A celebration of the values of Southern California and the future of film from around the world, reflecting the diversity of our region. The Hollywood International Film Festival will screen independent films with an emphasis on promoting female and culturally diverse voices.
Top films and short films will be considered by Hollywood professionals at representation and production companies including:
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International Thai Film Festival is open for film submissions!
Submit your film via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/thaifilmfest
Submit your film via FestHome: https://filmmakers.festhome.com/f/3906
INTERNATIONAL THAI FILM FESTIVAL 2021 (ITFF Film & Entertainment Industry Awards) welcomes short film, animation, feature film and music video submissions from anywhere in the world, accepting productions in all styles and genres.
Website: https://www.thaifilmfestival.co...
International Thai Film Festival a.k.a. ITFF is a prestigious international film event that showcases the best films from around the world. The event of ITFF (held annually in the middle of September, every year, in Bangkok, Thailand) brings together film and entertainment industry professionals and film enthusiasts alike, celebrating and awarding the very best productions and artists (ITFF Film and Entertainment Industry Awards). The Festival provides a memorable and unique experience for all visitors, and all attendees can gain from it and grow personally and/or business wise. ITFF presents industry insiders, knowledge and a colorful experience for everyone. Please visit our website for further information at: https://www.thaifilmfestival.com/For all the news, opportunities and to keep up-to-date with ITFF, please like and follow our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/thaifilmfest.
With each season culminating in events with screenings in the heart of Hollywood, the HIDFF embraces diversity of gender and cultural perspectives around the world, and celebrates our differences to promote understanding and empathy through independent film.
The Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival is an inclusive event celebrating diversity in independent film, spotlighting stories of women and the many different cultures around the world.
The values of Southern California reflect the diversity of gender, gender identity, and the many different cultures that reside within our region. And independent film has been the driver of change in the Hollywood mainstream, at times influencing and re-shaping the norms of studio and network content...
International Thai Film Festival a.k.a. ITFF is an internationally recognized film industry event and registered international film festival of Thailand. The event of ITFF is a film screening event and film entertainment industry expo, organized by S.E.G. with the event partner; SHOW DC. This year (ITFF 2019), the event will take place on the 14th & 15th of September 2019 at the amazing Ultra Arena of SHOW DC in the beautiful city of Bangkok, Thailand. (Ultra Arena is a modern theatre that is 5 times larger than an average multiplex cinema). Alongside screenings of a wide variety of films (Official Selection), there are Panel Talks session, networking opportunities, a market and the ITFF Award Ceremony. ITFF brings together film, animation and entertainment industry professionals from around the world, celebrating and awarding the very best productions and artists, from emerging talents to seasoned professionals. ITFF is an event where connections are made, not to be missed by local and foreign filmmakers and industry professionals.
ABOUT THE COMPETITION:
ITFF Competition is a film, animation and video competition for industry professionals and amateurs alike, who are passionate about filmmaking and wish to screen their work and compete for ITFF Awards to gain a wider recognition and reputation in the industry. Entrants have a chance to win a trophy and prizes at ITFF. The selection of productions is executed by the ITFF Judging Board that includes established Thai film and entertainment industry professionals and guest judges from major studios (USA, France, China, Korea and Australia). With their extensive industry experience and knowledge, each project submitted to ITFF Competition is viewed and studied closely, awarding creativity and the execution of their story regardless of the budget of their production. Submit your work and take us on a journey that surprises us, shocks us, melts our hearts, makes us laugh or simply entertains us.
Your film or video may originate from anywhere from the world! Any nationalities and any production can enter our International Categories.
To enter Thai categories, your film or video must be a Thai production, produced in Thailand and the producer(s) and the director(s) of your production must be Thai citizens.
The official languages of ITFF are English and Thai. All non-English or non-Thai language entries must have English or Thai subtitles. (Except for music videos)
We would like to have Thailand premieres, but it is not a requirement. Productions submitted to the Festival must have been completed after January 1, 2016. Works-In-Progress are not considered. Productions that are nominated at previous editions of ITFF are not considered.
All genres of production are welcome (For example: comedy, drama, action, sci-fi, documentary, thriller, horror, art projects, etc...), except pornographic content. Over-sexualized contents are not allowed. You may have used any of the execution techniques (For example: film, animation - traditional or computer generated 2D or 3D) to execute your production.
You may submit multiple productions and can apply in as many categories as like as long as your production meets the criteria of the selected category you wish to submit to. Each submission will be considered and charged separately.
All entered films and videos must be the original work of the author or authors. Multiple authorship is allowed. ITFF and its organizers shall not be responsible directly or indirectly for any liability arising from any violation of any copyright laws.
ITFF is granted the right to use the submitted films and film stills for promotional purposes on the internet, television and other media, an excerpt of maximum 10% of the length of each submitted film may be used for that purpose. Please note that we will not in any way upload nor release your film or video online, with the exception of a poster and/or a trailer of your production. [In other words: The Rights of your production remain with you and/ or the original right-holder(s) of the production. We only require the rights to screen your production during the Event. We only upload the trailer of your production (if you have provided one to us), the poster of your production and we may excerpt 10% of your production for promotional purposes.]
ITFF does not consider films that require screening or rental fees.
The festival does not accept any free entries, nor do we hand out fee waivers.
Entry Fees are non-refundable.
Your production entry cannot be withdrawn from the competition after 1st of July 2019.
The decisions of our judges are final and will not be reconsidered by any means.
All films and video productions submitted that are meeting our requirements are eligible for nomination for ITFF Film and Entertainment Industry Awards.
CALL FOR ENTRIES 2019
29th African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival
Milan – Italy, 23rd-31st March 2019
Submissions for the 29th African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival are now open!
It’s now possible to submit films to take part in the next edition of African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, which will take place in Milan (Italy) from 23rd to 31st March 2019.
Applying is simple, it only takes two steps:
fill in the entry form, after re...
From June 28 to July 11 the New York Asian Film Festival offered 70 productions from the prolific Asian filmmaking countries like South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan and selections from Thailand and the Philippines, as well as CONRADE KIM GOES FLYING, the first feature film from North Korea ever shown in the United States. As in past years the festival screened several productions from the JAPAN CUTS festival which was held at the Japan Soc...
The Urban Action Showcaseis a 3 day Independent Action Showcase and Film Festival premiering minority filmmakers specifically in the Action Film Genre. Action is the genre of choice of fans and Studios alike when it comes to Summer Blockbusters not to mention 9 out of the top 10 highest grossing films to date all have Action at its core! The Danger, Thrill, and Excitement of the Action genre keeps us all at the edge of our seats from the small screen to the big screen and it would seem that the Action genre has it all accept for one very important factor, Diversity. Without equal opportunity and diversity any positive message can be misconstrued. By focusing on the thrill and excitement of the Action genre and recognizing the need for integration the Urban Action Showcase sets itself apart from other film festivals as the only one of its kind!
With the initiative of social responsibility and ethnic diversity, the Urban Action Showcase advocates minority actors, filmmakers, producers, and industry professionals of the Action film genre through workshops, panel discussion, screenings and events. Through strong networks and sponsorship support the Urban Action Showcase endeavors to encourage major studios to both include and pioneer more ethnically diverse casts and projects in the Action genre for example the Fast and Furious franchise. The Urban Action Showcase will continue to grow meeting and exceeding expectations with the help of our partnering sponsors and Indie Action fans across the nation. The Urban Action Showcase Indie Action Film Festival welcomes film and television Animation and Live Action Shorts and Feature narratives in all aspects of the Action genre.
The Urban Action Showcase is Executive Produced by Action Scene Combat Productions a full service production company pioneering ethnically diverse works in the Action film genre founded in 2000 by Demetrius Angelo the creator of the Urban Action Showcase.
To provide a respectful, competitive, celebratory and affordable film fest event that is judged by a panel for independent filmmakers to enter their Strange-ifical, Weird-ifical, Horror-ifical, Sci-fi-tastical, Fantastical and Macabre-licious films to be viewed by the fans with the opportunity to win awards, increase film visibility via press and possibly obtain distribution. All this while maintaining manageable entry fees.
What's it all about?
TwitchTwitch Productions presents Long Island's only Macabre Faire Film Festival 2x a year with its main focus always being the "Official Selections" and its filmmakers/crew.
For starters the word "Macabre" is pronounced: Ma-Cob. The "re" is hardly ever heard. What does it mean?
Although it is an adjective meaning: disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury, we usually approach the Macabre Faire Film Festival with a lighter touch in the sense that, not all of the films screened have been a gore fest. Of course, there isn't anything wrong with adding some gore to a macabre film fest but, when we hear the word "Macabre" we remember those hauntingly fascinating films that starred legendary greats such as: Vincent Price & Peter Cushing. Or those fantastic Gothic horrors like those from "Hammer" films. These names in themselves represent what "macabre" means to us. What we are saying is that the word "Macabre" doesn't have to be about the hardcore gore, violence or scare but instead it could be about what you don't see or hear but, somehow manages to reach your fear's core. Let's also not forget those fantasy films or comedies with their horror twists. Truth be told that those exist too and yes, we welcome them. How can we not? Would you have turned down something like "The Evil Dead's: Army of Darkness" which is both a fantasy, a comedy and a horror wrapped into a tight burrito? Yeah, we wouldn't either. So folks, this is what many of the films selected for the Macabre Faire Film Festival have to offer. About the only thing we may have to say "No Thanks" to would be a romantic comedy/drama... unless, there's a monster or weird dark force that takes over then we may reconsider.
We have had judges and guests such as director Stevan Mena "Bereavement", Eileen Dietz "The Exorcist", Doug Jones "Hell Boy", Cleve Hall "Monster Man", Michael Gingold "Fangoria", Nick Nicholson "CNN Film Critic", Evan Ginzburg "The Wrestler" and others.
Trophies & Award Certificates will be presented.
Also note: Elsie Ginsberg is currently the Acquisitions Manager for the popular interactive live streaming: www.MonsterChannel.Tv With this said, all films submitted to the Macabre Faire Film Festival become eligible to be part of the channel's programming. All films will undergo review by the Monster Channel's additional management team for consideration. If a film is not chosen as an Official Selection for the Macabre Faire Film Festival this does not mean that the film may not be considered for programming on the Monster Channel. Forms from Fourth Castle that grants permission to showcase your film to Monster Channel's captured audience can be found with the Film Fest forms at: www.MacabreFaireFilmFest.com
Keep in mind, the Monster Channel is a bonus feature to submitting your film to the Macabre Faire Film Festival and completely optional. Programming shall begin streaming on the Monster Channel of the selected original films by the later part of 2013.
The Macabre Faire Film Festival currently takes place at the Best Western Mill River Manor Hotel in Rockville Centre, NY offering 3 screening rooms. This allows us to screen between 25-50 films per event (totals vary according to amount of days allocated for the event). It is presented by our umbrella company "TwitchTwitch Productions" which is family owned and operated. The brand "Macabre Faire" may be recognized by many because of it's affiliation with the "Macabre Faire" convention-like party events that take place through out the year occasionally for a weekend long gathering.
Our Macabre Faire events and Film Festival have a reputation for being a very friendly environment with a wonderful celebratory ambiance within an intimately sized space. Here's what Fox 5 News had to say about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oVRMl4BQwQ&feature=share
For short films completed in 2011 (after June 1, 2011): October 15, 2012
For short films completed in 2012 (after January 1, 2012): December 20, 2012
Submissions must be postmarked by the applicable deadline based on the production year of your film, and late submissions will not be considered and screener DVDs cannot be returned under any circumstances.
International / Asia International Competition
1. Japan Premieres Only:
Your film MUST NOT have been screened in Japan on any media and oc...
Call for Script/Film Entries: The 6th
Annual SURGE Film Festival
Dear friends in this group and beyond,
The Sixth Annual S.U.R.G.E. Film
Festival is accepting entries.
We accept Multimedia, Film and Script
Entries. We offer wonderful Early Bird discounts until July 14th on
all entry Fees. We accept entries through Withoutabox (click here) or through our
website (click here). After that we accept entries until November 2011 for the
2012 festiva...
The Board of ScreenSingapore announced today that the inaugural Asian Short Film Awards@ScreenSingapore has received 90 entries from 15 countries and regions in less than two months. The entries were submitted by filmmakers from Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, India, Iran, Bangladesh, Cambodia, New Zealand, China, Indonesia and Taiwan, with the majority of the films in English.
A mix of fiction and documentary features, the entries dea...
These days people go and watch movies that have high quality visual effects and enjoy seeing large explosions, incredible creatures that look as of they could really exist, mind blowing action sequences, 3D images, and a variety of different effects that technology is allowing filmmakers and studios -who have the budget- to do.
However, with all the advances there is always the same complaint from movie goers and critics saying that what they are seeing on screen is not realistic. They a...
In the world of entertainment today, mainly speaking of film, it's a tough place to find originality. Hollywood films are losing that touch of creativity. It may not seem so when it comes to applying the technological advances in the art. When it comes to story, plot, characters, it seems as if we've heard it all before.
So what do we turn to? Mainstream Hollywood is losing its touch, it's time to look into independent film festivals where we could find the filmmakers of today, living ...
The 14th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) was held November 7-16, 2013. SDAFF is one of the largest showcases of Pan-Asian Cinema in North America with over 120 films premiering from over 20 different countries. For more information please visit www.sdaff.org or contact info@sdaff.org
Recently named by USA Today as one of the 10 reasons to visit San Diego, the annual San Diego Asian Film Festival is the flagship event of Pacific Arts Movement (formerly the San Diego Asian Film Foundation), a non-profit media arts organization specializing in Asian and Asian American cinema.
Founded in 2000, the Festival has grown to become the largest exhibition of Asian cinema in the western United States, and has showcased everything from future classics like Bong Joon-ho’s Memories of Murder (US Premiere) to luminary independent work like Patrick Wang’s award-winning In the Family (North American Premiere).
Pacific Arts Movement also presents the SDAFF Spring Showcase, a mini-festival in April, as well as year-round quarterly screenings and community events.
Offering you the roughest, the sharpest... and the smoothest of today’s cutting-edge film scene!
JAPAN CUTS returns with the only large-scale Japanese film festival in North America, offering U.S. and NY premieres of the latest and best in Japanese cinema. In its fourth consecutive year, the summer festival will screen over 20 titles (the most ever!), including co-presentations with the New York Asian Film Festival (July 1-4) and a special selection of films from the last decade (Best of Unreleased Naughties!) which have not been treated to U.S. release.
Urban Nomad Film Fest is the oldest and best known underground film festival in Taiwan. It was founded in Taipei in 2002, and the ongoing project is to create a
community-oriented film environment and put an end to the impersonal
‘black box’ movie theater environment where hundreds of people can
watch films without really interacting with each other. We tend to hold festival screenings and events in warehouses, outdoor spaces and converted spaces, rather than traditional film theaters. Peripheral events include concerts, parties, discussion seminars and directors talks.
Urban Nomad's festival content is socially
motivated, growing with and out of digital and grassroots film
movements: underground, alternative, digital, arthouse, DVcam, Flash,
and web-based films. Our program is evenly split between Taiwanese indie shorts (open submission) and international, independent documentaries and features (feel free to contact us).
The aim of the Granada Film Festival "Cines del Sur" ("Cinemas from the
South") is to disseminate and promote films made in the countries of
the so-called geopolitical south. Thus, the Festival will provide a
space for the meeting of both young filmmakers and established talents
from these countries, allowing for the screening of both new
productions and emblematic and historic works.
'Our World' Photo exhibit brings awareness and enlightenment to viewers around the world.We appreciate the abundance and wealth in our world, united with the realities of war, poverty, abuse and disregard towards our fellow human.Ideally you will discover new actions that make a difference in the lives of our human family. May everyone enjoy the same privileges and quality of life experience in our life time. Designed by Bobbi Miller MoroWomen Without Borders US Women Without Borders US ...
The SDAFF seeks to exhibit the best in dramatic narative features & shorts, documentary, animation, and experimental that showcase the word of Asian American or international artists. We strive to connect audiences with the Pan-Asian experience through film.
Tengu (Trailer on Vimeo)
Roger Walch's new feature film TENGU (63 min, Japan 2009). Genre: Mystery, Travelogue.
The film tells the story of a shipwrecked foreigner who becomes the origin of a famous Japanese legend.
Shot entirely on location in Kyoto and Shiga, Japan. Starring Ted Taylor, Mimori Sento and Japan's legendary actor/singer Kan Mikami. With the collaboration of real Geisha.
