CASSEROLE CLUB and THE ABSENCE lead the pack with 9 nominations apiece!VISIONFEST 11: The Other Festival (VF11), June 22-26, 2011, at Tribeca Cinemas (corner of Varick and Laight streets), announced its Independent Vision Award nominees, just moments after its opening night program wrapped up its post-screening Q&A to a capacity crowd in the Tribeca Lounge. The nominations, which have always been used by the festival’s jury to determine who would take home the VF statuettes, were made public f...

VISIONFEST 11: The Other Festival (VF11), June 22-26, 2011, at Tribeca Cinemas (corner of Varick and Laight streets), has announced two ‘world premiere’ screenings for its Independent Vision Showcase, along with a myriad of films making their New York City debuts. The red carpet will be rolling out on opening night for FIGHTING FISH, a narrative feature written and directed by Annette Apitz, which celebrates its New York Premiere with a simulcast screening in both, Tribeca Cinemas 1 & 2. Th...

This just in- There is now a $1500 Travel Award for a filmmaker to come to the CIFVF. The filmmaker will be chosen from the films entered in the 59th CIFVF and will travel to the festival and perform the final adjudication for the 2011 Greater Columbus Arts Council Media Fellowships. This award is not limited by division so all entries are in consideration for this award.And also this year, thanks to Showbiz Software, everyone who enters the CIF+VF wins a prize! All of our film entrants will re...

  VISIONFEST announces the partial line-up for its 11th annual run featuring several New York Premieres and an experimental feature about ‘everything'   Fest's own shorts initiative, 5x5 NY State of Mind Digital Project, ready to roll! New York City, (April 26, 2011) - VISIONFEST 11: The Other Festival (VF11), June 22-26, 2011, at Tribeca Cinemas (corner of Varick and Laight streets), has announced its partial line-up for the 2011 Independent Vision Showcase. ...

The Columbus International Film + Video Festival, aka The Chris Awards, is extending its entry deadline for the 2010 festival season. The CIF+VF is the longest running film festival in the United States. New lower entry fees, over $20,000 worth of awards, new entry divisions, and the prestigious Chris Awards. NEW entry deadline is July 15 without late fees but only if you enter via hard copy (not WAB). To do so you must download our cfe at http://www.chrisawards.org/download/CFE2.pdf ...

VISIONFEST 04: The Other Festival (VF04) has announced its partial line-up for this year’s film festival, which runs June 23-27, 2004, at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Film Center (36 East Eighth Street, in the heart of the NYU campus, in Manhattan). The event will kick off its opening night with Able Edwards, which festival co-director Bruno Derlin described as “a truly groundbreaking sci-fi feature.” Created on an ultra low-budget and employing the use of green screens and desktop digital ...