POSTED 08/03/09
The True/False Film Fest Call for Entries
The True/False Film Fest is heading into its seventh year of celebrating fine work in the arena of non-fiction, and is seeking out groundbreaking documentaries from all over the globe. On February 25th of 2010, Columbia, Missouri will become a Midwestern shrine to documentary film; between panels and parties, conversation and screenings, filmmakers and the town will come together and enjoy what is becoming one of the most talked-about film fests in the country.
True/False continues to grow steadily, having played host in past years to some of the biggest names in documentary film, many up-and-comers and filmmakers that run the gamut from informational to experimental. If your film is accepted you will receive travel and lodging, a festival pass and an unparalleled experience.
Deadlines and Entry Fees:
Earlybird: August 3, 2010 Feature: $20 Short: $15
Regular: October 1, 2010 Feature: $25 Short $20
Late: November 16, 2010 Feature: $30 Short: $25
*Submit on withoutabox.com and receive $5 off of your entry fee and an extended deadline.
Submission formats: DVD or VHS (NTSC, VHS, or SECAM)
POSTED 07/27/09
2009 International Black Film Festival Early Bird Regiastration now open!
September 30- October 4 in Nashville
The International Black Film Festival of Nashville (IBFF), established in 2006, is a collaboration of dedicated professionals who support the need for a “community” effort to bring African American and other Communities together to showcase their work as emerging and skilled independent filmmakers, actors, composers, screenwriters, directors and other film industry professionals.
Early Registration: July 20- August 15: $75
Regular Registration: August 16-September 15: $150
Late Registration: September 16-September 30: $225
Prices are for full festival pass.
Visit http://www.ibffnashville.com/ for mroe information.
POSTED 07/27/09
VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR 2009 FESTIVAL 22nd Annual Festival Set For November 5-8 in Charlottesville Filmmakers Invited To Submit Features and Documentaries On Subjects Surrounding But Not Limited To 2009 Theme of “Funny Business”
Charlottesville, VA – July 13, 2009 – The acclaimed Virginia Film Festival returns to Charlottesville from November 5-8 with a new theme, a new director and a brand new invitation for filmmakers to be part of the action.
New VFF Director Jody Kielbasa has announced that the Festival is reaching out to local, regional and national filmmakers with a special call for entries. All feature and documentary submissions will be considered as long as they are received by August 25th. All entries must be submitted through Withoutabox (www.withoutabox.com). Rates for film submissions will be $45 for the general public, $40 for Withoutabox members, $10 for students and FREE for Virginia residents.
The 2009 Virginia Film Festival, hosted by the University of Virginia, will be built around the theme of “Funny Business.” The theme, according to Festival organizers, will focus not only on comedy in the movies but also on the various forms of funny business that seem to be so prevalent these days in the worlds of government and finance. While films surrounding this theme will be given special consideration, the Festival will consider the work of all interested filmmakers.
“Inclusivity is a big part of my vision and my mission for the Virginia Film Festival,” Kielbasa said. “I am particularly interested in engaging the vibrant local film and arts communities, including those in the Charlottesville area and those affiliated with the University. As we move forward, I always want to make sure that this Festival is a reflection of the extraordinary community which it represents, and this new feature will help us do that.”
For more information on the 2009 Virginia Film Festival call for entries or to keep up with the latest news on the upcoming Festival or the year-round activities of the Virginia Film Society, visit us online at www.vafilm.com.
POSTED 07/22/09
The 2010 Wisconsin Film Festival is now open for film submissions.
Greetings! We’re getting the jump on festival submissions this year, opening them about two months earlier than usual. I will be updating various submissions listings on the Internet and elsewhere in the coming days with the details for 2010; most of what you need to know is listed here and on the actual submission form.
As always, feel free to call/email me directly if you have questions about the festival or the submissions process. This is an important part of how the Wisconsin Film Festival builds its annual program. Although many of the films we show are specifically curated from international film festivals, production companies, and other industry sources, the fresh films shared through the submissions process give this festival a more complex, unexpected appeal (e.g., festivals can all show the same “hit” films, but it’s how they choose film submissions that often expresses their character).
Some of the world-class filmmakers featured in 2009 are Agnès Varda, Jia Zhang-Ke, Ramin Bahrani, So Young Kim, Johnnie To, Ellen Kuras, Werner Herzog, Doris Dörrie, James Benning, Brillante Mendoza, Carlos Reygadas, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Doug Pray, Christian Petzold, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Pablo Trapero, Shane Meadows, Lee Chang-Dong, A.R. Murugadoss, Bill Plympton, Ken Jacobs, Majid Majidi, Molly Dineen, Fernando Eimbcke, and Terence Davies. The festival’s opening night film was 500 Days of Summer with director Marc Webb (a Madison native) and very delightful screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber in attendance, playing to a packed house of 1,200.
Fees range from US$10 to US$30, and there is a single deadline date for each of the three submission categories
Best of luck with your current and future film projects!
The Wisconsin Film Festival welcomes narrative, documentary, experimental, and animated films or videos of any length.
Although these guidelines refer a lot about Wisconsin filmmakers, the Festival is open to films from around the world. The largest number of films are submitted in the Open Reel category.There are three categories:
DOWNLOAD THE SUBMISSION FORM
This form is an editable PDF document. You can use Adobe Acrobat or Reader to complete the form, then print and send with your submission. (Get the free Reader software from Adobe’s site.)
Or, you may print the blank form and fill it in by hand. Please keep a copy of the form for your records.
What prizes can I win?
Because the festival circuit can be such an effective way to get your film some attention, a lot of emphasis can be put on how many prizes a festival offers, or whether there are cash awards for winners. We agree that this is exciting and rewarding in many ways (especially if you have production bills that still need to be paid).
Part of the success of the Wisconsin Film Festival, though, has been through supporting the notion that there is merit in all films in the program. Our goal is to expand people’s understanding and acceptance of what makes a good movie, not to narrow it by selecting the “best” ones. Over the years, many attendees have developed their appreciation for a much broader range of storytelling styles because they are encouraged to be adventurous. We think that’s ultimately good for filmmakers. Limiting the prizes to films winning an audience vote, and awards for Wisconsin films, means that we can balance the wish to support our local filmmakers while showing the respect and affection that we feel for every single film that in the final program. Maybe it’s easier for other festivals to pick favorites, but frankly here we love ’em all.
So, cash prizes are given to films in the Wisconsin’s Own and Wisconsin’s Own Student Shorts categories (in 2009, $250 for shorts and $500 for features), to help promote filmmaking in the state. And the audience votes for their favorite narrative and documentary feature films (an honor, we hope, but no cash award).
A few details
Your film must have been completed after January 1, 2008.
You can submit more than one film, as long as each work meets the other criteria.
Each film must have its own submission form, entry fee, and DVD/VHS tape, but can be mailed in the same envelope.
The Festival will not consider:
Feature films (60 min. or more): $30
Short films (less than 60 min.): $20
Student films (any length): $10 (with photocopy of valid student ID)
Fees can be paid with checks or money orders (payable to “Wisconsin Film Festival”) or with Visa or MasterCard.
[Student status is counted when your film was created. If you made your film when you were a student, and have now graduated, you may still submit that film as a student.]Everyone will be notified of their film’s status (accepted or not accepted into the Festival) no later than February 15, 2010. At that time we’ll also notify any Wisconsin filmmakers who are receiving awards for their work.
Feel free to call (877-963-3456 or 608-262-9009) or email if you have questions — we look forward to seeing your work.
POSTED 07/22/09
CALL FOR ENTRIES
www.northervirginiafilmfestival.com
Beginning July 1, 2009, the Northern Virginia Film Festival, a division of Rainmaker Media Foundation, will accept submissions for its first annual filmmakers` competition. Winners will be announced on October 10, 2009.Six Film CategoriesOur Film Festival will consider submissions in any of these six categories, but please note that each film may be considered in only one genre:
Feature
Short
Documentary
Music Video
Animation
Experimental
All Ages Welcome
Our Film Festival welcomes submissions from any genre in any one of the following categories:
Youth: The film's writer, director and editor must all be under 13 years of age.
Student: The film's writer, director and editor must all be under 21 years of age.
General: The film's writer, director or editor was over 21 years of age at completion of final editing.
Affordable Fees, Priceless ExposureOur Film Festival wants to encourage participation from as many filmmakers as possible.
The submission fees and deadlines are:
Standard- Deadline: August 1, 2009 $25 (USD)
Final Deadline: September 9, 2009 $50 (USD)
Panel of Judges Includes:
Karen Hall, multiple Emmy-nominated writer, producer and show runner for television series including M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, and Judging Amy.
Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of 25 novels including The Bone Collector and Roadside Crosses.
John Gilstrap, New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter.
Patrick Barney, Film Critic.
Rick Seyford, creator of the film program at the Commonwealth of Virginia Governor's School for the Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts.
Phone 703-451-1143
Fax: 703-490-5011
Festival Director: John GilstrapEmail: novafilmfest@gmail.com
Submission mailing address:
John Gilstrap,
Executive Director Northern Virginia Film Festival
12758 Lavender Keep Circle
Fairfax, VA 22033 USA
POSTED 07/17/09
Going Green Film Festival Call for Entries
http://www.GoingGreenFilmFestival.com
With the motto “REthink, REplenish, REcommit”, the GOING GREEN FILM
FESTIVAL launches its official call for entries on July 15, 2009.
The festival’s first place prizes include Hybrid electric bicycles, a
tree planted in their names in Central America, Africa or Asia, as
well as Fuji Film and screenwriting software.
A pending Grand Prize will include a HYBRID CAR!
$20 of all entry fees will go towards Renewable Energy Certificates
(REC) which produce clean energy.
The CATEGORIES ARE are:
* GREEN PRODUCTION, where a film’s production worked to lessen the
carbon footprint left on the planet
* OUR PLANET, where the film’s topic covers third world issues,
ecology, nature or the environment; and
* HYBRID/ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, where the film features a hybrid
vehicle, bicycle, electric scooter or public transportation.
Films can be any genre, but must be between 20 minutes and 120
minutes in length and have been completed between 2008 and 2010.
Earlybird/Discount Deadline: August 31, 2009.
Submit by going to: http://www.GoingGreenFilmFestival.com
WIN a PAIR of VIP PASSES to attend fest by subscribing to our
newsletter.
Send an email to: goinggreenfilmfest-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
POSTED 07/09/09
The DC Shorts Film Festival!
The DC Shorts Film Festival (September 10-17, 2009) has selected films for this year's competition. From more than 680 entries, the selection committee has accepted 100 different films, to be programmed in 10 different shows. We have films from 16 nations -- a record for us.
Please visit our updated web site at dcshorts.com to see the schedule, read film summaries, and get more information on the event. Next week, our interactive schedule will be launched -- plan your whole week with a few clicks!
Ticket sales will begin by mid-August - as a DCS subscriber, you will get advanced notice.
We need to house over 100 Filmmakers!
DC Shorts encourages filmmakers to come to Washington and attend the festival; this year, more than 165 filmmakers will attend - many of whom need a place to stay for a few days. Filmmakers are scheduled throughout the day so they really only need a place to sleep and shower. In the past, people who have housed filmmakers have found the experience to be simple, non-intrusive, and incredibly rewarding.
For your hospitality, you will receive:
- 2 tickets to a screening of your choice and a party of your choice
- Access to the Filmmaker Lounge in the theater
- Free tickets to the Best Of Shows in February 2010
Last year, we successfully housed more than 68 filmmakers.
Please consider hosting a filmmaker for a few days. And please forward this to your friends and colleagues who might be interested (or willing) to host a filmmaker.
To get more information, please email us today by clicking here.
POSTED 07/02/09
GEN ART FILM FESTIVAL EARLY-BIRD SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN
Want to get your film in the hands of Gen Art programmers and beat the rush? We are currently accepting submissions for both our short and feature film categories. The Gen Art Film Festival only shows one short and one feature each night, and every premiere is followed by a legendary party at one of New York's hottest spots with VIP treatment for filmmakers in attendance. For a taste of the festival experience visit www.davidjr.com/genart.
Shorts can be anywhere between 1 and 27 minutes, and features qualify at a minimum length of one hour.
You can submit right now through www.withoutabox.com. If you have any questions contact us at filmfestival@genart.org or by phone at 212-255-7300 x505.
We look forward to seeing your films!
POSTED 06/12/09
International Family Film Festival
15th annual IFFF, Raleigh Studios, Hollywood CA.
March 11-14, 2010.
Film Submission Deadline: December 11, 2009.
Screenplay Submission Deadline: December 15, 2009
(in the IFFF office by these dates).
For more specifics email info@iffilmfest.org.
For Entry info and forms: www.iffilmfest.org or www.wab.com.
Or call 661-257-3131 for more information.The 15th annual International Family Film Festival affirms that since the beginning of time “Family Stories are Timeless”. With that theme as a slogan, IFFF launches on March 11-14- 2010 at the Raleigh Studios, Hollywood, CA
As is tradition, the IFFF features film premieres and screenings, the Screenwriters Showcase, Panel Discussions with industry professionals and lots of opportunities to network with agents, producers, writers, distributors and working professionals in the film industry. Not only is this a great place to have your film screened or your script read, the festival also provides filmmakers an opportunity to conduct market research directly with their audience.
The categories for films are:
drama, comedy, computer animation, classic animation, documentary, musical, and educational.
Deadline is December 11, 2009.
The categories for screenplays are:
drama, comedy, animation, musical and sci-fi/fantasy.
Deadline for screenplays is December 15, 2009.
POSTED 06/10/09
8th Annual Female Eye Film Festival, March 2010
OPEN CALL for Films & Screenplays
Early Deadline: $25.00, July 31, 2009 (postmarked)
Extended Deadline: $50.00, Sept. 30th, 2009 (postmarked)
$5 off for WIFT Members
Films must be directed by a woman. The Script Development Program is open to men with the provision that their screenplay feature a female protagonist.
Entry Forms available at www.FemaleEyeFilmFestival.com
or register submission via withoutabox.comPOSTED 06/08/09
3rd San Joaquin International Film Festival Announces Worldwide Call for Entries and Festival Dates February 20-27, 2010
Stockton, California, USA - The Board of Directors of the San Joaquin Film Society announces the global Call for Entries for the 3rd Anniversary Edition of the San Joaquin International Film Festival, to be held February 20 to 27, 2010, in Stockton, California.
Film submissions are open to filmmakers, artists and production companies worldwide. Entry fees start at $15.00.
Call for Entries begin: Thursday, June 4, 2009
Early Deadline: Friday, September 25, 2009
Primary Deadline: Friday, October 2, 2009
Late Deadline: Friday, October 9, 2009
All information, registration, rules and regulations are available at official festival site: www.sjiff.org/sjiff3
ABOUT THE SAN JOAQUIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The 3rd San Joaquin International Film Festival (SJIFF3), the flagship annual exhibition of the San Joaquin Film Society, set to take place February 20 to 27, 2010 - is a glorious world showcase of new and innovative works from emerging talents and seasoned international artists, presented in the city of Stockton in the heart of California's 400-mile Central Valley. SJIFF3 will feature: red carpet premieres; new independent and award-winning American and world films; educational programs, panels, interactive discussions; family events and programmes; guest celebrities, entertainment and industry luminaries, and filmmakers from around the nation and the world; galas and festive parties; and diverse programs for all ages. Official program to be announced in December 2009. Passes go on sale November 7, 2009.
Official Festival Website: www.sjiff.org/sjiff3