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ATTENTION FILMMAKERS!
The Samain du cinéma fantastique is seeking feature length films and short films to be showcased in the fift annual festival. Although all submissions will be considered, the festival is particularly interested in fantasy/thriller/sci-fi/horror films. The 2014 Festival will feature an expanded schedule and is scheduled for the end of October.
This year we are looking for 30 films of all types in the genres of Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, etc. Please, subm...
From today and until the 6th of June, Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, shorts and music documentaries to the 10th edition of the festival which will take place from the 15th to the 19th of July in Ljutomer, Slovenia. You can also enter our Little Workshop of Horrors, submission deadline is the 1st of July.
Selected feature films will compete for Grossmann’s most prestigious award, the Vicious Cat 2014.
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Applications are now open to 2014 Filmambiente. You can apply online at www.filmambiente.com
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The 2nd annual Tally Shorts Film Festival in Tallahassee, Florida is open for entries and looking for top-notch short films! We welcome all sorts of filmmakers, animators, and story tellers and are always on the lookout to fill our screens and spread the wealth of cinema. We strive to provide our audience with a wide collection of films, which is why we love shorts! There is no better way to experience a fantastic variety of film than with a great selection ...
CALL FOR ENTRIES OPENS NOW /#/ 9th CLIPAWARD FESTIVAL
CALL4ENTRIES as PDF
Berlin, Bankok, LA, Warsaw, Moscow, Buenos Aires and everything in between – we’re ready for your shorts! We bring everything on screen that is freaky, crafty, slick, hard-boiled, and witty! Everything is allowed - as long as it's short and cheap!
As a short film festival for low & no budget productions, ClipAward explic...
Berlin, Bankok, LA, Warsaw, Moscow, Buenos Aires and everything in between – we’re ready for your shorts! We bring everything on screen that is freaky, crafty, slick, hard-boiled, and witty! Everything is allowed - as long as it's short and cheap!
As a short film festival for low & no budget productions, ClipAward explicitly addresses independent filmmakers who make films without big money. For the 2013 edition, more than 600 short films were submitted, 115 of which were screened in 9 sections to around 500 visitors. During the 3 festival days the festival hosted ca 100 filmmakers.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
* your films may not be shot within the scope of media studies
* max. cost: 500€ per minute.
* length: max. 15 minutes.
* English subtitles
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 31, 2013
The 9th edition of the festival will take place on April 4 – 6, 2014 in the baroque castle of Mannheim, Germany.
Winter Film Awards Independent Film Festival Announces
2014 Call For Entries
New York, NY (September 16, 2013)- Following the recent success of the WFA Kickstarter campaign, The Winter Film Awards announces a CALL FOR ENTRIES for the 3rd Annual Independent Film Festival to be held February 27 – March 1 2014 in New York City. The weekend festival consists of three days of film screenings and industry networking after-parties culminating in an awards show to be held on ...
Rated SR- Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (City and Upstate) is premiering in March 13-21, 2014. Screenings and a Filmmakers' lab will take place respectively in New York City at the Quad Cinema, and Upstate New York at the Carey Institute/ Carey Center for Global Good. The grand prize is an all-encompassing one week's release of the winning film at the Quad Cinema in New York City.
Festival Founding Artistic Director, Actress/filmmaker Nora Armani and Founder Director o...
Toronto stands as the largest media market in Canada, it boasts the world-renowned Royal Ontario Museum, the massive Art Gallery of Ontario, the Soulpepper Theatre Company, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and now a premiere international short film festival. The inaugural Toronto International Short Film Festival, was held at the Carlton Cinema Theatres in downtown Toronto.
Toronto Shorts Fest provides a showcase for the best short-form cinema and its creators in the worl...
2014 Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival is calling for entries!
You could win your share of USD28,000 in prizes!
Held once every two years, the festival brings young children and adults too, to enjoy the works in this international exhibition, which will take place in April 2014. PTS, the organizers of this event, are now signing up entries for this tremendous series of...
Calling all filmmakers - SXSW is open for business, which means it's time to send us your film!
To be considered, you must submit directly via SXSW.com. We're looking for innovative narrative and documentary features, short films, music videos, Digital Domain web-based projects, title sequences, and Texas high school films.
Read the submission instructions!
The process seems simple, but it's essential to check out our detailed Submissions FAQ. Once you're ready to su...
Submit your film now to the North Hollywood CineFest before the Early Bird Deadline of July 26! This is your chance to have your film screened in a state of the art theater in heart of Hollywood!
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Click here to submit your films to the North Hollywood CineFest by Friday, July 26 to get the Early Bird entry fee rates! The North Hollywood CineFest will take place next April and will showcase both US and International films, offering a premiere venue in the heart of the Los Angeles film community and awards in multiple categories. The final deadline for submissions is Feb 28, 2014.
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Submit today to the North Hollywood CineFest! The festival will take place in April of 2014 and will last 4 exciting days of independent film showcasing at the beautiful Laemmle NoHo 7 digital theaters located in the heart of the NoHo Arts District in North Hollywood, CA. The festival will showcase films from all over the world while reaching out to the Hollywood community to provide an all-round exciting, fun, and productive festival experience with a red carpet atmosphere.
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The festival was organized in honor of the famous sci-fi writer Philip K Dick. The festival welcomes films that
have been inspired or adapted from Philip K Dick stories. To promote visionary sci-fi, the kind you see in the works of Philip K Dick, Michel Houellebecq, Ray Bradbury,Heinlein,Ursula Le Guin, Jorge Luis Borges Sam Delany Jules Verne, Arthur C. Clarke.We are looking for dark.moody,strange, cerebral,off the beaten path sci-fi , one that provokes and engages our sense of awe and curiosity.Other themes include magical realism,cult, strange,the supernatural and the eerie.We look at films that push the cinematic form to new levels of expression.
We are also looking for good supernatural /horror stories that reflect the societies fears and paranoia. zombies,extreme cinema, fear of the flesh, disorientation.George Romero, Alexander Aja, Gaspar Noe,
Cronenberg,Alejandro Jodorowsky, H.P. Lovecraft.The theater of Fear.
In a nutshell we are looking for good sci fi and horror stories.
2. To promote the role of science in the culture through our
Science in Action documentary category.Biopics,reenactments, are all welcomed in our documentary section.Nano tech, Biotech,Singularity projects,AI all themes that restore our sense of wonder.
We look for original voices and visions in works submitted. Lastly, this is a festival by filmmakers for filmmakers
If you feel like an outsider in the world, you will fit right in in our festival
Like our page at www.Facebook.com/thephilipkdickfilmfestival or visit
our website www.philipkdickfilmfestival-europe.com
This is the inaugural season for the European festival.The festival will take place at L'Hybride Cinema in Lille France October 25-27, 2013.
Last year we ran the Philip K Dick film festival in New York to record
crowds.
This year we are hope to reproduce the success in Europe.
This festival pays more attention to fantastic, horror and supernatural with special emphasis on the new cinematic extremism in recent years.
All entries submitted to the Philip European Philip K Dick festival are automatically considered for the New York Festival which will take place
later on in December.
The festival deadlines are Early Bird, July 1, Regular August 15, Late September 30, and withoutabox
late Octuber 10. To submit to our site please visit www.philipkdickfestival-europe.com or http://www.withoutabox.com/login/12654
Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) (Yogyakarta Documentary Film Festival) is a specific film festival play which invites the audience and visitors to know more about documentary genre. FFD held regularly every year in the second week of December since 2002. FFD also the oldest documentary film festival in South East Asia. Here, FFD are manage voluntary by youth people from local universities. All of FFD programs are open for public and free of charge.
There are several programs in our festival, which are; Perspective (Thematic) Screenings, Spectrum Screenings, National Competitions, Masterclass, Discussion.
Visit our official websites!
Festival Film Dokumenter
The Independent Pilot Competition (IPC) is the New York Television Festival's flagship, annual competition, accepting independently-produced, original television pilots and web series in all genres from around the globe. Official Selections in the IPC will screen in competition during the annual New York Television Festival in October. IPC Official Selections are eligible for the competition's category and individual achievement awards as well as guaranteed development deals from Fest...
The Love Your Shorts Film Festival celebrates short films in Sanford, Florida.
The Festival screens only short films under 30 minutes in length. Films are divided into different blocks for screening and the audience votes for their favorites.
The winning films from each block advance to a final block for a panel of judges to pick the overall festival winner. Winners of each block earn the festival’s award, the “Monroe,” an original piece of metal artwork named after S...
FILMPLUS, Cologne based festival for film editing and the art of montage, is looking for young editors!
Until the 12th of july 2013 editors working or living in Germany, Austria or German-speaking Switzerland which havn't edited more than one feature-length film are welcome to submit their short film (no longer than 20 minutes).
Please find the registration form here.
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FILMPLUS - Forum for film editing and the art of montage
22nd - 25th november in Cologne/Germany
Filmplus is a Cologne based festival honoring the art of film editing and montage. Outstanding editing performances are decorated In the categoeries fiction, documentary and short film (advancement). Furthermore there is an Hommage to a distinguished editor.
The awards are accompanied by a rich film programme, panels and lectures.
Call for entries for the advancement price section ends on 12th july 2013.
For further information please contact us by info@filmplus.de and please also visit www.filmplus.de.
The Independent Pilot Competition (IPC) is the New York Television Festival's flagship, annual competition, accepting independently-produced, original television pilots and web series in all genres from around the globe. Official Selections in the IPC will screen in competition during the annual New York Television Festival in October. IPC Official Selections are eligible for the competition's category and individual achievement awards as well as guaranteed development deals f...
The New York Television Festival: Like no other Festival in the world
• 21 guaranteed deals up-for-grabs from Broadcast and Cable networks including A&E, IFC, truTV, MTV, FOX, Vh1, BET, CW, Channel 4, Sundance, BIO, NBC, Comedy Central, History
• Unprecedented access to TV buyers and decision-makers.
• Year-round submission opportunities across all television genres.
What are you waiting for?
Check out these current submission opportunities from the NYTVF:
A&E Unscripted Development Pipeline
• Deadline: June 5th
• Submission Fee: Free
• Prize: Five finalists will be awarded $4,000 each to make additional tape. One winner earns $10,000 and deal with A&E.
• What you need to submit: 2-4 minute casting or teaser tape and a series treatment. Check out the details at: http://www.nytvf.com/2013_ae_pipeline.html
Annual Independent Pilot Competition
• Deadline: June 28th
• Submission Fee: Varies (dependent on timing of submission)
• Prizes: Official Selections are eligible for category awards as well as development deals from Festival Development Partners:
◦ truTV and Channel 4: Comedic non-scripted formats
◦ MTV: Comedy (scripted or non-scripted)
◦ IFC: Alternative Comedy
◦ CW Digital: Scripted or non-scripted digital series
◦ VH1 and BET: Non-scripted character-based docu-series and formats
• What you need to submit: 4-22 min produced pilot episode. Webseries welcome. Check out the details at: http://www.nytvf.com/2013_ipc.html
JFL-NYTVF TV Comedy Search
• Deadline: May 10th
• Submission Fee: $40
• Prize: Pitch live before panel of TV comedy execs during Just for Laughs in Montreal, winner earns designation as Official Artist at NYTVF 2013.
• What you need to submit: Series treatment and accompanying video (stand-up excerpt, web shorts, mini-pilot, etc.). See full details at: http://nytvf.com/2013_jfl.html
FOX Comedy Script Contest
• Deadline: June 3rd
• Submission Fee: Free
• Prize: 25 finalists will be reviewed by FOX. One winner will be awarded $25,000 and a development deal with the network.
• What you need to submit: Original pilot script (25-35 pages). Check out the details here: http://www.nytvf.com/2013_fox_contest.html
Hollywood Film Festival - DEADLINE is APRIL 30, 2013. SUBMIT NOW!
Our mission at the HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL is to bridge the gap between established Hollywood and the global creative community, while providing an avenue of discovery for emerging filmmakers. Be discovered in Hollywood. Submit NOW!
Our Executive Director, Jon Fitzgerald, was the co-founder and former executive director of Slamdance, AFI Fest, Santa Barbara and Abu Dhabi film festivals among others. In add...
The 2013 Santa Fe Independent Film Festival will commence on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 and close on Sunday October 20, 2013. SFIFF presents five (5) days of independent film screenings, community events and educational workshops. Currently venues include the Lensic Performance Arts Center, CCA, The Screen and Warehouse 21 at the Santa Fe Railyard.
2013 is an exciting year for SFIFF because it marks the f
CALL FOR ENTRIES:
The 14th annual Woodstock Film Festival (October 2-6, 2013) is NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS of independent films of all genres and lengths and in all categories Early deadline April 15. Final deadline June 7. Withoutabox extended deadlines for shorts June 14 and June 21 for features. Entry fees range from $5 - $50.
Hailed by Indiewire as "A true American Maverick Among Fests," WFF is listed as one of their TOP 50 film festiv...
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