Pro Tools
•Register a festival or a film
Submit film to festivals Promote for free or with Promo Packages

FILMFESTIVALS | 24/7 world wide coverage

Welcome !

Enjoy the best of both worlds: Film & Festival News, exploring the best of the film festivals community.  

Launched in 1995, relentlessly connecting films to festivals, documenting and promoting festivals worldwide.

Working on an upgrade soon.

For collaboration, editorial contributions, or publicity, please send us an email here

User login

|FRENCH VERSION|

RSS Feeds 

Martin Scorsese Masterclass in Cannes

 

Filmfestivals.com services and offers

 

The Trailer Film Festival


The Trailer Film Festival is a unique event.  Only trailers are screened and the audience is exclusively film industry. ​

The goal is for the industry to request the film or script attached to the trailer.  ​

100 producers, distributors and studio execs, including Fox, Paramount and Disney, attended our last festival.  45 filmmakers received requests for their films or scripts.  Some had multiple requests which brought the total to 95.  

Submissions

$25 until December 9th

$35 until February 9th 

$50 until April 9th


feed

Submissions close today!

user
Submissions for the 2020 Trailer Film Festival close today! If you have been selected as a finalist you should begin hearing from the TFF team as early as next week.  ...

One week left to submit!

user
Calling all filmmakers! Only ONE WEEK left to submit trailers for the 2020 Trailer Film Festival. If you have a trailer that deserves to be seen by industry professionals, don’t miss out on the opportunity to share it. This could be your big break! ...

Reminder: Final submission deadline!

user
The final deadline to submit a trailer is April 29! We are still getting so many amazing submissions and if you haven’t submitted a trailer yet we want to see it! You do not want to miss out on the opportunity to have your trailer shown to industry professionals!  ...

Week 23

user
Week 23 trailers are absolutely incredible! This week we have trailers coming from all over the world - even as far as Italy and Australia! Bravo to all the filmmakers out there. ...

Updated Festival Format

user
UPDATED FESTIVAL FORMAT: Due to the current devastating health crisis, the Trailer Film Festival is cancelling the live festival and will host the festival entirely online. The trailers chosen for the festival will be uploaded online so our industry guests can watch online. Our filmmakers have worked so hard on their projects and their trailers deserve to be seen! The show must go on! ...

Week 21

user
Week 21 trailers have been uploaded and are currently being watched by our judges. The major genres this week are horror, thriller, and crime dramas!  ...

Week 20!

user
‪Week 20 trailers are hot, hot, HOT! Lots of trailers made for script and all of them were so fun to watch!‬ ...

Week 19

user
Week 19 is here!! This means that starting now, filmmakers who submit their trailers will be eligible to be chosen for our third round of semi-finalists! Our judges absolutely love this weeks trailers, so keep ‘em coming! ...

Week 18

user
Week 18 trailers are full of suspense and horror! So many intriguing trailers - our judges are at the edges of their seat! ...

Week 17

user
Our judges are busy, busy, busy watching the trailers for week 17! So many unique and captivating concepts - no one trailer is like another! It’ll be tough for our judges to decide which trailers move on to our semi-finals! ...

Keep an eye out!

user
The second round of semi-finalists will be announced soon. Filmmakers, keep an eye out for our announcement! ...

Week 16

user
The trailers for week 16 ranged from laugh out loud hilarious to edge of your seat suspenseful! It’s so amazing to see the hard work of our talented filmmakers pay off! Yesterday was the last day to submit trailers with the $35 fee, but you can still submit your trailers for a fee of $50. Our next round of semi-finalists will be announced soon so stay tuned!  ...

Deadline extended to Wednesday 12pm PST!

user
We had some website difficulties yesterday, but rest assured our site is up and running! To make up for the inconvenience, the deadline to submit your films for $35 has been extended to Wednesday 12pm PST! Don’t forget to submit - it’s week 15!! ...

Week 14!

user
WEEK 14! Two more weeks until we announce our second round of semi-finalists. So if you haven’t submitted your trailers yet you still have time! Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity!  ...

Voting week 13!

user
It’s voting week 13 and our judges have some tough decisions to make! Remember if you want your stills to be featured on TFF social media, email them to thetrailerfilmfestival@gmail.com ...

More Semi-Finalists to come!!

user
The next round of semi-finalists will be announced in February, after our second round ends. One more round of semi-finalists will be announced after the third round of voting ends in April.  ...

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT: First round of Semifinalists!

user
The first round of semifinalists have been decided! Congrats to all who have been selected!   Jennifer Plotzke, Ram Dass, Lisa Hansell, Stephen Cookson, Nick Scott, Jared Barel, Sarah Stephenson, Owen Ratliff, Richard Craske, Mary Godschalk, Leah Mallen, Matt Hutchings, Barry Rosenthal, Alan Rexroth, Aissa Biammi, James Kerwin, Faye Jackson, Benjamin Pollack, Pavel Smidmajer, Shane McCabe, Bethany Jacobson, Adad Warda, Jason Cusato, Jenna Payne, Guy Renardeau, Davide Preite, ...

Shorts and series for week 12!

user
It’s week 12 and this week we got a wave of uber-creative trailers for TV shows, web series, and short films! Each trailer is unique in its own way and our judges are LOVING getting to watch them all!  ...

Week 11!

user
Voting week 11 is riddled with trailers for documentaries and feature films! This weeks trailers tackle relevant social issues  and themes in an entertaining and captivating way. Submit your trailer now, don’t let your message go unheard! ...

Get to know Judge Marco!

user
Judge Marco was born in America and raised in The UK, an early interest in musical theater led to a career of singing and dancing while touring the globe in major musicals.   After settling in Los Angeles he has had guest shots in several films and TV series  as well as a second career in writing, directing and executive-producing Spanish language programs for the major TV network NBC-Telemundo.  ...

Get to know Judge Brian!

user
If Judge Brian had the option to live in a movie theater, he'd do it. An active member of Film Independent, he is a die hard Oscar fan and spends most of the year tracking down films he enjoys enough to add to his collection. He moved to LA for the sun and for movie access when he's not at his day job. ...

This week's trailers

user
This week's trailers showcase a diverse variety of genres and content! There is drama, comedy, and action as well as trailers for completed films, television series, web series, completed documentaries, and completed scripts. WOW are we impressed! This week's trailers are keeping the judges on their toes! ...

Voting week 10!

user
It's officially voting week 10 and our judges are hard at work watching and voting! Submissions are still open until May, so filmmakers can still submit their trailers. Don't miss out on this opportunity to have your trailers screened in front of Netflix, Amazon, Sony, Paramount, and MORE!  ...

Trailer Film Festival

user
The Trailer Film Festival is a unique event.  Only trailers are screened and the audience is exclusively film industry.   Trailers for both completed projects and scripts are eligible.  They can be for feature length films, shorts, scripted and unscripted TV shows, books, web series or games.   Netflix, Amazon, Sony & Paramount have already agreed to attend our May 2020 event. When trailers are submitted, five judges rate and review them. Please visit ou...

Links

The Bulletin Board

> The Bulletin Board Blog
> Partner festivals calling now
> Call for Entry Channel
> Film Showcase
>
 The Best for Fests

Meet our Fest Partners 

Following News

Interview with EFM (Berlin) Director

 

 

Interview with IFTA Chairman (AFM)

 

 

Interview with Cannes Marche du Film Director

 

 

 

Filmfestivals.com dailies live coverage from

> Live from India 
> Live from LA
Beyond Borders
> Locarno
> Toronto
> Venice
> San Sebastian

> AFM
> Tallinn Black Nights 
> Red Sea International Film Festival

> Palm Springs Film Festival
> Kustendorf
> Rotterdam
> Sundance
Santa Barbara Film Festival SBIFF
> Berlin / EFM 
> Fantasporto
Amdocs
Houston WorldFest 
> Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Cannes / Marche du Film 

 

 

Useful links for the indies:

Big files transfer
> Celebrities / Headlines / News / Gossip
> Clients References
> Crowd Funding
> Deals

> Festivals Trailers Park
> Film Commissions 
> Film Schools
> Financing
> Independent Filmmaking
> Motion Picture Companies and Studios
> Movie Sites
> Movie Theatre Programs
> Music/Soundtracks 
> Posters and Collectibles
> Professional Resources
> Screenwriting
> Search Engines
> Self Distribution
> Search sites – Entertainment
> Short film
> Streaming Solutions
> Submit to festivals
> Videos, DVDs
> Web Magazines and TV

 

> Other resources

+ SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Newsletter
+ Connecting film to fest: Marketing & Promotion
Special offers and discounts
Festival Waiver service
 

About The Trailer Film Festival

gersbach.net