SCENEPR need films…short, long, foreign,animated..whatever you got. We’ll be launching a WEEKLY screening/networking event in January. We have a cool new space for this event that people will absolutely love. Fantastic sound system, private to only us, and we’ll be serving up some popcorn!

And if you happen to have films, motion graphics or music videos about love, sex & romance, why not be sure to enter it for our 2nd Annual Love Actually which takes place February 14th (thats right…Valentines Day 2009).

So if you are a filmmaker or motion artist or know one looking for some love, send us a note and we’ll let you know where and how to forward your works.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Opens August 9, 2008
Deadline November 9, 2008
Late Deadline November 29, 2008

We are officially the longest running and most successful truly indie film festivals in Philadelphia, and we look to do the same in Hollywood!!

With 20 festivals previously produced and a star studded lineup of past winners and Official Selections, FirstGlance is one of the Premiere Indie Fests in the World!!

FirstGlance 9 Hollywood is calling for submissions from professional, first time, and student directors, filmmakers and producers with any budget for North America’s fastest growing truly indie film festival. Our mission is to spotlight and celebrate truly indie up and coming, national and international talent in all genres of film. From mainstream to controversial in a competitive casual atmosphere, that brings together emerging film and video makers, film enthusiasts, critics, distributors, and audiences.

Our 9th festival will highlight the best work in more categories than ever from animated shorts to Feature docs and we will begin honoring webisodic series this year. We are opening our festivals to more talent than ever before and now offer an online companion short film contest too!!
Scheduled for April 10-12 2009 at Raleigh Studios Hollywood!!

All Official Selections receive awards presented at the event!!

Categories
Feature Length Narrative (over 60 min.)
Feature Documentary (over 60 min)
Short Narrative (under 30 min)
Shorts Too (under 10 min.)
Animated Shorts (under 10 min)
Mini-Docs (under 60 min.)
Music Video (under 5 min.)
Student Shorts (undergrad and high school)(under 20 min)
Grad Student Shorts (under 20 min)
Webisode Pilots (under 6 min)

In 2009 over $60,000.00 in prizes will be awarded…
Filmmaking Software, Screenwriting Software, Yearly Membership to Baseline Studio Systems, Festival Passes, Festival T-shirt, Movies Unlimited Gift Certificates, Magazine Subscriptions, Filmmaking and Final Cut Pro Seminars, DVD Mastering and Authoring Services, Online and Retail Distribution, Pitch sessions, Writer’s Boot Camp courses, discounted services. For more specifics on prizes visit the prize page. (Prizes subject to change.)

Entry Fee:
$25.00 USD - $75.00 USD. All formats acceptable. All entries must be submitted on NTSC DVD.

Applications available online here or apply online through and save paper!!

The World Largest Short Film Festival returns to New York City

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Winner receives prize pool worth $50,000, including $20,000 CASH!

Tropfest, the World’s Largest Short Film Festival, returns to New York City as Tropfest NY 2008! This incredible, unique cultural event has been witnessed by thousands of New York’s short film lovers in the past two years – and hundreds of thousands in Australia since 1993!

TROPFEST, SYDNEY, 2007

This is your chance to have your talent recognized in front of a live audience of thousands (including celebrity judges). Rules for entering Tropfest NY are simple:

1. Films must be no longer than 7 minutes

2. They must be premieres (ie. Never before seen)

3. They must include the “Tropfest Signature Item” (TSI) to show that they were made specifically with this event in mind. The Tropfest NY 2008 TSI is: “Sunflower”. (This can be included in any way you want, as long as it is included. Be creative!)

For more information (inc. entry form) please visit the Tropfest NY 2008 website at: www.tropfest.com/NY or email: info@tropfestny.com

Information about the Australian Tropfest can be found at: www.tropfest.com

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 – “LIFE’S SHORT. DON’T MISS IT!”