US-Mexico Bicentennial Kaleidoscope

 To commemorate the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States, the Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University, the Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño at the Universidad de Guadalajara, and the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars have launched the US-Mexico Bicentennial Kaleidoscope: A Short Film Contest and Festival. 

The Kaleidoscope seeks to encourage and curate new narratives about the everyday impact of the relationship between the United States and Mexico, and our two societies. Send us your shorts about how the relationship helps define our communities, families, and individual identities. Your stories can be a slice of everyday life connected to our cultural ties, film, TV, music, sports fandom, gastronomy, business success, a personal relationship.

  Think expansively about the relationship between our two societies and how it manifests itself in your world: we aim for a truly diverse and inclusive kaleidoscope. The festival is an opportunity to present short innovative cinema not just about actual cross-border travel, but also about the presence of the neighboring country within our own. 

  The Film Contest awards will be announced in September, and awarded shorts will be screened at subsequent Festival screenings in both countries.