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Submit by October 15, 2014
The New York Festivals Awards 2015 ceremony will celebrate the World’s Best TV & Films™, as well as present the Lifetime Achievement Award, Broadcaster of the Year, Production Company of the Year, and United Nations Department of Public Information Awards. For more information on the 2015 Television & Film Awards visit: www.newyorkfestivals.com/tvfilm/
The deadline to enter the 2015 Television & Film Awards competition is October 15, 2014. Entry details and competition rules and regulations can be found on the NYF Television & Film Awards website www.newyorkfestivals.com/tvfilm/. To view the complete list of categories click: HERE
All Entries in the 2015 competition will be judged online and screened by New York Festivals Television & Film Awards Grand Jury of 200 plus producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe. Award-winning entries will be showcased on the NYF Television & Film Awards website. SUBMIT
New York Festivals's blog I Website www.newyorkfestivals.com/tvfilm/
The Nashville Film Festival is proud to bring the world to Nashville through a celebration of the diversity of the human spirit expressed through the art of film. In year-round programs, NaFF helps build a more informed, collaborative and alive community.
Final deadline is January 30th 2015. Please submit via "Withoutabox"
The Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is presented by the Sonoma Film Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, as a welcoming, entertaining and inspiring cinematic experience that supports and promotes independent films, celebrates the cultural diversity in the Sonoma Valley through film, and funds visual arts in education.
"2014" - 220 Filmmakers - 14 countries - 114 films
Named one of America's "Top Ten Destination Film Festivals," Sonoma prides itself on giving every filmmaker the royal treatment. Celebrated as one of the friendliest and most uplifting festivals on the circuit. SUBMIT
Sonoma International Film Festival's blog I Website www.sonomafilmfest.org
EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE – November 19, 2014
Hot Docs (www.hotdocs.ca), North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market, will present its 22nd annual edition from April 23 – May 3, 2015. An outstanding selection of approximately 200 documentaries from Canada and around the world will be presented to Toronto audiences and international delegates. Hot Docs will also mount a full roster of conference sessions and market events and services for documentary practitioners, including the renowned Hot Docs Forum, Hot Docs Deal Maker and The Doc Shop. In partnership with Blue Ice Group, Hot Docs operates the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, a century-old landmark located in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood.
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Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival's blog I Website http://www.hotdocs.ca/
Deadline for entries: March 1, 2015
Unfortunately, a majority of the under-informed and misinformed public now thinks that torture is necessary and useful.
Tackling Torture at the Top, through this contest, hopes to produce entertaining and informative videos that contradict this harmful and inhumane view, educate the public, raise questions about the direction of our foreign policy and our use of the military, and by so doing, give the public the awareness and courage to rein in our country’s out of control security apparatus. SUBMIT
Tackling Torture Video Contest's blog I Website tacklingtorturevideocontest.webs.com/
Late Deadline: October 6
A filmmaker’s festival.
Our big idea? Combine low entry fees with generous filmmaker hospitality, and open the festival to gifted film artists worldwide. This has made BIFF one of the most influential festivals in the US, with an extraordinary number of new films that have gone from BIFF to significant box-office success and multiple Oscar nominations. Chris Gore, the author of The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide, says "The staff's dedication to championing true Indies, the amazing hospitality along with a classic theater make this a festival that should be on the top of every filmmaker's list”. Submit today, you’ll love it here. SUBMIT
BIFF's blog I Website www.biff1.com.
Regular Deadline: October 1, 2014
SSIFF provides filmmakers and their audiences a unique, sophisticated and welcoming experience, featuring four full days of screenings, events and professional networking and development opportunities.
Categories include: Feature (more than 60 minutes), Short (not more than 20 minutes), Documentary Feature (more than 40 minutes), Documentary Short (not more than 30 minutes), Student Short (not more than 20 minutes) and Animation (long and short format).
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Silver Springs International Film Festival's blog I Website www.SpringsFilmFest.com
Final Deadline for Shorts Oct 6, 2014 - Final Deadline for Feature Films Nov 10, 2014
New York Int'l Children's Film Festival is North America's film festival for children and teens. Each year the Festival presents 100 animated, live action and experimental shorts and features from around the world plus retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, workshops, audience voting, and an annual Awards Ceremony.
We are looking for creative, original, non-formulaic short and feature films that support our mission to create a more dynamic film culture for children and teens. We often program films that were not created with a young audience in mind, but are received passionately and enthusiastically by attendees ages 3-18 nonetheless. We are not shy about showing films with mature themes, subject matter, language or sensibilities.
Members of the Festival jury include Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Bill Plympton, Christine Vachon, James Schamus, Henry Selick and Gus van Sant, among others. The Festival is an Academy®-qualifying festival. SUBMIT
NYICFF's blog I Website www.gkids.com
This will mark the 10th year anniversary of the festival ranked one of the top 25 film festivals in the World by Movie Maker Magazine, and touted by many as one of the most important independent film festivals in the festival circuit.
We are open to all genres, and believe in the independent spirit of film . MBIFF also has a budget category, so a film with a 10 thousand dollar budget does not compete against a project with a 10 million dollar budget (with the exception of the overall winner).
We have selected what we feel to be the most diverse panel in the film festival circuit. From professionals to film makers, liberals to conservatives. If a panel member has a problem with the content it will be placed with a panel member that does not find a problem with content. We are looking for projects that have, a vision, a story, and are done with passion.
The MBIFF screens projects in a multi-million dollar theater, housing state of the art technology.
This year's film festival will be like no other, even if you are not a film maker plan to attend. We have been quoted as the best or one of the best festivals ever attended by films makers around the globe.
We are passionate about film and it shows! Submit by January 10th 2015
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.myrtlebeachfilmfestival.com/
2015 Call for Entries is OPEN NOW!!!
The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video and animated works as well as provide educational programs in the creative arts to the public by industry leaders.
The artistic philosophy of the Garden State Film Festival is rooted in the celebration of the independent film genre and the creation of a forum where local and other independent filmmakers can exhibit their work. In addition, our event provides novice and aspiring filmmakers, actors, and others interested in a career in the film business, the opportunity to meet and network with industry professionals in an atmosphere that is conducive to learning and mentoring. See you at the movies!
Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions all open now!!
Film Entries
Screenplay Competition
Movie Music Competition
The Garden State Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.gsff.org
Final Submission Deadline & Prizes Announced for Short Films at Leeds International Film Festival
With £6000 in cash prizes and seven categories in its short film programme, the 28th Leeds International Film Festival offers fantastic opportunities to short film makers who submit their films to the festival. Entries that are selected at LIFF28 qualify for both the Academy Awards® and BAFTAs. The Final Deadline for short film submissions is September 19th
We are now considering films for both the Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition and the World Animation Award. The winning film in each competition will receive a cash prize of £2000.
LIFF28 is also accepting submissions for the BAFTA-qualifying British Short Film Competition, which has a winning prize of £1000, and the Yorkshire and Dance Short Film Competitions, which each have a winning prize of £500.
Submissions are also open for the Fanomenon Silver Melies Fantasy Short Film Award. The winner of the competition goes forward to compete for the coveted Méliès d'Or prize at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in October. LIFF has also opened submissions for Dead Short - A new competition for horror shorts. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world but must be 10 minutes or less and have a strong horror theme.
LIFF supports new innovative filmmaking from a broad, international diversity of sources. LIFF prioritises the screening of outstanding work that has not yet received the attention it deserves and there is no premiere policy for selection. SUBMIT
Leeds International Film Festival's blog I Website http://www.leedsfilm.com/
Flickerfest is an Academy® Accredited and BAFTA-recognised festival for the 2014/15 awards.
FLiCKERFEST, Australia’s premier international short film festival, will be held at the Bondi Pavilion on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach in January 2015. The Festival in 2015 will celebrate 24 years of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world in competitions and special showcases. Following the Festival in Sydney, a selection of films will go on tour to capital cities and regional centres around Australia. SUBMIT
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival's blog I Website http://flickerfest.com.au/
Film submission deadline: December 15, 2014 Subscription fee : free Participation rules: 1) Production: 47 countries of the Council of Europe 2) Screening formats : 35mm, 16mm, DCP, Quicktime, BluRay, Beta SP, Digibeta, DVD 3) Screeners : DVD, BluRay or link with French or English subtitles Address : Evropa Film Akt / Festival L’Europe autour de l’Europe 22 rue Deparcieux 75014 Paris, France E-mail : leuropeautourdeleurope@gmail.com
SUBMITEvropa Film Akt's blog I Website http://evropafilmakt.com
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