Diminuto, International Minimal Film Festival
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Welcome to the five edition of Diminuto, International Minimal Film Festival, a celebration of short-films.
Diminuto comes from the Latin: extremely small. The minimal cinema is that tiny cinema, but immensely deep; brief, but extensive in possibilities; tiny, but capable of creating endless universes. Because we know that every second is important, this is a celebration of small short films, small projects that leave us with enormous emotions and diverse sensations. That is why we say that: The minimal cinema is the maximum.
Categories in competition.
In all categories we receive: fiction, documentary, fiction, animation, experimental and hybrids.
Zero: Under 59 seconds
One: 1 minute
Fractal: Between 1 and 3 minutes
Silent: Short without dialogues, between 1 and 3minutes
Vertical: Vertical shorts, between 1 and 3minutes
Tik Shorts: Shorts made by Tik Tok, under 3 minutes
Spot: Spot, under 5 minutes
Cassette: Videoclip, between 1 and 5minutes
Wide: Shorts between 3 and 5 minutes
XL: Shorts between 5 and 8 minutes
Non-competitive category.
For this category we receive fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and hybrids.
Alternative silms: Shortsfilms under 3 minutes, made by authors from Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela.
In this edition, it is contemplated that the works selected in the teen competing categories will be screened, scheduled and viewed in three modalities:
1. Screening of the official selection in at least four cultural spaces located in Mexico City.
2. The Official Selection will be hosted on the Retina Latina streaming platform, and Wahu Streaming.
The winning works of each category in competition will be screened in a cultural venue in Bogota, Colombia. Place and date to be confirmed.
The works selected in the Alternative Films will be programmed streaming on the festival's social networks and on Wahu, streaming platform.
The origin of Diminuto is referred to the online workshops: Short films taught in the last year by Aarón Álvarez, the director of the festival. In them, the concept of brevity and the ideology that allows highlighting the creative processes of the authors are promoted. Some works that were part of the Official selection and the Alternative films of the first edition were produced in these workshops.
Complementary to the exhibitions, programming and visualizations, the workshops will be given: Short films, short formats (level 1 and 2), there will be talks and master classes with specialists in cinematography, these activities will be carried out online, they are planned for the attendees and the interested public, seeking to promote new authors. Special online activities will be held for the authors of the winning short films in each category and the honorable mentions.