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New York City Independent Film Festival (12)

Deadlines

18 Mar 2020
Call for entries

31 Aug 2020
Early deadline

30 Nov 2020
Standard deadline

31 Dec 2020
Late deadline

31 Jan 2021
Extended deadline

3
mths

01 Mar 2021
Notification date

16 May 2021
23 May 2021

Address

358 West 44th Street, 10036, New York, New York, United States

Festival description

Short film festival

Feature film festival 140'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films

Feature Films 140'<

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 12)

Festival start: 16 May 2021 Festival end: 23 May 2021

We are proud to present the 11th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival. This year's festival will run from May 16 to May 23, 2021. The festival will strive to promote an open and nurturing environment for artists, writers, actors, film-makers and fans, and will focus on offering great networking opportunities for its participants.

Thanks to each year's success, New York City Independent Film Festival is growing. We are proud to add the Art Films (Experimental) category and look forward to all the great submissions we are sure will follow. We will be screening more films and offering more panels and discussion groups.

We will screen narratives, documentaries, short films, super shorts, animation shorts and music videos. We are looking for documentaries where the filmmaker had a passion, which he/she put into the film. No matter the subject, if the work has merit and the filming is well done; be it a full-length feature, a short or a super short - we are interested in viewing it. We are looking for all genres of narratives from comedy to drama and from thrillers to love stories.

ORGANIZERS
Bonnie Rush (Founder) ; Dennis Cieri (Filmmaker/Founder/Executive Director)

Prizes and qualifications

Trophies and certificates are awarded to all winners. Some of the confirmed prizes for 2020 are!

Shorts and Super Shorts Winners - ShortTV Distribution deal offers. (non Exclusive)
All accepted Shorts and Super Shorts - ShortTv US Broadcast offers. (non Exclusive)

*All prizes subject to change*
*All prizes subject to change*

Rules

GENERAL RULES

We hope everyone has fun and enjoys themselves at the festival. but a few suggestions...

Please submit as soon as possible. The process goes a lot smoother if we are not sent a lot of films at the last minute. THANKS!

We only accept online submissions. DVDs do not get lost and it is much easier to share the video. Festhome online secure video is fine, and so is a password protected Vimeo / Youtube link posted through Festhome.

Please note that the ONLY difference in the early submission deadline versus the final submission deadline is the fee discount. The submission process and consideration by the Programming Committee is not affected by the date you submit your film as long as it is postmarked by our final deadline - your chances are equal regardless of the day your film makes it into our offices, as long as it is postmarked by the final deadline!

ALL films submitted to the festival are seen and scored by multiple judges. All films that have a high rating average, or are a favorite of a programmer, go on to final deliberations. NYCIFF selects its films by majority vote.

Film Submissions are non-returnable for any reason.

If a film is accepted, entrants will be solely responsible for delivering their promotional materials to and from the festival venue. Complete press kits will be needed as soon after notification as possible. NYCIFF cannot be held liable for your exhibition print/video materials which are lost or damaged.

In 2020 the awards will be juried.

Please note festival dates are subject to change.

Unfortunately, NYCIFF does not provide room, board or travel for filmmakers.

Documentary Feature

Feature Films >70' 130'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 50$ 46$ 41$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 30 Nov 20

Late 70$ 64.4$ 57.4$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 80$ 73.6$ 65.6$ 31 Jan 21

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A Documentary is a film that depicts true facts, true information presented in a reasonably balanced and accurate way. With a length of between 60 to 130 minutes.

Short Film

Short Films >11' 40'< (2015+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 50$ 46$ 41$ 30 Nov 20

Late 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 65$ 59.8$ 53.3$ 31 Jan 21

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Any non-documentary film from 11 minutes to 59 minutes in length is acceptable. Short Documentaries have their own category

Super Short Film

Short Films 10'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 28.7$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 30 Nov 20

Late 55$ 50.6$ 45.1$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 31 Jan 21

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A Super Short Film is any film 10 minutes or less that is NOT a music video or a documentary. Music Videos and Short Documentaries have their own categories.

Narrative Feature Films

Feature Films >70' 140'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 50$ 46$ 41$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 30 Nov 20

Late 70$ 64.4$ 57.4$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 80$ 73.6$ 65.6$ 31 Jan 21

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A full length Feature Narrative Film. A work of fiction. From 70 to 140 minutes in length.

Music Video

Short Films 10'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 28.7$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 30 Nov 20

Late 55$ 50.6$ 45.1$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 31 Jan 21

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A Music Video is a video/film that is produced around a song. Its purpose is to enhance the song by adding visuals. With a maximum length of 10 minutes.

Short Documentary

Short Films 40'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 50$ 46$ 41$ 30 Nov 20

Late 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 65$ 59.8$ 53.3$ 31 Jan 21

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A Short Documentary in a film that depicts true facts, true information presented as a reasonably balanced and accurate way, in 59 minutes or less.

Short Animation

Short Films 30'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

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Early 40$ 36.8$ 32.8$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 50$ 46$ 41$ 30 Nov 20

Late 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 31 Dec 20

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We will accept, Classical (hand drawn, traditional), Digital, Stop-motion, Clay, Cut-out, Paint-on-glass, Drawn-on-film and Experimental animation. Tell a good story and be creative we want to see it! Maximum length of 30 minutes.

Art Films (Experimental)

Short Films 10'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 35$ 32.2$ 28.7$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 30 Nov 20

Late 55$ 50.6$ 45.1$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 31 Jan 21

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We accept works in film or video of experimental or art or whatever you want to call it (narrative or documentary not accepted) on any subject. Be creative and break the rules! The length should be between 1 and 10 minutes.

Narrative Mid-Length films

Short and Feature Films >41' 70'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 18%

Early 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 55$ 50.6$ 45.1$ 30 Nov 20

Late 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 70$ 64.4$ 57.4$ 31 Jan 21

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Narrative Mid-Length films 41 - 70 minutes in length

Documentary Mid-Length films

Short and Feature Films >41' 70'< (2016+)

Fee

-8%

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Early 45$ 41.4$ 36.9$ 31 Aug 20

Standard 55$ 50.6$ 45.1$ 30 Nov 20

Late 60$ 55.2$ 49.2$ 31 Dec 20

Extended 70$ 64.4$ 57.4$ 31 Jan 21

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Mid-length Documentary Film - 41 to 70 minutes

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