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Video Interview, How to Get Your Film into Sundance Film Festival & on HBO Max 🎞️ Patricia Vidal Delgado

📽️ Portuguese international multi-award-winning filmmaker and director Patricia Vidal Delgado discusses how she got her University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Production feature thesis film, “La leyenda negra,” into the Sundance Film Festival, how she strategized once she was in the festival, and how she got her film distributed through HBO Max after her movie screened at Sundance.

Submit your film now to the next Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Film Festival which takes place on April 19, 2025 to share your work, reach your audience, and turn your dreams into reality.

About Patricia Vidal Delgado 🎬

Patricia Vidal Delgado was born in the culturally robust metropolis of Lisbon, Portugal. In addition to her graduate studies at UCLA, in the United Kingdom, Delgado previously studied Fine Art Media at the Central St. Martins University of the Arts and the Slade School of Fine, University in London. Through video, sound, and performance, her artistic practice explores the intimate and the feminine has been featured internationally in art galleries and festivals in London, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Marrakesh, Luanda, Zürich, Stuttgart, and Budapest.

Patricia’s first feature film, “La Leyenda negra,” which premiered in 2020 Sundance Film festival, was also a Top 20 Finalist for the Roy W. Dean Grant and was awarded the Frameline Completion Fund in February of 2020, after which HBO Max acquired the streaming rights for the film. In addition, “La Leyenda negra” was nominated for the Film Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. The GLAAD Media Awards also nominated the film for Outstanding TV Movie.

“La Leyenda negra,” written and directed by Delgado, tells the story of a soon-to-be undocumented teenager who fights for her right to stay in America while risking her family, friendships, and first love.

As a filmmaker, Delgado has accumulated 23 wins and 75 nominations for her work. Patricia was awarded a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship. In addition, she is also a Sundance Institute Film Two Fellow, a cohort member of the MTV First Time Directors Initiative, and currently represented by Randy Kiyan of Luber Roklin Entertainment.

Submit your film now to the next Our Vision Caribbean and Latino Film Festival which takes place on April 19, 2025 to share your work, reach your audience, and turn your dreams into reality.

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Charles Allleyne, Our Vision Founder, COO & Dr. Christopher C. Odom, MFA, PhD, Our Vision CEO

Charles Alleyne, Filmmaker & Educator Our Vision Founder 🎞️ is a seasoned feature and short filmmaker and educator. Charles has written, directed, and or produced over +100 short and long-form projects and developed and supervised over +500 student film projects in South Central Los Angeles. As an independent feature film producer, director, and writer, his feature film “Justin Brown” screened internationally in Germany and his short film “Unspoken” captivated audiences throughout Hollywood and Los Angeles. Follow Charles Alleyne on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/charles.alleyne.94/ Dr. Christopher C. Odom, MFA, PhD, Our Vision Chief Executive Officer 🎞️ earned his PhD in Texts and Technology, Digital Media at the University of Central Florida and his MFA in Film and Television from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a filmmaker, Dr. Odom has produced, directed, written, shot, and/or edited +500 short and long-form creative projects. As a Course Director at Full Sail University, Dr. Odom has supervised and developed an additional +500 student short scripts and films. A published author and domestic and international award-winning filmmaker and voiceover talent, Dr. Odom’s work has appeared in major cities worldwide, including Cannes, Berlin, Tel Aviv, New York, and Los Angeles. Connect with Dr. Odom on LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/christopherodom