Borders | No Borders Short Film Competition

Borders | No Borders is a regional short film competition run by the Houston Cinema Arts Society as part of the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. It accepts narrative and documentary shorts from residents of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico and Mexico, and from filmmakers with meaningful ties to those places; films in any language are accepted with English subtitles. Submissions open June 1 and close August 10, and finalists screen during the festival. A six-member jury picks Best Narrative and Best Documentary winners, each paid $1,000, plus two $500 jury prizes. The 2026 round was the seventh; no 2027 call had been posted as of October 18, 2026.

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