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2013 Slamdance Film Festival Check out the lists below and submit today...

6/5/2013

Deadlines Rapidly Expiring:
- Raindance Film Festival
- HollyShorts Film Festival
- Napa Valley Film Festival
Trending on Withoutabox:
- Atlantic Film Festival
- Cinequest Film Festival
- NewFilmmakers Los Angeles
- Brisbane International Film Festival
Plus, Don't Miss:
- Mill Valley Film Festival
- New Hampshire Film Festival
- San Diego Film Festival
- BendFilm Festival

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The Boston Underground Film Festival

6/4/2013

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#BUFF16 Seeks Wild Films Dazzle, Delight, Destroy Our Programming Team The Boston Underground Film Festival announces its sixteenth annual competition celebrating the bizarre and insane in the world of film and video. The festival will take place in late March 2014 and features the best in provocative and experimental features, shorts, animations, music videos, and documentaries.

The festival seeks the alternative, the confrontational, the political, and the controversial. BUFF is an IMDb Qualifying Festival and seeks films that celebrate alternative visions and sounds, offering a platform that encourages new ideas and work and pushes the envelope in style and content.

EARLY DEADLINE: 22 July 2013
REGULAR DEADLINE: 30 September 2013
LATE DEADLINE: 4 November 2013
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 30 December 2013

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The 61st Columbus International Film + Video Festival

6/4/2013

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WIN A PRIZE JUST FOR ENTERING!

This year, thanks to Showbiz Software, everyone who enters the CIF+VF wins a prize! All of our film entrants will receive a free digital copy of Showbiz Producer. Submit an entry to the 2013 CIF+VF and receive a FREE copy of Showbiz Producer, valued at $99. Showbiz Producer is perfect for entertainment industry professionals and anyone else with large scale projects to manage....it’s the ultimate tool for tracking progress on any time-sensitive endeavor. For more information on Producer and other Showbiz Software products please visit http://media-services.com/showbiz

$1,500 GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL TRAVEL AWARD
$1,000 STONEWALL COLUMBUS TRAVEL AWARD
$1,000 PUFFIN FOUNDATION WEST LTD AWARD
$3,000 MOjOFILTER FILM TREATMENT AWARD
$13,000 FOOTAGE FIRM/VIDEO BLOCKS STOCK FOOTAGE AWARDS

This just in: This year we are pleased to announce a $1,000 screening fee award dedicated to the works chosen for our Saturday Morning Cartoons/First Night screenings. The child-friendly animated works chosen for the screenings will receive a screening fee for the use of their work thanks to the generosity of the Puffin Foundation West, Ltd.

There is also a $1500 Travel Award for filmmakers (of any type) to attend the CIF+VF. The filmmakers chosen will attend the Festival and one filmmaker may perform the final adjudication for the 2013 Greater Columbus Arts Council Media Fellowships. The filmmaker chosen to adjudicate the Fellowships will receive an honorarium as well as travel funds. These awards are not limited by division so all filmmakers are in consideration for these awards.

This year Stonewall Columbus will choose an LGBT filmmaker to attend the screening of their film and bring the filmmaker to the CIF+VF, all expenses paid.

Over $13,000 worth of stock footage from Footage Firm and Video Blocks will be awarded to filmmakers entering the CIF+VF as well as a special one year download membership to their sites worth almost $1000.

Short film winners will have an opportunity to be considered for inclusion into an upcoming issue of The Journal Of Short Film, a quarterly DVD journal containing 90-120 minutes of independent short film per issue. For more information about The Journal of Short Film visit www.TheJSF.org

In the Film Treatment Division ONE AWARD will be given in recognition of the BEST TREATMENT. The top three entries will receive a professional script analysis/marketing strategy, courtesy of Mojofilter, and a copy of Montage, screenwriting software by Mariner Software. Total Value $1,000 for each Film Treatment winner.

Final deadline is July 1.

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ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada September 12 to 19, 2013

6/4/2013

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In the Spotlight today is the 33rd Annual Atlantic Film Festival (AFF), offering first-look access to the best international films on the festival circuit. An eight-day celebration of film, media, and music from around the world, AFF attracts remarkable industry attention while championing the voices of indie talents primed for success. Niche programs, including Late Shift (late night horror screenings), That's So Gay (gay and lesbian fare), Viewfinders @ AFF (targeting children and families), and special retrospectives of classic stories ensure that every cinephile's needs are met at this festival.

Large enough to attract the world's most notable actors, directors, and producers-yet intimate enough to establish valuable connections in a unique and relaxed way-AFF offers an ideally unpretentious atmosphere in which to enjoy some of the best International, Canadian, and Atlantic Canadian films. Helpful staff and volunteers are on-hand to provide personalized service, and participating filmmakers enjoy full access to all films, festivities, industry panels, master classes, luncheons, and a range of one-on-one meeting opportunities. The result is a festival experience that's exciting, comprehensive, and creatively enriching from beginning to end.

In 2012 alone, AFF screened the world premiere of Shandi Mitchell's directorial debut feature, The Disappeared, as well as Nikolaj Arcel's A Royal Affair, Leos Carax' Holy Motors, and Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone. These and other acclaimed works played alongside exciting cinema from talented filmmakers on the brink of international discovery. Offering monetary prizes and film production services to talented storytellers in a range of competitive categories, AFF is proud to draw well-deserved attention to filmmakers for whom storytelling is a powerful passion.

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GENART FILM FESTIVAL New York August 15 to 18, 2013

6/4/2013

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In the Spotlight today is the 18th Annual GenArt Film Festival, a now four-day event spotlighting some of the most talented filmmakers in North America. With a multi-genre slate of 14 dynamic films - seven short films and seven feature-length films - GenArt routinely attracts an influential audience of film lovers, trade press, and industry professionals from coast to coast. Throughout it all, participating filmmakers are lavished with royal accommodations and countless opportunities to mix and mingle with an expansive network of power players and up-and-comers alike.

GenArt has hosted New York City premieres for Adrienne Shelley, Tim Blake Nelson, Ari Gold, Kevin Bacon, Adrian Grenier, and a wide array of other filmmakers who have gone on to become some of the most potent voices in independent cinema. Last year's GenArt event featured directorial debuts from Jaime King and Ryan Eggold and boasted performances by Laura Prepon, Bryan Greenberg, and Mickey Sumner. In 2011, five GenArt alumni filmmakers had features at the Sundance Film Festival. Drake Doremus, a GenArt alum, took home Sundance's Grand Jury prize for Like Crazy.

Each short film at GenArt is paired with one of the festival's honored feature-length submissions, ensuring that short-form filmmakers receive as much attention and buzz as their feature-length counterparts. Several GenArt shorts have gone on to receive Student Academy Awards and nominations. In addition to its stellar cinematic line-up, GenArt keeps energy high and conversations flowing with nightly after parties that take full advantage of the magic, dynamism, and general insomnia that can only be found in New York City. Best of all: GenArt will continue to promote its participants' current and future work well after the celebrations have ended.

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the Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2013

6/4/2013

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FESTIVAL DATES : from Oct 21, 2013 to Oct 27, 2013

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Registration deadline : Jun 30, 2013
Registration fee: no fee
Preview format : File uploaded via Shortfilmdepot
Requirements :
1) Films completed after : June 30, 2011
2) Maximum duration : 40 minutes
3) Country of production : All
4) Screening format : 35mm, .mov files (either the ProRes 422 or h264 codec)
5) Accepted genres : animation, experimental, documentary, fiction
6) Preview copies : Preview copies and screening copies with other than English or Swedish dialogue/commentary must come with embedded subtitles in English

NATIONAL COMPETITION

Registration deadline : Jun 30, 2013
Registration fee: no fee
Preview format : File uploaded via Shortfilmdepot
Requirements :
1) Films completed after : June 30, 2011
2) Maximum duration : 40 minutes
3) Country of production : Sweden
4) Screening format : 35mm, .mov files (either the ProRes 422 or h264 codec)
5) Accepted genres : animation, experimental, documentary, fiction
6) Preview copies : Preview copies and screening copies with other than English or Swedish dialogue/commentary must come with embedded subtitles in English

FESTIVAL CONTACT DETAILS :
UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
Box 2104
SE-750 02 Uppsala
SWEDEN
TEL : +46.(0)18 12 00 25
E-MAIL : info@shortfilmfestival.com

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june festival updates

6/4/2013

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As the month of May rapidly draws to a close, we bring you dozens of deadlines, including the final international features deadline for the 38th Toronto International Film Festival. Also in the mix are Oscar-qualifying festivals, circuit gems, screenplay competitions, and niche showcases. Find your fests and submit today!
Filmmaker Favorites:
- Hamptons International Film Festival
- Raindance Film Festival
- Woodstock Film Festival
- Breckenridge Festival of Film
- Hawaii International Film Festival
And, Rising Circuit Stars:
- shnit International Shortfilmfestival
- United Nations Association Film Festival
- NewFilmmakers Los Angeles
- NBCUniversal Short Cuts Festival
- Asiana International Short Film Festival

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Submit and be a part of the Monthly FEEDBACK Film and Writing Festival

6/4/2013

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Submit your SHORT FILM - feedback on all entries!
http://www.wildsound.ca/submityourfilm.html

Get your film showcased.

1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your book.
Winners get their 1st chapter read and shown online by a professional
actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/book_contest.html

READ last's month's winning 1st chapter NOVEL:
http://www.wildsound.ca/THE%20RABBIT'S%20MAN%20-%20CHPT%20ONE.pdf

SHORT STORY CONTEST - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your short story. Winners
get their short story read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/short_story_contest.html

READ last's month's winning Short Story:
http://www.wildsound.ca/short_story_winner.html

1st ACT or FULL PLAY CONTEST - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your essay. Winners
get their plays read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/play_contest.html

ESSAY CONTEST - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your essay. Winners get their
essay read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/essay_contest.html

FEATURE or SHORT screenplay contest - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your script.
http://www.wildsound.ca/screenplaycontest.html

TV PILOT or SPEC screenplay contest - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your script.
http://www.wildsound.ca/tvscreenplaycontest.html

FIRST SCENE (first 10pgs) SCREENPLAY CONTEST - Submit the first stages
of your film and get full feedback!
http://www.wildsound.ca/firstscenescreenplaycontest.html

POETRY CONTEST - All entries win and get their poem showcased on this
popular website. Winners get their poem made into a film!
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

Last's months list of finalists:
http://www.wildsound.ca/screenplayfinalists.html

WILDsound Writing and Screenplay Festival Reviews - Hear testimonials
http://www.wildsound.ca/wildsound_festival_review.html

Winners get their works read and shown online by professional actors!

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Park City, Utah USA January 16 to 26, 2014

6/4/2013

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In the Spotlight today is the 30th Annual Sundance Film Festival, one of the world's most anticipated and influential film events. A premier showcase for U.S. and international independent film that annually attracts diverse audiences in excess of 50,000, Sundance Film Festival caters to film lovers and film industry professionals alike. Its vibrant, unique community of artists and audiences extends well beyond the snowy peaks of Park City, Utah, around the globe, and even deep into the online universe.

With an exciting selection of short films from across the U.S. and around the globe, Sundance has long provided a prestigious launchpad for new talent. For three decades, Sundance has shown innovative and enigmatic short films under 50 minutes in runtime across all genres, from traditional to experimental works. These shorts are presented in advance of fantastic feature-length works, and are also collected into unforgettable shorts compilations. Filmmaking talents discovered by way of Sundance short film screenings include Paul Thomas Anderson, Andrea Arnold, Jay and Mark Duplass, Chris Eyre, Cary Fukunaga, Debra Granik, Sam Green, Todd Haynes, Don Hertzfeldt, Jason Reitman, David O. Russell, and Tamara Jenkins.

Exhibiting filmmakers at Sundance vie for a range of coveted awards, including the Short Film Grand Jury Prize; Jury Prizes in Animation, Documentary, and Fiction (U.S. and International); and two Special Jury Prizes. Guests and filmmakers can enjoy the additional splendors of the festival at gala screenings, parties, networking events, panels, conversations, film music events, and more.

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