CALL FOR ENTRIES / CONVOCATORIA / CONVOCAÇÃO

11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

Festival dates: APRIL 16 TO 24, 2008

For more information contact:

Jacqueline C. Rush Rivera
Director of Programming | Directora de Programacíon
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival & The Cine Las Americas Media Arts Center
P.O. Box 1626, Austin Texas 78767
USA Tel: +1-512-535-0765, Fax: +1-512-535-6268
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films@cinelasamericas.org

AUSTIN, TEXAS. Tuesday, October 30, 2007 – Cine Las Americas announces The 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival. The festival will take place April 16 – 24, 2008 in Austin, Texas, once again bringing the best of Latino and indigenous cinema.

The festival’s call for entries is currently open. The submission deadline is December 21, 2007. To obtain an entry form please visit www.cinelasamericas.org

Cine Las Americas invites filmmakers, producers and distributors to participate in The Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, now in its eleventh year. The festival showcases contemporary films from North, Central, South America the Caribbean and Spain. Works made by or about Latinos and native groups of the Americas are eligible to participate.

The festival grants Jury Awards in the categories of First or Second Dramatic Feature, Documentary Feature, Dramatic Short Film, Documentary Short Film and Youth Film. Audience Awards are also presented for Best Documentary Feature and Best Dramatic Feature.

To be eligible for these competitive sections, projects must have been completed after January 1, 2006. All film entries are also eligible to participate in the festival’s non-competitive sections. For all works where the spoken language is not English, English subtitles or narration are required.

As a celebration of young filmmakers, Cine Las Americas presents Emergencia, a special competitive section open to filmmakers ages 19 and under.

Submissions should be at the Cine Las Americas office by the following dates and times:

Deadline: December 21, 2007 at 5:00pm (Entry fee $20)

Late Deadline: January 18, 2008 at 5:00pm (Late entry fee $40) Youth Films Deadline: January 31, 2008 at 5:00pm (Youth films pay no entry fee)

The mission of Cine Las Americas is to promote cross-cultural understanding and growth by educating, entertaining and challenging the diverse Central Texas community through film and media arts. This project is funded in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.