16.56$ 14.76$ 10 Jul 25

Extended 20$ 18.4$ 16.4$ 10 Sep 25

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Submissions deadline
10 Sep 25

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Feature films over 70 minutes.

Best Horror Short Film

Short Films >1' 15'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 6$ 5.52$ 4.92$ 10 Mar 25

Standard 8$ 7.36$ 6.56$ 10 May 25

Late 10$ 9.2$ 8.2$ 10 Jul 25

Extended 13$ 11.96$ 10.66$ 10 Sep 25

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Submissions deadline
10 Sep 25

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Short films under 15 minutes.

Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Short Film

Short Films 15'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 6$ 5.52$ 4.92$ 10 Mar 25

Standard 8$ 7.36$ 6.56$ 10 May 25

Late 10$ 9.2$ 8.2$ 10 Jul 25

Extended 13$ 11.96$ 10.66$ 10 Sep 25

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Submissions deadline
10 Sep 25

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Short films under 15 minutes.

Best Trailer

Short Films >1' 3'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 1$ 0.92$ 0.82$ 10 Mar 25

Standard 1.5$ 1.38$ 1.23$ 10 May 25

Late 2$ 1.84$ 1.64$ 10 Jul 25

Extended 2.5$ 2.3$ 2.05$ 10 Sep 25

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Submissions deadline
10 Sep 25

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Trailers must be under 3 minutes.

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