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MAFCAM

Madrid Festival of Cinema of the Americas

Organised by Films Austères Europe

01Deadlines

16 May2025Submissions opened (last edition)
31 Dec2025Call deadline for the 2nd edition

Note: the next edition hasn't published its rules yet. These are last edition's dates, only as a guide to when it usually opens.

02What you need to know

Requirements

Films directed by people from a country in the Americas and mainly produced there: features of at least 60 minutes and shorts up to 15, fiction or non-fiction, completed in the last year and unreleased in Madrid. Submissions via FilmFreeway only. The 2nd edition takes place from 9 to 13 December 2026.

Cost

Features: €15, €25 or €35; shorts: €10, €15 or €20 depending on the deadline

Edition

3rd edition

Accepted formats

Feature filmShort filmDocumentary

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