The Andean Film Project announces that submissions are now open for the first Andean Film Festival, to be held in fall 2009 in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The Festival is intended as a forum for films by and about the peoples and cultures of the Andes. Documentaries, dramas and comedies, animation, feature length and short films will all be considered. Although one of the principal goals of the Andean Film Project is to promote the development of work by Andean filmmakers, non-Andean filmmakers may submit work to the Festival as well, provided that the work portrays Andean culture authentically and respectfully, and/or deals with issues of concern to the people of the Andes.
The exact dates and location of the Festival will be announced later this year. Submissions will be accepted through June 15, 2009. For submission information please visit the website, http://www.andeanfilmproject.com/3.html
