Connect Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 02 August 2015      Festival end: 03 August 2015

Connect Film Festival combines a narrative short film festival, networking celebration, and creative hub. It focuses on live action films 2 - 15 minutes.

**8 IMDB-approved awards are granted, including a rare focus on technical and theatrical achievement (in addition to Best Picture categories), with several Best Actor awards and crew awards such as Cinematography, Post-Production, and Sound.**

Founded in Australia, Connect Film Festival expands to Los Angeles in 2015.

2014 Connect films screened at Cannes and won awards in festivals in Toronto, Melbourne, Los Angeles, Houston, and Berlin. Connect is an IMDB-listed festival.

An idea born in a pub and raised in an art space, Connect celebrates superb short films and encourages a vibrant filmmaker community.

Revitalising what can be an exhausting “festival circuit,” Connect strives to inspire filmmakers to “connect with other creatives, and find future collaborators.”

Connect a great audience, great filmmakers, and great energy!

• Watch the best short films, not the best of the last 5 minutes:
Connect shows older work as well as current festival darlings.

• Connect with superb filmmakers:
Focused on Los Angeles filmmakers, Connect also includes international submissions. Wherever they originate, every film must have a “filmmaker representative” at the event, and filmmakers are highly reachable.

• Value crew as well as director and cast:
Awards at Connect honour achievement from all aspects of filmmaking. Current spotlights include Acting, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Sound.

• Celebrate:
Connect celebrates socialising as integral to creative process. Non-filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers are welcome to come celebrate. Cheers! ☺

For a sample of the creative community Connect Film Festival encourages, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6o9eywXPbQ

• 2-15 minute short films

• Narrative films only

• Films of any age, no premiere requirement

• Filmmaker representative must be able to be contacted

• "Filmmaker representative" as described below

• No cost to screened filmmakers or filmmaker representatives to attend the event. Live event is ticketed for all other guests.

• Questions to connectfilmfestival@gmail.com

Detailed explanation:
• SHORT narrative films only:
We love micro shorts and shorts under 10 minutes! We welcome fiction shorts up to 15 mins.☺ We consider films up to 20 mins. with dwindling enthusiasm.

• Your best films, not necessarily your newest films:
Current festival circuit films are welcome, as are masterpieces of any age.

• Films from Los Angeles preferred, not required:
International films must have a local representative, or be available for a recorded Skype interview-- please understand what a "filmmaker representative" is before applying.

• Filmmaker representative mandatory:
A "filmmaker representative" must interact either in person or through online correspondence and recorded Skype interview.

• We impose no "premiere only" limitations. Share your work! Connect!

• Please note: future Connect Film Festivals may include documentaries and animation. If you would like your film of any genre (up to 20 minutes) to be considered for a future Connect, email connectfilmfestival@gmail.com to keep your information on file, and eligible for a 50% fee waiver in thanks for supporting the first USA Connect.

As listed under requirements.
www.connectfilmfestival.com for more information


Additional questions to:
connectfilmfestival@gmail.com