[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-3433":3},{"festival":4,"years":22,"news":25,"about":26},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":12,"logoAppearance":13,"logoOg":19,"about":20,"isManaged":21},3433,"cuzco-underground-cinema-festival-united-states-usa","open","Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival","",[11],"CUCIF","\u002Fimg\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002F9qsnjj5e.webp",{"mode":14,"edge":15,"edgeLight":16,"plateLight":17,"plateDark":17,"crop":18,"og":18},"card","#ffffff",true,"none",null,"\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F2289.jpg?v=78100bd5","Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival (CUCIF) is an independent international competition for feature and short films in Cusco, Peru, founded by festival director Daniel Peñaloza and submissions and programming director Elmer Huamán. Its list of editions goes back to 2016. Features over 40 minutes compete in narrative, documentary, experimental and horror categories; shorts of up to 40 minutes add LGBT, animation, AI and Latin American sections, and a separate award goes to a short screenplay. A selection jury chosen by the festival team picks finalists from online submissions, and the finalist lists and winners are published on the festival website. The eleventh edition runs on 2–5 October 2026, with daily screenings of the finalist films at the Cineplanet cinema in Real Plaza Cusco.",false,[23],{"year":24,"hasAwards":21,"hasSelection":16},"2022",[],{"aboutHtml":27,"countries":28,"focus":30,"categories":31,"nextDates":18,"awardsPrizes":35,"rules":36,"website":37,"contacts":38,"editDate":43},"\u003Cp>Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival (CUCIF) is an independent international competition for feature and short films in Cusco, Peru, founded by festival director Daniel Peñaloza and submissions and programming director Elmer Huamán. Its list of editions goes back to 2016. Features over 40 minutes compete in narrative, documentary, experimental and horror categories; shorts of up to 40 minutes add LGBT, animation, AI and Latin American sections, and a separate award goes to a short screenplay. A selection jury chosen by the festival team picks finalists from online submissions, and the finalist lists and winners are published on the festival website.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The eleventh edition runs on 2–5 October 2026, with daily screenings of the finalist films at the Cineplanet cinema in Real Plaza Cusco.\u003C\u002Fp>",[29],"Peru",[],[32,33,34],"Feature","Short","Short Script","The jury awards one prize in each competition category: Best Feature Narrative, Best Feature Documentary, Best Feature Experimental, Best Feature Horror, Best Short Narrative, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Experimental, Best Short Horror, Best Short LGBT, Best Short Animation, Best Short AI, Best Latin American Short and Best Short Screenplay. The jury may decide not to award a prize.","The call is open to filmmakers from all countries; participants must be over 18.\nWorks by festival members do not compete, and films from previous editions are not accepted.\nShort films run up to 40 minutes; feature films are longer than 41 minutes.\nFilms may be made in any cinematographic or digital format and in any language, with Spanish or English subtitles.\nFilms may be submitted through a submission platform or directly to the festival by email; an entry fee applies either way. Only online digital screeners are accepted. A film does not have to be a premiere and may already be available online.\nA selection jury chosen by the festival team selects the finalists; its decisions and those of the jury are final. Finalists are announced on the festival website and social media, and selected films send a trailer or images for promotion.\nThe festival may also screen films that were not selected; such films do not compete for prizes.","http:\u002F\u002Fcucifestival.weebly.com\u002F",[39],{"type":40,"value":41,"note":42},"Email","cucifestival@gmail.com","General contact and direct submissions",1792000725]