Rahway International Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 28 August 2015      Festival end: 30 August 2015

Rahway International Film Festival is an international film festival and networking event based in Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.A, only 40 minutes away from New York City. It was first held in June of 2013 in an effort to create a warm and welcoming home for independent filmmakers and fans of film in the Tri-State Area. We annually showcase short films, feature films and music videos while offering networking and workshop opportunities to those interested in the film industry.

This year’s event will take place over the course of a full weekend from Friday, August 28, 2015 - Sunday, August 30, 2015. As we enter our third year, we are expanding to a three-day weekend event. This means more films (including both features & shorts), more workshops, more seminars, more filmmaker Q&As, and much more!

Best Film of the Festival
Best Short Narrative
Best Short Documentary
Best Short Animation
Best Feature Narrative
Best Feature Documentary
Best Feature Animation
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Audience's Choice Winner

Rahway International Film Festival is an annual international film festival and networking event based in Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.A, only 40 minutes away from New York City.


ENTRY REGULATIONS:​


Rahway Film Festival is open to U.S. and international entries. Entrants will be notified via Festhome and/or e-mail by mid July, 2015 if their work has been officially selected for festival screening. All submission material must be clearly marked with the title of the film, Festhome tracking number and contact information. Only complete applications will be considered. A complete application includes the screener, submission fee and other materials.


Officially Selected Works: If officially selected for festival screening, filmmakers will be contacted via Festhome and/or email for next steps. Filmmakers must send a high quality digital screener via Festhome.


Filmmaker MUST assist Festival in film promotion. Filmmaker attendance is strongly encouraged.

Category, screening time, date, venue and format determination is at sole discretion of Rahway International Film Festival. Once accepted, a film may not be pulled from the Festival by the filmmaker for any reason whatsoever. Filmmaker agrees to comply with all requirements. Filmmaker agrees to abide by Festival code of conduct. If accepted, filmmaker will be available to help promote the film. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations.


To be eligible for consideration:

- Entrants must comply with all of these Entry Rules & Regulations, including deadline(s) and entry material requirements, and selected film requirements.

- Non-English language works must have English subtitles but should retain the original language audio.

- Student films must be produced by a student enrolled in an accredited school (high school, college, or graduate school). Proof will be requested.

- Entry materials will not be returned.

- Multiple entries will be accepted provided they are submitted individually. You may resubmit films submitted in the past that were not accepted as long as the film has been completed in the past 5 years.

- If we select your film, you will need to provide:

1. An exhibition copy of the invited work in one of the specified formats: .AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved), .FLV (Flash Video), .MOV (Quicktime), .MPG (MPEG or MPEG2), .WMV (Windows Media).

2. Digital Press Kit- including film stills, a synopsis, production credits, and director and writer bios. Note that if materials are not submitted by the applicable deadline, RIFF reserves the right to secure substitute materials from other sources.

3. We prefer the highest possible quality media. If invited, you must be able to provide one of the aforementioned formats.

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REPRODUCTION AGREEMENT:

Submission of an entry gives Rahway Film Festival full rights to have accepted work exhibited, photographed, locally telecast, and reproduced either in part or whole, for promotional purposes.


LIABILITY:

Filmmaker shall indemnify and hold Rahway [International] Film Festival harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and/or loss of or damage to the screening videos submitted. In particular, filmmaker expressly warrants it has obtained all necessary copyright clearances for original works of authorship used in the film.