10th Annual The Americas Film Festival NY will take place June 15 - 22, 2023

 

By organizing the Short Film Competition, TAFFNY aims to foster and encourage reflection on the short film format while promoting cultural exchange between filmmakers, film students, and industry insiders of The Americas continent and its associated islands. Films competing should be from or about Latin America, NorthAmerica, and the associated Islands of The Americas.

 

In order to compete at the Festival, films must fulfill the following conditions:

• Genres: Documentary, fiction, animation, experimental 


• Foreign Language Films must be subtitled in English

• Films should be no longer than 20 minutes in length and must have been released during the 24 months prior to the date of the Festival.

• Preview format must be online data, via weblink.  Please DO NOT send files to be downloaded.

• The formats for film exhibition will be 1080p, H264, .mov, .mp4, and/or ProRes. Other formats may eventually be used and will be analyzed case by case by the festival producers.