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Poppy Jasper International Film Festival (17)

Deadlines

21 Jun 2022
Call for entries

22 Jun 2022
Early deadline

31 Aug 2022
Standard deadline

30 Sep 2022
Late deadline

31 Oct 2022
Festival closed

22 Nov 2022
Notification date

12 Apr 2023
19 Apr 2023

Address

P.O. Box 1028 , 95038, Morgan Hill, San Martin, Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista, California, United States

Festival description

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films

Feature Films

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 17)

Festival start: 12 April 2023 Festival end: 19 April 2023

The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival (PJIFF) has been entertaining audiences in the greater San Francisco Bay Area for more than 15 years. We promote inclusion, diversity, and women empowerment; educate people of all ages about filmmaking; and encourage everyone to “find their voice through film.”

In 2021, like many other festivals, Poppy Jasper’s annual festival turned all-virtual. For the first time, our wide variety of films, panel discussions, and filmmaker conversations was available worldwide. We have as a result forged a stronger bond with the international filmmakers whose films made up 2/3 of the festival’s 2021 offerings. Circumstances permitting, we anticipate a hybrid festival in April of 2022.

PJIFF is based just south of Silicon Valley in the towns of Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister, and San Juan Bautista. The festival’s name is drawn from a semiprecious mineral found only in this region. We look forward to once again welcoming visitors to the historic downtowns of our host communities, where local restaurants, breweries, and wineries join in making festival visitors feel right at home.

PJIFF was honored to receive “Best of the Fest” honors at the 2019 Fest Forum in Santa Barbara, and we are thrilled to be one of MovieMaker Magazine’s Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2021.

Before You Submit

Please submit your film to the category in which you would want your film to be considered for selection and “Best Of” honors.

If submitting in a Student or Local category, your film will be considered for selection for Student or Local day. Remember to include proof of student status or contact address with California zip code. If as a student or local filmmaker you prefer to be considered for selection and honors in the main festival, please submit in a genre / type specific category instead.

We are committed to inclusion and diversity, and strive to select films that honor that ethic. Half of our selected films will be from women directors. We typically have a program of shorts and a few feature-length films. English closed captioning and audio description are encouraged but not required. Foreign-language films must have English subtitles.

Learn more about our communities by visiting their websites: https://visitgilroy.com/ , https://www.visitmorganhill.org/ and http://www.discoversanbenitocounty.com/

Prizes and qualifications

Awards & Prizes
Poppy Jasper makes "Director's Circle" and “Jury’s Choice” awards unlinked to the genre, and chooses "Best Of Fest" awards in over a dozen categories, including:
Action
Animation
Comedy
Different Abilities
Drama
Feature Fiction
Feature Documentary
Feature Narrative
Horror
LGBTQIA
Music Video
Sci-Fi
Short Documentary
Student - Youth, High School, and College

Rules

The film completion date should be 2020, 2021, 2022

VR - Virtual Reality

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 31 Oct 22

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Women Directed

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 31 Oct 22

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LGBTQIA

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 31 Oct 22

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Local Filmmaker

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 10$ 9.2$ 7.7$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 15$ 13.8$ 11.55$ 31 Aug 22

Late 20$ 18.4$ 15.4$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 31 Oct 22

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Films made by filmmakers that live in California.

College - Student Film

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 10$ 9.2$ 7.7$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 15$ 13.8$ 11.55$ 31 Aug 22

Late 20$ 18.4$ 15.4$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 31 Oct 22

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A film created by a College Student. Student ID required.

High School - Short Film

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 10$ 9.2$ 7.7$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 15$ 13.8$ 11.55$ 31 Aug 22

Late 20$ 18.4$ 15.4$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 31 Oct 22

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Short Film created by a High School Student. Student ID required.

XR (VR, MR, AR)

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 31 Oct 22

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The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival is establishing a cutting-edge program that presents XR experiences, a combination of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). We embrace emerging technologies, inclusion, and diversity. All genres and styles are welcome.

Web Series

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 31 Oct 22

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Web Series are episodic content that is more than one episode. We will look at up to 3 episodes of your Web Series in this category and we accept all genres & lengths.

Youth Short Film

Short Films 15'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 10$ 9.2$ 7.7$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 15$ 13.8$ 11.55$ 31 Aug 22

Late 20$ 18.4$ 15.4$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 31 Oct 22

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Films created by kids 4 years old to 14 years old. Please submit only films that are appropriate for kids in this age range. Films should not be longer than 15 minutes.

Feature Length Non Fiction

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 31 Oct 22

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Non-fiction is a work based on real life facts and information. The assertions and descriptions contained in a non-fiction work are believed by the creator of the work to be factual. These assertions and descriptions may or may not be accurate, and can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question; however, it is generally assumed that authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition or, at least pose them to their audience as historically or empirically true.

Feature Length Fiction

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

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Fiction deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not real, but rather, imaginary and theoretical - that is, invented by the author. Although fiction is commonly viewed as a form of entertainment, it may also be used for instructional purposes, propaganda or advertising, or speculation and thought experiments (science and/or philosophical fiction).

Music Video

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 30.8$ 31 Oct 22

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A recorded performance of (usually) a recorded popular song, normally accompanied by a stylized dramatization (dancing and/or visual images) interpreting the lyrics.

Short Creative Media - Animation

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

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Projects incorporating the use of technology, animation, and/or music to convey a concept, deliver a message, illustrate concepts, portray an idea, or tell a story.

Short Science Fiction

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

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A work of fiction based on current, or prediction of future, scientific possibilities or absurdities.

Short Documentary

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

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Presentation of factual, political, social, or historical events or circumstances.

Short Comedy

Short and Feature Films

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

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Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

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Project that is humorous in its treatment of theme and character.

Short Drama

Short Films 40'<

Fee

-8%

PRO 23%

Early 25$ 23$ 19.25$ 22 Jun 22

Standard 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 31 Aug 22

Late 35$ 32.2$ 26.95$ 30 Sep 22

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Projects that offer the audience a situation or succession of events having dramatic progression or emotional content characteristic of a play. Under 40 minutes.

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