Hollywood
Film Festival®
Hollywood Discovery Awards®
Hollywood World Awards®
Hollywood Animation Film Festival™
Hollywood Documentary Film Festival™
Hollywood Kids Film Festival™
Hollywood Horror Film Festival™
Hollywood Independent Film Festival
Hollywood International Film Festival®
Hollywood Shorts Film Festival™
Hollywood World Film Festival
Hollywood Digital Film Festival™
CALL FOR ENTRIES
- Features, Documentaries, Shorts
Submit Your
Film Today!
Film submissions are accepted monthly. PLEASE SUBMIT NOW. DO NOT WAIT.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The festival's competition categories include:
- Features –
Best Feature Film
- Documentaries –
Best Documentary
- Short Subjects –
Best Short Subject
Filmmakers will be competing
for the Hollywood Film Festival®, Hollywood World Awards®, Hollywood Animation Film Festival™, Hollywood Documentary Film Festival™, Hollywood Kids Film Festival™, Hollywood Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival™, Hollywood Independent Film Festival, Hollywood International Film Festival®, Hollywood Shorts Film Festival™, Hollywood World Film Festival™, and Hollywood Digital Film Festival™. The
winners will be chosen by a jury of entertainment
industry professionals and announced at the
Hollywood Discovery Awards® ceremony.
Daily
Variety and Screen International will
publish special issues featuring the Hollywood
Film Festival® and Hollywood Awards®.
These publications reach thousands of subscribers
worldwide.
To enter the Hollywood
Film Festival competition, please submit a completed FEATURE,
DOCUMENTARY OR SHORT SUBJECT. We accept both
Domestic and International submissions. Entries
must be submitted on a 1/2" VHS
tape or DVD. We accept ALL VHS formats (NTSC,
PAL, M-PAL, N-PAL, SECAM, MESECAM). Submitted
tapes/DVDs will not be returned.
Note: If selected, filmmaker agrees to furnish
1 copy of film on either a 35 mm, 16 mm film
print, Digibeta or Beta SP (NTSC format). The
festival will also need 4 complete press kits
from filmmakers whose films are selected as finalists.
Foreign language films must have subtitles.
DEADLINES:
Film submissions are accepted monthly. PLEASE SUBMIT NOW. DO NOT WAIT..
PRIZES: Winners
will receive: 1) VIP Passes (access to the Gala,
Screenings, and Parties). 2) Marketing opportunities.
Non-refundable
Registration Fees: For submission fee schedule, please go to our submission form.
Note: Feature Films are more than 40 minutes
in length. The length of Short Subjects is 40
minutes or less.
Submit
Your Film Now!
Finalists and nominees will be contacted no
later than 4 weeks prior to the beginning of
the Festival.
IMPORTANT
NOTE: ALL RESPONSES BY HFF TO FILMMAKERS
WILL BE MADE BY EMAIL.
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Film submissions are accepted monthly. PLEASE SUBMIT NOW.
DO NOT WAIT.
The International Film Festival
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prefers paperless entries submitted via The International
Film Festival Submission System (BrigitFest) –
on the Web at Withoutabox.com.
Withoutabox
provides cost-saving online entry to major film festivals
throughout the U.S. and in Europe with one master entry
form, allowing you and us to enter your film more quickly
and with greater accuracy. This method is free and easy.
Withoutabox users enjoy the advantages of Extended Deadlines and Online Press Kit submissions and filmmakers with an upgraded project on Withoutabox receive $5.00 off their Entry Fees.
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If
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JUDGING: Criterion Is Based On -- Execution and
Innovation
Our panel of judges
has included: Carlos de Abreu - Writer,
Jordan Alan - Director, Ken Annakin - Director, Writer, Producer, Alberto Barbera (Italy) - Director, Museo Nazionale dei Cinema,
Joshua Beckett - Director, Irene Bignardi (Switzerland) - Artistic Director, Locarno Film Festival, Tony Bill - Director, Clare Binns (U.K.) - Director of Contract Cinemas, City Screen Virtual,
Barbara Broccoli - Producer, Judith Bronowki - Documentarian, Elisabetta Brunella - Secretary General, MEDIA Salles, Bruno Chatelin (France) - COO of Filmfestivals.com, Michel Ciment - President, FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics), Rusty Cundieff - Director, Bruce Davison
- Actor, Lilibet Foster - Director, Giovanna Fulvi (Italy) - Head of Acquisitions, Film Auro & Asian Cinema Programmer, Toronto International Film Festival, George
Gallo - Writer, Director, Producer, Sid Ganis - Producer,
Philip Goldfine - President, Seagal-Nasso Prods.,
Marina Goldovskaya - Documentarian, Professor, Mike Goodridge (U.K.) - U.S. Editor, "Screen International," Dan Gordon -
Writer, Giorgio Gosetti - Director, Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days, Robbie Greenberg - Cinematographer,
Dolly Hall - Director, Sandra Hebron (U.K.) - Artistic Director, The Times BFI London Film Festival, Allan Hunter (U.K.) - Film Critic "The Daily Express" and "Screen International," Henry Jaglom - Auteur, Margret Koehler (Germany) - Film Critic, Film-Dienst,
Ted Kotcheff - Director, Laszlo Kovacs - Cinematographer,
Martin Landau - Actor, Dale Launer - Writer,
Mimi Leder - Director, George Litto - Producer, Derek Malcolm (U.K.) - Film Critic, "Screen International" and "The Evening Standard,"
David Mamet - Writer, John Mauceri - Composer, Christopher Mercier (France) - Manager, Indie Circle,
Mira Nair - Director, Jacob Neiiendam (Denmark) - Film Critic, FIPRESCI and "Screen International," Stephen Nemeth - Producer,
Mace Neufeld - Producer, Janice Pennington - Writer, Michel Reihac (France) - Director of Cinema, ARTE France, Jose Maria Riba (Spain) - San Sebastian International Film Festival, Jonathan Romney (U.K.) - Film Critic, "Screen International" and "The Independent On Sunday,"
Mark Rydell - Director, Arnold Schwartzman
- Documentarian, Aradhana Seth - Director, Writer, Serge Siritzky - CEO/Director, "Ecran Total," Penelope
Spheeris - Director, Michael Steinberg - Director, and
Paula Wagner - Producer.
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