Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos de Oriente

The festival is run by the ELCO Foundation, which aims to promote and distribute national cinema as a means of encouraging new artists into the industry.^[1] Its first edition was in September 2011.^[2]

It accepts entries in all style of film,^[1] from anyone anywhere in the world,^[3] and was said to be "one of the fastest growing film festivals in Venezuela" by director Vadim Lasca in 2016.^[1]

The festival is judged by many famous writers, directors, and producers of the country,^[4] and the ELCO Grand Prize "represents one of the most important statuettes in Venezuelan cinema".^[3]

The 2019 edition will be held in Venezuela and Ecuador.^[3]

There have been different awards throughout the festival's span. The awards as of the ninth edition are:^[3]

• ELCO Grand Prize
• Best Fiction Feature Film
• Best Documentary Feature
• Best Animated Feature Film
• Audience Award

• Best Short Film ELCO
• Best Fiction Short Film
• Best Documentary Short Film
• Best Short Film Animation
• Best University Short Film

The categories awarded at the third edition were:^[4]

Feature films

Short films