The Silver Springs International Film Festival is an international cultural event created to elevate awareness of Ocala/Marion County, FL, Florida’s Silver Springs State Park and the area’s contributions to the cinema, as well as the cultural landscape of Florida. The springs have inspired generations of nature lovers and filmmakers alike; serving as a dramatic backdrop for countless film, television and commercial shoots and the “laboratory” where cinematography legend Bruce Mozert conceived, developed and perfected underwater photography.

The first Festival is set to be held in Historic Downtown Ocala in the beautifully restored Marion Theatre.

If you are a filmmaker interested in submitting to the 2014 Silver Springs International Film Festival, April 3-6, 2014, please  visit our page and download our manual Entry Form .

Submission Eligibility and Rules

• The competition is open to any film or video completed after June 15, 2013.
• Categories include:  Feature (over 60 minutes), Short (under 20 minutes), Documentary, and Animation.  Special Interest Film Blocks include:  Green Screen, Horse Fever and Cinemagic.
• Filmmakers may submit multiple qualifying films.  Each film requires a separate, specific submission form and applicable fees for each submission.
• Submissions require 3 screeners per film submitted.  The festival will accept DVD and Blu-ray and *on-line screeners.  Official Selection films will screen from DVD or Blu-ray for festival presentation.
• Productions that are not in English must be subtitled or dubbed in English.
• Each entry must be submitted with completed entry form and entry fee.
• Do not submit Press Kits with your submission(s).  Upon acceptance into the festival, Official Selection notifications will include instructions for Press Kit Submissions and required clearances.
• All screeners must be clearly labeled with film title and all contact information.  Please use a Sharpie marker or print directly on the disk - disks with paper / self-adhesive labels will be disqualified.  Recycled or scratched disks will be disqualified.  Please send a new disk.
• If your film is disqualified for any reason, your entry fee will not be refunded.

Release

• Submission of an entry explicitly serves as a release for the SSIFF to use the work submitted in whole or part (including stills for promotion and publicity purposes).
• SSIFF accepts no responsibility for breaches in copyright.  SSIFF will not engage in securing clearances for any of the films submitted.  The entrant releases SSIFF from any and all claims and liabilities with respect to screening the entry before, during and after the festival.
• The entrant grants SSIFF the right to reproduce any/all submitted work as part of a compilation for the express purposes of promoting the festival and to exhibit the work by any means of communication to the public.
• The entrant warrants that all rights of the submitted work are cleared for festival usage by the festival submission deadline.

Acknowledgement of Receipt and Film Return Policy

You will be notified via e-mail or Withoutabox, accordingly.  The festival will not be held responsible for loss or damage through post or handling.  Due to high volume, submission screeners cannot be returned.

All fees are to be submitted in US currency.  Money orders are to be made out to: 

 Silver Springs International Film Festival.  

Notification

Films selected for screening will be notified via e-mail on or about February 15, 2014.  If no e-mail is available then notification will be mailed.  Notifications of non-acceptance will also be e-mailed or mailed on or around the same date.

Entry Forms

Films can be submitted by one of two methods.  You may download and submit our 2014 Entry Form or you may use Withoutabox.  Silver Springs International Film Festival prefers online entries submitted via Withoutabox.com, which provides cost-saving, paperless submissions to film festivals around the world.

Entry Fees
SSIFF offers Early Bird, Regular and Late film submission deadlines as follows:

Early Bird Deadline: November 1, 2013
DEADLINE PASSED

Regular Deadline: December 1, 2013
Feature Film Fee: $55.00/Student Feature: $40.00
Short Film Fee: $45.00/Student Short: $35.00

Late Deadline: January 1, 2014
Feature Film Fee: $60.00/Student Feature: $45.00
Short Film Fee: $50.00/Student Short: $40.00

Valid Student ID required for Student Discount.