2025
Year of the Indigenous Woman
The Valle de Guadalupe Film Festival lives in the heart of the ancestral land of the Kumeyaay in Baja California, Mexico – a land of sensuality, deep connection, and uncompromising spirit.
An IMDb qualifier festival, our annual event is native, national and international, with additional screenings and communal gatherings throughout the year.
Founded in 2023 by locals of Valle de Guadalupe, and held at Casa Kurrak in the heart of the valley, our festival emanates from over fifteen years of celebrating the singular voices of the local Kumeyaay people, in film and community.
The Valle de Guadalupe Film Festival exists to carry this spirit further – we curate films written and directed by auteur-filmmakers working in fiction and documentary formats, to explore and to share people’s singular stories, emotional experiences, social backgrounds, and artistic visions.
We welcome productions worldwide.
2nd Edition, September 26-27-28
Autumn Equinox – Kumeyaay New Year
At the Kumeyaay New Year on the autumn equinox of September 23rd, films of all genres, lengths and formats will be curated and presented to viewers, inviting them to experience different ways of life and singular perspectives at Cine Guadalupe at Casa Kurrak.
The 2nd Edition of Valle de Guadalupe Film Festival will take place from Friday the 26th until Sunday 28th of September 2025.
Selection & Deadline
The deadline for submissions of the 2nd Edition is on Friday August 29th, 2025. The selection centers on the filmmakers’ cinematic genuine and singular expressions.
Our pannel of Jurors are Emmy-award winning directors, Mexican Society of Cinematography (AMC) cinematographers, Industry professional filmmakers, award-winning documentarians, NY Festival programmers, and High-profile sustainability officers.
Our jurors are looking for character driven emotional experiences, movies that are the authentic expression of the individuals coming from all walks of life, and unique cinematographic language. We are not interested in movies that copy the soulless industry’s narratives. We also welcome filmmakers with disability to share their perspectives.
For the film projects selected we will feature their trailers on our platform for viewers to watch. The films selected will be screened at Casa Kurrak, in the heart of Valle de Guadalupe.