The VIII edition of the Guayaquil International Film Festival will be held from August 25 to September 1, 2022, in hybrid format, with screenings in theaters and online platforms, from the city of Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Hailing from anywhere in the world, all genres, niches and types of film in all formats, calling this: independent film, low or high budget, art cinema, guerrilla style cinema and all subjects, whether short films or feature films.

Short films from 1 to 15 minutes in length, feature films at least 50 minutes in length.

For the official (national and international) competition, the year of production must be 2021 (January).

Group 1

 - International feature film competition: fiction.

- International feature film competition: documentaries.

- International short film competition: fiction.

- International competition of short films: documentaries.

- International animated films and short films.

- Opera Prima: Category for debut filmmakers (feature films or documentaries).

- International university short films

 Group 2

 - Music videos (online competition)

- Cineminuto (online competition)

- Guayaquil Lab: The exclusive parameters of this category are found in the web site of the festival.

- In Progress: The exclusive parameters of this category are found in the web site of the festival.

 Group 3

 - Focus on Ecuador: Exclusive category for professional Ecuadorian films, short or feature; fiction, documentary and / or animated. It includes university shorts. Films shot only in the Republic of Ecuador, by local or foreign filmmakers or companies that contribute to the activity of the industry or that in 80% have locations in Ecuador. The province of Guayas is excluded as it has a specific category. Films whose directors, producers or screenwriters have been born in Ecuador will be considered as a film of this category.

 Group 4

 - Focus on Guayas: Exclusive category for professional works in the province of Guayas, short or long; fiction, documentary and / or animated. It includes university shorts. Films shot only in the province of Guayas by local or foreign filmmakers or companies that contribute to the activity of the industry or that in 80% have locations in Guayas. Films whose directors, producers or screenwriters have been born in Guayas will be considered as a film of this category.

All foreign languages films (Excluding Hispanic Films), must be subtitled in Spanish. Films that do not have Spanish subtitles will be disqualified.

University short films must add the following information: University, faculty, semester, parallel, professor, year of production and matter.

This is just an excerpt of the regulations, carefully read the complete regulations before submitting.