Beeston Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 09 March 2017      Festival end: 12 March 2017

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.

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.

BEESTON FILM FESTIVAL ENTRY PROCEDURE

Submissions MUST be made through this site.
Submissions MUST include an on-screen viewer for selection purposes.
Films entered into the Drama, Horror, Comedy, Documentary and Animation categories must be no longer than 30 minutes and must have been completed after 1st January 2014.

Films entered into Three Counties Long must not be longer than 15 minutes and Three Counties Short no longer than 5 minutes. Films entered into either Three Counties category must have been completed after 1st January 2014.

The films accepted into the Festival are required to provide for screening PAL Region 2 DVD, Blu-Ray, or MP4 digital files. We regret that we are unable to pay for any transfers, such as NTSC to PAL. Delivery costs of the screening media must be borne by the applicant or forwarding festival. Screening material will not be returned.

All packages from outside Europe must bear the declaration: “for temporary importation only and for cultural use at a film festival - of no commercial value”. Documentation / proforma invoices for films from outside the EU must not state a value that exceeds £10 as this often attracts importation taxes. Any film attracting freight charges/ importation taxes our end will not be accepted, and will be returned at the sender’s own cost or may be retained by UK customs, where its retrieval will be the sender’s responsibility.

The Submission Fee for Drama, Horror, Comedy, Documentary and Animation categories will be 13 USD per submission, however, Student Films can claim a 50% discount per submission, code BFFSTUDENT2017.

The Submission Fee Three Counties Long is $8 and for Three Counties Short $5.

Payment can be made via Paypal or any other of the payment on this site. Viewing copies must be received with all relevant supporting materials by the submission deadline - as dated on the application form - unless, by prior arrangement a late submission has been agreed with the Festival.
Press packs are not essential at this stage but can be sent as digital versions via email or on CD/DVD

SELECTION PROCEDURE

The FINAL deadline is 31st December 2016. On receipt of submission, the entrant will receive email confirmation and a reference number from FilmFreeway, which should be quoted on all future correspondence.

Notification to all applicants will be informed as early as possible but at the latest one month before the festival.

Applicants must confirm acceptance within 7 days of receiving notification quoting their reference number and at this stage should supply any stills/images etc. to be used in the festival brochure (if not supplied in advance).
Screening material should be supplied 2 weeks prior to the festival, to allow time to check the technical quality.

Entrants give Beeston Film Festival Ltd to permission to screen the submitted at the Beeston Film Festival and related events including the On-Line Festival.
Successful entrants will receive a complementary pass for the Festival screenings and access to the On-Line Film Festival.

NB BEESTON FILM FESTIVAL IS CO-ORDINATED BY BEESTON FILM FESTIVAL LTD (BFF) WHOM IS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY. BFF RESERVES THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO WITHDRAW, POSTPONE, CANCEL OR MAKE ANY ALTERATION TO (OR PART TO) THE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OR FESTIVAL PROGRAMME WITHOUT PRIOR CONSULTATION. ‘BEESTON FILM FESTIVAL’ IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK PROTECTED BY UK LAW. Postal Address: BEESTON FILM FESTIVAL, 212 Bramcote Lane, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 4EX. United Kingdom. Telephone: 0750 2011547, email: info@beestonfilmfestival.com, web address: www.beestonfilmfestival.com. Beeston Film Festival is operated by Beeston Film Festival Ltd, a registered company limited by guarantee. No. 08826715.