Contests and Film Festivals

Video and Film Festivals/Contests

Looking for Video and Film Festivals? - a great source of information and leads is BritFilms at http://www.britfilms.com/festivals/. Their directory lists over 500 international film, television and video festivals, giving details on how and when to enter these events.

More Lists of Film and Video Festivals

Short Skinny - A great and up to date list of film festivals and contests for short films. http://www.shortskinny.com/festivals.html

Mark Kitwak’s website http://www.marklitwak.com/default.htm

FilmFestivals.com http://www.filmfestivals.com/index.shtml

Film Festival Source http://www.filmfestivalsource.com/

Nano Shorts Contest - The deadline for the contest has been extended to Oct. 1, 2003. The winner will be announced at our Chicago show on Nov. 7, 2003. The winner gets a chance to have their short film exhibited on 100+ Regal Cinema screens nationwide.

9th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival
August 21 - 27, 2002

The Chicago Underground Film Festival, The Midwest's premiere showcase for independent, underground and experimental film and video, is now seeking entries for its 9th annual event. CUFF was created to promote films & videos that innovate in form, technique, or content & to present works that challenge & transcend commercial expectations. Awards presented in these categories: Feature, Shorts, Documentaries, Experimental, Animation, Audience choice & ³Made in Chicago.² Experimental, avant-garde, visionary, personal... whatever you want to call it, we want to see it. Go to http://www.cuff.org for entry guidelines and applications.

MIX Festival - check out winning films from the four previous online film festivals

MIX is the longest running lesbian and gay film festival in New York and a premier international venue for experimental media. To find out more about The Online Queer DigiFest please contact MIX at: info@mixnyc.org. MiX Brasil is the major queer event in Latin America, and one of the most attended queer films festivals in the world.

South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival 2003 Now Accepting Registration and Film Submissions
"South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival's 10th edition will take place Friday, March 7-15, 2003. Touted as "a magnet for indie filmmakers" by The New York Times, SXSW Film offers an amazing opportunity to see great films, absorb timely information, make new valuable business contacts, and visit with old friends and associates in the congenial atmosphere of Austin,
Texas. Directors, producers, actors, screenwriters, publicists and professionals of all kinds working in the film industry know that, even sight unseen, SXSW is well worth signing up for early."

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Hollywood.com Indie Film Festival
The Hollywood.com Indie Films Channel is pleased to announce the Hollywood.com Indie Film Festival (HIFF 2002) to be held online http://indie.hollywood.com/. Submit your films now!

GET SHORTY Film Showcase & Tour 2002 - Sponsored by Stoli Vodka... "5 Minutes, 5 Cities, 5 Flavors!" Featuring the best short films on Earth...under 5 Minutes. Period. A platform solely dedicated to the art of the shortest Short Films. Get Shorty will provide a MONTHLY forum to showcase the most creative short films from around the world! The showcase will continue on tour monthly to L.A, Chicago, Austin and Miami. The national finals will be presented in November in New York City. Please get your submissions in soon. All late submissions will still be eligible for screenings in other cities. Please email getshortyfilms@yahoo.com for more information. An official entry form can be found at http://rsvpnycity.com/GetShortyForm.html

On Going Film Festivals and Spotlight Sites

Catatonic Films Online Filmfest - Showcasing the *best* independent and underground
films and screenplays in the world! Post your movie online, have viewers cast their
"Viewers Choice Awards," If you place in the top three spots each month you win fortune, fame and prizes!!! For complete information, and *online* entry forms - http://www.catatonicfilms.com/films9

World's Smallest Film Festival - 'The World's Smallest Film Festival' showcases the technologies that deliver live action video and animation to mobile devices. In September 'The World's Smallest Film Festival' comes to London with Mobile Commerce World"The World's Smallest Film Festival' - London, is an opportunity for handset makers, technology providers, toolset providers, production companies, and filmmakers/animators to show their stuff. Take a look at the archive from our last event at Wireless 2003 here: Screening Room recent winners and nominees. We are inviting you to get involved in our festivals, at no entry fee, so that the short films and animations you make can get exposure to some of the estimated 900 million mobile handset users in the world today. The mobile video phenomenon is just catching on - you may have either seen it or have seen advertisements for it - and we are the primary aggregator of independent content for this market.

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