Some new updates…

best of luck,

tmr

Boise Student Int’l Video Festival 2016 8/1/16
BoVi, The Boise Student International Video Festival, is a Boise State University-based video festival that celebrates student filmmaking around the world. Student filmmakers of ALL ages, kindergarten all the way up to graduate students, can submit their work to to be shown in a theatre setting. We accept Narrative, Animation, Documentary, and Artistic short films. Films may be up to 20 mins long.

Tricky Women Animation Festival (Vienna) 10/7/16
Tricky Women is the first and only festival of animated film that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women. Upload via shortfilmdepot or send by post.

LIGHT FIELD 8/1/16
Light Field is a new artist-run film festival located in the San Francisco Bay Area showcasing experimental/avant-garde films with an international focus. We are looking for moving-image work finished on celluloid only (all gauges welcome). No restrictions on duration, completion date, or premiere status Both single-channel and expanded/performative works will be considered. Light Field will take place November 11th – 13th, 2016

I wanted to share the new Kickstarter campaign for the  Animation Show of Shows. The Animation Show of Shows was founded by producer Ron Diamond in 1999 to showcase the best new animated short films from around the world.

“The 17^th Annual Animation Show of Shows was an incredible milestone,” says founder Ron Diamond. “For the first time, the showcase of 11 shorts and four mini portrait documentaries was presented in 47 public theaters in 4 countries, which gave general audiences the chance to see great animated short films on the big screen. With this new campaign, we hope to reach an even wider audience by increasing the number of venues and expanding our publicity to make sure that everyone can share in the magic of the short films in The 18^th Annual Animation Show of Shows to be released this September.”

Please consider supporting the Kickstarter to bring these animated short films into local theatres. Link to Kickstarter here

Best regards,
Tracy

Hi all-
I am sending out a few updates I have recently made to my listings. Hope all is well.
best of luck,
tracy

The Black Bx ongoing
The Black Bx takes applications to exhibit work and to write commentary through a rolling open call for entries. Filmmakers/Artists interested in exhibiting moving images, videos, or digitally scanned films, and Writers wishing to guest-commentary on exhibiting works can fill out the below application for consideration.

Docs In Progress ongoing
Docs In Progress^® has been organizing screenings of documentary works in progress since 2004. After screening each film, Docs In Progress representatives moderate a feedback session with the audience. This honest and constructive feedback is aimed at helping the filmmaker get to the next stage of completing and distributing the film.

Innsbruck Nature Film Festival ((Austria) 7/15/16
In terms of subject matter, the films submitted must deal with the topic of nature and/or environment. Only films in German or English language respectively with German or English subtitles are accepted. 2013 or later. Documentary (Nature/Environment), Short, Animation. Online Submissions or by post.

Manchester Animation Festival 7/29/16
Categories: Short Films: Films under 30 minutes not made by a student or person under the age of 16. Commissioned works can also be submitted into this category provided that the person submitting has permission of the rights owner.  Graduation Films: Films created by undergraduate and post-graduate students. Films by Children: Films created by animators who are 16 or under on completion of the film. All techniques are eligible, but only films completed after 20 July 2014 will be considered. Online Submission form.

International Animated Film Festival Tindirindis 8/01/16
Noncomercial International Animated Film Festival “Tindirindis” has been organised in Vilnius in Lithuania each fall continuously since 2003. The mission of the festival is to show the latest animation from around the world covering the spectrum of styles and schools, created both by professionals with years of experience and by art students. We also promote animation as an art without any limits. Submission online or by post.

Primanima  (Hungary) 08/01/16
submit by post or upload. World festival of first animations- graduate films, workshop films made by students and first films made by young professionals

YOUKI (Austria) 8/1/16
International Competition. Eligible are young people with individual or group works, home or school projects. To participate in the YOUKI competition young people must be between the ages of 10 and 26 (at the time of production). The competition is divided into three age groups  (10–14 | 15–20 | 21–26 years old). Max. film length is 20 minutes. Online submission.

Singapore International Film Festival 8/22/16
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is the largest and longest-running film event in Singapore. Founded in 1987 by Geoffrey Malone and L. Leland Whitney, the Festival focuses on showcasing international films and providing a global platform for the best of Singapore cinema. Over the decades, it has grown to become an iconic date in the Singapore arts calendar. With its focus on groundbreaking Asian cinema, this prestigious event is known for its dynamic programming and commitment to the development of a vibrant local film culture. Always at the forefront of independent filmmaking, SGIFF continues to be a platform for both established and aspiring filmmakers to showcase their films to an audience of local and international film buffs. Submit online or by post.

Just a reminder that I take submissions of calls for entry. The call must be for time based media, must be free to enter for a defined time period / a specific group, and/or a waiver code provided for my readers to submit for free.

If you have such an event (with no entry fee), please send me the basic information and I will post it on my site. There is no charge for listings.

This page with the submission form goes straight to my email.

In your description, please note if the submission is free in certain situations or timeframes. (free up to a certain date, free to those in a certain area, free to those in a certain locale). Also, if the opportunity is only open to filmmakers from a certain group or region (local only so that filmmakers can be in attendance, for example), please clearly specify.

best regards,
tracy

6th 10 Seconds International Animation Festival 5/31/16
The 10SECFEST 2016 begins! All those small pieces of brilliance and the ideas that are out of this world.They will be showcased to the world in the 10SECFEST. This festival was created to provide a platform on which artists could show off their imagination while audiences could be exposed to different and unprecedented kinds of works. Just 10seconds film!!! No pre-screening!!!, No Jury!!!!, All of submitted works will be shown!!!! You can upload entry form and work at official website. All genres, production techniques and themes are permitted, but the work must be free from any copyright or portraitright infringement.Multiple submissions by the same artist are accepted. The copyrights to all submitted works will be retained by their respective artists.Submitted works may be edited and used (in whole or in part) for the purpose of promoting 10SECFEST. All submitted works will be shown on the official website and social network services of 10SECFEST.

GLAS Animation 6/30/16
Submissions for GLAS Animation Festival 2017 are now open! Submit your short Narrative, Non-Narrative/Experimental, Graduate, Undergraduate, and Commissioned films. Note: Free submission only until June 30th.

CINANIMA 7/10/16
Works concluded after the 1st of January 2015 and which have not been presented for selection in previous editions of the Festival are eligible.

StopTrik Festival 2016  8/15/16
We’re looking for short stop motion animations (max. 30 min), produced after 01/01/2014. Find entry form & regulations on www.stoptrik.eu! Share and submit!

Animateka Film Festival (Slovenia) 09/20/2016
Animateka 2016 has opened submissions for short animated films! We are looking for animations which will compete in the Regional Short Animated Film Competition Programme, the European Student Competition Programme, and the Elephant International Children’s Film Programme.

21 Film Project 7/18/16
Land of Lincoln Credit Union is a proud supporter of the arts and is very excited to announce our 9th annual “21 Film Project” Film Contest and Screening. Simply submit your 4-minute short film, and you could win a grand prize of $1,500! We have received hundreds of entries over the past several years and look forward to seeing this year’s films. Above all, we here at the credit union love movies and are proud to have created a showcase for amateur film makers everywhere. So, get out there, film your movie and you could be the next winner in Land of Lincoln Credit Union’s “21 Film Project” contest. Good luck!

I do a lot of google searches, but I welcome submissions for any calls for entry. The only restrictions are that the call must be related to time based forms of media must be free to enter for a defined time period / a specific group, and/or a waiver code provided to my readers.

If you have a (noentryfee) Festival, Screening Night or other related event for time based work, you can send me the basic information and I can post it on my site. I don’t charge festivals or film-makers for the listings I provide. While I have an online submission form that goes straight to my email, you can contact me at noentryfeefestivals(at)yahoo.com. If you want to send me a post ready to go, please format it as follows:

Festival name (location) deadline date
Festival description.
Online or DVD submission.

include a link to the festival. Also note if the submission is free in certain situations or timeframes. (free up to a certain date, free to those in a certain area, free to those in a certain locale). Also, if the opportunity is only open to filmmakers from a certain group or region, please clearly specify.

best regards,
tracy

Just received this new posting. As you know, this blog supports festivals like this that “will always be free for artists”.

Based on the feedback I get from festival directors, I would like to give a word of advice  (that I realize some of you already do): be sure to read the festival description before entering. If you send a project that doesn’t meet the description the festival organizer will need to spend extra time to weed out projects like this. This can be a huge (and unnecessary task) for the organizer. If you think about it, it doesn’t make sense to send a horizontal film to a vertical film festival, a film from outside the US to an Ohio filmmakers only screening, etc. I could go on, but you get the idea.

best of luck,
tracy

Tahoe Underground Film Festival 8/22/16
The Tahoe Underground Film Festival (TUFF) is a student-run, alternative film and media festival based in Incline Village, Nevada, on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. TUFF seeks work that expands the boundaries of media. We are proudly hosted and organized by the students in the Sierra Nevada College Fine Arts Program. We’re looking for intersections between exhibition and production; between content and location; and site and performance. We specifically welcome contemporary film, video and installation work that exploits site-specific modes of production, highlights environmental concerns, and questions media itself. We hope to highlight the best in artistic, experimental, original, humorous, political and visionary film, video and the greater spectrum of the visual arts.
TUFF will always be free for artists. Festival fees only add to the concerns of an elite system of independent production, favoring those who have resources unrelated to their practice. TUFF seeks to be democratic in its call for entries, and will be committed to raising funds to support rewarding artists for their work.