Based in Jackson Hole, WY, the Color Vérité Film Festival (CV) creates spaces to showcase and celebrate the true color of the outdoors, adventure, and conservation filmmaking.
We seek to find the underrepresented stories in our connection to nature. We seek BIPOC+ filmmakers, outdoors enthusiasts, conservationists, and unheard stories of connections to nature and the outdoors.
Rules & Terms
Submissions are open to BIPOC+-centered films and filmmakers (under 30 min) that show the true colors of nature. People of the global majority, black, indigenous, people of color must be in key creative role of your film. All films selected for screening will be notified of their status by July 6, 2026.
If accepted for screening, your film will screen at our festival in Jackson Hole on August 26th at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts. Your acceptance also allows us to consider your film for touring.
Guidelines and Considerations:
Entry fees are non-refundable. Should the 2026 Color Vérité Film Festival be canceled or postponed because of a natural disaster, pandemic, or for any other reason beyond our control, submission fees cannot be refunded.
Films of any completion date are eligible for submission. However, accepted films must not have been shown anywhere for more than a year.
Color Vérité does not pay screening fees.
Please indicate if you are interested in inclusion in the Color Vérité film tour.
Preview screeners and exhibition screeners must either be in English or have English subtitles. If accepted, we highly encourage Spanish subtitles.
Rough cuts are accepted for entry at the final deadline only. If you submit a rough cut, we cannot guarantee that Color Vérité programmers will be able to review an updated cut at a later date. If you are submitting a rough cut, make sure it is indicated as such. Include the intended final running time and work remaining to be completed with your entry. Color Vérité does not exhibit works-in-progress at the festival. Films must be completed by June 2026 in order to be screened.
Acceptance to Color Vérité does not guarantee selection for screening at the flagship festival (but could be included in the CV Tour). Up to 10-20 films will be selected by the film review committee depending on Color Vérité programmatic needs. Priority is given to films that focus on outdoor stories of people of the global majority.
Accepted filmmakers must have the following format available by August 1, 2026. for screening at the festival: h.264 (.mp4) file. All films screening at the festival must include a .srt file or a subtitled version of the film. The filmmaker is responsible for all shipping and insurance costs. DCP is NOT an accepted screening format.
You are responsible for updating Color Vérité directly regarding any change to your contact information and ensuring that emails from colorverite@gmail.com domain are not blocked by spam filters.
Color Vérité requires an online screener to be uploaded to Vimeo (password protected private link), Youtube (unlisted link), or the FilmFreeway video player.
All entry deadlines are upload/postmark deadlines. Entries received after the final deadline may not be considered.
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ENTRY FEE DISCOUNTS:
Discounted submission fees are available; please contact Color Vérité for need-based discounts.
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ADDITIONAL TERMS OF ENTRY:
By submitting this film, I understand that I am agreeing to the following:
I am currently the copyright owner of this work. Should ownership or rights to my film change, this agreement to screen at the 2026 Color Vérité Film Festival, if accepted, will be upheld and not be infringed. I own or control the copyright and am duly authorized to submit this film to the Color Vérité Film Festival (CV) and to the best of my knowledge, all statements on this document are true; This film contains no material which could result in tort claims, royalty claims, claims for breach of contract, or claims of any sort whatsoever; If this film is selected for screening at Color Vérité, I grant CV the right to screen this film in Jackson, WY, June 2026; I understand and agree that this film entry, if selected for the Festival, may be used for promotional purposes for the Festival, CV and/or its partners and I grant CV and its partners the rights to use up to two minutes of footage, photographic stills and/or titles and information from the film for promotional purposes; I fully indemnify and hold Color Vérité, its fiscal sponsor, and its partners, harmless from: a) damage to or loss of the film print or videotapes en route to or from CV or during the course of festival possession of the entry; and b) from any claims which may arise in connection with this film. If a claim arises in connection with this film, I will bear all the costs of defense incurred by CV and pay any award of damages which may ensue. I also agree to reimburse CV for any attorney fees incurred in connection with the defense of such a claim. I understand that CV reserves the right to place my film in the appropriate competition category. By submitting my film, I am indicating that I understand, comply with and agree to the Terms of Entry and the eligibility requirements.
