FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION: 

9th Annual The Americas Film Festival NY (www.TAFFNY.com) will take place June 17-24, 2022

 

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 continental Americas and its associated islands. Competing films should be from and about Latin America, North America, 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, proress. Other formats may eventually be used and will be analyzed case by case by the festival producers.

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Deadline:  APRIL 25, 2022

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Submissions for the 10th The Americas Film Festival New York open in early 2023.

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