The Central American International Film Festival nurtures and promotes Central America’s burgeoning film movement by showcasing and supporting filmmakers, writers and talent from Central America and its diaspora communities throughout the United States and beyond-a varied audience that has yet to see their themes and realities explored on the big screen.
The Central American International Film Festival is now accepting film submissions for its fifth annual showcase that will take place during December 11 y 12, 2020 via online, in Los Angeles, California, the greater metropolitan area with the highest number of Central American immigrants in the United States and one of the largest community of immigrants in the world.
CAIFF encourages submissions on a range of topics: immigration, family stories, social justice, sexual orientation and gender identity, as long as they center the experiences of Central American people, subjects, communities whether they live in or outside the region.
Guest Country: Each year the Festival showcases films from a guest country in the region. For 2020 the guest country is the Caribbean -filmmakers can submit films that center the experiences of people, subjects and communities from the Caribbean and its diasporas.
El Festival Internacional de Cine Centroamericano nutre y promueve el movimiento del floreciente cine Centroamericano para destacar y apoyar cineastas, escritores y talento del cine de Centro America, en Los Estados Unidos y en otros países- una audiencia con mucha diversidad que le faltan ver los temas y sus realidades en la pantalla grande.
El Festival Internacional de Cine Centroamericano abre su convocatoria y recomienda temas acerca de inmigración, historias de familia, orientación sexual y identidad de género, justicia social, siempre y cuando estas experiencias sean de Centroamericanos y de sus comunidades ya sea dentro o fuera del país Centro Americano.
País invitado: Cada año el Festival muestra películas de un país invitado. Para el 2020 el país invitado es el Caribe - convocamos a cineastas de el Caribe o su diáspora que manden películas que exploran las experiencias de personas y comunidades de el Caribe y sus diásporas.
For the 2022 festival, we will be awarding Laurels for all selected films.
Additional awards and introductions will be announced after official selections are made.