ION Film Festival showcases and promotes high-quality international shorts – in the form of narratives, docs and animation – as well as experimental films, music videos and extreme sports videos by students and filmmakers from around the world.
IndieExposure will begin sponsoring screenings on a monthly basis. Each film selected will receive its own screening at a local Los Angeles theatre. There is currently no entry fee. Email for details and application procedures. IndieExposure@verizon.net
Independent Film Theater is a traveling film festival that runs for three months and screens at various locations at one time through out the country. IFT is the theater that celebrates and recogizes the full elements of film making as an art form.
For 7 days in spring, the DVF is currently accepting submissions. Focusing only on DV & HD formats, the DVF is a full featured 7-day film festival recognizing the best Narratives, Comedies, Documentaries, Music Videos & Animations.
Films from Eastern and Central Europe which relate to the theme of freedom and specifically to the impact of Stalinism in the region from the beginning to today.
Festival is for indpt filmmakers to show their current works to the S. Cent. L.A. community. We will feature a panel discussing black images in the media. Festival to be attended by students at the USC School of Cinema/ TV and nearby community.
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Digidance Digital Cinema Festival is devoted to pure independent/alternative cinema with a focus on strong narratives presented with a personal, distinctive vision.
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DFTVM is designed to be a competitive film and television industry market, attracting product and participation domestically and internationally.
City of Lights, City of Angels (COL•COA), A Week of French Film Premieres in Hollywood, is committed yearly to introduce and promote in Hollywood and the United States the best of current French Cinema.
Cine-Nites is a free film festival specialising in shorts. Mini DV is the preferred method of submission. Digital Filmmakers encouraged.
www.cine-nites.com This is an on-going bi-monthly event. Submissions are taken year round.
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CCFF-LA embraces the people of Los Angeles in all of its extraordinary diversity through Visual Art. CCFFLA will accomplish this end by promoting cultural understanding, through film, the industry for which Los Angeles is the international epicenter
Brilliant Light International Film Festival of Los Angeles is committed to exhibiting projects which expand consciousness, develop awareness, shift paradigms, challenge the mind, inspire the imagination, awaken the spirit, and illuminate the soul.
BHLIFE celebrates Latina filmmakers and their voices. The mission of the festival is to build a network of Latina filmmakers and a body of work that will be a powerful statement against the stereotypical portrayals of Latinas in Hollywood.
Bandigital presents cutting edge new digital film in New York, Los Angeles, Sarajevo, Leipzig and Berlin from a base in Northern Ireland. Ongoing since 1999.
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At box[ur]shorts™ Film Festival we literally “box your shorts”. All competing movies loop in artistic movie jukeboxes, at multiple locations all over the world and online. Awards” Golden, Silver, and Bronze box[ur]shorts™ as well as an Audience Award.
Angelciti is coming to Chicago`s historic Biograph theater to showcase films from over 80 filmmakers you`ve never heard of... yet.
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An Urban comedy festival featuring films, stand-up performances and improvasation
An award and screening ceremony will take place in Hollywood on July 30th.After the exposition of the film for thousands of viewers, the selected films will get a regular movie theatre screening for one weekend in Hollywood. How big is that!
An annual HBO-sponsored event in Aspen, Colorado for industry heavyweights, that features the best of comedic film, theatre, alternative, and theater. Past attendees include Monty Python, James Brooks, Steve Martin, Robbin Williams, and Rob Reiner.
AIM brings together the most innovative projects generated by the new media field. The only criteria for submission is that works be time-based. Time-based includes: film, video, animation, sound, CD-ROM, urls, installation – all hybrids welcome.
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A weekend-long event featuring music-related content, and showcasing films and filmmakers with a connection to Arizona or the Southwest. Tucson Film & Music Festival accepts documentaries, narrative features, shorts, and music videos.
A truly independent film festival located in Dallas, Texas. No attitude and lots of fun. Digital video shorts and features welcomed along with 35mm exhibition available. Send us your film. Entries and acceptance is a first come basis.
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A series of quarterly competitions will lead to an annual short film festival, the Very Short Movies Festival, taking place in LA during the Winter awards season. Quarterly winners will become finalists and compete for the Very Short Movie Awards.
A celebration of cinema dedicated to the art and imagination of the creation of romantic horror in film. Scheduled to take place the weekend of February 14-15, 2009 at the Vine Theatre in Los Angeles.
