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Professional Film Submission Rules and Regulations
DATES
Professional Earlybird Deadline: June 1, 2010
Professional Regular Deadline: July 1, 2010
Professional Late Deadline: August 1, 2010
Professional Extended Deadline: August 15, 2010
Festival Dates: October 22 - November 11, 2010
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Full Length Features / Documentaries / Shorts
FILMS MUST NOT HAVE PLAYED IN FLORIDA PREVIOUS TO OUR SCREENING.
Of the 60-75 features in the festival, ten to twelve will be invited into the main competition. All Documentaries and Shorts will be eligible for awards in their respective categories. Feature films will be considered for the Director, Actor, Actress, World Trade Center of Uruguay Award, and Special Jury Prizes as well as the Audience Award.
PRINT FORMATS
FLIFF accepts 35mm, Beta, Beta SP, DVD, and Mini DV. Films must be in English or original language with English subtitles.
Professional Features and Documentaries
$40 U.S. / $35 Discounted Rate - (now thru June 1) EARLYBIRD DEADLINE
$45 U.S. / $40 Discounted Rate - (June 2 - July 1) REGULAR DEADLINE
$50 U.S. / $45 Discounted Rate - (July 2 – August 1) LATE DEADLINE
$65 U.S. / $50 Discounted Rate - (August 1 - August 15) WAB EXTENDED DEADLINE
All entries must be received no later than August 20th
Professional Shorts
$30 U.S. / $25 Discounted Rate - (now thru June 1) EARLYBIRD DEADLINE
$35 U.S. / $30 Discounted Rate - (June 2 - July 1) REGULAR DEADLINE
$40 U.S. / $45 Discounted Rate – (July 2 – August 1) LATE DEADLINE
$55 U.S. / $40 Submissions - (August 2 - Aug 15) WAB EXTENDED DEADLINE
All entries must be received no later than August 20th
ENTRY SUBMISSION (Materials will not be returned)
All entries must be submitted with the following:
DVD (no PAL)
Completed entry form
U.S. $ Appropriate fee in U.S. currency (non-refundable)
Make sure your DVD is not scratched and mail correctly to avoid damage to it.
Click the image below to begin the submission process via Withoutabox.
Or to download a paper submission form; CLICK HERE
ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS
Once an entry has been reviewed and accepted by the Festival for competition, the filmmaker will be contacted as early as July 1. All invited professional entries will be notified by September 10 and posted on FLIFF.com. We do not send out rejection letters, therefore to find out the status of your film, please email brofilm@aol.com with subject line: STATUS OF FILM, and state film's TITLE and CATEGORY. Upon notification the festival will require 10 hard copies of press kits for each feature or documentary complete with:
Three color photos representative of your film. For each SHORT, one color photo is required. ALL PHOTOS SHOULD BE SENT AS ATTACHED (NOT IMBEDDED) JPEGS.
One photo of the director
Four posters (if available)
One Betacam SP NTSC videotape of excerpts (for TV) (if available)
Emailed Production notes (as a word document, not pdf) including: Synopsis, Running Time, Screening Format, cast/crew list, bios of primary stars, director & producer(s)
Fifty info sheets (if available)
Your signature on entry form authorizes us to show clips on television for marketing and/or news programs. Once a film is submitted and accepted , it cannot be withdrawn from FLIFF by producer, director of distributor for any reason. Winning films will receive an encore screening at FLIFF, Key West and St. Augustine. All above material must be received by August 20.
ADVANCE PRESS SCREENINGS
Press screenings begin as early as August.
Press must begin screening at least 8 weeks in advance to run film reviews during the festival and to consider interviews. If you want reviews and if you prefer theatrical screenings, please be prepared to ship within a 6 week period beginning in August. 35mm prints that must be returned and shipped again for the festival showing will be at the expense of the filmmaker. We also have the capability to theatrically screen on DVD and VHS (NTSC) if it is of top quality (made from the original print).
Advance theatrical press screenings will not be scheduled until we have received the print of your film.
SHIPPING
All features and documentaries must be received by October 3. You are responsible for shipping to the Festival and the Festival will return the print at our cost. The Festival reserves the right to retain any award winners until the final day of the Festival. All other films will be returned the day following their final screening.
TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
The Festival has numerous travel partners including hotel, rental car and airlines. Special discounts are available. Please contact our Travel Relations Coordinator for more information at 954-760-9898
QUESTIONS
If you still have questions after reading our regulations, you may email Bonnie Adams at bonnie@fliff.com
DISTRIBUTION
In addition to the Film Festival itself, FLlFF distributes films throughout the year under Cinema Paradiso Releasing. This limited arm provides films to art houses, other film festivals, colleges, and universities throughout the U.S. Many films screen from one to two weeks at FLIFF's Cinema Paradiso, a 200 seat, state of the art facility projecting 35mm, 16mm and all video formats. Interested filmmakers should contact Gregory von Hausch at gregvon@aol.com
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