Hi Filmmakers! Our 2016 festival is in the history books again!
A comment from a filmmaker:
The Florida Movie Festival is a truly a wonderful experience. From the first contact with the organizers the filmmakers will feel they are with friends. The advantage of this festival is that there is direct contact with an audience through engaging group workshops, social gatherings and Q&A sessions. The location, Daytona Beach, makes it a refreshing environment to balance life with the intensities that many filmmakers deal with on a day by day basis. Respective, appreciative, encouraging, open, balanced, and supportive - The Florida Movie Festival.
THANK YOU!
Doug
Want to come to "World's Most Famous Beach" in Daytona Beach, Florida? Submit your movie and you have made the first step in enjoying time in Florida in early March. You will have the festival, workshops, networking, sun, more sun, fun, on the ocean and theme parks within an hours drive. Are you in the cold weather, come thaw out and enjoy a week here.
Our Florida Movie Fest featured "Long Pants(60+min), Loose Shorts(20-59), and Short Shorts(1-19)" with a "NEW" genre in "Outdoor/Adventure/Travel this year. It was a big success just like the Women Directed/Produced from the previous year. The Women Directed/P remains our largest and most competitive genre. Keep up the great work and looking forward to your new work this year.
This year we moved our screenings to the "World's Most Famous Beach" in Daytona Beach, Florida. Our workshops included: Creative Financing , Cinematography (2-Emmy award winning DP's), Copyright protection of intellectual property, Directing and Casting. These workshops were held in a room overlooking the ocean. Most of these terrific workshop hosts have indicated they would return and we are already engaged in conversation about a full day workshop - hands on with an Emmy award DP. Sounds great!
So next year make plans early and come to Daytona Beach, for the festival, sun, car races, bike week, or spring break. Maybe all the above.
Filmmakers came from as far away as Toronto and Calgary, Canada along with California.
Please make plans for the coming year.
Winners this year came from Sri Lanka, Iran, Germany, Austria, India, Australia, Argentina, UK, Chile, Ecuador , Brazil, Uruguay, France, Russia, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Taiwan , Egypt, Mexico, Canada, and US.
"Movies with passion and freedom" continues as our theme this year. Wow did you hit this on the mark. It is a real quality event when we have so much talent around the world finding its way to our festival.
FMF does encourage you to submit multiple work or a second category with same movie. Contact FMF to receive a twenty-five % discount for second movie and a fifty % discount for a third movie. If you find yourself in a quandary on which category to enter. You can enter a second category for a 50% discount to increase your chances for success.
FMF will continue our three main categories: "Short Shorts (1-19min), Loose Shorts (20-59min), and Long Pants (60+min)". A great 8 min. film is hard to be judged against a 35 min. short so we expanded to create a "Mini-Feature" category and to fairly protect the truly short film. This worked very well for us.
FMF will not change it's core principles in expanding, but FMF wants to provide an expansion of topics at this venue for our filmmakers and viewers to take a journey of - learning, relating, laughing, and many other emotions while keeping a thread of moral fabric!
One of our newer and very rewarding genre is Women. After attending a workshop on film for women, FMF heard their message. One of those messages: only 12% of women filmmakers are on the big screen. We want to help change that one independent film at a time. You are off to a great start, keep up the fabulous work.
Remember the book "Men are from Mars, and Women are from Venus". FMF wants to offer a genre that the story, script, director, producer or lead role is a Woman. FMF is looking beyond the industry term "chick flick" to films that are thought-provoking and personal growth about "Venus" or a view from "Venus". Present the world as a woman experience’s it – enlighten, empower, entertain, educate, inspire, curiosity and stimulate conversation.
If you have read this far, here are a few nuggets of treasure. The first 5 paid submissions will automatically receive an official selection. (Early bird does get selected). The first 5 paid comedy, documentaries and adventure/outdoors/travel will also automatically receive an official selection. After submitting, send an email asking if you are automatically an official selection!! Good luck early birds.
In summary:
Categories are: Short (short shorts), Mini-Feature (loose shorts), and Feature (long pants).
Genres are: Women, Documentaries, Faith/Inspirational, Adventure/Outdoors and Narrative/Other
Other Categories: Student Movie, Animation, Web-Series/TV, Comedy, Florida Local and Music Video. Please Note: These are not Genre specific!
Come join us, we will treat your work, like we do ours!
Come join us in Central Florida on the beach!
Rules & Terms
1. Competition is open to anyone who wishes to enter.
2. Films produced, primarily financed, or initiated by a major Hollywood film studio are ineligible for competition.
3. Films must have been completed no earlier than January 1, 2013.
4. Films must be available for screening during the festival.
5. By submitting a film to the FMF, the filmmaker agrees to allow the film to be screened at the festival, and to allow short portions of the film to be used by the Florida Film Festival for promotional purposes.
6. Individual filmmakers are encouraged to offer multiple submissions. Each submission must be accompanied by its own entrance fee and submission form.
6a. Entries will have an opportunity to be selected and judged by peers through our network and possible other venue locations.
7. Finalists will be selected based on excellence in their conformity to the criteria, categories, guidelines, and festival objectives.
7a. FMF may require a DVD or file transfer to show at festival. FMF will notify you
before or shortly after the notification date.
8. DVDs or flash memory devices, will not be returned under any circumstances. Receipt of films will be sent by e-mail correspondence.
9. Application fee is non-refundable.
10. Awards will be presented to the individuals or teams responsible for the winning films in March 2017.
11. The People’s Award is based on the votes of the moviegoers at the festival. All other awards are judged on the overall merit of the entries. Judges reserve the right not to grant a category award.
12. If you enter as a Student Category. You will need to include the school, grade and age. It can even be a Film school. Need to verify the lower entry fee and competition status. FMF will divide into two groups: under 18 and 18+.
13. If any category doesn't have at least 5 selections for competition FMF will combine with a similar category for a stronger competition.
In summary:
Categories are: Short, Mini-Feature, and Feature. Short shorts are 1-19min, Loose shorts are 20-59min, Long pants are 60+min.
Genres are: Women, Documentaries, Faith/Inspirational, Adventure/Outdoors/Travel and Narrative/Other
Other Categories: Student Movie, Animation, Web-Series, Comedy, and Music Video, Please Note: These are not Genre specific!
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The Young Visionaries Film Festival (YVFF) celebrates the best short films from regional students, bringing emerging filmmakers and audiences together in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, April 23rd. Presented by local media production society, Lambda Kappa Tau, YVFF accepts films from university-level students in the following Mid-Atlantic states: Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The festival features screenings, filmmaker Q&As, and chances to meet and network with fellow filmmakers.
The 9th Annual Back in the Box Competition (BIB), offers some of the lowest submission fees with some of the highest acceptance rates on the festival circuit.
Because BIB is a competition and a film festival, we are able to review many more submissions to give more artists a greater chance to showcase their work.
BIB provides an exciting platform for ambitious filmmakers and screenwriters to showcase their skills in direct competition with other creative artists.
Featuring a diverse array of competitive categories (including Best Feature Screenplay, Best Short Screenplay, Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, and Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and many others), BIB works to shatter the boundaries placed not only between genres but also between undiscovered talents and eager audiences. We are looking for the Best of the Best in the field of entertainment. And we are hoping you are prepared the meet the competition head on.
A slew of prizes are available through participation in BIB. Several of prior year's winning screenplays have already moved into production, and some films had secured distribution. There's no telling what sort of remarkable stories or careers this year's competition will unleash.
This is a film and screenplay competition. All preliminary judging is done by a panel of industry professionals and is open to the public to participate, but the film finalists will be screened in beautiful Santa Monica California and final judging will be made with voting by the attending audience.
SCREENING LOCATION – December 22, 2017 – 1PM to 5PM
The finalists in the Film competition will be screened in the Ocean Screening Room in beautiful Santa Monica, California the premier digital cinema in Santa Monica. What better way to start your Christmas vacation than to see a film on the coast of sunny California. Here, you will experience a breathtaking vista of the Pacific Ocean from the theater entrance. Chosen by Universal, Disney, Paramount and Sony as the Santa Monica Academy Awards screening venue, Ocean Screening also screens for Grammy Awards as well as Sundance.
The Ocean Screening Room is located at 1401 Ocean Ave, 1st floor (cross street Santa Monica Blvd.). Ocean Screening shares the same building as Sushi Roku and Water Grill. The screening room is located on the lobby level. Directions can be found here:
http://www.oceanscreening.com/directions.html
This is an exclusive event for participants who are serious about moving forward with projects and will be an informal mix between actors, producers and directors. The people who hold the exclusive “Screening” tickets will be the final set of judges for the films that have progressed to the final round. They will decide which lucky filmmakers will take home the prizes in each category.
Discussion topics include how actors can make contact to directors and producers of indie films when they’re available and ready to work. Directors attending will include filmmakers who have active projects they want to move forward with. Producers attending will include representatives who are actively searching for key projects to invest in. Representatives from Fernleif Productions will also be in attendance looking for projects to expand their portfolio including films and talent for not only short films investment, but for additional talent for creating content for electronic games and applications. If your film is one films being screened, here is a great opportunity to show off your work to a captive audience and make great contacts for future projects
Compétition internationale Compétition officielle de courts métrages 11e festival international du film en montagne.
SHORTS en TRANSILVANIA
Nous savons à quel point il peut être difficile pour les cinéastes de produire et de distribuer leurs œuvres, surtout s'il s'agit de courts métrages et de productions indépendantes. TRANSILVANIA SHORTS [Festival international du court métrage] est un outil utile pour tous les cinéastes, afin de mieux présenter leurs films et d'obtenir les commentaires et la reconnaissance du public qu'ils méritent. Les films sélectionnés dans le cadre de la compétition du festival sont ensuite promus, projetés au festival et évalués par une équipe d'experts du secteur. Transilvania Shorts aide les cinéastes à obtenir la reconnaissance du public passionné par le cinéma et par les médias de masse, ainsi qu'à être récompensés pour leur travail.
Venez célébrer et partager votre passion pour le cinéma ! Présenté dans de belles villes médiévales comme Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Braṣov et Târgu Mureș, Transilvania Shorts propose des courts métrages du monde entier dans la belle région de Transylvanie. À l'avenir, le festival sera prolongé afin d'être présent dans toutes les grandes villes de Transylvanie. Le programme du festival de cette année présentera une grande variété de courts métrages internationaux, dans les catégories suivantes : récit, animation, étudiant, vidéo commerciale, documentaire, expérimental, clip musical, stop-motion.
IndieCork est le premier festival irlandais de films indépendants internationaux, en particulier de courts métrages ; nous projetons tous les genres, y compris des longs métrages, des documentaires, des médias mixtes et des plateformes multiplateformes. Nous accueillons le drame, le récit, l'animation, l'expérimental, la musique/danse et le film de poésie, et tout ce qui se trouve entre les deux !
Nous soutenons le cinéma indépendant émergent et nous sommes le plus grand festival de courts métrages d'Irlande. Nous nous concentrons sur le cinéaste indépendant, croyant que c'est le plus créatif et intéressant, et notre festival offre une expérience enrichissante, tant pour le cinéaste que pour le public.
IndieCork est organisé par une équipe avec plus de 30 ans d'expérience dans la programmation et l'exposition de films.
The Mediterranean Film Festival in Široki Brijeg is characteristic for a unique atmosphere – a mixture of relaxed fun, tourism, rhythm and films. Hence the Festival quickly became the favourite of film workers and audience. Those who once feel the scent of the Mediterranean in this little town of film, shall always return to it. In front of the hall where the projections are going on there is always an interesting atmosphere, and after the projections there is always fun and dancing to the rhythms of urban music till late hours. The Festival is the initiator of the new relations within the world of culture, there is no elitism in it, no VIP boxes, no privileges. Within the last ten years we have succeeded to create an atmosphere in which no one feels alienated, inferior or less invited to be a part of the event.
MFF is the oldest festival of documentary film in the region considering that only documentary films compete here and the largest part of the program is based on documentaries. This is one of the rare festivals that has money prizes for the winners of the festival and in that way helps them to create new film projects. The School of Film Culture with relevant lecturers is being organized within the very MFF. A short documentary film is created every year at the MFF workshop, which we screen at the closure of the festival.
Besides the film projections there are also other programs offered at MFF. First of all the touristic ones, where a new branch, unknown untill now in Hercegovina, is developed – the cultural tourism. Within the tourism part there are the tours visiting the most interesting sites in Hercegovina which might be used as the locations for films shooting. Visits to the most significant touristic potentials of Hercegovina (Međugorje and Mostar) are also organized. We meet the guests of the festival to the exceptional archaeological localities and introduce them with the potentials of ethno tourism. In cooperation with the Tourist Board we get our guests acquainted with the Hercegovinian gastronomy – an extraordinary cuisine that has preserved the ancient taste and has not subdued to the modern culinary novelties, and belongs to a very healthy nutrition.
Mediterranean Film Festival lasts for six days, and all our guests, never mind from which part of the Mediterranean they might come, shall wish to come back again here.
The Creative Arts Film Festival is an annual international film festival that is designed to showcase and promote short films and filmmakers. CAFF runs throughout the entire month of December and we offer worldwide exposure, free promotional listings, international audiences, and the prestigious "Perfect Spirit Film Awards". And, yes, we do accept Music Videos in any of the genres.
CAFF knows the value of a good film, and we do our best to let every creative artist know that it is all about them and their project.
“CAFF believes that it is through an army of fans that the creative artist can build a solid career in entertainment.”
~ Connie Spielberg, Filmmaker/Creative Arts Film Festival
CAFF considers short length films that are a MAXIMUM of 60 minutes (including credits), and we offer filmmakers premiere exposure to entertainment industry professionals and fans worldwide via our website. We are completely driven by love of the craft and our festival is committed to the filmmakers who bring great short films to the world.
Founded by filmmakers and creative artists, CAFF is like no other film festival, because it is designed to promote YOU, the filmmaker. Our innovations are all designed to further YOUR career. Such as: The Perfect Spirit Film Awards – to bring recognition and credibility to your work; Submitted Films Listings – Our massive additional promotional vehicle for our creative artists JUST FOR SUBMITTING A PROJECT. These are all unique marketing ideas that no other film festival in the world had ever offered before CAFF. We are proud to offer them to our filmmakers.
CAFF offers these initiatives because it brings more attention to YOU, the creative artist. They were pioneered to better serve the filmmaker. And, mixed with our marketing efforts, CAFF does all it can do to get you and your project in front of every single person around the world.
Thank You and Good Luck from Creative Arts Film Festival.
Le festival de courts métrages « San Rafael in short » a pour objectif la diffusion, la divulgation et la projection d'œuvres cinématographiques ainsi que la connaissance de celles-ci par le public. Les œuvres présentées ne font pas l'objet d'un prix ou d'une récompense, mais uniquement de l'évaluation du public.
Since 2003 the international Festival SIGNES DE NUIT is active in Paris, Berlin, Saarbrücken and with special screenings world wide. The festival in Paris actually presents around 300 films coming from around 50 countries at different places in Paris. In Berlin the festival will be performed in the legendary cinema Babylon.
The International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT based in Paris is made up of films, which reflects new views, original imagery and critical approach to the crucial points of the modern human existence. It is a place for cinema that expands its own boundaries, that is astonishing, different, potentially free from the pressure of tradition, ready to give itself to the unpredictable experimentation.
The minor costs of digital production makes an independant- from comercial influences and any kind of censorship- production possible. These independant productions create an alternative, an artistic space very subtle and accessible to all, in contrast to what mass media offer.
This opposition and the preservation of the free cultural space is the goal of the International Festival Signes de Nuit, which has realized screenings and interventions in 29 different countries including Algeria, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Lebanon, Lithuania, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Peru, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States beside the screenings in main festival in Paris.
Welcome to the Movement Latino Film Festival. We are an exciting new film festival created by Latino artist, actors, filmmakers and journalist aimed at showcasing and highlighting Latino filmmakers and talent.
We are currently accepting feature length, short, documentary, experimental films and webisodes. We are also accepting screenplays both full and short length, we are also reading treatments as well.
Our festival will be located at the Monica Film Center within close proximity to the Santa Monica Pier and just one block away from the 3rd Street Promenade. Come bring your best work and celebrate our opening year which will host workshops, networking opportunities and competition comradery. Our festival also guarantees a 30-60 day written review of your film from the date of submission. Join the Movement! Let your voice be heard! We look forward to viewing your work.
Sofia MENAR Film Festival est organisé par la société Pozor.
Sofia MENAR Film Festival permet au public bulgare de se familiariser avec la culture et les traditions du monde islamique. Le programme du Festival de Sofia MENAR présente le meilleur des productions cinématographiques du Moyen-Orient et de l'Afrique du Nord, y compris des longs métrages, des documentaires et des courts projets. De nombreux événements d'accompagnement sont organisés dans le cadre du festival. Ces événements sont particulièrement sélectionnés et liés aux pays de cette région, qui représentent les traditions et les coutumes des groupes ethniques qui habitent ses terres.
Le festival a lieu chaque année en janvier et se déroule en même temps à Sofia et dans d'autres grandes villes bulgares. MENAR est organisé par « Pozor » comme unique en son genre plus grand événement culturel des Balkans représentant le monde musulman et ses traditions.
Parmi les réalisateurs dont les films ont été présentés pendant le festival, on peut citer Abbas Kiarostami, Majid Majidi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ümit Ünal, Asghar Farhadi, Panahbarkhoda Rezaee, Hany Abu-Assad, Bahman Ghobadi, Reza Mir-Karimi, Eran Riklis, Derviş Zaim, Hüseyin Karabi, Susan Youssef, Nacer Khemir, Nadir Mokneche...
Le Festival du Film de Sofia MENAR poursuit la tradition du Festival du Film « Fleurs du Coran », organisé 4 ans après, de 2009 à 2012, faisant connaître au public bulgare plus de 120 productions cinématographiques qui apportent l'esprit de l'Orient.
Le terme MENAR, pour « Région Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord », est un acronyme souvent utilisé pour couvrir une vaste zone, allant du Maroc à l'Iran, y compris la majorité des pays du Moyen-Orient et du Maghreb.
L'InFest Film Festival est un festival de courts métrages de deux jours qui se tient à Rubí, une ville d'asphalte, d'industrie et de fumée située dans les Valles Occidental, une région située près de Barcelone (Espagne).
Le festival InFest apparaît comme une proposition ferme et claire : que Rubí soit connu comme le Rubiwood du district de Vallés. Au cours des 9 dernières années, InFest a organisé la meilleure expérience de court métrage possible : projections en plein air, concerts, service de bar et toutes sortes d'activités liées au cinéma. Que pouvons-nous demander d'autre ?
L'InFest est consacré à la présentation de nouveaux courts métrages (produits après 2020) présentant des éléments de science-fiction, de fantastique, de freak et d'horreur. Les courts métrages ne peuvent pas dépasser 15 minutes (crédits exclus). Les films étrangers DOIVENT être doublés ou sous-titrés en espagnol ou en catalan, sinon le film ne sera pas accepté.
En 2025, InFest fêtera sa 10e édition annuelle. Après la pandémie de COVID-19, l'InFest a été transféré dans l'amphithéâtre du château de Rubí (« El Castell »), une construction défensive du XIIIe siècle, qui peut accueillir des événements publics réunissant plus de 2 000 personnes. L'amphithéâtre comprend des sièges, une scène et un bar ! Le prix du jury et le prix du public recevront respectivement 1000 et 250 euros.
Acquire, understand and apply knowledge in different areas of the humanities and social sciences, through a multidisciplinary space.
Invited filmmakers to his short films projected in the space you humanize UABC 2016.
The Capricorn Film Festival is a not for profit organisation that discovers local, national and international cinema gems, and shares them with a diverse audience of film lovers.
The Capricorn film festival was established to encourage production, not just exhibition. Our event is not just about ‘showing’ films – it’s about ‘making’ them. We aim to provide you with the opportunity to showcase your work to as wide an audience as possible, and help you promote your career and film-making endeavours.
The event is held mid year, where a crowds of thousands from all over Central Queensland enjoy five days of cinema, supporting filmmakers from the region and all corners of the globe.
Shortlisted films are screened at the event with a total prize pool of $4,000 in cash and prizes awarded between the winners of each category.
The festival is open to any level of filmmaker, from amateur to professional and is supported by some of Australia's premiere filmmakers and industry companies.
We appreciate our Festival ALUMNI. Contact us to receive your DISCOUNT coupon code on any upcoming entries.
The State Government, thru the Cultural Institute of Baja California (ICBC), in an effort to encourage the study of the audiovisual culture, calls all international visual and interdisciplinary artists, as well associations and cultural and educational institutes to participate in the festival to be held in Mexicali, Tijuana y Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, from the 5th through the 16th of November of 2018.
Welcome to the Indie Chicks International Film Festival. We are a film festival created by female Indie Filmmakers for female Indie Filmmakers we do however encourage all filmmakers of all genders to submit for we are seeking a diverse multi racial multi gendered screening event. This year we will be at LA LIVE and screening great indie films on the big stage!
Our festival will include film screenings, Q&A talks from directors, networking opportunities and visiting distribution representatives.
We are currently seeking films produced, written or directed by women of all ages.
Feature and Short narrative and documentary films, Webisodes, Scripts and music videos are accepted. We look forward to seeing your film so show us what you got!
WE ARE BIG CROSS!
We are the Big Cross Los Angeles Christian Film Festival.
We are a Christian Film Festival catered to promoting films and stories centered around the gospel. We are looking for submissions of all Christian genre types from Christian horror, Christian dramas, Christian romance & Comedy, End Times genre films and biblical. Films must have a Christian theme in order to be considered for qualification in this years program.
Cine Curtas Lapa est un festival indépendant à but non lucratif dont l'entrée est gratuite. Le festival vise à présenter des films réalisés ou ayant pour thème la ville de Rio de Janeiro afin de promouvoir l'industrie audiovisuelle brésilienne, en particulier les courts métrages de Rio dans le quartier nocturne le plus traditionnel de la ville. L'idée est de proposer un programme de courts métrages de fiction, d'animation et de documentaires au public de Lapa, afin d'enrichir la vie culturelle du quartier bohème.
Cette année, 2024, le Festival fête ses 13 ans. Pour plus d'informations, visitez notre site Web. (https://cinecurtaslapa.wixsite.com/my-site)
Un jury populaire et professionnel votera pour les courts métrages. Le gagnant de chaque catégorie recevra un certificat et le trophée du festival.
