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.
The Bluestocking Film Series is an exclusive showcase for Bechdel-Test, high-quality, provocative short fiction films featuring complex female protagonists driving the story and leading the action. This innovative screening series originates in the beautiful, culturally vibrant city of Portland, Maine and travels to other film-loving cities around the country and the world.
The only film event in the world to require female protagonists, submissions must also pass the Bechdel Test. We celebrate and promote talented, established and emerging filmmakers who take the creative risk of placing female protagonists front and center. We introduce audiences to those who are contributing to the art and craft of cinema and who have the potential to influence the future of filmed entertainment.
We encourage and promote production of narratives that reflect the diverse experiences of women. We have a marked preference for well-structured, highly visual, cutting edge, provocative films, especially ones that explore the plurality and variety of women’s relationships.
To be considered, your submission must feature a female protagonist and pass The Bechdel Test (film must feature at least 2 female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man). To find out more about the test, please Google it.
At this time, we invite submissions of short NARRATIVE FICTION films ONLY. Feature length films will not be considered. Straightforward documentaries will not be considered.
Our mission is to present films that place women and girl characters front and center, driving the story and leading the action, films that portray these characters as strong, capable, flawed, and complex as their male counterparts.
The Bluestocking Film Series was founded by filmmaker Kate Kaminski and is produced with partner Betsy Carson (Gitgo Productions).
El Festival Internacional de Cine LIFE AFTER OIL es un festival de cine ambiental y de derechos humanos
¿Mientras nos preparamos para la era posterior al petróleo?
Este festival comienza con la intención de sobrepasar la simple exposición. Si bien es importante sensibilizar a la opinión pública sobre los riesgos relacionados con la explotación y el uso de los recursos naturales en la producción de combustibles fósiles, sigue existiendo el enorme y dramático problema de los desastres causados por la falta de energía, con especial referencia al suministro de agua, muy relevante para la población mundial. El objetivo principal del festival será, por lo tanto, no solo enfatizar los problemas relacionados con el uso de combustibles fósiles, sino especialmente identificar las alternativas que tengan en cuenta, según los conocimientos científicos actuales, los diversos métodos de producción conocidos.
El Centro Cultural Borges de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, junto a Leedor.com, sitio de Arte y Cultura de Argentina, convocan a la 5ta edición del Festival Latinoamericano de Video Arte FlaVIA 2016 que tendrá lugar el viernes 10 de junio del 2016 en el Auditorio Williams del Centro Cultural Borges.
By You, For You, About You”
Mission
Welcome to the 11th Annual World Music and Independent Film Festival (WMIFF) 2019. WMIFF was established to celebrate and provide a platform of achievements for international cinema artists. Dedicated to building a global film community and supporting emerging filmmakers, WMIFF offers all selected artists exceptional exposure with an inclusive vibe that has won over alumni, attendees, and industry members alike. WMIFF festivities are open to all, featuring some of the most talented artists in both film and music.
El Festival Internacional de Cine Animal y Ambiental de la Ciudad de México te da la Bienvenida para su 7ta. Edición donde aceptamos películas de los 5 continentes como cada año.
Nuestra tarea en el Festival es promover los valores, causas y lucha activista por medio del Arte donde abrimos distintas ventanas de oportunidad para mostrar el trabajo de grandes Cineastas en el mismo. Durante el año tenemos distintos eventos culturales, Cine Debate en alianza con el Instituto Politécnico Nacional, UAM, ENAC-UNAM, Espacios Gubernamentales que abren las puertas para esta Difusión.
Los ganadores que aceptan los términos se suben por un mes en la plataforma de IMCINE "Nuestro Cine MX". para tener cobertura dentro de todo el País.
Los 3 temas para este año son:
-ANIMAL
-AMBIENTAL
-CINE "LIBERTAD DE CULTOS", "CONSPIRACIONES", "EXTRATERRESTRES", "ENERGÍA Y ESPÍRITU"
(Hay un apartado en nuestra página web explicando a fondo todo tipo de películas invitadas)
EXPLICACIÓN DE PELÍCULAS SOBRE LA CAUSA INVITADA:
Esta sección está dedicada a películas que exploran las múltiples formas en las que el ser humano busca comprender lo invisible, lo desconocido y el sentido de la existencia, desde perspectivas espirituales, científicas, filosóficas, sociales y simbólicas.
Aceptamos obras con temáticas como:
– Teorías conspirativas y poder oculto
– Extraterrestres, abducciones, contacto y vida no humana
– Religiones y prácticas espirituales (cristianas, católicas, budistas, entre otras)
– Energía, conciencia y exploración del yo interior
– Ángeles, entidades y planos no visibles
– Milagros, fenómenos paranormales y hechos inexplicables
– Ciencia y búsqueda del origen del universo, la vida y la conciencia
Se aceptan largometrajes, videoclips musicales, cortometrajes, cineminutos y documentales, en todos los géneros cinematográficos, incluyendo ficción, documental, animación, experimental y propuestas híbridas.
Se aceptarán en todas las categorías:
-Animaciones
-Cortometrajes
-Largometrajes
-Documentales
-Cineminutos
-Videoclips musicales
Por ser un Festival con motivos de conciencia Animal, Ambiental y en este año la causa invitada es "Cine Libertad en Cultos, Extraterrestres y teorías conspirativas". Todos los proyectos recibirán un laurel de participación reconociendo el arte y trabajo del mismo si no están en la muestra final, así mismo la selección oficial tendrá su laurel de Selección oficial.
Los Ganadores finales se llevan la estatuilla FICAA 2026 y reciben los laureles y diploma en formato digital.
La Premiación final es en el Mes de Diciembre donde llegan invitados de distintos Países y Estados del País a recoger su estatuilla.
Festival Internacional de Cinede Hamilton (Nueva York)
20 de julio - 26 de julio de 2020
Característica, Corto de Comedia, Corto de Horror, Corto Dramático/Thriller, Corto Documental y Corto Canadiense Categorías
Cine global en el corazón del estadode Nueva York
«... una ciudad tan grande y un festival maravilloso, tan acogedor. Fue muy inspirador estar cerca de tantos cineastas jóvenes y talentosos.
-Finn Taylor, director Unleashed & 3 Time Director Festivalde Cine de Sundance
«No puedo decir lo suficiente sobre lo maravilloso que ha sido el Festival Internacional de Cine de Hamilton de SBE. Verdaderamente honrado de tener nuestra película «My Hero» incluido y quiero agradecer a Grant & Todd Slater y a todos los demás involucrados por una gran experiencia. Simplemente increíble.
¡Espero que nos tengas de vuelta el año que viene!»
- Loring Murtha, Actor/Director My Hero
«El Festival Internacional de Cine de Hamilton de SBE ofrece una oportunidad increíble para establecer contactos con otros cineastas ambiciosos, intercambiar ideas y estrategias de recaudación de fondos mientras experimenta el encanto de Hamilton, Nueva York. El teatro Hamilton es un lugar magnífico y Grant Slater ha organizado un festival de 5 estrellas con una gran selección de películas, comida y cervezas locales. Este es un festival imprescindible que ofrece algo más que laureles frívolos a sus cineastas... uno podría decir que te vas de Hamilton con un nuevo grupo de amigos que ofrecen una perspectiva diferente para hacer y ver películas!»
-D.J. Higgins Director, Escritor/Productor Conoce a Mario
«El encanto y la intimidad del Festival Internacional de Cine de Hamilton lo convierten en una necesidad para todos los cineastas. Grant y Todd Slater y toda la comunidad Hamilton no podrían ser más hospitalarios. ¡No puedo esperar a hacer otra película para poder volver!»
-Doug Dearth, Productor/Director Underdogs
«Fue un honor absoluto ser parte de un festival de cine tan respetado. Gracias a la ayuda, el trabajo duro y el compromiso de SBE mi carrera en el Reino Unido ha ido de fuerza en fuerza. My Single, Worry golpeó la tabla de descargas de iTunes y alcanzó su punto máximo en el número 6. La pista de seguimiento que he lanzado recientemente ha llegado al Top 50 viral del Reino Unido en Spotify y ahora hemos hecho un Tour Europeo juntos. Es gracias a personas como Grant creyendo en mí desde una etapa temprana de mi desarrollo que me ha ayudado a llegar a donde estoy ahora».
Bašta Fest es un festival internacional de cortometrajes de ficción que se celebra en Bajina Bašta, Serbia Occidental. Es un evento anual que se celebra durante el primer fin de semana de julio y dura cuatro días. Debido a la profesión de los fundadores (los actores Jovan Jelisavčić y Maja Šuša), el principal punto de interés del festival es la colaboración entre directores y actores. Creemos que centrarse en la calidad de ese esfuerzo artístico conjunto tendrá un impacto positivo en el posicionamiento del Bašta Fest entre los festivales de cortometrajes. Bašta Fest es de gran importancia para la descentralización de la cultura, ya que ha traído películas, música y programas fuera del programa a esta hermosa región. Una de las prioridades del festival es promover la increíble belleza natural entre un gran número de visitantes. Sin embargo, nuestro principal objetivo es convertir este festival en un emocionante oasis cultural, que apoya a jóvenes artistas locales e internacionales, poniendo énfasis en los cortometrajes de ficción con autenticidad. La selección principal es un programa de cortometrajes de competición, mientras que dos películas se proyectan como parte de un programa especial no competitivo cada año, una durante la inauguración y otra durante la ceremonia de clausura. El último que se proyecta es un primer largometraje serbio, elegido por el equipo de Bašta fest como el más exitoso del año anterior. La entrada a todas las proyecciones en Bašta es gratuita, mientras que siempre se celebran bajo los cielos nocturnos abiertos. Actualmente hay dos lugares oficiales del festival: el parque Borići y el lago Perućac.
El Festival Internacional de Cine DEA OPEN AIR es un producto del estudio MultiMedia «Nositi».
El festival tendrá lugar en la ciudad capital de Tirana.
XIX FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE BAJO LA LUNA
VIVA FESTIVAL is a permanent event in the field of culture and art, the founder and organizer is the VIVA Association from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time domestic and international competitive film festival artistic achievements in the field of documentary film and video (electronic).The festival is held in Sarajevo, once a year, takes a maximum of four days.
The Festival reserves the rights of final decision on the program in which the film will be shown.
Movies can be short and medium length feature.
Competition has four categories:
1. Religion (its themed films that promote the specifics of religion, in order to rapprochement, understanding and inter-religious tolerance);
2. Ecology (films that its theme promote the natural heritage of their countries in order to encourage the development of environmental awareness);
3. Tourism (films that its theme promote the tourism potential of country of origin).
4. Youth BiH (Films produced by the youth and young filmmakers from Bosnia And Herzegovina)
El Fabriano Film Fest vuelve también en este 2022, ahora en su décima edición.
El festival se celebrará del 16 al 19 de junio en la hermosa ciudad de Fabriano.
Siempre hay muchas actividades que van de la mano con las proyecciones de cortometrajes, así que también para esta edición te prometemos
«Emociones grandes, en pequeñas dosis»...
Due to some unavoidable circumstances our 1st International Wildlife Animal & Environment Film festival of Odisha 2016 postponed to 14th November 2016 so the date of opening and closing of film submission will be as per notice given.
The 1st International Wildlife Animal & Environment Film festival of Odisha & 3rd International Children Film Festival 2016 will be staged on 14th November 2016 at Balangir. On the day films of various languages will be shown. On the day of the programme a seminar & Photography will be conducted. At many children or general public will be invited to the programme. A souvenir will be published containing messages of eminent personalities and articles.
Objectives:
• To provide a platform to children for watching good films and interact with each other
• To conduct seminars and symposium on cinema
• To encourage production of quality film
• To conduct various competition among children
• To invite eminent personalities on cinema and other arts
• To host the festival on various places every year
• To conduct any other activities for development of cinema and other arts.
SESTRIERE
THE LOCATION OF THE FESTIVAL
Sestriere is a 2035 meters high town in Piemonte, just a few kilometers far from the frontier with France.
It’s an important destination for international tourism, because of its mountains and its territory: it offers long ski slopes, an indoor swimming pool, a golf field and the possibility to practise sportfishing, trekking, climbing, mountain bike or simply relaxing in the sun. Both in winter and in summer, Sestriere hosts many different events, mainly dedicated to sport, culture, music and motors.
THE CONCEPT OF THE FESTIVAL
“Sestriere film Festival - from the olympic mountain... a view on the world" is an international film festival organized by the Association Montagna Italia. the festival, entirely dedicated to the cinema and the culture of the mountain, is open to all movies, documentaries, Animation movies, short and full lenght movies dedicated to the "Highlands of the world". The themes are: mountain, alpinism, exploration and hiking.
PARTNERS & COLLABORATIONS
To support this project properly, we will ask for the collaboration of all the organizations that work to promote and foster the development of mountain tourism. So we would like to involve the local insti- tutions like the Region Piemonte, the Province of Torino, the Chamber of Commerce of Torino, the Minister of Environment and Toruism and some pri- vate corporations.
CULTURAL TOURISM THROUGH THE FESTIVAL
The aim of the ‘‘Sestriere Film Festival” is to promo- te Sestriere, Torino and Piemonte from the touristic and cultural point of view, attracting not only sport lovers, but also people who are interested in cinema, and to show the mountain world with its traditions and history. This new event will enrich the cultural and touristic offer of Sestriere and will add a new attracting image of the Piemonte area to the imagery of all mountain lovers.
THE PLACE
Cinema Fraiteve - screening room for night Fraiteve square, 5 - Sestriere (Torino)
Free entry
XIII Edición Premios Pávez - Festival Internacional de Cine de Talavera de la Reina. Del 16 al 24 de octubre de 2026.
FESTIVAL CALIFICADOR DE LOS PREMIOS GOYA, FORQUÉ, FUGAZ Y PREMIO IBERSHORTS.
- Cortometrajes de producción y/o dirección española o iberoamericana.
- Cortometrajes producidos a partir del 1 de enero de 2025.
- Deberán estar subtitulados en español.
- Duración máxima 30 minutos con créditos incluidos.
- No podrán estar alojados en plataformas de internet de libre visionado.
- 5 secciones a concurso Nacional (Sección Oficial), Internacional (Iberoamérica), Local (Talavera de la Reina), Animación y Documental.
- 18 categorías que optan a premio.
- 5.700 euros en premios + 18 estatuillas
- Pago por selección en todas las secciones
- DCP para Sección Oficial, Internacional y Local
Started in Bologna in 2011, Boff is situated in a beautiful park in the center of Bologna and it open for all who would like to take part.
This year’s programme aims not only to give visibility to films from the national and international film circuit, but also tries to speak to a world of people who are usually cut off from cinema. With the introduction of sound, the deaf left the cinema. With Boff we hope they’ll come back. the program will be vast and full of themes of cinematic language: visual perception, rather than sound – where the only music is in the form of bodily vibrations.
Certamen anual de cine corto español calificador para los Premios Goya. 26 Edición a celebrar del 19 AL 25 de ABRIL de 2026.
EIDF, Presented by Korea Educational Broadcasting System. is 12th edition this year.
As an unique documentary festival of which all the selected works are screened at theaters and are broadcast during festival, EIDF has contributed to introduce the excellent, various documentaries to the audeince and develop the quialify of docuemtary making.
ANIMA – Festival Internacional de Animación de Córdoba es un evento de carácter académico y cultural, de alcance internacional, dedicado específicamente al arte y la técnica de la animación. De periodicidad bianual, constituye el principal evento realizado en la República Argentina respecto a la animación, y uno de los más relevantes de América Latina.
En cada edición, ANIMA convoca a una maravillosa comunidad de animadores, cineastas, diseñadores, productores, artistas audiovisuales y visuales; que durante los tres días del festival disfrutan de paneles, seminarios, exhibiciones, proyecciones y muchas oportunidades de socialización.
El Azure Lorica International Film Fest es una celebración de películas extranjeras.
