[Commlist] Call for Short Films Latin American Studies - PILAS 2026 Annual Conference

_<https://www.slasuk.org/call-for-short-films-pilas2026>Call for 
Short Films <https://www.slasuk.org/call-for-short-films-pilas2026>_ - 
_PILAS 2026 Annual Conference <https://www.slasuk.org/pilas>_
7th and 8th April 2026 - University of Leeds
/(Preceding the SLAS Conference: Memory Studies and Social Justice)/
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For the first time, PILAS is pleased to announce its Call for Short 
Films as part of the PILAS 2026 conference, /“Future Archives: Forging 
the Next Generation of Latin American Studies.”/ We invite postgraduate 
researchers, filmmakers, and artists based in the UK whose audiovisual 
work focuses on Latin America to submit short film projects of up to 40 
minutes that engage with Latin American cultures and themes such as 
identity, memory, landscape, politics, archives, and related topics. We 
are also particularly interested in projects that reflect transnational 
connections or diasporic experiences within Latin American communities.
The call is open to projects across a range of genres and formats, 
including fiction, documentary, non-fiction, animation, experimental 
works, and others. Through this call, we aim to create a space for the 
exchange of experiences around knowledge production beyond the written 
text, and to incorporate the moving image as a means of disseminating 
Latin American scholarship beyond the region.

_Submission Guidelines_
Applicants are required to include a private preview link (e.g. Vimeo, 
YouTube, or similar platforms), protected by a password, providing 
access to the full short film as part of their submission. The link will 
be used exclusively for review purposes and must not be limited to a 
teaser or trailer.
_Funding opportunities_
Selected projects will be eligible to receive up to £150 to support 
expenses related to presenting their work in person at the opening of 
the PILAS Conference. Eligible expenses include accommodation and 
transport, and will be reimbursed upon submission of the corresponding 
receipts.

Apply _HERE <https://forms.gle/hHp4ZU8cnmX2DSHR9>_

Deadline for submissions: 17 February 2026
Notification of acceptance: 25 February 2026
***Please check your email (including spam/junk folders).

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