Femme Frontera Student Showcase

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Poster design by Briana G. Guerrero

Poster design by Briana G. Guerrero

Student Showcase

El Paso, Texas 

Femme Frontera is celebrating adult and youth short films from the U.S.-Mexico border region of El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

ABOUT THE CHILDREN’S SHOWCASE

Children ages 5 to 17 (male, female, transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming) are invited to submit 1 to 3 minute short films to screen at each Annual Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase. The program will feature works made by children from the U.S.-Mexico border region of El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

GUIDELINES

We are seeking short films under 10 minutes. We accept all story lines, themes, and topics but please no cursing, material sexual in nature, or violence of any kind in any of the films.

All filmmakers MUST:

  • be between the ages of 5 and 17.

  • create films NO LONGER THAN 10 minutes from opening titles to closing credits.

  • live in El Paso, Las Cruces, Juarez or closely surrounding areas.

  • be written and directed by the filmmaker. We strongly encourage parents, relatives, friends, etc. to allow these young people’s stories to flow from their own hearts. However, filmmakers can receive technical assistance from others to shoot and edit their movies.

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

During our Summer programming, Femme Frontera will offer summer workshops for children ages 5 to 17 and adults for those who would like to learn more about filmmaking - shooting, lighting, story development, and editing. These workshops will be open for registration in the Spring!

HOW TO SUBMIT

Films may be submitted to femmefrontera@gmail.com by sending us the film via Dropbox, YouSentIt, WeTransfer, Google Drive, or another file sharing service of your choice. Please also include the film title, film synopsis, filmmaker’s name, age, hometown or current city, and phone number. For questions and assistance, please email femmefrontera@gmail.com.

The submission deadline for 2023 is July 31st.