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Festivals & Competitions

Did you know that the school offers a service that helps put your work into festivals and competitions? Through this, you work with a Special Projects Coordinator, who collects your work and then finds festivals and competitions that would best fit your piece. Once one is found, then the Special Projects Coordinator will submit your film, while taking care of the application process, packaging, and shipping and handling fees. This service is available to you for up to one year after your graduate. If you are interested and would like more information, then check out these documents, which will explain it further.

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List of all the Upcoming Festivals in an xl sheet: upcoming-festivals_updated_5

For the detailed list of festivals, what ever is highlighted in color, is what is currently open and accepting submissions. If it is not highlighted then the submission deadline has passed.

List of Upcoming Festivals through withoutabox.com festival-watch-list_4_3_09

Welcome Message Explaining the Process. welcome-message-and-information

Press Kit Guidelines, Needed in order for Film to be Submitted to Fests. visual-effects-press-kit-guidelines

Upcoming Festival Submission Deadlines for 2009

March
  • Directors’ Fortnight Film Festival: March 27 (Free) (Accepts Short Films Under 60 min.)
  • 4th Annual PSAid Student Competition Film Festival: March 30 (Free) (Accepts Print and Broadcast PSA’s)
  • PROMAXBDA Student Broadcast Design & Motion Graphics Competition: Deadline TBA (Details still being worked out by competition organizers)
April
  • Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival: April 3 (Free)  (Accepts Film & Animation)
  • Big Bear Lake Screenwriting Competition: April 7 ($50 Entry Fee)
  • Into The Pixel Art Ehibition: April 10 (Free) (Accepts Gameing Still Art)
  • H2O: Film on Water Juried Video Exhibition: April 15 ($40 Entry Fee) (Accepts Interpretive Videos & Animations on the theme of water)
  • The Connecticut Film Festival: April 15 ($70 Feature, $5 Short Entry Fee)
  • Naperville Independent Film Festival: April 15 ($40 Feature, $20 Short Entry Fee)
  • Animation Meeting- 3D Wire Animation Competition: April 15 (Accepts All Types of Animation)
  • Bronx Independent Film Festival: April 17 ($15 Short, $25 Feature Entry Fee)
  • International Youth Film Festival of Santa Maria da Feira: April 20 (Free) (Accepts Fiction, Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films)
  • Beloit International Film Festival: April 30 (Free)
  • Williamstown Film Festival: April 30 ($15 Entry Fee)
  • Hawaii International Film Festival: April 30 ($15 Entry Fee)
  • 2nd Annual Wyoming Short Film Contest: April 30 (Free) (It is very open to any genre of film & animation)
  • Hollywood Film Festival: April 30 ($35 Entry Fee)
May
  • Atlanta Underground Film Festival: May 1 ($20 Entry Fee)
  • The Blue Plum Animation Festival: May 1 ($25 Submission Fee) (Accepts any form of digital or traditional Animation)
  • Big Apple Film Festival: May 1
  • Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival: May 1 ($15 Entry Fee)
  • Heartland Film Festival: May 1 ($15 Entry Fee)
  • Secret City Film Festival: May 1 ($15 Entry Fee)
  • Washougal International Film Festival: May 1 (Accepts Shorts and Feature Films)
  • I’ve Seen Films International Film Festival: May 7 (Accepts Film, Animation, Documentaries, Experimental)
  • Siggraph Space Time Student Competition: May 15 (Accepts Animation, Interactive, and Print)
  • Gangrene Film Festival of Comedy Shorts: May 20 ($15 Entry Fee)
  • The Peachtree Village International Film Festival: May 20 (Accepts features, shorts, and music videos)
  • DC Shorts Screenwriting Competition: May 31 ($35 Entry Fee)
June
  • New Jersey Film Festival: June 1 ($40-$75 depending if it is a short or feature)
  • SoCal Independent Film Festival: June 3  ($15 Submission Fee) (Accepts any genre of film)
  • Save the Earth Game-A Worldwide Computer Game Creation Contest: June 12 (Accepts Game ideas & Playable Games)
  • New Filmmakers NY Fall: June 15 ($15 Submission Fee) (Accepts any film under 60 min.)
  • Blue Planet Film Fest: June 15 ($45 Entry Fee)
  • Edmonton International Film Festival: June 15 ($15 Entry Fee)
  • KUKI 2nd International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth: June 26 (Accepts Films & Animations made for Children)

January