Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles (0)

Festival start: 20 May 2018      Festival end: 21 May 2018

With so few spots available at the bigger film festivals, independent filmmakers struggle to get noticed. After all the hard work of making a movie, there's nothing like seeing it on the big screen. Sunset Film Festival seeks hidden gems bigger fests often overlook. Sunset Film Festival programmers are looking for visionary filmmakers with fresh voices to share with an audience hungry for independent film.

1st Prize Winners of each film/video category get $599.95 Sony Vegas Pro 13. Details at: www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro

2nd Prize Winners of FEATURE FILM, SHORT FILM, FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, SHORT DOCUMENTARY, EXPERIMENTAL, ANIMATION, MUSIC VIDEO category get $499 HitFilm Plugins. HitMan plugins are designed to work in 3rd party products including Premiere, AE, FCPX, Motion and Vegas. Details at: hitfilm.com/plugins

2nd Prize Winners of STUDENT FILM, FOREIGN FILM, TV PILOT, WEB EPISODE / WEB SERIES, LOCAL (LA BASED FILMMAKERS) category get $399 HitFilm 2 Ultimate. HitFilm 2 Ultimate is a fully standalone editor/compositor hybrid software. Visual Effects. Compositing. Video editing. Mac or PC. Details at: hitfilm.com/ultimate

3rd Prize Winners of each category $159.99 PowerDirector 12 from Cyberlink. Details at: www.cyberlink.com

1st, 2nd, 3rd Prize Winners of Script Category get an InkTip Script Listing (A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you. $65) InkTip helps writers sell their scripts and get representation. Producers have made more than 200 films from scripts and writers they found through InkTip. More at: http://www.inktip.com/


1st Price Winners of SCRIPT or TREATMENT category get 10 pitches from virtualpitchfest.com

2nd Price Winners of SCRIPT or TREATMENT category get 5 pitches from virtualpitchfest.com

3rd Price Winners of SCRIPT or TREATMENT category get 2 pitches from virtualpitchfest.com

CATEGORY RULES
*FILM, VIDEO, SCRIPT, TREATMENTS RULES*

FILM & VIDEO:

1. Please do not send original materials

2. Entry and payment will not be processed without an accompanying preview of your film

3. Filmmaker MUST prove ownership to be considered for Award

4. ALL SUBMISSIONS must mention what category they are applying for.

5. If your film is selected for screening, you will be asked to send us a
press Kit, including: CAST, CREW and STILLS for the film, as a .jpg
attachment to an e-mail.

6. Preview copies: Submit online-screener. If not (1 copy) of a submitted
work is requested to send in form of DVDs (NTSC or PAL- Region free) or MOV file (1 copy- on CD or DVD)

7. DVDs or CDs preview screeners WILL NOT be returned

8. Festival will only accept international films subtitled in English.

9. Make sure all necessary info is on your DVD or CD disk and on cover.
Info needed: TITLE, RUN TIME, YOUR CONTACT INFO, WAB (withoutabox) TRACKING NUMBER (if applied this way).

10. The top films (first place) of each category will be screened on
festival. All other winners will be assured to receive an official award
diploma for their accomplishments.

11. FOREIGN SUBMISSIONS must mention "Non Commercial, No dollar value" in custom declaration form. Sunset Film Festival will not pay customs duties
or fees.

12. All fees must be paid with entry. All entries must be accompanied by
Money Orders ONLY payable to Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles in US Dollars or paid online through Festhome.

13. Works in progress will NOT be accepted.

14. Fee Waivers will NOT be offered.

15. All entrants will be notified of acceptance by E-mail. Make sure
your email address is valid.

16. SFFLA is not liable for any damage to films, videos, or publicity
materials.

17. All entries must be postmarked by the deadline date to be considered.

18. There is no limit on how many entries you may submit, but each entry must have a separate entry and entry fee. You may send multiple submissions
in one package

19. All festival show times are subject to delay or change.

20. Festival does not provide travel, hotel (motel) for filmmakers

21. Awards, certificates, prizes shipping can be picked up at the Event. If you want your prize to be shipped, let Festival know where you wanted.

SFFLA we'll give a shipping & handling estimate / quote.