The Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Film Festival (OVCLFF) is the only combined Caribbean and Latino film festival that is Academy Award Oscar-qualifying for short films. Each year, the in-person festival occurs at the Carson Event Center in Carson, CA and the online version of the festival through Filmocracy.

OVCLFF is very filmmaker-friendly and filmmaker-centric for emerging independent Caribbean and Latino films and filmmakers of color. OVCLFF is distinctly committed to illuminating stories and artist from the Caribbean and Latino diaspora. OVCLFF is brought to you by Founder and COO Charles Alleyne and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Christopher C. Odom, MFA, PhD.

Join us January 13, 2024 virtually for the most important film festival of the year.

Awards & Prizes

Best Narrative Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Animation
Best Television Series / Episode
Best Web / New Media Series / Episode
Best Music Video
Best Game / Interactive Film
Best Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / 360 Video

The winners of the short film categories will screen for 1-week in theaters on both coasts in Los Angeles and New York in order to fulfill the requirements for Academy Award consideration.

Through Filmocracy’s partnership with Hoopla, winners of the best feature, best documentary, or best short categories will be considered for non-exclusive streaming distribution through Hoopla. Hoopla’s titles will become available to 5 million Hoopla users. For a single view that lasts for more than 30 seconds, feature film producers will be paid $0.50 per view. Short films will be made available in bundles in groups of 5. Each short will receive $0.10 per view that last over 30 seconds.

Rules & Terms

The applicants (submitters) must accept Our Vision Film Festival Rules and Terms.
A fee is required for the official competition submission.

In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or have permission from the owner.

All fees are non-refundable.

Maximum length allowed for shorts is 15 minutes.

Any foreign film that is not in English must have English subtitles.

By submitting your movie, you authorize Our Vision Film Festival to use, distribute, and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis, and movie stills in our social media.

Once you submit your film in any official competition, it will be reviewed by our screening team and the highest scored films will be selected to be part of our official selection and will be considered for all the winning categories.