Call for Entries:

The Center for the Study of Latino Media & Markets, at Texas State University-San Marcos, invites Mass Communication and film-making undergraduate students and faculty in colleges and universities in the Unites States, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula to participate in “Puntos de Vista” – “Points of View”, an international Spanish-language documentary festival.

This festival aims to encourage young students to express, through cameras, different points of view on those topics that will help us grow as communicators and society. The “Puntos de Vista” festival will take place on April 7 at Texas State University-San Marcos. The submission must take the form of a 15-20 minutes Spanish documentary. The festival committee, consisting of filmmakers and faculty will select the 15 best documentaries to participate in the "Puntos de Vista" documentary festival.

Festival's Awards:

*First Place: $2,000 (U.S.) *Second Place: $1,000 (U.S.) *Third Place: $500 (U.S.)

1. Screening Exhibition: The selected documentaries must be presented by the documentarian(s) at Texas State University-San Marcos on April 7, 2011 during the festival. The documentaries must be submitted in Spanish, yet it must include English subtitles.

2. Workshop Opportunities: Participants and documentarians will have the opportunity to attend workshops offered by Texas State University-San Marcos, which will include faculty and guest speaker from the film-making industry.

3. Internet Exposition: The selected documentaries will take part in an open voting process. The documentaries will be shown on our website to allow the public from other countries to view submissions and vote on them. The online voting will begin on March 15, 2011 and end on April 1, 2011.

4. Public Television Coverage and Exhibition: HITN (Hipanic Information and Telecommunications Network) will promote the festival and feature the 15 best documentaries in Fall 2011.

Voting Process

An online vote will be taken from viewers two weeks prior to the event; public’s opinion will comprise of 40% of the scoring. Judges' opinions will comprise of 60% of the scoring.

Documentary Categories

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following genres: drama, political, mystery, culture, and environmental issues.