Official Latino Short Film Festival

All films created in the United States submitting for the following categories: U.S. DRAMA, U.S. COMEDY, U.S. DOCUMENTARY, U.S. EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTRY (Animation/Stop Motion/Experimental), U.S. MUSIC VIDEO, U.S. WEBISODE, U.S. SKETCH COMEDY, U.S. VIDEO BLOG AND U.S. OUT OF THIS WORLD AWARD (Horros and SCI-FI) will compete for the GRAND PRIZE of $ 2,000.00. These films must be written, directed or produced by an American Latino or Latina filmmaker and must feature at least one Latino or Latina LEAD actor, but the content should not be limited to the Latino culture. For example, it could be a film set in outer space with the last NASA astronauts, who all or at least one happen to be Latino, searching for signs of life. Let your imagination run wild!

All Films produced outside of the United States can only submit for the "CORTOMETRAJE INTERNACIONAL" Category.

All Films submitting for the "AMERICAN DIVERSITY" category must be created in the United States and should be written, directed or produced by filmmakers of any race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identification, people over 40 and/or individuals with disabilities and should reflect a cast from a diverse background.

SUBMISSIONS

The short films submitted should be recorded and edited on 720 or 1080 HD format. The length of the films should be no shorter than 3 minutes and no longer than 45 minutes. Short films must have been produced between January 1, 2016 and July 4, 2018.

If you've previously submitted a short film to our festival, you can submit it again this year. Filmmakers can submit multiple entries throughout the Festival's various categories.

Previous winners of the Official Latino Short Film Festival cannot re-submit the same 'winning' films, but can submit new work.

We are only accepting online submissions trough FilmFreeway. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT DVD's so please do not send them as they will NOT BE VIEWED.

Submitting your short films does not guarantee screening or acceptance. A notification of acceptance will be sent by written email from the Official Latino Office. Submission fee is non-refundable.

AGE REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. filmmakers must be 14 and older. All U.S. filmmakers under the age of 18 must include the contact information for a parent/guardian. Filmmakers outside of the U.S. submitting short films for the International category must be 18 and older.