April 17-19, 2026

RULES & TERMS

All submissions will be accepted for consideration as an "official selection" at Fiesta SATX Film Festival through FilmFreeway. 

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​ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

All entries must be submitted through the FilmFreeway link provided and must meet the following criteria.

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• ​Indie Production

• Potential to be a series

• Shorts must be between 5 - 40 minutes

• Feature Films must be over 41 minute plus

• Animations can be 2+ minutes

• a 15-30 second promotional trailer must be included

• Original Soundtrack

• High quality video in HD or 4k

• 27 x 40 inch promo poster 350 dpi jpeg must be submitted

• Additional 30-50 minute script ready a plus

• Non English language films must be subtitled in English

• No pornographic content  as defined by the US Supreme Court

• ​Festival judges will evaluate and score all submissions.

 

GENRES

All Genres accepted and will compete against each other: 

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• Action

• Adventure

• Children's

• Documentary

• Drama 

• Fantasy

• Game Shows

• Horror

• Mystery

• Reality

• Religious

• Romance

• Sci-Fi

• Sitcom 

• Thriller

• Variety

• Western 

• Other

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Pilot Representative must specify which Genre they will enter. 

 

LEGAL

By submitting filmmaker certifies that they have read and agree to abide by the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy,   Pilot Representative Agreement, and full rights to enter and make all decisions pertaining to the pilot submission. 

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TIMELINES

All submissions must be entered within the time frames specified. 

GENRE COMPETITION 

All Genres will be judged under the awards categories.

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JUDGES

Judges may not contact the competitors for any reason. If a judge contacts you, you must report it to the festival officials immediately.  

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​ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL

​A representative from films who are Official Selections are encouraged to attend. Attending will be at their own expense.  

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WINNING ENTRIES

​The objective of the festival is to discover projects that may be adaptable to a streaming or television series.  We intend to work with the winning entries to create and /or find on-line and television distribution for a series. In the event the film is picked up for a serial production, the filmmaker must be open to allowing recasting and shooting a series in Texas.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

Indie entries will be accepted beginning September 02 until the deadline on FilmFreeway and will be scored on a scale from 1-10 in various categories. 

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Rules and Regulations are subject to change at the discretion of the board. 

 

 

JUDGES OVERALL AWARDS:

All genres will be judged together for the following categories:

A. Best Actor
B. Best Actress
C. Best Supporting Actor
D. Best Supporting Actress
E. Best Director
F. Editing
G. Original Music Score
H. Best Sound Editing
I. Best Lighting

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GRAND PIÑATA AWARDS

Fiesta SATX Film Festival will award Grand Piñata Awards chosen by the Judges and Board.

A. 1st Place
B. 2nd Place
C. 3rd Place

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THE PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place plaques will be awarded for:

A. Peoples Choice 1st Place
B. Peoples Choice 2nd Place
C. Peoples Choice 3rd Place

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SPECIFIC GENRE/CATEGORY AWARDS

Any genre/category which has three submissions or more will be judged for "Best In" the specific genre/category it was originally entered under.

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Should there be less than three entries in a category/genre, the entries will be judged for "Best In" under the Overall Category

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