Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne
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PFFM // Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne
4th edition
Mar 04 - Mar 04, 2021
Estimated
Melbourne, Australia
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Children, Docu-feature, Documentary, Experimental, Hybrids, Multimedia, Music video, Narrative fiction, Series, Student, Web
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Genre
Action, Adventure, Alternative, Art, Avantgarde, Biography, Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Culture, Dance, Dark comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Environmental, Family, Fantastic, Fantasy, Foreign, Health, Hip Hop, History, Horror, Human rights, Independent, Kids, LGBT, Live Action, Medical, Music, Musical, Mystery, Nature, News, Parody, Post modern, Realism, Reality, Religious, Road Trip, Romance, Romantic comedy, Satire, Science, Science fiction, Spiritual, Sports, Surreal, Thriller, Transgender, Underground, Urban, War, Western
Mission / description
The Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne is interested not just in films with potential commercial success but films of artistic merit and scope. The goal is to build a festival that will be… on par with Sundance, Cannes, and other major festivals but geared to the truly independent filmmaker, actor, and script writer. Giving them opportunities and opening doors that would not otherwise be open to them.
Digital submission only through FilmFreeway. Selected Films will be notified and given sufficient time to have film made into the required format for screening.
We will "select" from submissions those films for potential screening and receiving an award. Final notification will be announced from the "selected" films of those that will receive an award and screening of their film.
Those "selected" for their films to be screened will receive our logo to post on their sites as a selected film for screening at the Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne. We are going to choose the winner of each category and we will play on screen the winner of categories, However we are going to screen some of the Official Selections in our casual events.
The Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne is seeking outstanding filmmakers of all ages. Innovative, creative, unique in their vision. All genre are accepted.
** No competition New Film Makers Just for film makers who are new in film industry.
Awards & Prizes
All entries receive Official Selection PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) and Certificates of Participation.
All winners will receive PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) certificates.
Our jury will select the winners of each category:
Best Australian Movie
Best Best Human Rights
Best Script
Best Best Trailer (one minute to two and half minutes)
Best Music Video
Best Science Fiction
Best Horror
Best Animation/Cartoon
Best Short Film (5 minutes to 30 minutes)
Best Documentary
Best Student Film
Best Feature (No-Budget under $25,000)
Feature (Budget under $250,000)
Feature (Budget over $250,000)
* Best of NO competition New Film Makers
The jury will also select the films that will be screened at our annual event or our casual events.
PFFM certificates. Screenings of BEST of each category. Potential distribution (Available offers).
BEST of each category awards to be announced November each year.
BEST of the BEST and BEST of each category will receive awards, press coverage, screening and potential distribution deal (Available offers).
Certificates of OFFICIAL SELECTION will be awarded to films that while not winning a prize or screening, show exceptional potential in their film work.
Rules & Terms
Only completed films may be submitted. (No rough cuts).
Films must have been made between 2014 and 2016.
Filmmaker must own all rights to their film and/or have secured rights.
Competition is open to Australia and International entries. International films must be in English or with English subtitle.
Films submitted must not have any distribution deal.
In Consideration:: Movie under process.
Incomplete:: Movie under process require information, documents or original movie.
Disqualified:: Unfortunately, we are not able to include it in our program this year.
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Festival website xww.com.au
Class
Founded: 2015
Festival category: B (international relevance, international player)
Dates
Open call: May 01, 2017
Early bird deadline: May 08, 2017
Regular deadline: Jul 31, 2017
Late deadline: Oct 02, 2017
Notification date: Jun 01, 2016
Favorite this festival or add it to one of your lists to be alerted about open call, deadlines and notification date.
Fees
Fees range from 0.00 to 100.00 USD . See submission categories for details about fees.
Awards
Total prize money: 1.00 USD
Other prizes: Official Selection PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) and Certificates of Participation. All winners will receive PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) and All winners will receive PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) certificates.
General rules
Only completed films may be submitted. (No rough cuts).
Films must have been made between 2014 and 2016.
Filmmaker must own all rights to their film and/or have secured rights.
Competition is open to Australia and International entries. International films must be in English or with English subtitle.
Films submitted must not have any distribution deal.
In Consideration:: Movie under process.
Incomplete:: Movie under process require information, documents or original movie.
Disqualified:: Unfortunately, we are not able to include it in our program this year.
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
PFFM // Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne
4th edition
Mar 04 - Mar 04, 2021
Estimated
Melbourne, Australia
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Children, Docu-feature, Documentary, Experimental, Hybrids, Multimedia, Music video, Narrative fiction, Series, Student, Web
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Genre
Action, Adventure, Alternative, Art, Avantgarde, Biography, Comedy, Comedy drama, Crime, Culture, Dance, Dark comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Environmental, Family, Fantastic, Fantasy, Foreign, Health, Hip Hop, History, Horror, Human rights, Independent, Kids, LGBT, Live Action, Medical, Music, Musical, Mystery, Nature, News, Parody, Post modern, Realism, Reality, Religious, Road Trip, Romance, Romantic comedy, Satire, Science, Science fiction, Spiritual, Sports, Surreal, Thriller, Transgender, Underground, Urban, War, Western
Mission / description
The Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne is interested not just in films with potential commercial success but films of artistic merit and scope. The goal is to build a festival that will be… on par with Sundance, Cannes, and other major festivals but geared to the truly independent filmmaker, actor, and script writer. Giving them opportunities and opening doors that would not otherwise be open to them.
Digital submission only through FilmFreeway. Selected Films will be notified and given sufficient time to have film made into the required format for screening.
We will "select" from submissions those films for potential screening and receiving an award. Final notification will be announced from the "selected" films of those that will receive an award and screening of their film.
Those "selected" for their films to be screened will receive our logo to post on their sites as a selected film for screening at the Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne. We are going to choose the winner of each category and we will play on screen the winner of categories, However we are going to screen some of the Official Selections in our casual events.
The Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne is seeking outstanding filmmakers of all ages. Innovative, creative, unique in their vision. All genre are accepted.
** No competition New Film Makers Just for film makers who are new in film industry.
Awards & Prizes
All entries receive Official Selection PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) and Certificates of Participation.
All winners will receive PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) certificates.
Our jury will select the winners of each category:
Best Australian Movie
Best Best Human Rights
Best Script
Best Best Trailer (one minute to two and half minutes)
Best Music Video
Best Science Fiction
Best Horror
Best Animation/Cartoon
Best Short Film (5 minutes to 30 minutes)
Best Documentary
Best Student Film
Best Feature (No-Budget under $25,000)
Feature (Budget under $250,000)
Feature (Budget over $250,000)
* Best of NO competition New Film Makers
The jury will also select the films that will be screened at our annual event or our casual events.
PFFM certificates. Screenings of BEST of each category. Potential distribution (Available offers).
BEST of each category awards to be announced November each year.
BEST of the BEST and BEST of each category will receive awards, press coverage, screening and potential distribution deal (Available offers).
Certificates of OFFICIAL SELECTION will be awarded to films that while not winning a prize or screening, show exceptional potential in their film work.
Rules & Terms
Only completed films may be submitted. (No rough cuts).
Films must have been made between 2014 and 2016.
Filmmaker must own all rights to their film and/or have secured rights.
Competition is open to Australia and International entries. International films must be in English or with English subtitle.
Films submitted must not have any distribution deal.
In Consideration:: Movie under process.
Incomplete:: Movie under process require information, documents or original movie.
Disqualified:: Unfortunately, we are not able to include it in our program this year.
full text
Festival website xww.com.au
| Class |
Founded: 2015 Festival category: B (international relevance, international player) |
| Dates |
Open call: May 01, 2017 Early bird deadline: May 08, 2017 Regular deadline: Jul 31, 2017 Late deadline: Oct 02, 2017 Notification date: Jun 01, 2016 Favorite this festival or add it to one of your lists to be alerted about open call, deadlines and notification date. |
| Fees | Fees range from 0.00 to 100.00 USD . See submission categories for details about fees. |
| Awards |
Total prize money: 1.00 USD
Other prizes: Official Selection PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) and Certificates of Participation. All winners will receive PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) and All winners will receive PFFM (Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne) certificates. |
| General rules |
Only completed films may be submitted. (No rough cuts). Films must have been made between 2014 and 2016. Filmmaker must own all rights to their film and/or have secured rights. Competition is open to Australia and International entries. International films must be in English or with English subtitle. Films submitted must not have any distribution deal. In Consideration:: Movie under process. Incomplete:: Movie under process require information, documents or original movie. Disqualified:: Unfortunately, we are not able to include it in our program this year. |