How To Submit For the 2024 festival
2024 Submissions Are Now Closed
All of New Mexico’s aspiring and established filmmakers are invited to submit a film for consideration in the Madrid Film Festival. We want to encourage professionals, amateurs and first-timers. Making a movie is challenging, but sharing it with a live audience is pure joy.
Starting May 8, 2024, the festival will accept short films (fifteen minutes or less) which were created over the past year in New Mexico.
The submission deadline was Wednesday, July 31st, 2024.
Submit an entry by including a link to the film (Youtube, Dropbox, etc) in an email to adw@madridfilmfest.org.
No submission fee. Submit as many movies as you wish.
Details, Please
Must be a minimum size of 1920 x 1080.
Include a title card at the beginning of your movie.
In your email, indicate the film’s genre: comedy, drama, thriller, music video, documentary, animation, or experimental (non-genre).
Include an explanation of how the film is connected to New Mexico.
Music rights must be secured by the filmmakers; copyrighted music cannot be used without permission.
If your film is selected, you will need to provide an MP4 for the screening.
Prizes
To be eligible for the “Oscar” Huber local Madrid film award, it must be made by people who reside within fifteen miles of Madrid, New Mexico.