Join the festival that's truly off the beaten path and offers breathtaking wild-west scenery. Audience members sip wines while watching films in wineries or under the stars in Washington state's wine country and in Canada's British Columbia. Filmmakers enjoy multiple screening opportunities, cash prizes, reviews of every film submitted, unnique media prospects and the chance to meet other filmmakers and unwind in a ruggedly beautiful part of the world.
Upland Independent Film Festival wishes to give filmmakers a
venue for their short works. This is not a serious or elite film festival.
Instead, Upland wants filmmakers to have fun and keep it short and sweet. Have
fun and maybe you’ll be a winner!
Makers of each category-winning
film will receive $150,and the makers of the over-all
festival winner will receive an additional $250 for a grand prize of $400!
Go to uplandbeer.com to download the submission form and
guidelines
UKIFF is delighted to
announce the inaugural 1st London Iranian Film Festival, commencing on
November 19, 2010.
Film
festivals that honour Iranian films are held annually across the globe
and now the time has finally arrived for an Iranian Film Festival to
have a permanent home in the United Kingdom. With a diverse programme
celebrating the best of contemporary Iranian films, the festival will
showcase some of the finest talents of this rich cinematic culture.
Whilst acclaimed
Iranian directors may well be familiar to UK audiences, a new generation
of emerging voices remain largely unknown. The intention of the London
Iranian Film Festival is to introduce this undiscovered new talent to
London’s film enthusiasts, as well as celebrating the work of legendary
Iranian filmmakers.
The
London Iranian Film Festival is currently seeking submissions with
consistent Iranian elements within the following categories:
Feature Film(more
than 60 minutes) Documentary(no longer than 3 hours) Short Film(no longer
than 30 minutes)
The chosen films will
be screened at two of London’s most prestigious cinema venues in a
weeklong event that will include Q and A’s. The Festival offers a number
of travel and accommodation allowances to participating filmmakers.
The 1st London Iranian
Film Festival promises to be a landmark event in promoting Iranian film
culture within the UK.
The contest for the Delphic Art Movie Award shows short documentaries about the fascination of arts and culture.
DELPHIC ART MOVIE AWARD
Berlin / Germany: March 9th to 13th, 2011
Contest for documentary short filmsaboutartistic achievements (max. duration: 10 min)
The films should be intended to document, to inform, to inspire and to encourage the enthusiasm and understanding of art. Every artisticfieldis included, from thecontemporaryavant-garde to the preservation of traditions and the cultural heritage. Also welcome are short versions of older full length documentaries!
We're looking fordocumentaries ofart and artists,which mayincludeartisticelements. Currently weare not looking forfilmsinthe senseofvideoartorself-expressionby artists.
Register now - No Entry Fee
Submission Deadline: DVD’s can be sent in until February 20th, 2011, to the IDC Head Office Berlin
For further information, the contest announcement and the registration form see:
Cultural diversity is one of the most valuable results of human existence. It is an inexhaustible source of innovation and development. Intercultural dialogue largely contributes to the preservation and advancement of cultural diversity and the peaceful coexistence of peoples. Art, the most impressive manifestation of culture, has always furthered mutual understanding and respect across borders. For this reason the International Delphic Council has initiated the international contest for documentary short films called DELPHIC ART MOVIE AWARD.
Show the Power of Art – Develop the Intercultural Dialogue!
What makes art fascinating?
Which artistic achievements have coined the culture of a country in the last 10 years?
What do national identity and tradition mean to contemporary art?
How can enthusiasm for art be conveyed to an uninvolved audience?
Answers to these questions are expected from the contest contributions of the DELPHIC ART MOVIE AWARD 2011.
The nominated films will be shown to the public at the ITB. The award ceremony will take place at the “Palais am Funkturm” during the final show of the ITB Berlin 2011 on March 13th.
Love Your Shorts Film Festival will debut Feb. 11-13, 2011, in
Sanford, Florida, a community that embraces the arts – and is now ready
to add a movie festival to its art scene.
The festival is open to novice and veteran filmmakers, both amateur
and professional in all categories. The event will showcase films of up
to 30 minutes.
Over the course of three days, participants and audience members will
be able to see numerous short films divided by category and attend
discussion sessions with filmmakers and professionals. Meanwhile,
filmmakers will showcase their creations and compete for cash prizes.
The inaugural Love Your Shorts Film Festival will be held in a former
USO headquarters in Sanford’s historic downtown, which sits along the
St. Johns River in the heart of Florida.
Sanford – right outside of emerging film hub, Orlando, FL – features a
downtown cultural corridor, numerous art galleries, a city-sponsored
jazz concert, movies in the park, an active community-theater troupe,
and other art activities and events.
Le festival Rencontres Cinéma-Nature propose un autre regard sur la
nature et l’environnement à travers une sélection de courts métrages
créatifs, atypiques et éclectiques. Sans cesse à la recherche de
nouveaux talents le festival encourage tout particulièrement la jeune
création de documentaires, fictions et animations. Les réalisateurs
sélectionnés à la compétition sont invités à rencontrer le public après
la projection de leur film, favorisant la convivialité qui fait la
réputation de la manifestation.
The
Noemart film festival first edition will be hosted both in
Collevecchio town and San Polo Sabino (Ri) and will run from the 17
to the 19 of September all the way through for three days. It will occur three
modules.
OVERLOOKING
THE WORLD: Competitive session designed for those who are presenting
documentaries treating any topics.
NOEMART:
Competitive session reserved to documentaries on ART only.
PANORAMICA
DOC: Non competitive session where a wide range of works will be
considered such as monographic documentaries on film directors both
national and international
-DEBATES
Specific
debates based on laboratory works, expositions, events of any sort
will be set to come in to terms with the progressive growth of
cultural needs.
-WORKSHOPS
A big
effort will also be made to encourage the cultural exchange through
various kind of artistic languages addressing mainly younger who will
be asked to play an active role within the event.
-STAGE
A
stage will be set to involve the younger working to the realization
of a documentary by the SAN POLO PRODUZIONI company settled in San
Polo Sabino.
-OTHERS
Workshops,
exposition, events, of any sort will provide the perfect scenario for
the documentaries shown during the festival.
theme: The Love Unlimited Film Festival and Arts Exhibition is dedicated to international outreach in order to promote love through Film, Visual Arts, Music, Writing and Screenplay Writing. Ticket fees to the events are always low with no one turned away for lack of funds making our event accessible to everyone. This festival offers an extremely large variety of certificates and awards for films, screenplays and much more as well as exposure at venues in several large cities during some of the country's largest media events. All submissions dealing with any aspect of love are welcome. Anybody who submits a copy of their film will have their film included in our annual film program even if it is not officially selected and shown in the festival. Many awards will be given to filmmakers and screenplay writers. Love Unlimited. A Legend Born: The Re-birth of the Artist that you were always destined to be."
the Indie Fest announces its Call for Entries for filmmakers, television producers and videographers.
The Indie Fest is an independent, top-tier international film awards competition. Our goal is to help independent filmmakers gain publicity and, when appropriate, exposure to distributors. The Indie Fest has been very successful in introducing winners to distributors who can sell licensing rights around the world.
Please take a look at the Indie Fest website, www.TheIndieFest.com, so you’ll better understand the Competition. On the website you’ll find lots of original content of interest to independent filmmakers including articles about indie-friendly distributors.
The Accolade Global Film Competition is unique in the industry. Attracting both powerhouse companies as well as talented new filmmakers it is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival – which allows filmmakers from around the world to enter their films in this prestigious competition.
Established in 2003, Accolade Global Film Competition is an avant-garde worldwide competition that strives to give talented directors, producers, actors, creative teams and new media creators the positive exposure they deserve. It discovers and honors the achievements of filmmakers who produce high quality shorts and new media. The Accolade promotes award winners through press releases to over 40,000 filmmakers, industry contacts and additional international media/distribution outlets.
Our talented award winners have gone on to win Oscars, Emmys, Tellys and other awards.
MovieMaker Magazine included The Accolade among the Top 25 Festivals “Worth the Entry Fee.” The article said, “Past participants can’t stop raving about the professional opportunities participation in this event has generated for their work.”
RE:IMAGE Film Festival is a one-day celebration of the moving image and how it relfects God's love in our world. We will be showcasing the works of artists and filmmakers who strive to deliver inspiring, uplifting and faith-filled messages through film and digital media. Our mission is to support and encourage the next generation of visual storytellers; to explore the glory of God's creation, capture the perseverance for justice and truth, and uphold and defend the dignity of the human person. Participation is open to all faiths and places of origin.
The Real to Reel Film Festival 2013 Call for Entries is open. Filmmakers are invited to submit their new works to the 14th annual festival, which is nestled between Charlotte and Asheville, NC. Submissions can be entered directly to us or via the Withoutabox.com Web site: https://www.withoutabox.com/login/4767. Complete submission rules and regulations are available there. The next deadline is March 8, 2013, the Withoutabox extended deadline is May 24th, 2013. Real to Reel considers these categories of filmmaking, Narrative, Documentary, Short and Feature. The festival will announce its complete film lineup in June 2013.
MISSION AND OBJECTIVE: The mission of the Real to Reel International Film Festival is to offer a forum for independent - film, video and multimedia artists to showcase their talents and expose the works of these artists to our region.
For 4 years we have successfully produced one of the top competitive film festivals in the country. We champion the art of independent filmmaking and the dedicated, passionate and creative individuals who produce it. Over the years we have worked with Warner Bros., HBO, Picturehouse and IFC to name a few.
We have built a great brand that has continued to gain equity and identity on the festival circuit. We have continued to honor our mission of becoming a top film festival based on innovation and the ability to adapt to the ever changing film industry. It is for this reason that we have decided to reposition Solstice Film Festival to better differentiate ourselves from other traditional film festivals and events.
SFF has now become Solstice Universal Film Festival & Market. Our brand and programming will now, literally, be marketed and available to a Universal audience. SUFFM showcases our program through alternative and innovative forms of distribution and exhibition while championing alternative and innovative forms of production. Our primary priority was to transform our website from simply a location to find information about the live event into a hub of entertainment and interaction. We will be holding two Official film competitions throughout the year with a bi-annual presentation of The Awards, as well as many National Brand-based film competitions.
Over the years our programming has earned accolades and global attention. We are excited to be able to offer our programming year round, and we have now implemented a bi-annual presentation of awards for the various competitive categories.
Our call for entries is perpetual, though we do have deadline dates for inclusion in each bi-annual competition.
Competition 1 Announced on June 21
Deadline for inclusion into Competition 1 is May 21
Competition 2 Announced on December 21
Deadline for inclusion into Competiton 2 is November 21
All movies received (physically or digitally) after deadline dates will automatically be eligible for the following Competition.
We have partnered with FilmXibitor to provide our filmmakers a platform to showcase, promote and sell their movies to a global audience.
FilmXibitor is a forward-thinking company that was built by individuals from every area of the filmmaking industry. We worked with them to design and implement a SUFFM specific platform that will allow us to give our filmmakers the opportunity to not only exhibit their films to a global audience but also make money in the process.
We designed our Market to make it easy for acquisition and distribution professionals to directly view any available IP and directly contact the filmmaker to discuss options and/or negotiate terms.
Until now, a filmmaker's hopes of being discovered relied heavily on getting accepted to film festivals and simply being in the right place at the right time with the right people watching your movie. FilmXibitor not only assists and consults filmmakers on marketing their film, but they have also actively built an impressive database of film professionals who have the authority to make acquisition descisions.
Please take a tour of our new company. The various sections and sub-sections of the site will provide you with further information regarding the new SUFFM, as well as new programming additions, new strategic partnerships and new ways that SUFFM keeps you involved the entire year with short film competitions and innovative exhibition and distribution opportunities.
Thank you, and enjoy the ride!
-Devin Halden, Founder/Executive Director
The Brighthand Mobile Film Festival (BMFF) is a two-day event (March
23-24) showcasing some of the most creative and interesting
made-for-mobile content designed for display on small-format wireless
cell phones, smartphones and communications-enabled devices.
The event takes place at CTIA Wireless 2010 next month in Las
Vegas. CTIA Wireless is the premier mobile and wireless gathering in the U.S.,
and is expected to attract 40,000 or more attendees this year. This
means your mobile film entry may be a part of an exciting showcase and
competition that will be included in CTIA's emerging technology
pavilion and screened for thousands of people in the wireless and
mobile industries.
Entries should run about three-minutes or so, and can be in
virtually any format. Filmmakers may submit entries in six different
content categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Animation, Documentary and
Series. BMFF entries will be judged by a panel of experts, who will
rate the ultra-short films on such things as creativity, entertainment
value, 'real world' utility and best use of currently-available mobile
technology.
Judges include Ed Hardy, Editor of Brighthand.com, Judi
Babcock, producer at Friendly Fire Entertainment, Vancouver, B.C.; and
Beau Buck, founder and CEO of mFlix and BigDigit, Inc.
Finalists in each category will be awarded a guaranteed 60 days of
national distribution on the mFlix mobile film channel, one of the
first mobile channels of its kind in the U.S. now available on the
Sprint PCS wireless network.
Young visionaries let their voices be heard at Cinema/Chicago’s CineYouth Festival. Celebrating its sixth year in 2010, the CineYouth festival showcases and celebrates filmmakers 20 years old and younger. For submission information and deadlines, check out http://www.cinemachicago.org/cineyouth or email Festival Director Rebecca Fons at rfons@chicagofilmfestival.com
During the three day Festival (May 6-8, 2010), CineYouth provides young filmmakers the opportunity to attend numerous workshops (past workshops include: Screenwriting 101, Bach or Beyonce – Soundtracking Your Film, Am I Gonna Get Sued for This?, Final Cut Editing), film school panels and discussions, and access to industry professionals, all at Columbia College Chicago, the country’s biggest film school.
Winning films are shown at the Chicago International Film Festival in October, 2010!
VIFF «Pacific Meridian» is an International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries.
Film Festival was instituted in 2003.
It is held annually in one of the most beautiful places on the Pacific coast - Vladivostok.
VIFF «Pacific Meridian» is a competition of feature length and short films of debuting and well-known filmmakers.
Out-of-competition program is the showcase of Asian Pacific countries cinema, brand new Russian cinema and Retrospective focusing on the lifework of a great cinema personality.
VIFF «Pacific Meridian» is a festival of actors, producers, filmmakers, distributors, directors, movie critics, journalists and grateful film amateurs.
It is a fantastic place giving birth to new cinema talents and projects, a meeting point of the available and possible.
We are proud to bring you an exciting film festival in the lovely panhandle of Florida. The festival will be in November located in Perry, FL the forest capital of the south. Known for the Florida Forest Festival the event bring more than 50,000 people to the town. We are starting a tradition to make this festival too a state and national event. The event was founded by local filmmakers Eddie Brown, Jr and Roderick Monroe. The festival will showcase great film-making talent with a flare. The Perry Theatre will be the main screening venue along with other venues. There will be 4 festival parties for film-makers, industry, and pass holders. Come down to Florida and experience fresh new film festival.
During the festival there will be different programs like Music Videos, Student Showcase, and Shorts program. All events are in conjunction with the main festival and events.
The festival is a non-profit event and all profits will go to the community and Kids Film Camp. The camp will give 20 students an experience to be a filmmaker and discover the business for a week.
Film Summer Camp 2011
The festival will be donating funds and raising funds for a youth summer camp in film-making. One week in the summer in Orlando, FL learning film and making an actual film project. The selected students must submit a 600 word essay on the why they should be chosen for the camp. The students must live in Florida and meet the grade and age requirement. The camp will cost the students nothing and will help in the awareness of film culture and arts.
Call for Submissions
for the 2nd Bangalore Queer Film Festival
Last day for entries: 30 January 2010
Introduction
Bangalore has hosted film festivals on themes related to lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT or Queer) communities since 2003.
Although they were small events, since their transformation into The
Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF) in April 2009, held at the
Alliance Francaise, the festivals made Bangalore a destination for
international Queer films.
Organisers
BQFF 2010 is organised by Good As You (GAY), SWABHAVA Trust and
We’re Here and Queer (WHAQ!). GAY (www.goodasyou.in) is a support group
(est. 1994) for LGBT people in Bangalore and is one of the oldest
support groups in India. SWABHAVA Trust (est. 1999) is a non-profit,
non-governmental organisation working with LGBT issues, including
providing access to support services in Bangalore. Both GAY and
Swabhava have co-hosted previous queer film festivals in Bangalore.
This year, another group called We’re Here and Queer (WHAQ!), a queer
women’s support group (estd. 2009) is also a co-organiser. GAY and
WHAQ! regularly organise film screenings at their weekly meetings. All
the groups are non-funded and operate entirely on donations.
BQFF 2009
The 1st edition of the Bangalore Queer Film Festival was held in
Bangalore on 10 and 11 April, 2009. The event had a tightly packed
schedule screening more than 20 feature, short and documentary films
alongside panel discussions on being out at the workplace and short
performance pieces using drama, dance, Sufi music and poetry.
BQFF 2010
The 2nd edition of the Bangalore Queer Film Festival will be held in
Bangalore in February 2010. Screening feature, documentary and
experimental films, BQFF 2010 caters to a large Bangalore public
interested in international films. Panel discussions on key issues
concerning the LGBT community in Bangalore/India will also be organised
as part of the schedule.
Venue: The Alliance Francaise, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore – 560 001
Dates: 26, 27 and 28 February 2010
The FilmShift Festival presents films from across the nation, that are produced independently and on the local level. We have some extremely valuable prizes for both filmmakers and screenwriters and a portion of the festival's ticket sales are being donated to charity.
Our Early Deadline for submissions is February 8, 2010...so Submit Now And Save! For more information, check us out on WAB or at:
http://www.filmshift.org
Both professional and Student filmmakers are encouraged to submit their work to compete for a variety of prizes and awards. We welcome films of all genres and styles that tell strong and original stories. We also accept feature-length and short film scripts for our FilmShift Screenplay Competition.
Twenty percent of our gross ticket sales will be donated evenly to 2 local non-profit groups: Christopher's Haven (a juvenile cancer support foundation,) and MetroWest Family Theater (a community theater group.)
Our prize sponsors are, quite simply, the giants of the independent production world. FINAL DRAFT, Harmonix's BEATLES ROCK BAND, SCRIPT MAGAZINE, INKTIP, JUNGLE SOFTWARE budgeting, SCRIPT P.I.M.P, ATOMIC, BUNCH/CASSEDAY, and WOODEN NICKEL LIGHTING, have donated products or discounts to Filmshift as prizes for our filmmakers.
The FilmShift Festival is dedicated to creating positive social change in local communities by supporting the art of film, filmmakers themselves, and small businesses of all kinds.
Thanks and we look forward to viewing all your hard work!
