Welcome to our 1st annual Chicano Hollywood Film Festival! Our goal is to celebrate Chicano & Latino storytelling through film and new media. CHFF will offer a fantastic opportunity for undiscovered, unheard, and under represented filmmakers to showcase their achievements on the big screen in the entertainment capitol of the world!

This festival is by Chicano/Latinos for Chicano/Latinos.

Our mission is to spotlight the Power of Latino Culture, champion diverse Latino talent, and provide a prominent platform for the discovery and exhibition of innovative work in film, music, the arts, and technology.

OUR HISTORY: 
Founded in 2021, Chicano Hollywood is dedicated to showcasing Chicano stories and talent in the entertainment industry. There are over 40 million Chicanos (Mexican descent) in the US and another 10 million of those that are “Chicano culture” that must be genuinely represented to a society that has negatively stereotyped us. We strongly believe that our stories must be told in our voice and with our faces for that stigma to truly change. We are dedicated to represent the Chicano voice in every space of culture because if we don’t others will continue to box us in a negative way.

Chicanos/Latinos are the largest minority in the US and soon to be the majority. We were here first but for some reason we are last. That must change and together we can change it. Chicano Hollywood is the first media company dedicated to elevating, entertaining and empowering the 40-50 million English speaking Americans that identify as Chicanos or with Chicano culture. We are a movement that will united Chicano creators with the Chicano audience to establish a platform that is by us and for us.

Awards & Prizes

Awards & Prizes:

FEATURE FILM: 

Best U.S. Feature
Best International Feature

SHORT FILMS: 

Best U.S. Short
Best International Short
Best Student Film
Best Horror / Sci-Fi Short 

Best Short Short (under 5 minutes) 

Best Music Video


ADDITIONAL AWARDS: 
AUDIENCE AWARD


TALENT AWARDS:
Best Actress 

Best Actor
Best Director
Best Producer
Best Script
Best Cinematography
Best Casting Director
Best Sound Design
Best Costume
Best Stunts
Best SFX Make-Up

Rules & Terms

Rules & Terms

ELIGIBILITY:

FEATURE FILM, DOCUMENTARIES & SHORT FILMS:

Open to all filmmakers all over the world who are at least 18 years of age and must have a Chicano or Latino in at least one prominent role as star, director, producer and/ or writer of all submitted work.

HIGH SCHOOL SHORT FILMS:
Student films must have a Chicano or Latino in at least one prominent role as star, director, producer and/or writer of all submitted work.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: 


Films must have been completed after January 1, 2022.

Films must not have had any previous exhibition on broadcast, television or cable.


All Spanish and Portuguese language films must include subtitles in English.

Filmmakers must provide a DCP’s format, unless informed otherwise. 


Short Films must be a minimum of 3 minutes in length and a maximum of 15 minutes in length (inclusive of the title sequence and closing credits). 
Feature films must be longer than 45 minutes in length (inclusive of the title sequence and closing credits)

JUDGING:
All Entries will be judged based on the following judging criteria (“Judging Criteria”) on an ongoing basis and through 6/1/25: 


Once a film has received an official invitation from the Festival, and prior to the event, the producers or representatives of the selected films must confirm their attendance by duly completing and returning the online submission form to the Festival. The Festival will recognize the person who signs this confirmation as the sole representative in negotiating all aspects related to participation of the film in the event and as the sole responsible as opposed to other companies or individuals to have participated in producing the film.

Confirmation by the producers or representatives of the selected film means that they cannot withdraw their film from the program and that they irrevocably accept all regulations established by the Festival Management.

The invitation made to each film selected will remain strictly confidential between the Festival Management and the producers or representatives of the invited film until such time as the Festival decides to make an official announcement in this regard.

The complete Festival program and all screening times are exclusively decided by the Festival Management Committee.

GRAND PRIZES: 
Films accepted under any feature category are eligible to compete for the FEATURE FILM GRAND PRIZES described above. 
Films accepted under any short category are eligible to compete for the SHORT FILM GRAND PRIZES described above.


PRESS: 
The documentation required by the Festival for its press releases, official catalog and website (synopsis, technical and artistic credits, bio-filmographies, pictures of the director/s and film stills) will be extracted from the online FilmFreeway Submission form, which must be duly updated upon receiving acceptance to the festival.

Any additional promotional material for the selected films requested by the different Festival departments must be sent promptly by their producers or representatives. 
The producers of films winning an award undertake to mention the award in question on all press material and advertising. They will respect the exact wording of the Jury decision and will use the Festival logo to be made available in several languages on the official Festival website.