Boston Science Fiction Film Festival
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2009
Festival Date: February 5, 2010 — February 15, 2010
Did you grow up on things not of this Earth? Do you love making sci-fi film? Then submit to the oldest running genre film fest in the world – the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival! The 35th annual Boston Science Fiction Film Festival runs this winter from February 5 – 15th, 2010, culminating in a 24-hour marathon! Science fiction-themed feature, documentary, short, and animated film. Regular Deadline: November 30, 2009 Late Deadline: December 15, 2009 WAB Extended Deadline: December 21, 2009 Features and Documentaries: 50 - 120 minutes Shorts: preferably 10 minutes or less MISSION & OBJECTIVE Showcasing Mélies to indies to blockbusters, the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival brings filmmakers and audiences together to celebrate the diversity of imagination through film. ABOUT THE FESTIVAL In 1976, the legendary Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge, MA ran a 24-hour film marathon called IT CAME FROM THE ORSON WELLES. Starting at noon on President's Day weekend and ending 1,440 minutes later, guests gathered in a single theater to watch classic, schlock and premiere science fiction films. The 'THON, as it became to be called, has become a sci-fan's treasured event every year since. The fest now includes ten days of new films leading up to the 24-hour film marathon, Boston's "Other Marathon". The 'thon is arguably the world's oldest running festival of its kind. Awards are given by judges and by the audience.
• 617-901-7280 • garen@bostonsci-fi.com • web site

Going Green Film Festival
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2009
Festival Date: April 2, 2010 — April 4, 2010
Second Submission Deadline-January 15, 2010 The Going Green Film Festival is currently taking submissions for its April 2010 Film Festival in Beverly Hills, CA. This is the only festival of its kind to focus exclusively on green filmmaking, from production to content! Shorts/Features are being considered for three main categories in the festival: *GREEN PRODUCTION, where a film’s production worked to lessen the carbon footprint left on the planet (with sufficient documentation of this process); *OUR PLANET, where the film’s topic covers third world issues, ecology, nature or the environment; and *HYBRID/ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION, where the film features a hybrid vehicle, bicycle, electric scooter or public transportation. You think your film is Green enough? Submit it for a chance to win a hybrid! www.GoingGreenFilmFestival.com
• 310-652-0271 • submissions@goinggreenfilmfestival.com • web site

Idyllwild International Festival Of Cinema
Submission Deadline: December 1, 2009
Festival Date: January 11, 2010 — January 16, 2010
A Film Festival For Filmmakers. Alpine mountain village over-run with film, art and music for one beautiful week in January. Two hours eat of Los Angels and north of San Diego, but a world away. Hollywood stars, major distribution, and corproate presence never takes away from the magic of this festival.
• 951-537-4230 • idyinternationalfilmfest@lunatopia.com • web site

USA Film Contest
Submission Deadline: December 1, 2009
Festival Date: No date currently available
This is a film contest. There are no public screenings. All submissions are examined and reviewed. All applicants receive detailed feedback on their work, with the winner receiving a theatrical screening in the city of their choice, Plus 1,000 dvd units of their completed project.
• 610-449-5324 • usafilmcontest@hotmail.com • web site

Mendocino Film Festival
Submission Deadline: December 1, 2009
Festival Date: June 4, 2010 — June 6, 2010
Set in the historic village of Mendocino on the spectacular Northern California coast, the Mendocino Film Festival (June 4-6, 2010) has been praised by attending filmmakers as “a filmmaker’s film festival,” an intimate gathering place for independent artists hailing from across the country and around the globe. "The Mendocino Film Festival is the near perfect film festival. It is about great films, talented filmmakers and wonderful film lovers, all set in a breathtakingly beautiful place," said filmmaker Adrian Belic. The Mendocino Film Festival offers attending filmmakers the warmest hospitality for three nights in the lodges, inns, and private homes of Mendocino and neighboring communities. The Mendocino Film Festival invites filmmakers to submit entries by Dec. 1, 2009, to one of these special categories: • Films on the Arts - Films on the lives, work and creative process of artists in the visual, literary, applied and performing arts. • Films for our Future – Environmental, social justice, and spiritually themed films that offer models, solutions, and inspiration for our future. • Documentary Features - Strong, well-crafted stories that inform, infuriate, inspire and change how we see the world
• 707-937-0171 • admin@mendocinofilmfestival.org • web site

Wisconsin Film Festival
Submission Deadline: December 1, 2009
Festival Date: April 15, 2010 — April 18, 2010
2010 Submission Guidelines The Wisconsin Film Festival welcomes narrative, documentary, experimental, and animated films or videos of any length. Although these guidelines refer a lot about Wisconsin filmmakers, the Festival is open to films from around the world. The largest number of films are submitted in the Open Reel category. There are three categories: * Wisconsin’s Own Student Shorts (films under 60 minutes by Wisconsin college students or Wisconsin residents attending college in another state) | deadline: Thursday, December 31, 2009 * Wisconsin’s Own (films of any length from filmmakers with “Wisconsin ties”) | deadline: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 * Open Reel (general submissions of any length, open worldwide) | deadline: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 In its twelfth year, the Wisconsin Film Festival (Madison, Wisconsin, USA | 15-18 April, 2010) presents a broad range of independent American and world cinema (narrative, documentary, experimental, shorts), restorations and revivals, and locally made pictures from Wisconsin filmmakers. The festival plays in ten theaters, all within walking distance, in the heart of the state's capital city. The 2009 festival, which opened with Madison-born director Marc Webb's film "500 Days of Summer," screened 199 films and had an attendance of 32,645 in just four days. The 2009 festival included work by Agnès Varda, Jia Zhang-Ke, Ramin Bahrani, So Young Kim, Johnnie To, Ellen Kuras, Werner Herzog, Doris Dörrie, James Benning, Brillante Mendoza, Carlos Reygadas, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Doug Pray, Christian Petzold, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Pablo Trapero, Shane Meadows, Lee Chang-Dong, A.R. Murugadoss, Bill Plympton, Ken Jacobs, Majid Majidi, Molly Dineen, Fernando Eimbcke, and Terence Davies.
• 877-963-3456 • FX: 608-262-6589 • info@wifilmfest.org • web site

South by Southwest (SXSW)
Submission Deadline: December 3, 2009
Festival Date: March 12, 2009 — March 20, 2009
The *SXSW Film Conference and Festival* is a uniquely creative environment featuring the dynamic convergence of talent, smart audiences and industry heavyweights. A hotbed of discovery and interactivity, the event offers lucrative networking opportunities and immersion into the art and business of the rapidly evolving world of independent film.
• (512)467-7979 • FX: (512)467-6109 • sxsw@sxsw.com • web site

Faux Film Festival
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2009
Festival Date: April 2, 2010 — April 4, 2010
The Faux Film Festival is the only festival of its kind in the world! Send us your faux trailers, faux commercials, spoofs, satires, music parodies, and mocumentaries. Join us for our 6th un-faux-getable year at the historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon! Note that we need both shorts and features, live action and animated (and sock puppets), and have a special block for sci-fi and horror spoofs. Visit the web site for more “infaux”.
• http://www.fauxfilm.com/faux_contact.htm • web site

HOLLYWOOD BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2009
Festival Date: October 1, 2008 — January 1, 2009
For immediately release October 23, 2008
The 1st Annual Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival and Film Market will take place January 28TH – February 1st, 2009 at Mann’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and is currently accepting Film and Script submissions.
The Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival and Film Market was created to bridge the gap between Hollywood, The World Film Community and the Brazilian Film Community. The festival creates unparalleled business and creative opportunities for diverse communities. Brazil developed in the recent past an incentive program fostering international co productions and fiscal rebates for local filming of international films.
HBRFEST is the first Hollywood-based film festival dedicated to addressing the cultural and commercial exchange between Hollywood, The World Film Community and the Brazilian Film Community, also promoting seminars and meetings for film industry executives, producers, distributors and film commissions. Among recent American films recently shot at least partially in Brazil are Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Incredible Hulk and Blindness. Recent prominent Brazilian films are the Berlin Festival winner Elite Squad and the Best Actress Cannes winner this year, Walter Salles’ Linha de Passe.
Festival Submissions
The HBRFest is accepting submissions for Films NOW(features, shorts, documentaries – and a special section for Raw films – up to 3 minutes long), as well as Film Projects and Scripts. Submission deadline is December 30, 2008.
For sponsorship information please contact : sponsors@hbrfest.com
For programming questions : programming@hbrfest.com
For volunteer opportunities : volunteer@hbrfest.com
Or call us at 323-465-3677 Email: info@hbrfest.com

• 323-465-3677 • FX: 323-482-1960 • info@hbrfest.com • web site

Black International Cinema Berlin
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2009
Festival Date: May 4, 2010 — May 9, 2010
The annual, intercultural Black International Cinema Berlin was founded in Berlin Germany, 1986. XXV Black International Cinema Berlin 2010 looks forward to welcoming you to our festival. Best Wishes & Thank you. Mission Statement: We are an international, intercultural community of persons engaged in achieving increasing understanding and cooperation between individuals and groups in support of democratic procedures and the elimination of violence, religious, ethnic and gender persecution, youth exploitation, homophobia and racial hatred through the process of art, education, culture and dialogue
• 0049-782-1621 • FX: 0049-30-786-3466 • bicdance@aol.com • web site

Shorts Showcase
Submission Deadline: January 10, 2010
Festival Date: October 20, 2009 — January 30, 2010
The Shorts Showcase features short films within a program that provides info on the film and the filmmakers and broadcasts into over 3 million homes in So Cal. It is available for viewing 24/7 on television plus online for one month. Any films submitted that don't make it into the "show" will be available online on our own channel - and are also eligible to be voted on and win cash prizes. Nowhere else does the short film get better exposure!
• 760-251-9980 • FX: 760-251-9878 • info@shortsshowcase.com • web site

Mexico International Film Festival
Submission Deadline: January 10, 2010
Festival Date: May 28, 2010 — May 30, 2010
The Mexico International Film Festival has become a landmark destination event within the film industry and a centerpiece for the thriving arts and culture community in Mexico. Founded on the premise that the language of film is universal and a dynamic force in bridging cultural understanding, the Festival continues to showcase the best of world film to Mexico through its rich film programming, events and activities. Held annually each Spring, the Mexico International Film Festival is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in the one of the country's most beautiful cities, featuring some 50 films and live events with filmmakers and artists in attendance and nearly two dozen awards presented for cinematic excellence. The Festival attracts a dedicated audience of film lovers and enthusiasts of all ages.
• 484-952-6224 • FX: N/A • info@mexicofilmfestival.com • web site

Amsterdam Film Festival
Submission Deadline: January 14, 2010
Festival Date: May 31, 2010 — May 31, 2010
Awards Announced May 31st, 2010! Aangekondigde De Toekenning Mag Eenendertigste, 2010! The Amsterdam Film Festival celebrates films that capture both the artistry and progressive nature of world cinema today. Created to recognize and award films that have potential to move audiences and change perceptions, the Amsterdam Film Festival is devoted to filmmakers whose quest is self-expression and communication. Much like Amsterdam itself, the Amsterdam Film Festival contains a unique mix of art and expression. Its vision is one that has been realized by filmmakers who live for the art of filmmaking and who recognize the passion that lies within each work. Honoring films from over 90 countries around the world, the 2010 Amsterdam Film Festival will award and recognize Feature Films, Documentaries, Student Films, Animation, Music Videos and Screenplays. The festival accepts submissions of all types and encourages individuality and experimentation.
• 67-543-0425 • info@amsterdamfilmfestival.com • web site

NFFTY 2010
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2010
Festival Date: April 29, 2010 — May 2, 2010
NFFTY 2010 (National Film Festival for Talented Youth) is the largest youth film festival in the US, featuring 4 full days of 100+ films, filmmaking panels, parties, and concerts. Based in Seattle with screenings in state-of-the-art theaters with large audiences of film fans and industry networking. All filmmakers 22 and younger are invited to sumbit films in feature and short US and international films in narrative, documentary, animation, music video, and experimental categories.
• 206-905-8400 • FX: N/A • info@nffty.org • web site

Filmed by Bike
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010
Festival Date: April 16, 2010 — April 18, 2010
CALL FOR BIKE MOVIES! Filmed by Bike is a festival of independent bike-themed short movies from around the world. The festival takes place April 16-18 at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2010 and it is free to submit a movie. For more information, including movies to watch, submission guidelines and a submission form, see our website. Contact: 971-221-7228 Info@filmedbybike.org
• (971) 221-7228 • FX: N/A • Info@filmedbybike.org • web site

Alaska International Film Festival
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010
Festival Date: July 15, 2010 — July 15, 2010
The Alaska International Film Festival is an independent film competition that aims to recognize the best and brightest new work in international cinema and highlight Alaska's important role in the international film community. Awards will be presented to independent filmmakers from around the globe who produce original and compelling films and screenplays in several competition categories. The Alaska International Film Festival awards innovative and diverse films that connect independent filmmakers' vision and the artistic process to the emerging global arts community.
• 270-675-0451 • FX: N/A • info@alaskafilmfestival.com • web site

DocMiami International Film Festival
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010
Festival Date: May 28, 2010 — May 30, 2010
Our organization is dedicated to promoting the best that documentary film making has to offer worldwide. We seek to offer new forms of expression whereby thematic and cultural diversity shine as a distinct emblem, contributing to the evolution of the cultural arts within South Florida and within the entertainment industry as a whole. In addition we: -Provide a documentary film festival to promote the art form of up and coming documentary filmmakers at a local, national and international level. -Host a film expo highlighting global film organizations and professionals. -Provide educational outreach programs for young filmmakers grades 6-12. -Host three benefit concerts to raise funds in order to build much needed schools in Tanzania!
• info@docmiami.org • web site

The Sarasota Fringe Film Festival 2010
Submission Deadline: April 1, 2010
Festival Date: April 15, 2010 — April 19, 2010
The Sarasota Fringe Film Festival announces entries for year #2. Born out of controversy, the Fringe only accepts entries that have been officially rejected by other Festivals world-wide. Categories include: Feature Docs and Dramas, Short Docs and Dramas, Kids Films, Best Trailer, and Florida-Centric Films.
• 941 552 8703 • FX: N/A • patricknagle@yahoo.com • web site

Strasbourg International Film Festival
Submission Deadline: June 2, 2010
Festival Date: August 27, 2010 — September 5, 2010
Awards Best Feature Film Best Director of a Feature Film Best Actor in a Feature Film Best Actress in a Feature Film Best Screenplay of a Feature Film Best Short Best Director of a Short Best Actor in a Short Best Actress in a Short Best Young Filmmaker Best Documentary Best Cinematography Best Sound/Music/Score Best Wardrobe Honorable Mention Our mission is to show the works of new and emerging filmmakers from around the globe. SiFF showcases creative, edgy, out-of-the-box and maverick films, in all genres, including experimental and avant-garde as well as more dramas, thrillers, romantic comedies, daring documentaries, and wild ride animation. SiFF focuses on the filmmaker. It is a festival which bring many filmmakers together from around the world. It is a place for filmmakers to gather, meet each other, and network. SiFF holds many filmmakers events including panels and free filmmaker brunches (all are welcome!) SiFF will show approximately 25 feature films and more between 60-80 shorts - in all genres. We look forward to your participation and involvement! Festival dates: Aug 27 - Sept 5, 2009 Be daring. Be original. Be seen! -------- SiFF aura lieu sur 10 jours du 27 auguste au 5 septembre 2010. Notre mission est de montrer le travail de realisateurs nouveaux et emergeants. SiFF montrera le travail de realisateurs creatifs, non-conformistes, originaux et independants dans tous les genres, notamment des films experimentaux et avant-gardistes ainsi que des films plus traditionnels : drames, thrillers, comedies romantiques, documentaires originaux, et films d'animation uniques. SiFF montrera environ 25 long-metrages et 60 - 80 court-metrages dans tous les genres. Notre but est de faire de ce festival un lieu ideal pour le public, les realisateurs et les professionnels de l'industrie du cinema. Certains realisateurs presenteront leurs films puis des questions-reponses seront organisees apres les projections ainsi que des debats/ateliers, des projections hors-competition et des brunchs en compagnie des realisateurs. SiFF sera tourné vers le Networking de l'industrie et fonctionnera comme un tremplin pour favoriser la participation et l'investissement de la communaute. Notre festival propose un réseau de liens etroitset un cercle de familiers dans le milieu. Le festival prévoit aussides evenements speciaux pour les etudiants et la collectivite de manière etendue. Nous nous rejouissons de votre participation et de votre implication au SiFF!
• 33 (0)9 64 23 48 40 • FX: N/A • info@StrasbourgFilmFest.com • web site

The Oakland Underground Film Festival
Submission Deadline: June 10, 2010
Festival Date: September 2010 — October 2010
The OAKLAND UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL is a showcase for independent and Do-It-Yourself film, video, and projection art held annually in September in Oakland California. Featuring works of fiction and non-fiction that offer a counterpoint to ordinary filmmaking, distribution and exhibition. The festival provides first look opportunities at films that entertain, educate, and inspire, by celebrated filmmakers, and emerging artists alike.
• (510) 295 3259 • FX: N/A • info@oakuff.org • web site