HBO and THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL (NYILFF) today announced the 4th annual open call for entries for the HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition. The competition, created in 2004, seeks to foster films by Latino filmmakers and/or about the Latino experience. The deadline is for the Competition is 4 May 2007

One winner will be chosen from among applicants to receive $15,000 in funding from HBO to produce and direct a short film (on digital video) based on an original script entry. The completed short will be considered for exhibition this summer at the 2007 New York International Film Festival in July and on any of HBO’s programming services. Visit the site for details.