 INTERNATIONAL MOVIE TRAILER FESTIVAL
The International Movie Trailer Festival (IMTF) aims to build an innovative online community for indie moviemakers, giving them a venue for sharing their creativity while providing online entertainment for fans around the world.
At IMTF, filmmakers will vie for prizes, awards and fame by exhibiting trailers for movies, web series, and books—completed or still in the dream stage. The Festival's tag line—"Preview Your Dreams"—reflects the truth that every movie—even a trailer—starts with imagination.
But there's more here than competition. IMTF—through its parent company IndieFilmConnect—has partnered with producers and distributors who can help moviemakers distribute their work.
The Staff
Roberta Suid, co-founder and director of planning: Roberta previously was founder and publisher of Monday Morning Books. She has produced several short movies including THE-JWALKER, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Marburg Film Festival.
Murray Suid, co-founder and project developer: Murray has worked for several Internet start-ups. A UCLA-trained screenwriter with one feature credit, he has created online content for several companies including Sony and Riverdeep.
Ronald Sallon, marketing director: In addition to his work at IMTF, Ronald serves as executive director of the International Mask Research Foundation. He was Special Consultant to the California State Board of Education and the California Council of the Arts. Ronald is a marketing consultant to many companies in the U.S. and abroad.
Chris Shining, development director: Chris has spent the last two decades in direct marketing, business development, and funding. He has been successful in several industries ranging from medical devices to film financing. Most recently he was VP of Finance at Movie Tech Studios.
2012 SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES –RULES & REGULATIONS
Rules and regulations on the website
CATEGORIES:
Submit a movie trailer in one of the following categories:
- Fiction Movies
- Documentaries
- Web Series
- Books
ENTRY FEES AND DEADLINES:
Your trailer can be for a finished work (for example, a produced movie) or for a work still in the planning or development phase. See current entries here.
Trailers must be between 30 seconds and 4 minutes. You must have permission to use any copyrighted material in the trailer—including music.
Grand Prize: $5,000 plus a conference with a noted moviemaker
Early Entry Fee: $15 for students; $25 for everyone else
Deadline: March 31, 2012.
Submit on the site
Submit on the site: create an account, and upload.
 SUBMIT ONLINE WITH FESTIVALEXPRESS
Submissions to the festival are accepted online via FestivalExpress, your preview copy must be sent directly to the festival with the reference to your film registration, film name, print out version of the form on fest21.com.
Filmmakers also have the choice to upload the festival screener via our secure ftp service instead of shipping via mail. Ask for our rates
To complete the submission you must follow three steps:
1. Create your account on Fest21.com, this will create your own blog
2. Register the film in the fest21.com/ filmfestivals.com database if not previously listed.
3. Upload the trailer on your profile, you may want to feed the blog with more news, images, film stills to showcase and promote : Publish information
4. Click to submit online on the Festival page
FestivalExpress has been created by the joint web sites, filmfestivals.com and fest21.com , the leading media covering movie events worldwide. This new online submission suite
AWARDS
When you enter the International Movie Trailer Festival, you're immediately a winner because your trailer will be posted in a searchable online database, where fans and producers can find your work. Also, we've formed an alliance with an innovative film distribution company that will search our Festival looking for movies that can be shown in more than 500 movie theaters throughout the U.S. (Details about this distribution partnership will be given later this spring in our Updates section.)
But perhaps you're also interested in cash awards and other valuable prizes. For our 2011 Festival these are:
Jury Awards chosen by a panel of industry professionals listed in About.
Grand Prize: $5,000. plus a meeting with an industry insider (see the 2010 winners' meeting with Scott Rosenfelt in our December 18 Blog.
Best Student Entry: $500.
Best Trailer for a not-yet-produced Movie: $500.
Best Trailer in each of the four categories: Fiction, Documentary, Book, Web Series: $250.
Best of the Festival Awards: The top dozen or so entries will be featured on IMTF's website.
People's Choice Awards determined by voters on this site: $1000. In case of ties, the award will be split among the top vote getters.
Monthly Surprise Awards: At the end of each month of the competition, the IMTF staff will select a trailer with the most creative example of a moviemaking element, for example, the most memorable line of dialogue or the most extraordinary camera movement.
Additional prizes: may be added at the discretion of IMTF. In this case, announcements will be posted in the Updates section of this website. Or if you want to be notified, please sign up to receive news by email.
Note: An entrant may win only one jury award.
More info: http://www.internationalmovietrailerfestival.com/awards/
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