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The 18th edition of the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will take place March 7 - 16, 2016 in Prague followed by travelling festivals in the regions of the Czech Republic.
To submit a film, please complete the Film Submission Form. For more information about the submission process please read the Festival Rules and Regulations.
Feature or mid-length documentaries (minimum length is 40 minutes) and short films for children (short documentaries or animated...
Starting with the 1978 establishment of the Helsinki Watch focusing on compliance with the Helsinki accords and human rights violations and the creation of watch committees for the Americas and other regions in the eighties, the human rights watch has emerged as the largest global organization tracking and revealing human rights violations. Its work is distinguished by fact based non-partisan rigorous research, effective media use and has involved ...
Shorts Up is a monthly short film event held right in the center of London at Upstairs at the ARTS across from Leicester Square tube station.
Shorts up brings together upcoming talent alongside established film making figures for a night of short films, music videos, documentaries, live music and networking.
Set up by Faktem Films to support upcoming talent, Shorts Up aims to provide a monthly platform for established and emerging filmmakers to showcase their work whilst networking with other industry professionals. The night is more than just a short film night - it's for filmmakers programmed by filmmakers.
Submissions are open to anyone with a short film, documentary or music video with selected films being screened at our central London venue Upstairs at the ARTS. Unlike many events, we do not operate on a one-off submission chance, if we are unable to programme a film in the next event it will continue to be considered for future events.
Each evening will feature approx 1hr40m of short films, with live music before and after the screenings. The venue's bar will stay open exclusively for anyomne with a ticket for a chance to network and meet other people in the industry.
Submissions are only £5 are operate on a rolling deadline at www.shortsup.co.uk
Tickets for the event are available for £9 on the event website.
#PullYourShortsUp @ShortsUpLDN
Shorts Up is a monthly short film event held right in the center of London at Upstairs at the ARTS across from Leicester Square tube station.
Shorts up brings together upcoming talent alongside established film making figures for a night of short films, music videos, documentaries, live music and networking.
Set up by Faktem Films to support upcoming talent, Shorts Up aims to provide a monthly platform for established and emerging filmmakers to showcase their work whilst networking with other industry professionals. The night is more than just a short film night - it's for filmmakers programmed by filmmakers.
Submissions are open to anyone with a short film, documentary or music video with selected films being screened at our central London venue Upstairs at the ARTS. Unlike many events, we do not operate on a one-off submission chance, if we are unable to programme a film in the next event it will continue to be considered for future events.
Each evening will feature approx 1hr40m of short films, with live music before and after the screenings. The venue's bar will stay open exclusively for anyomne with a ticket for a chance to network and meet other people in the industry.
Submissions are only £5 are operate on a rolling deadline at www.shortsup.co.uk
Tickets for the event are available for £9 on the event website.
#PullYourShortsUp @ShortsUpLDN
2nd Annual Transgender L.A.T.E. Festival will occur on June 6, 2015 this is a new film festival that uses the event to educate and raise public awareness pertaining to Transgender and Intersex persons in the community. Criteria for submissions is that it pertains or has a Transgender or Intersex theme or character. There are no submission fees. Films are donated to the Transgender L.A.T.E. Festival for use. Creators are encouraged to participate when possible. Non-English speaking files require subtitles. Films are currently shown at The Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage with a 72 seating capacity. Funds raised from this event are given to Transgender human rights group called TDOR Palm Springs.
Enter your film today to be a part of the 2015 Newport Beach Film Festival! The Newport Beach Film Festival regular deadline is DECEMBER 19th.
During the week of the festival, Newport Beach Festival hosts over fifteen special events and mixers, including our intimate Sunset Series receptions for filmmakers, that offer the opportunity to meet fellow filmmakers and industry professionals.
FEATURE FILM: $65
SHORT FILM: $55
The Festival will run from April 23rd to April...
Though many artistic events and film festivals have left the New Jersey Shore/Central New Jersey area. We all work in the entertainment industry in some form and we all love the art of film making. We want to bring back film festivals to the Jersey Shore and also celebrate those who are trying to break into the industry with the Short Film.
We decided to create a small intimate short film festival in the amazing area of Asbury Park, NJ to start our festival. Now entering its second year, "Hang on to Your Shorts" Film Festival.
Held at the American Museum of Natural History the Margret Mead Film Festival was guided by the theme “Past Forward” and presented from October 23 - 27 44 films from more than 50 countries. The film program of this well organized fest was accompanied by events including art installations with cell phone made content and a participatory web-based interactive documentary project on the history of a rural US county. Three ‘Mead Dialogues’ covered screenin...
Not offering any awards, outlandish social events and a sales market the New York Film Festival remains one of the most important US film festivals following its unique strategy of programming demanding artistic films as well as excellent movies which meet commercial demands. As the main selection, the retrospective, the revival, and Spotlight on Documentary programs and side bars demonstrate the fest has retained its appeal for cineastes as does the inclusion of first rate f...
Every year FFM offers a few interesting feature documentaries, and once again, the most precious one was made by an Iranian author living abroad - Ayat Najafi’s No Land’s Song (German-French co-production). Arguably winning the audience award for best documentary, Najafi succeeded in his first feature to overcome all difficulties that a documentary filmmaker can encounter – telling a story in a compelling way engaging the audience as if it was a fiction movie, yet showing the f...
"Zero Plus"
International Children's and Youth Film Festival
Russia, the city of Tyumen
November 30 - December 6
ABOUT "ZERO PLUS"
«Zero Plus» International Film Festival follows the criteria of the inner quality and the message of values brought up in the films that are shown to children, adolescents, families, pedagogues, and all people on the whole. These are the films one can truly trust, in terms of psychological and info...
Cine//B_7 is calling for submissions!
Shorts Films and Features Film for the International Competition.
Any genre, any running time.
Submission 100% online & free.
Share us your film through vimeo, youtube, wetransfer, google drive, dropbox, or other media file share.
Entry form: http://www.jotformpro.com/form/41830531980958
+ info: www.festivalcineb.com
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Cine//B is calling for submission.
This will be the 7th edition of the Festival, taking place during November at santiago de Chile.
National and Internacional Competition.
Feature Films, Short Films and Music Videos.
Submission 100% online. No entry fee.
Send your film using wetransfer, dropbox, vimeo, youtube, ftp or any othe platform.
Easier, Faster, Cheaper.
Entry Form: http://www.jotformpro.com/form/41830531980958
Deadline: 30.09.14
More info: ...
Trenton Film Festival screens new, cutting-edge film of various genres from around the world, offering filmmakers the opportunity to interact with audiences and connect with other filmmakers at various stages in their career. Located half-way between New York City and Philadelphia, Trenton is a small city with easy access to one of the largest film markets in the world, yet intimate enough to give new film exposure that might be hard to achieve in a larger place or festival.
Trenton Film Society returns in 2014 after a 5 year hiatus, during which time the Trenton Film Society developed several other events including the Trenton International Festival--coming up 4/4-4/6/14. We are particularly excited to return to our roots to produce what was our signature event, the Trenton Film Festival.
The Festival du nouveau cinéma is looking for films, interactive works and performances for its 43rd edition which will run from October 8 to 19, 2014 in Montréal !
Send us your works before June 15 to maybe be part of the Festival this year! Early bird rate before April 30, 2014 !
TO SUBMIT A FILM (FEATURE AND SHORT FILM)
Two easy ways to submit a short or feature film :
via Zone Festival
or via Withoutabox
For ...
In China, every day before going to work or after having dinner, they go to parks or public places for sports, play music, sing, dance, walk or see and listen to the birds sing . And during the weekend, they are even more numerous. Who are these people and why did they choose this lifestyle ?
Director: Kadour NAIMI.
n China, every day before going to work or after having dinner, they go to parks or public places for sports, play music, sing, dance, walk or see and listen to the birds sing . And during the weekend, they are even more numerous. Who are these people and why did they choose this lifestyle ?
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...
Afrika Eye is one of the UK's leading celebrations of African film. The 2013 edition takes place at Watershed in Bristol from November 8th to 10th. Confirmed screenings include TEY, starring the actor, poet and musician Saul Williams and directed by Alain Gomis (Senegal/France); David 'Tosh' Gitonga's NAIROBI HALF LIFE and SOMETHING NECESSARY, directed by Judy Kibinge (Kenya).
Afrika Eye is one of the UK's leading celebrations of African film. The 2013 edition takes place at Watershed in Bristol from November 8th to 10th. Confirmed screenings include TEY, starring the actor, poet and musician Saul Williams and directed by Alain Gomis (Senegal/France); David 'Tosh' Gitonga's NAIROBI HALF LIFE and SOMETHING NECESSARY, directed by Judy Kibinge (Kenya).
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The Aurora Awards announces that the Fall 2013 Competition is now open. You may submit film and video entries for many categories of your choice. The Aurora Awards is known for its judging program and judges feedback, industry-qualified judges, quality and beautiful award statues, foil certificates, and excellent customer service. Deadlines announced on website at www.AuroraAwards.com. All are warmly invited to enter competition.
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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
UMFF 2013 Call for Entries Now Open! The Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMFF) promotes and supports a diverse independent media arts community in the Southeast and worldwide by showcasing independent projects from around the world in English and Spanish. UMFF 2013 brings a creative atmosphere that encompasses metro-Atlanta's signature of being culturally diverse. "Changing the World, One Story at a Time" is the festival's theme, with exceptional films -- animations, shorts, f...
ORGANIZERS
Carlos de Abreu (Founder)
Jon Fitzgerald (Executive Director),
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With film presentations taking place in the heart of Hollywood, the Festival presents a valuable screening platform for independent filmmakers, while providing for access to the studios and industry at large. The 2013 event will take this concept to the next level, presenting a unique networking program with “**HOLLYWOOD NETWORK® INITIATIVE.” Once again the Hollywood Film Festival will take place at the state of the art ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. Keep onSCROLLING DOWN to submit film.
NEW ONLINE OPTION
With filmmakers always looking for broad exposure, this year the “HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL” is pleased to be offering a select number of short films to Internet audiences, providing streaming opportunities to industry professionals and the online community.
HOLLYWOOD GIVES BACK®
In addition, the HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL, through the “Hollywood Gives Back® Project” will showcase the other side of Hollywood, celebrating the Industry’s creative artists who have supported causes around the world. These efforts will be integrated into the CineCause Spotlight section of the Festival.
AWARDS GALA
The winners of the HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL – Features, Documentaries, Shorts – will be recognized on stage at the prestigious HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS GALA ceremony, and will receive 4 complimentary VIP GALA tickets. The Hollywood Film Awards Gala launches the awards season.
We are very proud that our finalists and winners have secured agents and distribution deals (HBO, Miramax, IFC, Indican, 7th Art Releasing, and Starz Entertainment among other distributors) due to their exposure during ourHollywood Film Festival.
Our latest success story is our HFF winner, CRAIG BREWER, for the sale of his movie “Hustle and Flow” to Paramount Studios for $9 million. Craig Brewer was discovered at the 2000 Hollywood Film Festival when we showcased the world premiere of his first film “Poor and Hungry.”
Another HFF winner, director Robert DeFranco, sold his film “Telling You” to Miramax. Our winner Zoe Clarke-Williams got a directing job for an MGM film after we honored her. In addition, our winning documentarian Janine Hoskins sold her documentary “My Khmer Heart” to HBO.
“For up-and-coming filmmakers looking for a break the festival is the ultimate networking opportunity”, said “Daily Variety.”
** Subject to executives availability and to change without prior notice.
NOTE-IMPORTANT: All of the above subject to change without prior notice.
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