Hollywood
Film Festival®
Features - Drama and Comedy
Documentaries: Features and Shorts
Shorts: Animation and Narrative
Music Videos: Shorts
CALL FOR ENTRIES
- Features - Drama & Comedy, Documentaries, Shorts, Music Videos. Submit Your
Film Today!
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The festival's competition categories include:
- Features –
Best Feature Film: Drama and Comedy
- Documentaries –
Best Documentary
- Short Subjects –
Best Short Subject
- Music Videos –
Best Music Video
Selected Filmmakers will be competing
for the Hollywood Discovery Awards®, a stand alone ceremony at the end of the festival screenings.
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 DVD. DVDs will not be returned.
Note: If selected, filmmaker agrees to furnish
1 copy of film on either a 35 mm, 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 FOR FINAL DEADLINE..
PRIZES: Winners
will receive: VIP Passes (access to the Gala,
Screenings, and Parties).
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 3 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
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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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JUDGING: Criterion Is Based On -- Execution and
Innovation in all aspects of filmmaking.
Our judges
have 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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