Chicago Latino Film Festival (35)

Festival start: 28 March 2019      Festival end: 11 April 2019

The Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF) is produced every April by the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC), a pan-Latino, nonprofit, multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to developing, promoting and increasing awareness of Latino culture among Latinos and other communities by presenting a wide variety of art forms. The Chicago Latino Film Festival is considered the largest, most comprehensive and best Latino film festival in the United States, and presents over 100 films of cultural and social significance from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the U.S. The Festival stresses the importance of the artistic and educational value of film.

The Festival is non-competitive. However, the most popular feature, documentary and short are given the Audience Choice Award.

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 7, 2018
To be considered for the Chicago Latino Film Festival, film must be submitted via Festhome and a complete entry form must be submitted by this date.

FESTIVAL MISSION
The Festival promotes Latino culture in the United States by presenting the best and most recent films from Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. The Festival is non-competitive. However, the most popular feature narrative, documentary and short are given the Audience Choice Award.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM
Entry Fees:
Features – $50
Shorts – $30

Features must have a running time of 70 minutes or above & shorts must be less than 20 minutes. Films from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States are considered as well as works from other countries if the director is of Ibero-American descent, or the subject matter is directly related to Latino culture.

ENTRY FORM: https://chicagolatinofilmfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/35CLFF-Entry-Form.pdf


ACCEPTANCE TERMS
Selected films must be a Chicago premiere. Films that have screened publicly or theatrically in the Chicago area, have aired on US television, or are available for public viewing (DVD or online) prior to the Festival dates are NOT eligible.

ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
All participants will be notified through email by late January 2019 whether or not the work submitted was selected for the 35th Chicago Latino Film Festival.