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WILLiFEST

Exciting, jam-packed three day event taking place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York (the most international, artistic and eclectic neighborhood in the world) at the end of September each year featuring independent features, shorts, animated films and music videos, both narratives and documentaries from around the world.

We offer three competitions - Commercials/PSAs, Film Soundtracks and Screenplays. These creative fields are underserved and rarely seen in film festivals.

Exhibiting over 80 films, industry panels, networking opportunities, and an Opening Night party are just some of our offerings.

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Williamsburg International Film Festival 2016

Festival

Festival presentation:

WILLiFEST spotlights independent filmmakers from around the world. We encourage you to submit your work and join us in New York City for a professional, fun-filled festival of screenings, industry panels, networking opportunities and after-parties.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Williamsburg International Film Festival, voted top 10 coolest film festival by MovieMaker Magazine, was established to provide a platform for the creative visions of today's emerging artists of all disciplines. The film festival is an opportunity for filmmakers to enhance their careers by exposing their projects to a powerful audience, gaining crucial media exposure and strengthening industry relationships.

In addition to premieres, the festival features film selections from a multitude of categories. Screenplay, Commercial and Soundtrack competitions round out the offerings.

At WILLiFEST, we pride ourselves on elevating the filmmaker's experience. This festival was created for the artist, by artists, and we look forward to taking you, your film, music video or screenplay to the next level.

Narrative Feature Films
Any narrative work of fiction with a running time of at least 50 minutes from any country of origin. In order to qualify as a Narrative Feature Film, the submitted project must be either scripted or improvisational fiction. No premiere status is required. Films must have been completed after January 2013.

Documentary Feature Films

Any non-fiction film with a running time of at least 50 minutes from any country of origin, NOT including entirely scripted or improvised fictionalizations of actual events. If your documentary contains limited dramatization of actual events, you may submit in this category, but we will ultimately decide which program is best suited for your project, if accepted. No premiere status is required. Films must have been completed after January 2013.

Short Films

Any narrative or documentary film from any country of origin with a running time of 49 minutes or less. No premiere status is required. Films must have been completed after January 2013.

Animated Films

Any animated film in any style of animation from any country of origin with a running time of any length. No premiere status is required. Films must have been completed after January 2012.

Student Films

Any U.S. or International narrative or documentary film of any length. Proof of school enrollment is required. No premiere status is required. Films must have been completed after January 2013.

Music Videos

Any film or video in sync to music from any country of origin with a running time of less than 10 minutes. No premiere status is required. Music Videos do not have a completion requirement.

Screenplays

Any feature-length, English-language, narrative screenplay of any genre with a minimum of 15 pages.

Commercials

Any film or video that sells a product or service from any country of origin with a running time of less than 7 minutes. This category also includes Public Service Announcements (PSA) which promotes public awareness. Commercials have no premiere or completion requirements.

Soundtracks
A film or video music soundtrack from any category of film or video. Sample selection(s) should be less than 20 minutes. There is no completion requirement.

Festival Nickname:

WILLiFEST

Edition:

Festival Logo:

Theme:

Adventure

African Films

American Films

Animation

Arabic Films

Art, Dance, Music

Art-house films

Asian Films

Awards

Black Culture Films

British Films

Children

Comedy

Crime

Digital

Documentary

Education

Environnement/Nature

European Films

Family

Fantasy/Science Fiction

Flash

French Films

German Films

Health/Medical

Historical

Homosexuality

Horror films

Human Rights

Independent

International

Italian Films

Japanese Films

Jewish Films

Latin American Films

Market

Multimedia

Music

National

Romance

Science

Senior

Silent films

Spanish Films

Sport

Student films

Television

Thriller

Underground

War

Western

Women

Youth/Teen

not specified

Category/Format:

Animated Films

Digital / DVD

Documentaries

Experiment

Fiction Features

Independant

Industrial

Music video

Short films

Student film

Video / TV

Work-In-Progress

Festival Info

Price info:

See website for details.

Opening hours:

12 noon - 12 midnight

Last attendance:

3000

Number of journalists:

Next Festival Dates:

09/23/2016 - 09/25/2016

Is the Festival open to the public ?:

Yes

Does the Festival have a market?:

Does the Festival have a competition ?:

Yes

Festival Submission

Film submission fee:

Payment

Film submission amount:

Varies... please see website for details.

Submission accepted on Fest21.com:

Film call for entry start day:

01/26/2016

Film call for entry deadline:

05/28/2016

Rules and regulations:

http://www.willifest.com/2016/submitfaq

Submission payment:

http://www.willifest.com/2016/submit

Submission Page:

http://www.willifest.com/2016/submit

Festival Ecommerce

Tickets purchase:

Tickets

Pass purchase:

Passes

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Festival Contact

Festival Director Name:

Michael Helman

Festival Director E-mail:

inquiries@willifest.com

Festival Programmer Name:

Marc Kess

Festival Programmer Email:

programming@willifest.com

Festival Press Contact Name:

Stella McGovern

Festival Press Contact Email:

press@willifest.com

Festival Commercial Contact Name:

Stella McGovern

Festival Commercial Contact Email:

industry@willifest.com

E-mail for Webmaster:

webmaster@willifest.com

Festival Organization

Name:

WILLIFEST INC.

Address:

1483 York Avenue

fest adr2:

P.O. Box 20412

City:

New York

State:

Zip code:

10021

Country:

United States

Website:

http://www.willifest.com/

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