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The Único – International Amateur Film Festival was born from a commitment to valuing cinema created outside of commercial and industrial circuits. Films made at home, in schools, in community contexts, or from a personal and emotional urgency. Family records, local narratives, poetic gestures, unfinished attempts — amateur cinema constitutes a vast visual heritage, largely invisible, which this festival seeks to reveal, question, preserve, and reactivate.

O Único adopts discovery as a curatorial principle, welcoming films made in any period and valuing their relevance in the present, more than their production date.

Registration fees are designed to remain affordable, promoting inclusion while also contributing to the festival's sustainability.

The program brings together multiple dimensions of amateur filmmaking:
The presentation and activation of audiovisual files;
Filmmaking and sharing in a school context;
meetings and conversations centered around memory, access, education, and territory;
and international sessions developed with cultural and educational partners, including institutions working in challenging social or geopolitical contexts.

By creating a common space for filmmakers, educators, archivists, and audiences, Único affirms amateur cinema not as a marginal practice, but as a vibrant field of experimentation, attention, and collective authorship.