Chicano Hollywood Film Festival

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, 2023.

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

ATTENTION: PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT BY SUBMITTING TO OUR FESTIVAL YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE AND ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A DCP FILE FOR YOUR FILM, IF ACCEPTED TO SCREEN AT OUR FESTIVAL. NO EXCEPTIONS. THANK YOU!


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


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 5/17/26: 


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.