We invite submissions from Latin-America, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, and the United States. Our aim is to present the most outstanding Ibero-American films available and to help them reach international success.

The Seattle Latino Film Festival is a in person and online film festival, ranked in the Top 5 of the best Latino-American Film Festivals in The United States. SLFF offer a fun filled event that participants have numerous opportunities to connect with enthusiastic new audiences, fellow filmmakers, industry professionals, non-profit organizations, and the media in the beautiful Emerald City.

Seattle Latino Film Festival is the only forum in the Pacific Northwest for genuine Spanish & Portuguese cinema.

Trophy and Certificates will be designed by a local Artist. The festival will also grant the following monetary awards:

Best Narrative Feature - $ 1.000 USD
Best Documentary Feature - $ 600 USD
Best Short Documentary - $ 400.00 USD
Best Short Narrative - $ 350.00 USD
Best Short Animation - $250.00 USD

Only films completed on or after December 10, 2023 are eligible.

We only accept World, U.S., West Coast, or Northwest Coast Premieres.

Submissions are welcomed from Latin America, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and the United States. All United States entries must be written, directed or produced by a Latino(a) and/or have a theme relevant to the Latino(a) culture.

Acceptable languages are Spanish, Portuguese, Indigenous Languages, Italian, French, and English.

Subtitles are suggested for all submissions, but only required if the film is accepted into the festival. Non-English language films should have English subtitles. English language films should have Spanish subtitles.

Fees are not refundable.

Awards are based on the overall merit of the entry and decisions of the judges are final.

If your film is chosen to show at the Seattle Latino Film Festival and its different program, included festival venues, on demand program or educational lineup, we must receive a high quality subtitled mp4 or h264 no later than 4 weeks prior to the festival screening. Non-English films are required to have English subtitles while English films are required to have Spanish subtitles.

The Festival does not deal with any copyright issues. All copyright issues should be resolved by the film’s authors.

Filmmakers retain 100% their rights to their projects and materials that they submit to the Seattle Latino Film Festival.

Festival organizers have the right to use extracts of the film for promotional purposes.

By entering this festival you are agreeing to indemnify and hold harmless SLFF, its officers, affiliates, employees, and partners from any and all claims and/or liability arising out of entering and/or transmitting your film to the Seattle Latino Film Festival.

*We don't share waiver code with films with distribution. Any distributor need to pay the inscription fee.