2014 GUAM - USA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIES

Final Extended Deadline for Submissions is July 21

The Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) has officially announced its open call for entries to begin today, for its fourth annual event scheduled to take place in September. Submission forms can be completed directly online at the official GIFF website, www.guamfilmfestival.org.

Deadlines to submit films for the 2013 Guam International Film Festival are:
May 6, 2014 - Earlybird Postmark Deadline
June 18, 2014 - Regular Deadline
July 10, 2014 - Late Deadline
July 21, 2014 - Extended Postmark Deadline

Categories
Festival categories for both feature-length and short films include Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Made in the Marianas, Music Video and Student Under 18. Submission fees are waived for entries that qualify for the Made in the Marianas and Student Under 18 categories. Works that are eligible for competition must have been completed after January 1, 2013. The submission form and complete information regarding eligibility and official entry rules for the 2014 Guam International Film Festival are available on the GIFF website at www.guamfilmfestival.org.

Notable Talent
In its brief history, GIFF has already featured some of the most notable global film talent including Oscar winner Alex Gibney, 2014 Oscar Nominee Jeffrey Karoff, 2013 Sundance Winner O. Muel and Cannes Palme d’Or Winner Raymond Red in addition to the best local and regional talent.

Community, Education and Entertainment
Founded by filmmakers Don and Kel Muna in 2011, the Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) is an international cinema event exhibiting a dynamic source of cross-cultural artistic presence, bridging gaps among the U.S., Asia and the Pacific’s multi-cultural population and region. GIFF is the first and only annual U.S. film festival in the western pacific. GIFF’s mission is to foster cultural understanding through the art of cinema, while providing opportunities for local talent to flourish through the international cinema market.

Past GIFF Festivals have also included works from Emmy winner Sasha Alpert, Adam Brody, Gwen Stefani, Jay Duplass, Richard Gere, Stan Lee and Roger Corman as well as top Asian talent such as Kazuhiro Soda (Japan), Benito Bautista (Philippines), Sang-Cheol Lee, Ah-Ga Shin (Korea) and Yeh Tien-Lun (Taiwan).

For more information, please visit GIFF at www.guamfilmfestival.org, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.