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10th The Americas Film Festival New York (TAFFNY) IS SEEKING FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR FILMS UNDER 20 MINUTES

DEADLINE APRIL 30, 2023

TAFFNY, organized by the Center for Worker Education, the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences of City College (CUNY), and film programmer Diana Vargas, opens its 2023 call for entries, with a final submission deadline of APRIL 30.

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.

THE 2022 AMERICAS AWARD WINNERS

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

TÍO / UNCLE
Juan José Medina | Mexico | Animation | 2021 | 13 min

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

SELO / SEAL
Alessandro Corrêa | Brazil | Experimental | 2021 | 5 min

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

SHERATON, THE TRACE OF MEMORY / SHERATON, LA HUELLA DE LA MEMORIA
Margarita Poseck Menz | Chile | Documentary | 2021 | 14 min

BEST FICTION SHORT

TEO / THEO
Eduardo Bunster, Belen Abarza | Chile | Fiction | 2021 | 18 min

SPECIAL JURY MENTION

VOLCANISTA: EL DESPERTAR DE UN CIUDADANO
Juan José Muralles | Guatemala | Documentary | 2021 | 14 min

SPECIAL JURY MENTION

¿RECUERDAS? / REMEMBER?
David Moncada Varela | Colombia | Fiction | 2020 | 13 min

TAFFNY 2022 TRAILER

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THE AMERICAS FILM FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK

(CCNY- CWE)

PROGRAM: DIANA VARGAS (917) 658 -7735  

SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES (212) 925-6625 EXT. 246

25 BROADWAY, 7TH FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY 10004

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