Organized by Santiago de Chile's Sanfic Industria and the Guadalajara Film Festival, this year's program will see Netflix supporting six selected projects and a $10,000 prize at a showcase with projects from Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Mexico and Chile Netflix has joined as a strategic partner the newly expanded Santiago-Guadalajara Queer Incubator, a Latin American program organized by Chile’s Sanfic Industria in collaboration with the Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG) to foster professional growth and advance feature-length fiction film projects led by emerging LGBTIQ voices from across Latin America. Netflix is renewing a partnership which saw it support a lively first edition in August 2025. It will provide support via its Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, enabling the six selected filmmakers to participate in person at both Sanfic Industria, the industry arm of the Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic), and the Guadalajara Film Festival, as well as a $10,000 grant to further the development of one of the projects.
The Santiago-Guadalajara Queer Incubator is a Latin American network dedicated to the professionalization and advancement of LGBTQ stories. It selects up to six feature-length fiction film projects led by LGBTQ filmmakers from Latin America, supporting them from the early stages of writing and development through specialized training, industry access, mobility and international networking. Among the projects are works from Chilean filmmakers Fer Elías Rioseco and Yoksan Xu; Luis Diego Pérez from Costa Rica; Jimena Román of Paraguay; Samara Pérez from Puerto Rico; and, from Mexico, David Pulido.
The support will allow the teams to work on their projects across two stages, in Chile and in Mexico, during a critical phase of script development. Participants will also engage in a professional immersion program in the industry sectors of both festivals. The projects will be featured for one week at Sanfic Industria from Nov. 2-6 as part of the 22nd edition of event, and for another week at the 42nd edition of the Guadalajara fest in March.
At both venues, the selected projects will receive in-person group mentorship from international industry professionals, helping them to develop and strengthen their proposals. Mentors include filmmakers Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás of Caracas and Lima-based Sudaca Films, behind San Sebastián Glden Shell winner “Bad Hair,” renowned Chilean actor Alfredo Castro, a Pablo Larráin regular, and Emilio Papimija and Michel Salazar, among others. Participants will also engage in meetings with industry professionals, market activities and networking sessions designed to expand their opportunities for international reach.
They will also take part in activities associated with the Premio Maguey, Guadalajara’s official competitive section dedicated to queer themes and the most celebratd and influential of Latin American LGBTQ film festival platforms. Pierre Emile Vandoorne, VP of public affairs for Netflix in Latin America, added: “We believe it is essential to open spaces for diverse voices from the region — voices that bring fresh perspectives and authentic narratives. Supporting the Incubator for another year allows us to continue fostering real opportunities for the LGBTQ+ community, in collaboration with those who work consistently to expand access within the audiovisual industry.” The Netflix Fund support will make it possible for the six selected filmmakers and their projects to participate in both in-person stages, including coverage of primary travel and accommodation expenses.
In this way, the partnership aims to help bridge the gaps that often limit Latin American LGBTQ filmmakers’ access to international spaces for training, circulation and professional networking. In line with this perspective and with the aim of providing a bigger boost to the stories being supported, the prize for the winning project in this edition has been increased from $5,000 to $10,000. Thank you to Sanfic Industria for including us.
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