15 years of the José Ignacio International Film Festival. Our festival is celebrating a special edition and JIIFF’s team is already preparing everything to welcome you in January. In the meantime, it's a great time to subscribe to our newsletter and receive all the news about the upcoming edition in your inbox: calls for Working JIIFF, our industry program; the guidelines for the next Short Film Competition; announcements of parallel activities during JIIFF’s week; and what our entire community wants to know: the upcoming feature film competition program.
In its 4th edition, Generación J calls for Uruguayan fiction screenwriters and directors under 32 years of age. For three days in José Ignacio, guided by local and international experts, the selected participants will think and develop their projects.
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Una nueva edición de nuestro laboratorio de cine para que chicos y chicas entre 8 y 18 años aprendan a filmar un cortometraje. Del 18 al 24 de enero, de la mano de profesionales del cine y usando equipos que suelen usarse en las producciones actuales, se abordarán las distintas etapas de un rodaje, desde la escritura del guion hasta la proyección del corto en la pantalla grande de JIIFF.
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The Working JIIFF project laboratory once again has the support of IBERMEDIA as Participation Scholarships so that each of the selected pairs has the participation fees, accommodation for both participants and corresponding meals covered during the development of the JIIFF Lab.
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JJIIFF joins the family of major international film festivals that qualify for the Oscar® and becomes the first festival in Uruguay to integrate the list of Academy Award® Qualifying Festivals. Integrating this list means that the winning film of our 2025 Short Film Competition may be directly considered by the Academy® for the Animated, Documentary and Fiction Short Film category towards the next edition of the Oscar® Awards.
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In the 15th edition of JIIFF, we will premiere a selection of the latest Uruguayan productions. The application process starts now, and Uruguayan productions and co-productions completed in 2024 with a maximum duration of 20 minutes are eligible. The selected short films will be showcased on the big screen at JIIFF in January 2025. The Best Short Film will be awarded a trip to the Cannes Film Festival.
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"Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action" (Wim Wenders). In January 2025, we are celebrating a very special edition. From January 18th-26th 2025, we will hold the 15th edition of JIIFF in José Ignacio, Uruguay.
Aimed at duos of emerging directors and producers with experience in the film industry from all over Ibero-America, this program within Working JIIFF is designed to strengthen fiction feature film projects in development. The activity will take place in person in José Ignacio from January 22nd to 26th, 2025. At the end, a jury will recognize the projects with various awards to help them continue to develop; one of these awards will be the Pfeffer del Sur Fund for $50,000.
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We have created a new film fund to stimulate the development of fiction feature film projects. Thanks to the Pfeffer family, $50,000 will be awarded to one of the projects selected to participate in JIIFF Lab 2025. With the name Pfeffer del Sur Fund, this incentive is generated to boost Uruguay's audiovisual industry and its international co-production relationships.
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On a boat moored in front of the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, we brought the essence of JIIFF and Uruguay to the Cannes Film Festival, and kicked off our annual work agenda towards the 15th edition of JIIFF.
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Do you want to join our allies?. Our Sponsors and Benefactors support us in continuing to generate impactful actions. Today, Uruguay is a regional and international attraction in the audiovisual ecosystem, and JIIFF is a driving force of this change. Contact: info@joseignaciofilmfestival.com
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