A Femme International Film Festival is a premier festival that focuses on platforming women filmmakers “by women, for everyone”. Our Festival was created in 2005, when it became apparent that there was a need to enhance women behind the camera as Directors, Producers, and Writers. We were the first in Los Angeles to host such an event and film festival empowering women. All those that followed are just duplicates of the movement we started over a decade ago.
Through our Partners and Sponsors we have provided one-one-one meetings with our filmmakers or helped secure financing. CBS Entertainment Diversity Department and Sony Entertainment met with a selected group of our filmmakers with the goal to offer potential employment and/or placement as a director or writer under their diversity department. It is through our direct efforts that these opportunities are being secured for our LA Femme Int. Film Festival Filmmakers.
As LA Femme moves into the next few years, it plans to expand its platform so that more women in the industry and from around the world can have the benefit of taking their film to the next level through increased distribution outlets, more key positions in the entertainment industry and more recognition as artistic creators emerging as leaders in the industry.
Our goal is to create more such opportunities through exemplary programming, networking, and panel events. A classic professional atmosphere will create a sense of ‘opportunity’ for participants. LA Femme International Film Festival is “By Women for Everyone.”
Objectives:
To continually showcase and celebrate commercially viable films Written, Directed, or Produced by women.
To opening a pathway for women entering the industry by encouraging mentor-ship and artistic sharing between those women established in the field and those just beginning.
To Platform new emerging talent and support established women in cross-over roles.
To assist in distributing the feature films that are platformed in our festival with domestic theatrical releases and home video distribution.
Mission:
La Femme International Film Festival will support and nurture the artistic entertainment productions of women for the benefit of distribution to an international and domestic audience.
Emphasis:
»Our emphasis is on providing a complete specialized festival based on showcasing and celebrating commercially successful films written, directed, or produced by women and creating a system of access for those new to the industry directly to established women industry professionals.
»To assist in distribution of these films
»To mentor other women into positions of power in the independent and big budget, studio entertainment community.
Summary:
LA Femme Film Festival is more than a festival it is an emergence of artistic, professional women who make a difference in the entertainment community by creating productions that speak to a world wide audience. We were the first festival of its kind in Beverly Hills to not only platform existing films and artists but also distribute and mentor such films and the woman artists who created them.
Thank you for considering our festival for your film!
We are looking for the best features, shorts, docs and animation we can find to present in San Francisco. For 26 years SF IndieFest has developed a great reputation for eclectic, adventurous programming, getting great press for our films and filling theaters with enthusiastic film fans. Dozens of festivals and distributors have requested and received industry accreditation to view SF IndieFest titles at our festivals over the years.
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“I’m certainly happy that IndieFest exists, because it is a celebration of films that don’t necessarily get distributed widely,” HITS director David Cross says, “I’m happy to be a part of it with my film, which is very much in the category of a low-budget, little indie movie. I’m glad there’s a place for it.” – SF Chronicle
“Sundance may have sold out, but SF IndieFest keeps it real” – Annie Lo, Flavorpill
“While the Bay Area is flush with festivals, this one remains an under-the-radar standout.” – Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
“The San Francisco Independent Film Festival, the Bay Area’s version of Slamdance, provides a showcase for edgy cinematic work — and a great excuse to do some serious partying.” – David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
"The movie business is in a perennial state of constant tension between ambition and collaboration, joyful inventiveness and jaw-dropping paydays. This roiling undercurrent, usually invisible to the public, gushes to the surface in the run-up to the Academy Awards ceremony. There is an antidote, however, to Hollywood’s annual backslapathon: SF IndieFest. The San Francisco Independent Film Festival is a beacon to anybody excited by the basic impulse of making movies. In its heart of hearts, IndieFest is a celebration of the minor miracle of finishing a film and getting it up on a screen in front of a live audience." - Michael Fox, KQED
“For many independent filmmakers, festivals such as SF Indiefest—aka the San Francisco Independent Film Festival–are the only way to bring their works before an audience. For filmgoers, SF Indiefest is the place to see original cinematic works created by directors who want to tell edgy stories which come from their hearts and souls. While some have bemoaned the death of cinema, the curators and filmmakers at SF Indiefest are keeping the craft of film alive.” – David Elijah Nahmod, SF SOUNDS
“SF IndieFest is the one festival of the year where you should throw a dart at the program and take a chance. Not because you’re guaranteed a masterpiece, but because it’s the best fest to see something that would never, ever breach your filter otherwise.” -Michael Fox, KQED
PRESS COVERAGE
Press Coverage for past year's festivals: https://sfindie.com/press-coverage
FILMMAKER COMMENTS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
"Hey Jeff: Just want to shoot you a quick note of thanks on hosting us at IndieFest and giving us our World Premiere. We had a great time and really enjoyed our time at the fest and in SF; it's a great vibe and the diversity of features and shorts in the program made for a really exciting and energized atmosphere. "- Max Gardner, Go/Don't Go
"Festivals bring unexpected benefits. Festivals are essential for brand creation. Premiering at Tribeca was enough to convince people to at least listen to me, but surprisingly it was the San Francisco Indie Fest that was just as crucial for our theatrical release. Our press from this festival helped convince the Red Vic to book us in April (I thank the amazing S.F. publicist Karen Larsen for convincing me of this in advance). We also incorporated festivals into our broader theatrical release, and while we did not claim them as cities in our 17-city count, they helped give us something to crow about."
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"I've got to tell you that Indiefest was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I tell all filmmakers - and festival organizer friends of mine - how you run your fest and how you run each film twice. Every single time people look at me with shocked disbelief. Truly, Bonnie and I loved being a part of the event.
Thanks again for including us. SF Indiefest really made me feel that making YEAR was worth the whole effort.
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"We LOVED San Francisco, meeting other filmmakers, seeing their films, participating in your screenplay panel and of course our awesome sold-out screening. You have one of the most engaged, passionate cinephile audiences I’ve ever seen at a film fest — they were incredible." - Warren Sonoda, THINGS I DO FOR MONEY, IndieFest 2020
"You have a great and engaging festival and one that draws on extremely passionate indie film audiences you are rabid for amazing content for which you definitely provide in bunches! You support of us and our film is greatly appreciated and we hope we are privileged To be welcomed back again in the future!" - Avi F.
"Thanks for these amazing photos (kudos on composition, lighting, and hyping up the crowd - what a great gift to filmmakers!). A million thanks to you both for pulling off an amazing event. We love the ethos of SF IndieFest and we're so honored to have participated. Thanks for your dedication to uplifting local filmmakers and for putting our all-female team (and our unexpected and important story) in the spotlight. Looking forward to seeing and working with you both again in the future!!" - Leslie Tai, How To Have An American Baby
"Thank you for a wonderful experience. The festival was a blast, the people so kind, the films inspiring, and great vibes all around. I'll be back to catch more films in the coming days." - Kerry Muir, Madame
"Thank you so much for having us and all that you and SF IndieFest do to champion independent film." - Anna Moot-Levin, Matter of Mind
"Thank you all for such a fun festival! You all really did a wonderful job all around and we were honored and grateful to be a part of it!" - Liz McBee, Finding Lucinda
SF IndieFest is a founding member of the FILM FESTIVAL ALLIANCE
Promoting independent filmmakers of cinematic gems and unique voices to a worldwide audience.
IndieFEST, currently in its 7th year, discovers and honors the achievements of filmmakers who produce high quality films and new media. Attracting both powerhouse industry veterans as well as talented new filmmakers, the IndieFEST is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival. The goal of traditional film festivals is to bring entertainment to local audiences making the filmmaker of secondary importance. IndieFEST is about helping independent filmmakers gain the credibility and publicity they justly deserve. Our talented IndieFEST award winners have gone on to win Emmy, Telly and other awards.
Serving filmmakers is IndieFEST’s primary goal:
IndieFEST strives to give talented directors, producers, actors, creative teams and new media creators the positive exposure and credibility they deserve. The IndieFEST promotes award winners through press releases to over 40,000 filmmakers and industry contacts as well as five additional global media/distribution outlets. We are currently developing a filmmaker representative program to assist with the distribution of award winning films and a joint venture with The GRID, a worldwide network for mobile devices – both coming in 2015.
Where our filmmakers are from:
The IndieFEST Film Awards is truly international in scope and has received projects from filmmakers in over 64 countries, they include Australia, Bahrain, Bali, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, the USA and more.
What kind of media:
The IndieFEST is an excellent venue for film, new and experimental media, television programs, animation, educational programs, remixes & mashups, movie trailers, music videos, webisodes, tube length works and more.
Il Mix Brasil Festival è un evento culturale annuale con un focus sui film legati alla sessualità nelle sue varie forme espressive.
Nel 2020, un pubblico stimato di 176k persone ha partecipato alle proiezioni, spettacoli teatrali e musicali, conferenze e dibattiti promossi nella 28a edizione annuale del festival.
Il Mix Brasil si terrà a novembre presso i prestigiosi cinema di San Paolo e sfrutta appieno la diversità della città per ospitare una varietà di eventi innovativi. Dopo San Paolo, i tour Mix Brasil hanno ridotto i programmi ad altre città brasiliane.
L'evento è realizzato da Associação Cultural Mix Brasil, un'organizzazione senza scopo di lucro che cerca di promuovere la libertà di espressione della diversità sessuale guardando modi nuovi e diversi che questo si ottiene.
** IMPORTANTE — AVVISO COVID-19 **
A causa della pandemia di Covid-19, l'edizione del Festival Mix Brasil 2021 si svolgerà online, su una piattaforma sicura, con un numero limitato di partecipanti in ogni proiezione. Se le linee guida degli enti pubblici locali lo consentono, il Festival può anche svolgersi nelle sale cinematografiche.
Si conclude quindi che la sua inscrição al Festival Mix Brasil/ Festhome significa che lei accetta che, se selezionato, il film sarà anche mostrato online.
FICAMS, Antarctica’s International Film Festival about Environment and Sustainability is a competitive festival that gives and teaches community members, through films, diverse views related to our habitat and culture. General themes of the audio-visual pieces are base on the environment, nature, sustainability, climate change, recycling, and renewable energy sources.
Audio-visual production are exhibited and discussion panels are held during the festival, hence promoting debate around socio - environmental realities from different places of the world, allowing us to learn about problems but also strategic solutions in tight relation to our local reality.
FICAMS as an eye opener experience enriches us with a southern hemisphere perspective, redefining the means by which we should contemplate our planet, reminding us that a sphere has multiple viewpoints, where geographical cardinality loses all meaning. Alliances with other curators/proponents/cultivators are seek in order to present audio-visual pieces related to environmental education and biodiversity in an associatively manner.
Il Festival Internazionale del Cinema è uno dei più importanti festival di cortometraggi in Argentina. Un evento cinematografico Tapiales di importante impatto sociale e culturale non profit, organizzato da JC OFCT Films, tenutosi nel villaggio di Tapiales, una città appartenente alla Matanza, situato nella provincia di Buenos Aires. È anche un evento competitivo in cui i film selezionati sono proiettati di ricevere il premio in seguito aborigeno sotto verdetto degli onorevoli membri della giuria. L'evento si svolge sotto la premessa di valorizzare il personaggio popolare, libero e all'aperto. Tapiales propone anche attività parallele come spazi di formazione, conferenze e mostre speciali al di fuori della competizione.
The Beeston Film Festival attracts the latest global short films to the East Midlands AND NOW to filmmakers too! In a unique offering your Beeston Film Festival entry fee is your admission to watch the whole On-line Festival! You will be able to watch the competition in your category and enjoy the talent in all the others.
The On-Line Festival presents films accepted into ALL categories – Drama, Comedy, Horror, Documentary, Animation and the local Three Counties competition. The On-Line Festival will be available for 3 weeks after the festival in Beeston.
The Beeston Oscar, or B’Oscar, is awarded to the best film in the following categories - Drama, Horror, Comedy, Documentary and Animation.
This year a new local competition has been created called Three Counties category, that is split into two sections: Long (up to 15 minutes); and Short (up to 5 minutes). Filmmakers from Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire ONLY with films in any genre can submit. The prize pool is amazing because we have teamed up with Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund (MMBF), a UK based international charity that supports filmmakers and actors, so as well as a B’Oscar there is
Three Counties Long - a MMBF Rising Star Award (£150 prize, mentoring plus physical award and other perks)
Three Counties Short - a MMBF Best Short Award (£50 prize and physical award).
Further prizes will be awarded for Best Director, Best Script, Best Cinematography, Best Acting Performance, Best Soundtrack & Sound Design and an Audience award, too. And, of course, there is a wonderful Best in Festival B’Oscar, too, designed by the renowned ceramic artist, Anna Collette Hunt.
WhatTheFestival is a boutique experience of art, 8 stages of electronic and live music located 90 miles east of Portland, OR June 16 - 19 2017.
XXVI la Mostra Internazionale di Cortometraggi della Baia di Pasaia, IKUSKA 2024.
Il festival ha un concorso internazionale di cortometraggi in 5 proiezioni e altre sessioni parallele non competitive legate allo sviluppo della coesistenza basca e linguistica (proiezione MINTZAGUN in collaborazione con Oarsoaldea euskaltegis), all'uguaglianza di genere (premio BEKOZ BEKO in collaborazione con l'Associazione contro la violenza di genere Bekoz Beko), alla promozione della cultura a Pasaia e dintorni, ecc.
Lorne Film 2014 will build on the success of the inaugural 2013 festival – where over 1000 admissions viewed 29 films across 5 screens, and film professionals from across Australia descended on Lorne to create, and interact in a true festival community.
Featuring a range of intimate venues against the backdrop of Lorne’s unique coastal beauty, Lorne Film 2014 is a four-day celebration of international film for the people who make, watch and love film, held from November 13 – 16, 2014.
Lorne Film 2014 will continue to nurture and promote Lorne and the surrounding Otway region as a centre for film culture and commerce, a port of call for industry leaders and world-class talent for the duration of the festival and beyond. In creating a ‘film market’ Lorne Film will capitalise on Lorne’s history as a meeting place where in people will come from across the planet to buy, sell, talk, and think film.
BIFF came out of a desire to expand Dutchess County’s offering of independent films, make independent films more accessible to people who might not otherwise see them and to help make Beacon a place that celebrates and fosters filmmaking.
The registration of a film in the competition selection process of the festival indicates the full acceptance of these bases. The organization of the Festival will resolve in an unappealable manner with respect to any matter included in this regulation or its interpretation. The sender of the film authorizes FEDOCHI to select some sequences not exceeding three minutes that can be broadcast by TV, within the framework of programs and spots that disseminate the festival.
The 14th version of the Documentary Film Festival of Chiloe will take place between November 5 and 10, 2018.
L'impresa statale di Mogilev «Kinovideoprokat» vi dà il benvenuto e informa che a settembre 2025 nella città di Mogilev, nella Repubblica di Bielorussia, si terrà il XXVII Festival Internazionale del Film d'Animazione «Animaevka-2025".
Nel corso degli anni, il festival è diventato una celebrazione dell'animazione per bambini e adulti. Gli eventi si svolgono in tutti i centri regionali della Bielorussia.
Per la visione, vengono organizzate proiezioni di film di programmi competitivi e non competitivi, incontri creativi con i creatori di film d'animazione, corsi di perfezionamento, mostre di belle arti decorative e applicate per bambini.
Come parte del trattamento:
- concorso di film d'animazione;
- concorso di creatività nell'animazione per bambini
- concorso di belle arti decorative e applicate per bambini.
Cinefilia Tanguera è un Festival Itinerante & Internazionale del Cortometraggio legato a TANGO, non competitivo.
Il nostro obiettivo primario è promuovere il tango e il cinema, da una prospettiva originale senza diffusione e promozione in tutto il mondo, così come le opere di cortometraggi e documentari sull'identità del tango in tutti i sensi.
Dal 2009 è stato presentato in alcuni degli eventi culturali più prestigiosi del mondo, esibendosi a Cagliari (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016), Barcellona (2009, 2016, 2017), Mosca, Londra (2009, 2013, 2016), Madrid (2009, 2016), Ámamsterdam (2009, 2018), Bruxelles (2010, 2018), Liegi, Catania, Amburgo, Giordania, Buenos Aires (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), Atene, Valladolid, Zurigo, Bergen (Norvegia), Milán, Eindhoven, Sassari (2012, 2016), Berlino, Parigi, Creta (2016, 2017, 2019), Budapest, Tenerife, Formentera (2016, 2018), Ibiza, Praga, Zagabria Singapore, Timisoara, Novi Sad, Istanbul, Istanbul, Istanbul, Tokyo,, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Bali, Bilbao, Montecarlo, Arles, Georgetown (Guyana), Oslo, Toronto e Il Cairo.
Leonel Mitre
Amministratore Delegato
La missione di MiamISFF è costruire ponti di dialogo e scambio culturale tra i registi cinematografici e il pubblico attraverso esperienze cinematografiche brevi che promuovano una visione incentrata sulle buone cause facendo uso di forme esteticamente innovative. Siamo impegnati nella ricerca di nuovi talenti che possano fare la differenza con la loro arte.
Podemos ofrecerles uno spazio dedicato a presentare il tuo talento a un nuovo pubblico, rappresentanti dell'industria cinematografica e diverse organizzazioni.
Siamo situati nella città di Miami, in Florida, e il festival proietta cortometraggi di 30 minuti o meno e sostiene il crescente movimento per esporre ed espandere l'arte cinematografica in formato corto, fornendo uno spazio per costruire una comunità compromessa con le arti, poiché la nostra filosofia consiste nel concebir al cortometraggio come vere opere d'arte che mi meritano il proprio spazio espositivo.
The registration of a film in the competition selection process of the festival indicates the full acceptance of these bases. The organization of the Festival will resolve in an unappealable manner with respect to any matter included in this regulation or its interpretation. The sender of the film authorizes FEDOCHI to select some sequences not exceeding three minutes that can be broadcast by TV, within the framework of programs and spots that disseminate the festival.
The 14th version of the Documentary Film Festival of Chiloe will take place between November 5 and 10, 2018.
With an 13 years history, the Talca International Film Festival, stands as one of the major short film and debut film festivals in Chile. Our festival aims to offer a selection of the best independent, innovative and experimental short films and first feature films from around the world. On the other hand, to contribute in the exchange of local and international stories in this globalised world where ideas and culture break the borders in the benefit of all of us.
