Competition for Filmmakers from FilmFreeway and a Chance to Win a Lot of Amazing Awards
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Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
Age
- No specific age required
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldMusic, Art and Graphic Design, Photography and Filmmaking , Media and Journalism
Fees$45
Job locationUnited States
Needed documentsSample of your work
Deadline2023-11-19
Opportunity description
FilmFreeway is pleased to announce the events of the 19th Annual Harlem International Film Festival and a competition for creatives from all over the world. It invites filmmakers and attendees will participate in this four-day event consisting of film screenings in state-of-the-art facilities, celebrity-filled awards ceremonies, networking events, and Harlem's unsurpassed nightlife and history. This is your chance to join scores of filmmakers and screenwriters from all over the world and have your work showcased in Harlem, Manhattan – in the heart of New York City.
Benefits
If you are among the winners, you will have one of the following prizes:
- Best Film & Best World Film
- The Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker
- Best Documentary & Best World Documentary
- Best Director & Best Documentary Director
- Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Actor, and Best Actress
- Best Animation, Best Experimental Film
- Best Short & Best Documentary Short
- Best Youth Film & Best Music Video
- Best Webisode & Audience Award
- The New York Vision Award, the Harlem Spotlight Awards
- Uptown Awards and Screenplay Awards
- Screenplay Showdown Competition
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Eligibility criteria
You should follow the following criteria:
- Works can be submitted regardless of when they were completed.
- Screenplays may be submitted online.
- Shorts are considered Documentary works 44 minutes and under and Narrative Fiction pieces are 59 minutes and under.
- Works in progress may be submitted, but only during the Late or Extended deadlines and only if the film will be completed for final review at least seven weeks before the Festival opening.
- The review committee will only watch one version of your film, so make it your latest/greatest cut possible.
- There is no limit on the number of works submitted, but each entry must be separate, appropriately labeled, and accompanied by the required fee.
- Submit works online (preferable).
- Submitted screeners, screenplays, and press materials will not be returned.
- Upon selection, the applicant is requested to provide the Harlem International Film Festival (Hi) with the highest quality works format available.
- Upon acceptance, the applicant gives Hi the right to use images and information from the film and trailer for all advertising and promotion purposes.
- Fees vary according to the time of submission.
About FilmFreeway:
FilmFreeway is the home of the Industry's Top Festivals and Filmmakers. It is the main way to discover, submit to thousands of film festivals, screenplay contests, music contests, and photography contests all over the world. In addition, more than one million filmmakers, screenwriters, and artists use FilmFreeway to submit to over 10,000 of the world’s best film festivals and contests(including 170+ Oscar and BAFTA qualifying festivals).
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