The Indie Fest: Call for Entries
Deadline: October 29, 2010
Download the entry form at: www.TheIndieFest.com
The Indie Fest is an independent, top-tier international film awards competition. Our goal is to help independent filmmakers gain publicity and, when appropriate,exposure to distributors. $1000 cash prize and in-kind $4500 production studio opportunity.
The Indie Fest is unique; it's an awards competition. Winners receive publicity as we broadcast the list of winners via press releases and to our email database of more than 24,000 filmmakers and industry insiders. Winning an Indie will help you get noticed. The Indie Fest has been very successful in introducing winners to distributors who can sell licensing rights around the world.
Entries are judged against high standards of excellence and against each other. The Indie Fest provides an equal chance of winning for all entrants, regardless of size and budget. Entries are judged on quality of craft and creativity. The Indie Fest is a showcase for cinematic gems and unique voices.
The Indie Fest's has seasonal deadlines/judging and grants awards as appropriate within four to six weeks after each deadline. Once each year the Indie Fest, in cooperation with its sister competition the Accolade, holds a festival to honor Indie Fest and Accolade winners. The event is designed specifically for the benefit of filmmakers and television producers. The public is invited on a space available basis. It is a time when filmmakers network with other filmmakers and see screenings of other filmmaker's work. Works in progress are invited so filmmakers can receive feedback from other filmmakers before completing their projects. Expert panels provide an opportunity for filmmakers to gain in-depth information about such topics as how to find a distributor. At the event a $1,000 cash prize is awarded to one Grand Prize Winner selected from among the Indie Fest and Accolade winners from the past twelve months.
Judging is a three phase process. Like most traditional festivals, the first round of judging takes place internally and is a screening to find those productions that have outstanding craft, i.e., cinematography/videography, sound, editing, etc. Many films wash-out during phase. Those productions that survive are evaluated to find the films that excel at storytelling, entertainment and communication. Entries judged to be potential Best of Show winners may be sent to outside judges for additional review. Judging standards are high and selective.
Please take a look at the Indie Fest website, www.TheIndieFest.com, so you'll better understand the Competition. On the website you'll find lots of original content of interest to independent filmmakers including articles about indie-friendly distributors.
Go to www.TheIndieFest.com for rules and entry form.
Thomas Baker, Ph.D.
Competition Chairperson
The Indie Fest
7946 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 201
La Jolla, California 92037 USA
Email: info@theindiefest.com
Telephone: 858-454-9787
Fax: 858-454-6287
Website: www.TheIndieFest.com
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