Thank you for considering our festival for your film!
We are looking for the best features, shorts, docs and animation we can find to present in San Francisco. For 26 years SF IndieFest has developed a great reputation for eclectic, adventurous programming, getting great press for our films and filling theaters with enthusiastic film fans. Dozens of festivals and distributors have requested and received industry accreditation to view SF IndieFest titles at our festivals over the years.
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“I’m certainly happy that IndieFest exists, because it is a celebration of films that don’t necessarily get distributed widely,” HITS director David Cross says, “I’m happy to be a part of it with my film, which is very much in the category of a low-budget, little indie movie. I’m glad there’s a place for it.” – SF Chronicle
“Sundance may have sold out, but SF IndieFest keeps it real” – Annie Lo, Flavorpill
“While the Bay Area is flush with festivals, this one remains an under-the-radar standout.” – Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
“The San Francisco Independent Film Festival, the Bay Area’s version of Slamdance, provides a showcase for edgy cinematic work — and a great excuse to do some serious partying.” – David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
"The movie business is in a perennial state of constant tension between ambition and collaboration, joyful inventiveness and jaw-dropping paydays. This roiling undercurrent, usually invisible to the public, gushes to the surface in the run-up to the Academy Awards ceremony. There is an antidote, however, to Hollywood’s annual backslapathon: SF IndieFest. The San Francisco Independent Film Festival is a beacon to anybody excited by the basic impulse of making movies. In its heart of hearts, IndieFest is a celebration of the minor miracle of finishing a film and getting it up on a screen in front of a live audience." - Michael Fox, KQED
“For many independent filmmakers, festivals such as SF Indiefest—aka the San Francisco Independent Film Festival–are the only way to bring their works before an audience. For filmgoers, SF Indiefest is the place to see original cinematic works created by directors who want to tell edgy stories which come from their hearts and souls. While some have bemoaned the death of cinema, the curators and filmmakers at SF Indiefest are keeping the craft of film alive.” – David Elijah Nahmod, SF SOUNDS
“SF IndieFest is the one festival of the year where you should throw a dart at the program and take a chance. Not because you’re guaranteed a masterpiece, but because it’s the best fest to see something that would never, ever breach your filter otherwise.” -Michael Fox, KQED
PRESS COVERAGE
Press Coverage for past year's festivals: https://sfindie.com/press-coverage
FILMMAKER COMMENTS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
"Hey Jeff: Just want to shoot you a quick note of thanks on hosting us at IndieFest and giving us our World Premiere. We had a great time and really enjoyed our time at the fest and in SF; it's a great vibe and the diversity of features and shorts in the program made for a really exciting and energized atmosphere. "- Max Gardner, Go/Don't Go
"Festivals bring unexpected benefits. Festivals are essential for brand creation. Premiering at Tribeca was enough to convince people to at least listen to me, but surprisingly it was the San Francisco Indie Fest that was just as crucial for our theatrical release. Our press from this festival helped convince the Red Vic to book us in April (I thank the amazing S.F. publicist Karen Larsen for convincing me of this in advance). We also incorporated festivals into our broader theatrical release, and while we did not claim them as cities in our 17-city count, they helped give us something to crow about."
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"I've got to tell you that Indiefest was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I tell all filmmakers - and festival organizer friends of mine - how you run your fest and how you run each film twice. Every single time people look at me with shocked disbelief. Truly, Bonnie and I loved being a part of the event.
Thanks again for including us. SF Indiefest really made me feel that making YEAR was worth the whole effort.
Best-MIKE CARROLL"
"We LOVED San Francisco, meeting other filmmakers, seeing their films, participating in your screenplay panel and of course our awesome sold-out screening. You have one of the most engaged, passionate cinephile audiences I’ve ever seen at a film fest — they were incredible." - Warren Sonoda, THINGS I DO FOR MONEY, IndieFest 2020
"You have a great and engaging festival and one that draws on extremely passionate indie film audiences you are rabid for amazing content for which you definitely provide in bunches! You support of us and our film is greatly appreciated and we hope we are privileged To be welcomed back again in the future!" - Avi F.
"Thanks for these amazing photos (kudos on composition, lighting, and hyping up the crowd - what a great gift to filmmakers!). A million thanks to you both for pulling off an amazing event. We love the ethos of SF IndieFest and we're so honored to have participated. Thanks for your dedication to uplifting local filmmakers and for putting our all-female team (and our unexpected and important story) in the spotlight. Looking forward to seeing and working with you both again in the future!!" - Leslie Tai, How To Have An American Baby
"Thank you for a wonderful experience. The festival was a blast, the people so kind, the films inspiring, and great vibes all around. I'll be back to catch more films in the coming days." - Kerry Muir, Madame
"Thank you so much for having us and all that you and SF IndieFest do to champion independent film." - Anna Moot-Levin, Matter of Mind
"Thank you all for such a fun festival! You all really did a wonderful job all around and we were honored and grateful to be a part of it!" - Liz McBee, Finding Lucinda
SF IndieFest is a founding member of the FILM FESTIVAL ALLIANCE
The purpose of this Festival is to promote the culture and the Argentine film production made by students, from secondary schools, universities and film schools.
The Muriaé Film Festival (FCM) is a cultural event that seeks recognition and dissemination of national and regional audiovisual productions. Throughout its editions, face-to-face and online versions were built, allowing the permanence of this cultural action.
In its 7th edition, the Muriaé Film Festival reinforces its commitment to the dissemination of the Brazilian audiovisual scenario, innovating through the construction of a hybrid event (online and in person), with access to all corners of the country.
SCHEDULE:
- Registration: August 10 to September 15, 2023
- Awards: October 07, 23 (Live broadcast on the website: https://festivaldemuriae.com.br/)
- Film screening: October 5st to 15th/22
Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is an independent NGO that works for the defense of human rights all over the world. Through our field researches, conscious raising campaigns, petitions and letters, and public human rights advocacy, we work for a world in which every human being is entitled to the rights stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other international texts.
Accordingly, our campaigns focus on themes such as the liberty of expression, women’s rights, children’s rights, refugees and migrant’s rights, discriminations, impunity, the death penalty amongst others.
Cinema has always been and will always be a way in which human rights violations can be exposed and denounced. For that, Amnesty International France is pleased to announce the opening of submissions f edition of its annual cinema festival “Au Cinéma pour les droits humains” (To Cinema for Human Rights), which will take place in March 2019. The festival takes place each year in different cities of the south of France and with last year’s edition having had more than 3800 members at the audience. Therefore, we are searching for different entries for our festival. We are searching for films that touch on one or several human rights issues that are connected to any of our campaigns, such as the liberty of expression, women’s rights, impunity, and discriminations amongst other things.
If you feel that your film speaks of one or several major human rights issues, and you wish to submit it for selection, then please do send us a link this address in order to review it: acdhamnesty@gmail.com Also, please make sure that the film contains FRENCH SUBTITLES OR IS IN FRENCH LANGAGE. Once our selection committee has a decision, then we will notify you as soon as possible
The Pennsylvania Indie Shorts Film Festival is an international short film festival curating the best shorts across multiple genres, worldwide, for two full days of short film programming at the Pocono Cinema & Cultural Center in East Stroudsburg, PA. We celebrate the art and enjoyment of short-form visual storytelling.
We'll be showing high quality and entertaining short films to the public at a historic theater in northeastern Pennsylvania while bringing together independent filmmakers for a weekend of camaraderie, networking, and celebration.
Sample of short films and full-length documentary, fiction, animation, which takes place in the city of Chiguayante, VIII Region of Bio Bio, Chile.
Il 180' Berlin FilmFest è il nuovo festival che arriva a Berlino e porterà un'esperienza fresca ed emozionante per i registi indipendenti.
Sono accettati film fino a 30 minuti e c'è uno spazio speciale per microfilm fino a 3 minuti.
EBROCORTO, il festival internazionale di cortometraggi musicali, celebrerà la sua settima edizione nel 2024 a Miranda de Ebro.
Il Festival offre, attraverso le opere selezionate, un modo diverso di godersi la musica.
Il tema centrale di ogni opera deve essere la musica in tutte le sue ramificazioni. Può essere qualsiasi tipo di musica o disciplina in cui la musica gioca un ruolo fondamentale o, a parte questo, qualsiasi opera in cui la musica sia un elemento importante della narrazione.
EBROCORTO è un concorso cinematografico organizzato dall'Asociación Amigos de Rafael Izquierdo e ha la collaborazione e il patrocinio del Consiglio Comunale di Miranda de Ebro.
Welcome to the Angel Film Awards – Monaco International Film Festival and to be part of an amazing worldwide community celebration peace love and the art of making movies and a unique collaboration of multi-talented writers, film score composers and filmmakers, producers and musicians. The Angel Film Awards mission is to entertain, inform, inspire, encourage and educate. We honour those artists who, through their creative work, actively increase awareness, provide multiple viewpoints, address complex social issues, and strengthen ties between international audiences and the Angel Film Awards. A inspiring & intimate platform together with other writers, directors and producers in Monte Carlo to create new opportunities, develop tools for success and forge new alliances within the international film and entertainment industry.
The AFA has eight categories and many award genre. All shortlisted film & screenplay will be contacted in due time by the organizers of the AFA- MIFF.
The AFA selection committee is made up of acclaimed international industry professionals, directors, producers, cinematographers, screenplay writers, film journalists, actors, and the AFA founders. Votes cast decide the finalists and winners in all 8 categories.
Since its creation in 2003 the Angel Film Awards - MIFF is held in the Principality of Monaco. It is a non-profit making independent film festival, known as an elegant and glitzy affair. It has won recognition as 'a jewel in the crown' on the film festival circuit.
We welcome you to join this unique festival experience! All the best, Rosana and Dean Festival founders, creative director, producer
ECAFF 2018 5th edìtìon director Fab Seb Caleffi EuropeanComedyAwards for FictionFestival Dedìcated to Eddìe Cantor, the Eddìes Awards are ìnspìred to the B'way Tony award for theatre. The 2018 edìtìon (5th edìtìon) wìll take place ìn Mìlano and Padua, ltaly, accordìng wìth the medìa partners NTV and Padùa Press. We have 4 categorìes for thìs edìtìon: A) short comedy B) feature fìlm C) web serìal pìlot D) comedy teaser
Panoramica
del Festival Lo scopo del West Texas Film Festival è quello di proiettare diversi film di registi e produttori che normalmente non sarebbero presenti nel Texas occidentale e nei media regionali. Cerchiamo cortometraggi, documentari, lungometraggi, animazione e film per studenti e sceneggiature provenienti da tutto il mondo che abbiano lo spirito pioniere del cinema. Siamo un'organizzazione senza scopo di lucro registrata nello Stato del Texas.
Storia
Il festival è stato avviato da una sovvenzione nel 2016 da Odessa Arts. L'Education Day coinvolge oltre 100 studenti delle scuole superiori nel bacino di Permian per workshop su recitazione, sceneggiatura, regia e produzione. Questo è il terzo anno del festival.
Il WTXFF 2018 presenterà le seguenti vetrine:
Tales of Texas (15 novembre)
Educational Day (21 novembre)
WorldView (22 novembre)
Artpocalypse (23 novembre)
Se hai film su Texas, zombie, post-apocalisse o film internazionali con inglese sottotitoli, iscriversi ali.
Si prega di non contattarci in merito alle esenzioni. Siamo un piccolo festival finanziato con sovvenzioni che si basa sulle spese di inscrição.
«Un percorso è sempre tra due punti, ma il mezzo ha assunto tutta la coerenza
e gode di un'autonomia e di una direzione propria» G. Deleuze, F. Guattari, 1987
Basato al DETOUR Arthouse Cinema, nel centro di Roma dal 2010, ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL è dedicato al cinema indipendente contemporaneo - fiction, documentario e sperimentale - presentando elogi di viaggio, peregrinazioni urbane e desolate, topografie reali o immaginari, deviazioni inaspettate, psico-geografiche derive, migrazione e nomadismo.
Cerchiamo film che sviluppino, attraverso competenze linguistiche e narrative, un approccio critico e inventivo alle linee guida del Festival: un mood itinerante con digressioni da percorsi fissi, dove il percorso è ciò che conta, non la destinazione.
Il Festival ospita proiezioni, master class, incontri, mostre d'arte, spettacoli dal vivo e musica, sia presso il Cinema DETOUR che in una varietà di sale cinematografiche, club cinematografici, scuole, biblioteche pubbliche e altri luoghi insoliti a Roma e nei dintorni.
Il concorso OTRFF si articola in due sezioni: THE ROAD (lungometraggi e lungometraggi =>30') e SHORT>CUTTI (cortometraggi <30')
FECIR - Rengo International Film Festival ha venti anni di storia e offre ai registi del Cile, dell'America Latina e di tutto il mondo uno spazio per la diffusione, l'esposizione e lo scambio di esperienze e idee. Promuove la creazione di alta qualità artistica nel cinema e nelle arti audiovisive in tutte le sue forme, fornendo al comune di Rengo, alla Sesta Regione e al Paese uno spazio per l'apprezzamento, la riflessione, la creazione, la formazione e il godimento dell'arte del cinema.
Film Front moves frontiers: open call for motion graphics exhibition
Film Front, international short film festival, due to be held from 25th to 28th October in the cultural centre of Novi Sad, has decided to include motion graphics exhibition in this year’s festival’s program. Artists can submit their animations, presentations, animated GIFs, animated elements and other pieces that belong to the category of motion graphics.
Even though motion graphics are rather a fine arts category, they are tightly connected to the moving images art. That is why Film Fronts wants to honour these artworks that more than often do not find their way to the film festivals, but whose aesthetic value overcomes their usually determined functional purpose.
Promuovere la cultura dei cortometraggi e dei documentari in un paese in cui il cinema commerciale ha sempre dominato il posatoio non è un compito facile. Il Delhi Shorts International Film Festival è uno di questi sforzi di successo iniziati nel 2012 da Miniboxoffice con edizioni di successo dal 2012 al 2021. Il festival porta cortometraggi pensati, altamente creativi e coinvolgenti provenienti da tutto il mondo per soddisfare l'appetito dei cineghi della capitale dell'India. L'obiettivo del festival è quello di creare un'industria del cortometraggio parallela al cinema commerciale.
L'11° Delhi Shorts International Film Festival-2022 è destinato a crescere di molte pieghe. L'anno inaugurale 2012 è stato un grande successo seguito da edizioni di grande successo dal 2012 al 2021 e gode della credibilità di uno dei festival di cortometraggi più affidabili dell'India. Il festival non è stato solo accolto dal regista di cortometraggi, ma anche dai membri dei media e dell'industria.
L'obiettivo del festival è quello di potenziare il mercato dei cortometraggi e fornire una piattaforma espositiva ai registi di cortometraggi. Il festival offre opportunità di networking professionale e allo stesso tempo introduce le ultime tendenze del cinema ai registi. 11th DSIFF-22 è una piattaforma unica dove puoi condividere, imparare, mostrare, osservare e fare molte altre cose per affinare le tue capacità creative e tecniche. Speriamo che questo festival diventi una pietra miliare nella tua carriera cinematografica.
MADTerrorFest was created with the purpose of covering the vacuum that exists in Madrid regarding the genres of fantasy films and terror concerns.
There is lot of talent already discovered and above all to be discovered. So we have proposed to dig up all that potential and make it available for the lovers of this type of film, which we tell us of course.
We want to do a festival of short films that gradually give rise to the International Film Festival of horror and fantastic of Madrid, and become a reference within the national and international scene.
And of course we want you enjoy it as much as we do to prepare it.
Or better yet, that you may suffer uncompromising hitting boats like maniacs in your seat; We know that you love.
Il Dieciminuti Film Festival, è stato ideato nel 2005 dall’Associazione culturale IndieGesta, ed è riuscito a diventare in poco tempo una delle rassegne dedicate al cinema breve più importanti d’Italia.
Il Festival, alle cui prime 20 edizioni hanno partecipato più di 19.200 cortometraggi coinvolgendo quasi 24.000 spettatori complessivi, è strutturato in diverse sezioni competitive: Selezione Ufficiale (per cortometraggi fino a 10 minuti), Extralarge (per cortometraggi tra i 10 e i 15 minuti), Animazioni (per animazioni fino a 10 minuti), Doc10 (per documentari fino a 10 minuti), Visti da Vicino (per cortometraggi fino a 10 minuti realizzati da autori provenienti dalla provincia di Frosinone).
Alle sezioni competitive, per cui è aperto un bando pubblico diffuso a livello europeo, si affianca la Dieciminuti Academy, una scuola di cinema che porta giovani della nostra provincia a realizzare da zero un cortometraggio di finzione o di animazione. La cosa che rende unico il Festival nel panorama nazionale consiste nell’essere una vera e propria scuola per i giovani che intendono avvicinarsi al mondo del cinema. E’ poi molto apprezzata la Sezione Esplorazioni, che consente agli spettatori di entrare in contatto con la cinematografia breve proveniente ogni anno da un Paese diverso. Nelle scorse edizioni il festival ha ospitato i corti inediti dei maestri dell’animazione giapponese dello Studio Ghibli, diretto da Hayao Miyazaki, i corti del Teheran Film Festival, il cinema magico di Georges Méliès, le avanguardie, Lynch, il cinema breve spagnolo...
