New Directors 2023
NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION
Submission Guidelines
- First feature-length films by Latin American directors
- Fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, hybrid
- Running time: 60 minutes and longer
- Year: 2021-2023
- Earlybird Deadline: Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- Final Deadline: Sunday, April 30, 2023
Procedure
- Register and complete the online application via FILM FREEWAY.
- Submit an electronic link with English subtitles.
- Pay the $10/$15 (USD) submission fee.
If you have any questions, please write to us at: programming(at)vlaff.org
Selection Process
The Programming Committee will review all films and select the films for competition. The selected films will be announced on VLAFF’s website in mid-July 2023. Due to the volume of submissions that we receive, only the directors who are selected will be contacted.
Selected Films
Exhibition copies in DCP or high resolution downloadable links with English subtitles must be sent to the VLAFF office by Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Filmmakers will be responsible for the cost of shipping. If requested, VLAFF will cover the cost of return shipping after the festival.
Youth Jury
The Youth Jury will select the Youth Choice Award for Best New Director. The Youth Jury will be composed of 20-25 youth (ages 18-30) from across the Lower Mainland and from film schools in Latin America. They will select the winner of the Best New Director Award with a cash prize of $2500 (CAD).
Critics’ Jury
The Jury will be composed of international film critics. They will select the winner of the Critics’ Prize in a live online deliberation (in Spanish only). (No cash prize).
Past Prize Winners
Best New Director Awards
2022 Critics’ Jury Prize: Roza (dir. Andrés Rodríguez | Guatemala)
2022 Youth Jury Award: It Runs in the Family (Lo que se hereda) (dir. Victoria Linares Villegas | Dominican Republic)
2021 Critics’ Jury Prize: Canela (dir. Cecilia del Valle | Argentina)
2021 Jury Special Mention: Soldier’s Woman (Mujer de soldado) (dir. Patricia Wiesse Risso | Peru)
2021 Youth Jury Award: Nudo Mixteco (T+ kanu sa’a sau) (dir. Ángeles Cruz | Mexico)
2020 Critics’ Jury Prize: Things We Dare Not Do (Cosas que no hacemos) (dir. Bruno Santamaría | Mexico)
2020 Jury Special Mention: Fendas (dir. Carlos Segundo | Brazil)
2020 Youth Jury Award: Fendas (dir. Carlos Segundo | Brazil)
2019 Youth Jury Award: Los Silencios (dir. Beatriz Seigner | Brazil/Colombia)
2018 Youth Jury Award: Retablo (dir. Alvaro Delgado Aparicio | Peru)
2017 Youth Jury Award: Panamerican Machinery (Maquinaria panamericana) (dir. Joaquín del Paso | Mexico)
2017 Youth Jury Special Mention: Bad Influence (Mala junta) (dir. Claudia Huaiquimilla | Chile)
2016 Youth Jury Award: Ixcanul (dir: Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala)
2015 Best New Director: La Salada (dir. Juan Martín Hsu | Argentina)
2015 Special Jury Mention: NN (dir. Héctor Gálvez | Peru)
2015 Youth Jury Award: I Stay With You (Me quedo contigo) (dir. Artemio Narro | Mexico)
2014 Best New Director: The Militant (El lugar del hijo) (dir. Manolo Nieto | Uruguay)
2014 Special Jury Mention: Workers (dir. José Luis Valle | Mexico)
2014 Youth Jury Award: The Quispe Girls (Las niñas Quispe) (dir. Sebastián Sepúlveda | Chile)
El Vancouver Latin American Film Festival está recibiendo largometrajes para la sección en competencia Nuevos Directores. La edición número 21 del festival se llevará a cabo del 7-17 de septiembre del 2023.
Lineamientos de la convocatoria
- Se aceptan trabajos de ficción que incluyan temática latinoamericana.
- Directores que hayan realizado un máximo de un largometraje.
- Duración mínima: 60 minutos
- Año: 2021-2023
- Fecha límite de registro: El domingo, 30 de abril, 2023
Proceso de Selección
El comité de programación de largometrajes revisará todos los trabajos que se hayan inscrito. Los trabajos seleccionados serán anunciados en el sitio web del festival a mediados de julio del 2023. Debido al número de trabajos que recibimos, solamente los directores seleccionados serán contactados.
Largometrajes Seleccionados
La copia de exhibición en formato DCP deberá ser enviada a la oficina del festival antes del 28 de junio. Los directores cubrirán el costo del envío. El festival cubrirá el regreso de la copia.