Pueblo Film fest

Filming must have been completed within the last 3 years.
- Many of our categories for submission are 'Open Genre' which means regardless of the genre of your film if the subject matter applies to your film then don't hesitate to submit in that space.
- Films may be moved to different categories than that which they were submitted under based on the judges and programmers development of the overall program. We will not charge any additional submission fees for this. Please email us if you feel your film qualifies under more than one category.
- Films in the BIPOC & Women's track should submit and follow the submission with a brief email to PuebloFilmFest@gmail.com indicating the demographics of their credits cast & crew to the best of their ability to confirm qualification for these tracks.
- Film must not have been screened at the 2024 Inaugural Festival. Films that did not make the 2024 cut are welcome to resubmit. We had 128 submissions and not all the films we wanted to include could be included due to time constraints.
- Filmmaker is responsible to provide the film password and screener upon submission or this is an automatic disqualification without refund.
- Film must be shot in horizontal and not vertical with the exception of Experimental films.
- Films will only be considered SHORT if they are a maximum length of 40 minutes.
- Films will only be considered FEATURES if they are between 41 - 100 Minutes in length.
- Multiple entries are accepted.
- The filmmaker must hold the rights to the film and all its components, including music, images, and script, ensuring there are no legal issues that could arise from screening the film publicly.
- The film should not be owned by any separate distributor or include distribution fees.
- Entry/Screening Fees are non-refundable
- ALL submitters are invited to attend at no cost regardless of submission acceptance to the festival. Even if your film isn’t selected, your submission fee covers the cost of your attendance. We value your voice and your participation regardless of judging status.
- Films should indicate after receiving preliminary acceptance if this is a US Premiere - as Premiere’s will be given certain placement in the schedule.
- Films should not submit if you have a distribution contract that prevents your film from screening in the festival without a certain distribution fee attached.
- Accepted films should be prepared to add the custom Pueblo Film Festival laurel to their artwork upon final acceptance.
- Please have the editor listed in your credits. Please be prepared to provide that information to the festival.
- Please indicate if the score or music or is original and credit the person who has the majority responsibility in creating the score. Please be prepared to provide that information to the festival.
- Stereo Audio specs

- Ideally submissions will not have been distributed in full public viewing prior to the festival on any free online PUBLIC platform such as YouTube, Vimeo, etc. This is not a requirement but a guideline. We do encourage all films to have a Publicly available Trailer on YouTube or their website that we can link to in order to effectively market you and your film as we market the festival! Making your film a success is a priority to us...help us to do that.

-Ideally submissions are available in the ProRes422HQ or higher format and link to download would be emailed to the Festival within 1 Week of Preliminary Acceptance.

- Closed Captions are appreciated.