for Curacao Films in development and Post-Production
Call for Entries - Impact Curacao program
Call for Entries for Curacao Films in development and Post-Production
The Curaçao International Film Festival (CIFF), April 13th – 18th 2027, in collaboration with the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and launches the Call for Entries for the first edition of Impact Curacao. Impact Curacao offers a unique and privileged space for Curacao filmmakers with works-in-progress to receive creative and constructive feedback on their projects from a group of specially selected film professionals from the local and international industry.
The Call for Entries is open to projects by filmmakers from Curaçao, who live and work on the island. Impact Curaçao offers feedback for the development or completion of projects in the following stages of development:
– screenplays
– treatments
– partially filmed projects
– first cuts
The projects will be presented on April 17 to professionals invited by the Curaçao International Film Festival, offering a unique opportunity for creative and positive feedback, their development or completion. A cash prize of Cg 2500 will be awarded to a participating proposal to contribute to its development or completion.
PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES
1. Impact Curaçao is open to filmmakers from Curaçao who reside on the island.
2. Projects of any genre or duration conceived as cinematic works will be accepted.
3. Proposals may be submitted from the time this call for entries is announced until 00:00 AST (22:00 CST) on December 31, 2026.
4. It is mandatory to request a registration form from impactciff@gmail.com and fill it out correctly with the requested project details. This information will be used for the Festival catalogue, should the work be selected.
5. Links to existing materials (script, treatment/outline, production dossier, mood board, etc.) for projects in development, or to a rough cut with an access password for works-in-progress, must be submitted via the registration form (if the film is in a language other than English, it must have English subtitles).
6. There is no fee for registration or participation.
7. If selected, the director must be available to present the project during the festival dates.
8. Selected projects agree to include the appropriate credit acknowledging this section and CIFF in future project materials.
9. Decisions regarding selected projects are final and will be announced starting January 25, 2027.
10. Any matters not covered in this call for entries will be resolved by the organizing committee. For further information: impactciff@gmail.com
Form submission deadline: 00:00 AST (22:00 CST) on December 31, 2026.
Date of results announcement: January 25, 2027.
Note to editors
For more information about this program, please contact:impactciff@gmail.com
