The call for entries for the international film competition on architecture, the city, and urban life—"The city is..."—organized by the Santiago Architecture Film Festival (ArqFilmFest), closed successfully with the submission of 1,518 audiovisual productions from around the world.
According to the organizers, they received more than 100 films from the United States (183), Iran (166), and India (160), and over 50 from Turkey (79), the United Kingdom (74), Italy (60), Brazil (58), and France (50), among many other countries across all continents.
"We are very pleased with such a diverse response. On October 1, we will announce the selected films," explained architect Cristian Raynaud, programming director of ArqFilmFest. The competition categories are documentary, fiction, experimental, and architectural documentation, in both short and feature-length formats. Additionally, the festival will award special mentions for "best Chilean short film" and "best Chilean feature film."
The jury will consist of architect and cultural manager Pola Mora (ArchDaily); documentary filmmaker Tiziana Panizza (Cartas Visuales, 2005-2011; Tierra en Movimiento, 2014; and Tierra Sola, 2017); and Carolina Urrutia, director of LaFuga.cl magazine ("Un Cine Centrífugo: Ficciones Chilenas 2005-2010").
Founded in 2012, ArqFilmFest was the first film and architecture festival in Chile and Latin America. Since then, it has established itself as a platform to promote understanding, reflection, debate, and communication about architecture, cities, and urban life through cinema—building new audiences and encouraging the production, circulation, and exchange of related films both in Chile and internationally.
The official selection will be announced on October 1. For this edition, the Santiago Architecture Film Festival will invite audiences to see, feel, and think about the world's cities through films, lectures, panel discussions, workshops, installations, and urban events over four days in Santiago's Lastarria neighborhood.
This article was written by Nicolás Valencia. The translation is powered by AI.
