Puerto Rico Film Festival

Founded in 2009, Puerto Rico Film Festival is a non-profit organisation based in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico working on arts & culture, education.

The Puerto Rico Film Festival is a non-profit organisation founded in 2009 that celebrates, promotes and screens film and the arts in Puerto Rico. Based in Mayagüez, it holds an annual festival of short films, features and documentaries from Puerto Rico and around the world, with awards from juries and audiences. Beyond screenings, it runs industry initiatives for emerging filmmakers, including a project pitch call for women and non-binary filmmakers, an acceleration cohort developed with the film incubator Ruta Crítica, and an advisory board of industry professionals. Its stated aims include advancing film education, networking and the international reach of Puerto Rican cinema.