The 8th edition of WIPE will take place on November 15, 2024!
In addition to the traditional program of the best amateur films
from around the world, this year we have added a new section:
The Garbage Film Festival. With this, we are embarking on an exciting journey with
the vital theme of sustainability through the art of cinema. Our festival
will feature a dedicated segment, spotlighting films that explore
environmental issues, with a special emphasis on sustainable solutions.
Stay amateur and see you soon!
Stay amateur!
A Cinematic event, an event like no other. This unique gathering of
amateur artists, conmen, and freaks who meet up before they're too
famous or fabulous to partake in this event.
WIPE is not just a crappy amateur film festival. WIPE is a state of mind,
just like Coney Island used to be. WIPE takes the typical cheap-ass
underground film festival on a spin. The festival space is not a cinema
hall but an open space, where different moments follow one another and
sometimes merge like milk and cookies on X-mass Eve or Hannukah or
whatever, you catch our drift... from screenings to music performances,
stand-up comedy and, of course, a bar that allows the audience to connect
before, during, and after the screenings. This little island makes
everything even more tolerable.
The whole shebang is just an excuse to create a complexity of elements
going on for seven years. Each and every year is memorable for at least
someone. Maybe this year, it will be you. The movies are usually sincere.
They haven’t been tainted by greedy producers, film critiques, rejections,
and mold. It is the best way to start or end your career, or you can
simply pass by and compare a Philipino Horror short to Godard’s earliest
stuff while drinking some exotic cocktails concocted by a midget wearing
a rental tuxedo or the guy next door.
