MISSION & OBJECTIVE
The Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival (HHM) is the perfect mix of independent film and live indie music. Still under the radar, but we’re starting to make an impact with our guests.
"I don't remember much of my two years going to Hell's Half Mile. That's how much fun I had." – Rider Strong, “Cabin Fever” and two time guest.
Our taste is eclectic, everything from quirky comedies to hard hitting documentaries to emotional drama. Our goal is to find "the little film that could" -- a bunch of them actually -- and bring the filmmakers together to take over Bay City, MI. Our primary concern is community, and the filmmakers who attend our long weekend walk away with lifelong friends and future collaborators.
"I’ve been to SXSW several times, San Francisco, a bunch of smaller festivals all over the U.S. It [Hell’s Half Mile] feels like the real deal. It’s people who genuinely love film, love the independent film community. The quality and lineup is incredible” – Ashley Spillers "Arlo and Julie"
Over the last ten years over 100 directors, producers, screenwriters and actors have joined our growing audience. We provide travel and accommodations to a select number of filmmakers, plus all-access passes and catered receptions. All of our venues are within a few block radius and hotels are within walking distance, making it super easy to get around. Visit hhmfest.com for links to the venues and video recaps of previous festivals. We schedule events to help you with other filmmakers, musicians, movie fans, and our supportive local community. Our goal is to provide you with a professional, casual and fun experience during your stay with us, including unique outings that give you a taste of the local flavor. It’s the least we can do in return for providing our festival-goers with great independent cinema.
Once your festival experience ends, Hell’s Half Mile looks to the future. HHM alumni receive fee waivers for future projects and all-access passes for subsequent year’s festivals, whether you have a film in our program or not. We continue to support alumni projects through social media and newsletters celebrating victories and other milestones through our growing network of filmmakers and film lovers.
“Hell's Half Mile gives me warm feelings in my heart. The warm feeling in my pants is possibly unrelated. It’s worth every minute and it's the kind of festival that you make movies for.” – Kenny Stevenson, writer and actor, "Love, Sex and Missed Connections".
Guests are not left alone to fend for themselves amidst our rabid audiences and interested community members. Programmers and organizers are ever present and ready with introductions, recommendations and the occasional swift exit from oversharers. Bay City nights are filled with raw rock and roll sounds giving us the moniker of “little Detroit”, especially into the wee hours at super-secret-after-parties. Daytime in Bay City is cool Fall days with sunny riverside strolls or bike rides past historic lumber baron mansions. Or, there are always plenty of great films to watch. Its up to you!
Filmmakers are also encouraged to participate in panel discussions, receptions and other events. We continue to foster student and local filmmaking, which provides opportunities for guest filmmakers to present a workshop or lecture focused on a specific topic or specialty. Other guests are invited to screen our student and local short films and give constructive feedback to the filmmakers. This type of mentoring helps to strengthen local filmmaking and continue our relationships with area universities.
Hell’s Half Mile, ranked 27th in Moviemaker Magazine’s Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals of 2016. Just a prediction.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
After ten years, Hell’s Half Mile organizers continue to strive to be an innovative festival for genuinely independent films and original music. This festival is about connecting the filmmaker and the festival-goer. Period. Well, and parties too.
In addition to relentless promotion of films, Hell’s Half Mile recognizes and rewards films with jury, programmer and audience awards, some with prizes. Prizes include a cash prize of $1000 for the Grand Jury Award, as well as other valued prizes. Grand Jury Winners include the controversial “Lamb” (2015), the Icelandic “Metalhead” (2014), and the acclaimed documentary "Remote Area Medical" (2013). Past jurors include Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), Adam Busch (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Adam Schartoff (Filmwax Radio), Jasmine McGlade (Maria My Love), Joey Kern (“Super Troopers”), Geoff Marslett (Loves Her Gun), WAW Parker (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench), Rider Strong (Cabin Fever), Leslie Raymond (Ann Arbor Film Festival), Mark Covino (A Band Called Death), Michael Dunaway (Paste Magazine), Joel Potrykus (Buzzard) and Jeff Meyers (Metro Times).
Each year we screen great narrative films, like the Midwest Premiere of Terry McMahon’s “Patrick’s Day” jury award winner for Best Feature at the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival, and winner of the Hell’s Half Mile jury award for Best Screenplay. Quirky comedies like James Westby’s “Rid of Me” and Neil LaBute’s “Dirty Weekend” have been big hits with HHM audiences. Co-director Mark Covino attended with the international hit "A Band Called Death" which won the HHM "Fest Best" award. Rider Strong has been a guest at HHM with four amazing films over two years, including “The Dungeon Master,” written and directed with his brother Shiloh and winner of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Best (Online) Short Film. Visit hhmfest.com for complete lists of all films presented.
Some of the great music we’ve had over the years connects our film and music events. Matt Pond PA joined us at HHM in 2010. This same year, screening at the festival was “Lebanon PA,” with original score by Matt Pond and Chris Hansen of Matt Pond PA. Another great band that performed at HHM in 2011 was The One AM Radio, led by Hrishikesh Hirway who also did the original music for the 2012 feature film “Save the Date.” Visit hhmfest.com for lists and links of previous music performers.
HHM, a partnership with the Bay Arts Council, utilizes a unique mix of venues including Bay City’s historic Mayan themed State Theatre, the Delta College Planetarium, and a turn-of-the-century red sandstone former Masonic Temple, saved from demolition by the Bay Arts Council. Likewise, the Hell’s Half Mile programmers are looking for the right mix of creative and challenging works, including those from underserved segments of the film community, to bring to our seriously appreciative audiences. We hope you’ll consider us.
What's with the name?
In the late 1800's, a stretch of Bay City's riverfront was lined with raucous saloons and two-bit hotels where turn-of-the-century loggers and shipmen would go to blow off steam and take in more than a little local color. This strip was known to locals as Hell's Half Mile. "'Hell's Half Mile' was the strip of waterfront where lumberjacks used to go boozing and whoring. Now, a bunch of us from Hollywood go there for a film festival. Not much has changed." – Rider Strong
Time has passed, but the same rough-and-tumble spirit of the day is reborn in the Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival. Today, the city boasts a beautiful downtown riverfront with boutiques, restaurants, theatres, pubs, hotel accommodations and other points of interest....a state of the art planetarium, art galleries, a thriving business community, and an active shipping lane for Great Lakes freighters...Downtown Bay City is alive with activity.
Das LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival ist ein Umwelt- und Menschenrechtsfilmfestival
Während wir uns auf die Zeit nach dem Erdölgeschäft vorbereiten?
Dieses Festival beginnt mit der Absicht, über die bloße Bekanntheit hinauszugehen. Obwohl es wichtig ist, die Öffentlichkeit für die Risiken zu sensibilisieren, die mit der Ausbeutung und Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen bei der Herstellung fossiler Brennstoffe verbunden sind, besteht nach wie vor das enorme und dramatische Problem der durch Energiemangel verursachten Katastrophen, insbesondere in Bezug auf die Wasserversorgung, die für die Weltbevölkerung von großer Bedeutung sind. Das Hauptziel des Festivals wird daher nicht nur darin bestehen, Probleme im Zusammenhang mit der Nutzung fossiler Brennstoffe in den Vordergrund zu stellen, sondern vor allem Alternativen zu identifizieren, die nach den derzeitigen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen die verschiedenen bekannten Produktionsmethoden berücksichtigen.
Das Internationale Filmfestival „Prvi kadar“ /First Frame ist eine wichtige Filmveranstaltung in Bosnien und Herzegowina, deren Mission es ist, die Filmkunst von Autoren aus der ganzen Welt zu fördern. Das Festival hat auch keinen Wettbewerbscharakter. Filme konkurrieren in zwei Kategorien: Dokumentar- und Kurzfilme.
Fünfzehn Ausgaben des Festivals und eine große Anzahl von Autoren, die sich für das Festival interessieren, belegen, dass das Festival unter Künstlern auf der ganzen Welt als wichtiges und prestigeträchtiges Filmereignis anerkannt ist.
Die Auswahl des Festivals bestätigt die Kontinuität, vor allem den künstlerischen Ansatz, auf dem die gesamte Idee des ersten Rahmens aufbaut. Bei der Betrachtung der Beziehung zwischen Themen und Ideen wird der Schwerpunkt auf die Haltung des Autors oder eine künstlerische Idee gelegt.
Ein reichhaltiges, nicht wettbewerbsorientiertes und wettbewerbsorientiertes Programm von hoher künstlerischer Qualität, Bildungsprogramme, Vorträge, DokMasterClass, Film Campus of Art, Dokumentarfilme, Ausstellungen, Förderung von Buch der Filmkunst, zahlreiche Gäste aus der Welt des Films belegen, dass das Festival von Jahr zu Jahr expandiert und das Programm inhaltlich bereichert. Das diesjährige Festival findet vom 20. bis 24. November 2023 in Ost-Sarajevo und Zvornik, Republik Srpska, Bosnien und Herzegowina statt.
The festival is an event aimed at the talent of film professionals, artists and students, to emerge creativity with the noble diffusion of values and deep thought.
It is the festival with more theaters of release in Catalonia, 10 theaters.
It has an exclusive entrance to the city center, the emblematic Plaza de la Independencia.
It is the oldest festival in Catalonia after Sitges,
All the films in the world are registered.
400 films are screened between feature films, shorts, documentaries, etc.
It has more than six thousand spectators.
EVENT DATES. The XXII edition of the Guanajuato International Film Festival will be celebrated from July 19-28, 2019, in the cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, Mexico.
Entdecken Sie das Festival PROTESTA, wo das Kino den sozialen Wandel auslöst.
Diese internationale Veranstaltung feiert Filme, die herausfordern, hinterfragen und inspirieren. Mit einem vielfältigen Angebot an Dokumentar-, Fiktions- und Animationsfilmen in Spiel- und Kurzfilmformaten ist Protesta ein Schmelztiegel für Filmemacher, die sich dafür einsetzen, den Status Quo zu hinterfragen und herauszufordern.
Wir setzen auf Kreativität, positive soziale Wirkung und innovatives Storytelling. Mit mehr als 11 Ausgaben ist PROTESTA das wichtigste Festival für soziale Auswirkungen in Katalonien und ein Hauptakteur im Bereich Social Cinema in Spanien. Besuchen Sie uns nächsten Oktober in der kulturell lebendigen Stadt Vic und nehmen Sie an einer Reihe paralleler Aktivitäten teil, die bereichern, aufklären und inspirieren sollen.
KloosterKino is the place to be for animated shorts in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Three times a year we show the best animated shorts from all over the world in a friendly setting. The screenings take place in a historic cloister, which dates back to 1909, and are not subject to admission.
KloosterKino shows work by young filmmakers, but also pays attention to classic animated film. Throughout the year we also work with other festivals and cultural organizations to arrange screenings of animated shorts.
But why animated shorts? Well, first of all, because we love them! But also because too few animated shorts are shown theatrically in the Netherlands. KloosterKino wants to show animation in all its diversity: from stop-motion to CGI, from narrative to abstract, homegrown and from far away. In doing so, we hope to aid in the diffusion of the artistic animated short.
We intend to be an alternative to the larger animation festivals by offering screenings which are both accessible and challenging. We stand for high quality animated film in welcoming surroundings. Our target audience is not just the animation aficionado, but also those who normally don’t watch animation, but are open to a surprising and stimulating program of films.
KloosterKino is a nonprofit foundation, that depends on volunteers and gifts.
***Pay attention just movies with theme of" inclusion, diversity and equality" can submit.***
The creation of the Arroios Film Festival aims to alert to the issue of inclusion through the 7th art. This is a festival of short films addressed to all those who make, or are interested, cinema. The Arroios Film Festival aspires to be a cultural meeting place and to approach a better understanding of the various aspects of the theme of social inclusion.
Puerto Madero IFF is an online annual competition based of the technical execution of films.
All submission are evaluated on each technical category: Script, Cinematography, Sound, Acting and Direction.
At the end of each year we announced the official selection films based on their creativity and technical execution.
Our festival is ONLINE only at the moment, we are working hard to make an annual event with public screening.
All the Official Selections and Winner are posted in our Social Network with a growing audience of more than 4600 followers and also on our web site.
All Official Selection will receive laurels.
The winner film will receive a technical reviews and laurels.
Fantafestival (italienisch: Mostra Internazionale del Film di Fantascienza e del Fantastico; Englisch: International Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Show) ist ein Filmfestival, das Science-Fiction-, Fantasy- und Horrorfilmen gewidmet ist und seit 1981 jährlich in Italien stattfindet.
Das Fantafestival findet jedes Jahr in Rom statt. In den letzten Jahren wurde zwar der Hauptsitz in Rom beibehalten, aber einige Ausgaben fanden in zeitgenössischer Sprache in verschiedenen italienischen Städten wie Mailand, Neapel, Genua, Verona, Parma und Ravenna statt.
Seit mehr als 40 Jahren ist das Fantafestival eine der führenden italienischen Veranstaltungen, die sich auf fantastische Filme spezialisiert haben, und eine der wichtigsten internationalen Veranstaltungen dieser Art. Es hat in Italien viele Filmemacher vorgestellt und ins Leben gerufen, die später zu den beliebtesten in der Welt des fantastischen Films gehören sollten.
Willkommen zur 16. Cinefantasy!
Wir haben CINEFANTASY — INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL ins Leben gerufen, um das fantastische Kino und sein Universum zu fördern, zu diskutieren und zu fördern. In mehr als fünfzehn Ausgaben haben wir 1.500 Filme präsentiert, mehr als 100 Bildungsaktivitäten durchgeführt, 8.000 Filmeinreichungen erhalten und ein Publikum von über 90.000 Menschen angezogen.
Jetzt, im Jahr 2025, kommt die 16. CINEFANTASY vom 2. bis 7. September in São Paulo an und bietet ein lebendiges Programm mit wettbewerbsfähigen Vorführungen, Sonderausstellungen und immersiven Erlebnissen für alle Genre-Liebhaber.
Lassen Sie sich verzaubern, überraschen und feiern Sie mit uns dieses magische und außergewöhnliche Universum!
Die wichtigste kulturelle Veranstaltung für Filme im Hidalgo Mexico: Die Begegnung nationaler und internationaler Filmemacher.
Muestra de Cortometrajes Casa del Reloj is an event that takes place in "Hospedería Casa del Reloj" of Campos del Río (Murcia), Spain, on May 18th, 2018. Is admitted any genre of short film, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes.
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES OF THE FESTIVAL? The participants' short films should cover one of the following issues:
Community Health. Health is understood as an issue that is not individual, and therefore, it is possible to collaborate, help or promote community health processes by placing the emphasis outside the health center, rather on the other resources and people that generate health in the community. community.
Demedicalizing the everyday. Actions aimed at reversing the process of medicalization of life, understood as one in which events of daily life are converted into health problems, and from that perspective are approached and treated by different health professionals.
From the prescription drug prescription to the social prescription. Deprescription can be seen as the process of disassembling prescription drugs through their analysis, trying to solve their paradoxes. And social prescription as the referral that is made to a person who goes to the consultation to non-health resources that exist in the community.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE : Anyone over 18 years old.
HOW MANY SHORT FILMS CAN BE SUBMITTED?: Unlimited.
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE SHORT FILMS?
The short film should last a maximum of 6 minutes, excluding the official start and end cover titles.
Short films with direct or indirect advertising from any sponsor, product or service will be rejected.
The first 3 seconds must contain the official competition cover title, and then the title cover, the title and director of the short film.
These are downloadable from www.polimedicado.org.
The last 3 seconds of the short film must contain closing cover titles, also downloadable from www.polimedicado.org.
Near Nazareth Festival ( NNF ) invites all film lovers to partake in our celebration.
Near Nazareth Festival hospitably opens its doors to filmmakers. Festival participants from around the world will show their works.
We believe that the best place for them to present their work - is Near Nazareth Festival.
More than 3500 participants from 70 countries of 5 continents presented their films and works at the Festival in Israel since 2015.
The works are evaluated by an international jury. Many participants became prize-winners and winners in their nominations.
A festival diploma increases the prestige of the piece.
We invite you to take part in it. We will be glad to review your work.
Our motto is: Everyone has a chance to be evaluated and win! We wish you creative success.
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An important addition.
We continue our work.
We believe that film and art is very important during this time.
We still accept submissions and will hold online screenings as scheduled.
We look forward to your new works.
Art is life.
Stay safe and healthy!
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Our festival - NNF - is the first of its kind.
Our festival will serve to strengthen mutual understanding and friendship between the peoples of the world. Through cooperation with movie lovers from around the world, we will make history.
Today filmmakers from 70 countries are participating in the festival, and presented his works.
Near Nazareth Festival Online Film Market - Free of charge for all participants of the NNFestival.
We post your film info on Near Nazareth Festival Facebook page - post + image.
We'll set up info about your film on Near Nazareth Festival website.
Page is opened and distributed among national and international distributors.
We are inviting of you to join
We do not limit the categories of participants. All films are presented in their original language. There is no need for subtitles in a foreign language different from the original.
Every submitting will be reviewed by a qualified jury and the audience.
Event venue - The Poznak Community Centers, Givat Ha-More
The 12 Months Film Festival (#12MFF) is farrest challenging film festival available which attracts, displays and awards filmmakers from six continents. Our finest selection system brings the benefits of a quality qualification in the #12MFF and also come with surprise awards where qualify all selected entries. #12MFF was designed to award you amazing prizes. Moreover, we will do our best in working with your needs in order for your talent and dedication to be appreciated by the public.
Together we build a global audience!
CHECK OUR TRAILER HERE :
https://vimeo.com/126007311
Entries requirements:
-> All films must have been made in or after 2012 and have English subtitles (unless English is the main language spoken); A creation date does not apply in case of the screen writings from being stopped for submissions, but the submitted must be in English or have a copy translated in English;
-> We accept shorts, documentaries, animations, experimental, music videos, web and new media, commercials (all specified previously under 45 minutes); feature films and feature documentaries (any length, 45 + minutes);
->A description between 50 and 150 words;
->Trailer (not required for movies under 7 minutes; optional) and the film must be submitted as an on-line screener (Vimeo preferred) which may be embedded on the website for visitors to see your creation; you can further opt for modifications in your entry;
->Cover of the film/screen writing or a defining photo;
We also offer the following services:
Film review; Film improvement support; Trailer for your movie; Web-design and coding; Complete graphic-design. Proceed here: http://12mff.com/services/
The Burguillos Short Film Festival's goal is the promotion and exhibition of short films shot in Andalusia or made by Andalusian artists. Also, the support of cinematography and culture in the town of Burguillos (Sevilla).
ONLY FOR ANDALUSIAN FILM-MAKERS // Solo para cineastas andaluces (España).
Los Angeles CineFest ist eine monatliche internationale Online-und jährliche Veranstaltung. Jeden Monat beobachten die Spezialisten der Filmindustrie in Los Angeles und stimmen für das Beste des Festivals in jeder Kategorie. Darüber hinaus können Online-Publikum auch abstimmen. Sie stimmen für Best of Audience.
Wir sind stolz, präsentieren die fünfte Ausgabe des Wettbewerbs gewidmet Kurzfilme ist in Pietrasanta gehostet.
Im Jahr 1877 lobte der Dichter Giosué Carducci diese Gemeinde heute bekannt, international, für ihre Kunst und Handwerk, wie die renommierten Labors von Marmor, die berühmten Gießereien, zahlreiche Kunstgalerien. Mit ihrer Arbeit und mit ihrer Anwesenheit haben die Künstler neben den Ateliers, die maßgebliche Meister aus der ganzen Welt beherbergen, diese Stadt zu einem Freilichtmuseum gemacht. Aus solchen Gründen wählte Mondo Cinema die schöne Stadt Pietrasanta den idealen Ort für ihr internationales Filmfestival von Kurzfilmen, das darauf abzielt, Autoren, die wenig bekannt sind, Sichtbarkeit zu geben, in einem künstlerischen und kulturellen Umfeld bekannt und geschätzt weltweit.
