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New York Festivals Television & Films Awards is Open for Entries; NYF Launches Esports Category and Expands Corporate Image

    New Categories for 2019 include Human Rights Documentary, Digital Short-Form Music Video, Telenovela Promotion, Brand Image, CSR Not-for-Profit, Branded Content, Attitudinal Training, Branded Content Documentary, Student Documentary, Public Relations & Social Engagement TVFCFE from New York Festivals on Vimeo.   New York Festivals® World’s Best TV & Films℠ competition open for entries. Since 1957, NYF’s International Television &a...

Reminder: Earlybird Deadline Approaching

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Reminder that the Earlybird Deadline to submit to our 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival is August 31st, 2018!    Visit our website for more: https://www.nycindieff.com/  ...

Submit ASAP! Earlybird Deadline - August 31st!

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THE EARLYBIRD DEADLINE FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL NYC INDEPENDENT FILM FEST IS AUGUST 31, 2018! Yes, August 31, 2018!!! Mark your calenders! SUBMIT ASAP!  To submit and to view full rules and guidelines you can visit: https://filmfreeway.com/nycindieff or https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit ...

Deadline For All Entries Coming Up On August 24th. Submit Through Film Freeway...

Deadline For All Entries Coming Up On August 24th. Submit Through The Film Freeway... The Edmonton FESTIVAL OF FEAR International Film Festival is a Three Day Film Festival in Edmonton, Canada. It takes place at the Historic Princess Theatre, built in 1915. If your Feature Film or Short was Completed after January 1st, 2017, your Film is Eligible to be included in our program, as an Official Selection. Official Selections will be Announce on September 3rd, 2018. The Final Day For Submissions i...

Submissions Open for LIFF 2019

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LIFF 2019 Submission Guidelines (for screenplay submission information, see here) The London Independent Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing new emerging film talent. NOTE: all film submissions are preferred via Withoutabox or Film Freeway OR The alternative is to pay via PayPal and complete the submission form. Submission info: Preview format must be digital online screener.  Submit either through a festival submission platform’s in...

Baltic Event is accepting project submissions for the Co-Production Market and the POWR Baltic Stories Exchange

 The Co-Production Market runs from the 27th until the 29th of Nov and presents the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award in the amount of 20 000 Euros. It provides a perfect opportunity to find financiers, co-producers and sales agents for your project during an intensive two days of pre-arranged one-on-one meetings. Projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden...

Submissions open for Script Pool Tallinn at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

SCRIPT POOL TALLINN SUBMISSION IS OPEN Entering its second year, Script Pool Tallinn is a script development competition launched at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2017, awarding a 5000 Euro prize by Global Screen GmbH to one of the five writer-producer teams invited to Tallinn. Last year's participants included Andrea Pallaoro, Aleksander Kott and Shonali Bose, who won the main prize. The public pitch, open to all the attending&...

10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest Announcement and 2018 Interviews!

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As we gear up for the 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival, we are thrilled to announce that in celebration of a decade of ‘never boring’ cinema, we will be screening all past ‘Best in Music Video’ winners from 2012-2018!  We thank all past winners for allowing us to screen their music videos again as a special treat for all of you. Get ready to jam! In other exciting news, all of our 2018 interviews are now available to watch on our website. Intereste...

Final Deadline July 30th 2018 for 4th Annual Web Series Festival Global

Final Chance to enter!!! 4th Annual Web Series Festival Global   From the heart of Hollywood - August 8th 2018 $5000.00 in Awards Final Deadline July 30th 2018 Submit today! www.WebSeriesFestivalGlobal.com Save - use code WSFG when you submit through our website.   Every Web Series entry Considered for Grand Prize or Category Winner Receives a Digital subscription to Videomaker Is considered for Distribution   Category Awards include but are not limited to the...

Call for entries for the Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2018

Submission to the 2018 INFF are possible from now on until July 15. All information regarding this year's competition can be found here: http://www.inff.eu/2018-competition/ The trailer for the Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2018 was created by the wonderful Lukas Ladner and depicts the connection between nature and mankind as well as our dependency on a sound environment. http://www.inff.eu/2018-competition/terms-of-participation/ The INNSBRUCK NATURE...

Celebrate Diversity in Film! 8th Annual Winter Film Awards CALL FOR ENTRIES

INDIE FILMMAKERS … do you have an awesome film?  WINTER FILM AWARDS announces a CALL FOR ENTRIES for the 2019 International Film Festival to be held Feb 14-23 2019 in NYC.  We seek diverse, fresh voices and creative indie films from emerging filmmakers in all genres – feature length and shorts, narrative fiction, documentary, animation, horror, web series and music videos. WINTER FILM AWARDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL showcases emerging filmmakers in all genres fr...

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Tricky Women International Animation Festival 2019

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Tricky Women is the first and only festival of animated film that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women* filmmakers. The 16th festival edition will take place from March 13th - 17th 2019 in Vienna. The submission is free of charge and will close on October 5th 2018. Tricky Women is a qualifying festival for the European "Emile"-Award. We are looking forward to entries in the following categories: International competition (animated shorts finished after January 1st,...

Call for entries for the 14th Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum closes next week

The deadline for the registration of projects is July, 13th     The XIV Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-production Forum will take place on 25th, 26th and 27th September 2018 within the framework of the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival. Organised by IBAIA (Association of Independent Audiovisual Producers of the Basque Country) and the Industry Department of the San Sebastian Film Festival, this forum is an space in which to present documentary projects to potential fun...

The Ikusmira Berriak programme calls for entries with a new dual-period residency model

        The call for the fifth edition with the new formula opens next Monday, 9 July    The programme of residencies and development of audiovisual projects Ikusmira Berriak, which is organised by the San Sebastian Film Festival, the Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture and the Elías Querejeta Cinema School, is changing its model with the call for the fifth edition. So that the film-makers get as much as possible out of the residenc...

TromaDance Film Festival Scheduled for Fall 2018

19th Annual All Free TromaDance Film Festival Scheduled for Fall 2018 due to filming of "Shakespeare's Shitstorm"       "Due to the filming of our next feature film, 'Shakespeare's Shitstorm' the 19th Annual TromaDance Film Festival will be held this Fall. A little later than usual, but rest assured, TromaDance 19 is happening! Please continue to submit your feature films and shorts! The tentative submissions dea...

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and sub-festivals open submissions, with a new Baltic Film competition

  Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF), Youth and Children’s Film Festival Just Film and PÖFF Shorts have opened submissions for the 2018 edition.       The 22nd edition of PÖFF, running from November 16th to December 2nd, will see a major change in one of the three competition programmes of the festival. The former Estonian Film Competition that used to be judged by the same jury as the First Feat...

Nineteenth Nihilist Film Fest Calls for Submissions

The 2018 Nihilist International Film Festival announced that it is looking for short videos for this year’s program.  Festival Director Elisha Shapiro says, “It’s the Nihilist Film Festival for god’s sake.  Herisy, tastelessness, offensiveness…you get the idea.  We’re looking for that film other festival are afraid of.”   If you are a filmmaker who wants to be part of the fun, Shapiro hopes you will send your entry to the nine...

Submit to BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Buffalo, NY, USA October 4-8, 2018

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July 6, 2018 Extended Deadline / August 10, 2018 Notification Date SUBMIT https://www.buffalofilm.org/submissions Find your audience in New York State’s 2nd largest metropolitan area - Buffalo, NY! Buffalo International Film Festival, now in its 12th year, is Western New York’s premiere cinematic event! Featuring films, performances, panels, mixers, pop-up installations, and NEW for 2018 EPISODIC and NEW MEDIA! Over the past 3 years BIFF has had the honor of hosting t...

Epic ACG Fest CALL FOR Animation and Screenplay ENTRIES

Albany, CA - The 2018 Epic ACG Fest (EACG) will take place from Oct. 27 to Oct. 28 at the Albany Community Center in East Bay of San Francisco, California.  On behalf of the EACG committee, we cordially invite you to submit your animated film, TV, Video and screenplay to the 2018 Epic ACG Fest.   Epic ACG fest is a unique event----Hollywood style in Geek culture, it showcase animation, comics and games. Though screening, exhibition and competition, bring together the creative eleme...

7th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-2018

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7th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-2018   Entries Open: Shorts films, Animation, Documentaries & Music Videos.   Submission deadline: 06 July 2018   To submit entry visit: http://miniboxoffice.com/kolkatashortsinternationalfilmfestival   For Participation Email: info.kolkata@miniboxoffice.com   ...

Call for entries for the 14th Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum

  The deadline for the registration of projects is July, 13th  The XIV Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-production Forum will take place on 25th, 26th and 27th September 2018 within the framework of the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival. Organised by IBAIA (Association of Independent Audiovisual Producers of the Basque Country) and the Industry Department of the San Sebastian Film Festival, this forum is an space in which to present documentary projects to potential funders...

Nest. Film Students, the San Sebastian Festival short film competition, opens its submission period

     The XVII edition of the international film students meeting will run from Monday 24th to Friday 28th September 2018 The XVII edition of Nest. Film Students, the San Sebastian Festival international film students meeting, opens its submission period today, 1st June. Organised by the San Sebastian Festival and the Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture, the meeting -this year renamed Nest. Film Students-  offers an exchange of experiences on audiovisua...

Anima is calling for your films!

!!! Deadline: 1st October 2018 !!! No entry fee requested!       For its next edition (1-10 March 2019), Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, is looking for stunning and unexpected animated films! Besides its national and international competitions,  the Festival is qualified by the Academy of Motion ...

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