Rosario Latin American Film Festival focuses on cinema from Latin America, with competitions for feature films and shorts alongside dedicated selections for productions from Santa Fe province and the city of Rosario. Its roots date to 1993 and the Festival Latinoamericano de Video Rosario. The Municipality of Rosario organises the event through Punto Audiovisual, with Cine Lumière as its main venue.
The programme combines competitive screenings with invited films, masterclasses, debates and special presentations. Submitted works enter the municipal Cinematheque’s festival collection for preservation. The dates for the 31st edition are 29 May–6 June 2026. Its programme spans five Rosario venues, with more than 35 free screenings, fulldome presentations and training activities for filmmakers, actors, students and teachers.
Awards and prizes
2026 edition: The festival awards a diploma and statuette to winning films. Official awards recognise Best Feature Film, Best Santa Fe Feature Film, Best Short Film of the Festival, Best Documentary Short (Mario Piazza Award), Best Fiction Short, Best Animated Short, Best Experimental Short and Best Rosario Short. The Secretariat of Culture and Education audience awards recognise a feature and a short. Special awards include Best Argentine Short (RAFMA Edgardo Bechara El Khoury Award), Best Human Rights Film (Viviana Nardoni Award), SIGNIS, AADA and RTS Medios. Juries may award additional prizes and mentions. Awards cannot be shared or left unassigned, and jury decisions are final.
Festival rules
2026 edition regulations (Municipality of Rosario Resolution 647/25): Latin American feature films and short films completed from July 2024 to the submission deadline are eligible. Features must run at least 60 minutes; shorts must not exceed 25 minutes including titles and credits. Films programmed in previous editions are ineligible. Submissions use Festhome. Festival entry is free; non-Argentine works pay the platform fee. Files must be MOV or MP4, at least 1920 × 1080 pixels, H264, without watermarks, downloadable for selection; maximum sizes are 5 GB for shorts and 20 GB for features. Non-Spanish films require Spanish subtitles. Distributor entries must include production or direction contacts. Entrants authorise promotional use of up to 10% of the work. All submissions enter the municipal Cinematheque festival collection. Santa Fe and Rosario productions may also be considered for the corresponding local competitions. A selection jury chooses the competition programme. The festival pays no screening fees and may invite other submissions into special programmes. Selected works must supply the requested screening copy. Priority goes to films not previously screened in Rosario and unavailable on VOD through the festival closing. Premiere status must be declared and maintained through the closing date. Each film may receive up to two screenings, with an additional Cine Lumière screening for award winners. Jury decisions are final; participation accepts the regulations.
