FFF

FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL

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Maitland, Florida – USA
April 5 to 14, 2013

UPCOMING DEADLINE
December 7, 2012 – Late Deadline

The 22nd Annual Florida Film Festival (FFF), is an oasis for filmmakers and film lovers and a respected regional showcase for the best in foreign and American independent cinema. Named one of the “Top 10 Festivals in the World” by Chris Gore, author of The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide, and declared one of the “20 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine, FFF presents a jam-packed program of unforgettable films, incredible parties, memorable tributes, and enlightening seminars. The dynamic slate transplants the best and boldest aspects of Hollywood to the arts-driven Southeast, just outside the bustling tourist center of Orlando.

The festival presents honors to top films in a variety of categories, including Grand Jury Awards, Special Jury Awards, and Audience Awards. As a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards in both live-action and animated short film categories, FFF has the potential to launch talented filmmakers and their promising careers to unimagined heights. Just a few noteworthy festival alums who have gone on to much success after premiering early works at FFF include Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Brett Morgan (Crossfire Hurricane), and Jay and Mark Duplass (Cyrus).

MISSION AND OBJECTIVE
The Florida Film Festival offers a one-of-a-kind celebration of the very best in American independent and foreign cinema. As diverse and as invigorating as the place it calls home, FFF offers 10 days and nights of thrilling entertainment and networking opportunities for those eager to advance their industry careers.


FIRSTGLANCE FILM FESTIVAL

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Hollywood, California – USA
April 13 to 15, 2013

UPCOMING DEADLINE
November 1, 2012 – Late Deadline

Named one of the “Best Film Festival Investments” by Movie Maker Magazine and “One of the Festivals for the Rest of Us” by Time Magazine, FirstGlance has become a leader in mid-sized film festivals.

Applauded by filmmakers and attendees as one of the best programmed festivals, FirstGlance accepts all genres and shows an amazing mix of short and feature length films, the best indie films on the festival circuit, before they hit theaters.  Audiences vote for “Best of the Fest” and are invited to come mix and mingle with filmmakers, cast and crew at great after parties.

FirstGlance Film Fests brings indie filmmakers and audiences together all year long too!  With our short online contests, and our “Show Us Your Shorts” mixers and screenings, FirstGlance Independent Film Festivals works to get filmmakers the attention they deserve.

FirstGlance Film Fest Philly and FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood offer filmmakers great prize packages, Theatrical and digital distribution opportunities, filmmaker awards and a personal touch not matched by any other festival.

FirstGlance continues to refine and improve upon its already stellar reputation each season. This year, FirstGlance’s “Best of the Fest” winner will nab a red carpet premiere and a one-week theatrical run in a 450-seat, state-of-the-art theater on the Las Vegas Strip, valued at $35,000 USD. All Official Selections will be honored with an awards package and a complimentary all-access festival pass valued at $150.

In the past six years, more than 90% of features programmed at FirstGlance have earned theatrical distribution or online distribution through cable, VOD, and online retailers. By offering such exposure and networking opportunities, FirstGlance proves it is more than a festival that draws locals to a few good films – it’s an experience dedicated to providing talented filmmakers with the exposure and contacts they need to build an exciting and fruitful career.

MISSION AND OBJECTIVE
FirstGlance provides a casual, competitive forum in which professional, first-time, and student filmmakers can exhibit and promote their creative endeavors. The festival has a long history of mixing amazing indie films with the best that Hollywood has to offer.

MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
To assist with the marketing and promotional efforts of its Official Selections, FirstGlance offers the Filmmaker Incentive Program – allowing independent filmmakers who may have budget constraints to take full advantage of the advertising power of the festival. All Official Selections can take part, free of charge, in the FirstGlance trailer network – a network that has gleaned more than three million views on streaming partners including YouTube, Facebook, MetaCafe, and Twitter. It’s no wonder that Joseph A. Garcia (Producer, The Butcher) gushes, “FirstGlance is an amazing festival.”

Notable alumni of FirstGlance Film Fests include Jeff Wadlow (Kick Ass 2), Michael Rymer (Battlestar Galactica), Laurie Seidman (Medium), as well as Bryce Dallas Howard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Danica McKellar, to name just a few.

Whether you’re looking for a career boost or just a great Los Angeles screening experience, submit your film to the FirstGlance Film Festival Hollywood today!

 

 


FESTIVUS FILM FESTIVAL

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Denver, Colorado – United States
January 23 to 27, 2013

UPCOMING DEADLINE
October 1, 2012 – Regular Deadline

 

MISSION AND OBJECTIVE
The Festivus Film Festival was created to support and encourage independent film and filmmakers. It strives to provide the best possible platform on which filmmakers can present their works to the public, all within a celebratory, high-energy atmosphere.

MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Festivus’ focus on filmmakers is evident through the support provided to them throughout the festival and beyond, which is why so many alums offer their support in return. Nathaniel Eyde, a two-time Festivus alum, raves: “From a filmmaker’s perspective, Festivus has got it where it counts. It is a young festival in years, style, and energy but mature and sophisticated in its programming and content. I love this festival because the staff and audiences make the filmmaker welcome to share their art. I love this festival because the films they find and program are excellent. I love this festival because it is a magnet for good people and their art.”

For the chance to take part in this truly filmmaker-focused, one-of-a-kind event, submit your work to the Festivus Film Festival today!

The 6th Annual Festivus Film Festival (FFF), is offering filmmakers incredible hospitality, an exciting atmosphere, and audiences with a deep love of independent filmmaking. The festival unfolds annually amidst the metropolitan bustle and excitement of The Mile High City, and has been touted by MovieMaker Magazine as “One of the 20 Coolest Film Festivals in the United States.” FFF is a five-day celebration with a unique sense of style and character – just the kind of party that fun-loving filmmakers from around the world return to year after year.

FFF routinely delivers on its promise to honor its filmmakers with the star treatment, as each attending filmmaker is assigned his or her own liaison to serve as a point of contact from the beginning of the festival to its closing moments. Liaisons will pick filmmakers up at the airport, provide insights on all that Denver has to offer throughout the week, and drop filmmakers off at the airport when they’re ready to leave. But the festival has so much great stuff at the ready – including after parties, after-after parties, all-access passes, a bowling tournament, and movie-themed hotel floors – that guests are never in a hurry to get home.

Free transportation, deep discounts on hotels, and fantastic networking opportunities round out the unbeatable hospitality filmmakers encounter at FFF. By eliminating travel and lodging concerns, festival staff and volunteers have ensured that all FFF guests are able to focus on the things that really matter – great films, invigorating celebrations, and plenty of events to explore. The festival also encourages filmmakers to start scouting locations for their next project while in town, and is glad to outline Denver’s improved production tax incentives for interested guests.

 

Foyle Film Festival

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25 Annual November 21, 2012 to November 25, 2012

MISSION & OBJECTIVE
The Foyle Film Festival‘s main aim is to provide access to cultural cinema, film industry workshops and moving image education to a regional and visiting audience, and to showcase the films of emerging local and international filmmakers.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Foyle Film Festival is the flagship project of the Nerve Centre. From its earliest days, it has pursued an integrated development strategy, linking together the different art forms – film, music, animation, new media – across the interlocking sectors of production, training, education and exhibition. The key elements of Foyle Film Festival are its thematic content, diverse programme strands and special industry events which have been developed to meet the evolving interests of its audience.

The ethos is to offer a range of contemporary, classic, cultural and new cinema to a local and visiting audience and to provide access to cultural cinema to the general cinema going public in this region.

In addition, the Festival targets schools and colleges with a series of curriculum based screenings, workshops and presentations which runs for five days of the event. A new theme is adopted each year which shapes the Festival forum as well as the main education programme.

The Festival is also committed to showcasing indigenous work and providing opportunities for the local industry to meet and hear leading experts from the film industry in a masterclass and workshop situation. These have included workshops with special effects experts, composers, writers, cinematographers, actors and animators plus film historians and film journalists.

Please see our website http://www.foylefilmfestival.org for the awards list which we qualify for including the Oscar, BAFTA and BIFA.
ORGANIZERS
Bernie McLaughlin (Festival Director & Programmer) ; Bernie McLaughlin (Festival Director & Programmer) ; Bernie McLaughlin (Festival Director & Programmer) ; Eavan King (Competition Manager)

GENERAL RULES
Regulations for Participation 2012

Please read ALL of the below rules and regulations for the Foyle Film Festival before entry.

Keys: FFF – Foyle Film Festival, CM – Competition Manager, LIM – Light In Motion, DVD can also mean Blu Ray as we accept both.

Anything in CAPITALS means that you should pay particular attention to the rule/regulation stated.

Date and Venue
The 2012 Foyle Film Festival will take place in Derry, Northern Ireland from Wednesday 21-Sunday 25 November 2012.

Organisers
The 2012 Foyle Film Festival is a project of The Nerve Centre and will be organised and managed by the Festival Director Bernie McLaughlin. The competition will be managed by Eavan King.

Rule 1: By entering FFF your agreeing to all of the Competition rules and regulations stated below by FFF, Withoutabox and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (for International Short, Irish Short and Animation). Please see http://www.oscars.org/awards/ academyawards/rules/rule01.html for full Oscar rules and regulations.

COMPLETION DATE
All films must be completed after 1 January 2011.

Rule 2: All entries are to be made through Withoutabox. No exceptions. You must enter online and then send your DVD to the festival office.

Competition
The Competition section of the Festival is divided into the following categories:

A. Best Short Film
B. Best Animated Short Film
C. Best Documentary Film

Rule 3: You can only enter your film into one category.
If you are entering more than one film please make sure that they are eligible for each category you wish to enter that and you pay a separate fee for each film. If you wish to enter a number of films (Film Collective) you must put each film on a separate DVD and pay a fee for each entry.

Rule 4: The Festival reserves the right to place films into alternative categories if it feels it is to the benefit of the filmmaker. This will be discussed with those relevant before any decision is made.

Rule 5: Your film must not be available online or have shown on another medium e.g. TV. If your film is on YouTube, etc. then it will be automatically withdrawn from the competition. The only exception to this rule is the documentary category which can have been shown on another medium, but again not online.

Rule 6: Subtitles
The significant dialogue or narration of all films must be in English, or the entry must have English-language subtitles. Exceptions can be made for films that contain little or no dialogue.

Rule 7: Film Format (Submission and Exhibition)
Films selected for screening during the Festival are to be on DVD format. Both submission and exhibition will be on DVD. In most cases, we will use the DVD screener sent for submission, for exhibition, unless otherwise stated by the filmmaker at time of acceptance with due cause.

We accept all regions and aspects (NTSC, PAL and SECAM). We would prefer regions 0, 1 (USA) or 2 (UK), but all are acceptable. Please see the category technical requirements for a complete list of acceptable regions. Please make sure that your DVD plays in a DVD/Blu-Ray player before sending it to us.

PLEASE NOTE: ALTHOUGH YOU CAN SCREEN YOUR FILM ON DVD FORMAT DURING THE FESTIVAL, IF YOUR FILM WINS AT FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL, IT MUST BE AVAILABLE ON 35mm FILM PRINT ONLY IF YOU WISH TO ENTER IT FOR OSCAR CONSIDERATION. THE ACADEMY WILL MAKE NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE.

The Documentary category is not eligible for Oscar consideration.

ONLY SEND THE FINISHED VERSION OF YOUR FILM. WE DO NOT ACCEPT RE-EDITS OR WORKS IN PROGRESS..

Rule 8: Duration
All Short films should not be more than 40 mins. long.
A Documentary must be a minimum of 40 mins. long.

What you must send
For each entry the following must be sent:
* A DVD copy of the film being entered with your tracking number on the disc and the box or envelope for postage.

On your disc please put:
Name of film
Tracking number
Category you wish to enter
Aspect ratio
Contact details for submission contact

Due to the high number of entries we receive, DVDs will be separated from their boxes for storage.

We do not require a full press kit at time of entry. If successful, we will ask for a press kit if/when your film is accepted. PLEASE use the Withoutabox on-line press kit service. It’s free for all the basic press kit requirements.

In the interests of saving the environment please do not send lots of paper.

Rule 9: Publicity
The Festival reserves the right to use extracts from submissions for TV coverage or any other publicity that is used in the promotion of the Festival.

Submission

SUBMISSION REFERS TO SUBMISSION OF THE DVD (NOT THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM). The 25th Foyle Film Festival 2012 submission dates are Friday 11 May-Friday 21 September. There are no Early Bird Entry Dates this year and no staggered payments. Entry fee the whole way through the submission process is fixed at £40 standard entry and £35 for WAB members. PLEASE NOTE: The discounted WAB Fee is only available to submitters that have upgraded their project.

All fees must be paid. FFF and Withoutabox take failure to pay the relevant and correct fee very seriously. An email from the CM will be sent to the entrant in this event. After a warning, failure to pay will result in disqualification. YOUR FILM WILL NOT BE VIEWED IF THE RELEVANT PAYMENT HAS NOT BEEN MADE.

Waivers (free entry) are granted only to select filmmakers who have been invited to submit by the Festival Director. Please do not email us and ask us for waiver. We receive thousands of requests and all are turned down.

Rule 10: All entries for FFF must arrive before the final deadline of 21 September 2012. (Applications after this date will not be accepted).
Please ensure you keep a copy of the accompanying rules and regulations.

The Festival reserves the right to change the criteria under certain circumstances. If changes do happen – submitters will be notified in writing of any changes to submission terms or criteria.

Shipping Instructions
Both submission and exhibition will be on DVD. In most cases, we will use the DVD screener sent for submission, for exhibition, unless otherwise stated by the filmmaker at time of acceptance with due cause. When accepted, if you do wish to send an exhibition DVD, it must reach the FFF office at the time stated by CM once accepted. This date must be respected. Beyond this deadline the film’s participation in the Festival cannot be guaranteed. Notification of despatch of the DVD to the Festival should be sent in advance.

The shipping cost of the DVD (Submission/Exhibition) to the Festival plus the customs and fees is the responsibility of the sender and the sender alone (this includes customs fees incurred at either end). MARK ON YOUR SHIPMENT “FOR CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY TEMPORARY IMPORT” and of low/no value. If you want to pay for insurance, this is done solely at your own discretion.

PLEASE NOTE: THE FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL WILL NOT PAY ANY COSTS RELATING TO ANY COURIER/POSTAGE – INCLUDING FEDEX – THAT FILMMAKERS CHOOSE TO SEND THEIR ENTRIES WITH. THE FILMMAKER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF GETTING BOTH THE ENTRY COPY AND IF THEY WISH THE FINAL EXHIBITION COPY OF THE FILM ON DVD TO THE FESTIVAL. ALL COSTS AND DUTIES, ETC., ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FILMMAKERS. FURTHER, IF ANY FILMMAKER USES A COURIER AND TRANSFERS THE COST TO FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL, THEN THIS ENTRY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED WITHOUT ENTERING INTO ANY DISCUSSION.

Use of packaging
If at all possible please avoid using padded envelopes. We cannot recycle them. If your DVD arrives broken through postage we will allow you to send another copy without paying an extra fee. Again, another reason to enter early. If this happens at a much later stage we may be unable to allow for time to post and screen. The CM has discretion in all matters.

We regret that we cannot return any submission/exhibition DVDs.

Selection
A special committee nominated by the Festival management selects the films for the Festival programme. The Festival management may invite films for the competition and programme.

Unsuccessful applicants will be informed via email and your submission status on your entry page will reflect this on or before the 12 October 2012. Emails can be mislaid … so please assume if you have not heard from us by the specified deadline (12 October 2012) that you have been unsuccessful at this time.

All successful applicants will be informed by email/telephone before or on the 12 October 2012. The selection committee’s decision is final. A final list of those films screening in Competition at the 2012 FFF will also be posted on the festival website (www.foylefilmfestival.org). If your film does not appear on this list then your film is not screening in competition in the 2012 FFF.

The category winners will be announced at the closing evening LIM Awards Ceremony, Sunday 25 November 2012. Absent winning filmmakers will be contacted by telephone or email. Winners in all categories will receive a Light In Motion (LIM Award). If you cannot be present at the ceremony, your LIM Award will be posted out to you.

Please send your entries to the address below:

Eavan King
Competition Manager
Foyle Film Festival
Nerve Centre
L/Derry
BT48 6HJ
N. Ireland
UK

Any enquiries or if you would like clarification on any of the above please get in touch.

E: e.king@nerve-centre.org.uk
T: +44 (0)28 7126 0562 (Ask for Foyle Film Festival Office)

Good Luck.
Eavan King, Competition Manager FFF 2012