Explore the documentary submission guidelines for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2017, one of the world’s newest Australian documentary film festivals. FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival represents a great opportunity to showcase your international documentary here in Melbourne, Australia at Melbourne’s dedicated documentary film festival. MDFF is one of Australia’s largest showcases of local Australian documentaries, having […]
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Submission guidelines for Taos Shortz Film Fest 11th edition
The Taos Shortz Film Fest prides itself on innovative, creative programming and many opportunities for networking…2017 is no exception. Discover more about the 11th edition’s film submission guidelines and submit cheaper your film on FilmFestivalLife to get the chance to win and join Taos Shortz Film Fest! FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Screening over 80 global short films […]
Women in Film – Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival is calling for entries!
Are you a women in film? Then you don’t want to miss the chance to show your work in NYC at the Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival. Don’t miss out on you submission and be part to the women international film festival. Imagine This is proud to announce its first annual Women International Film […]
#5 Reasons to Submit to Flickerfest International Short Film Festival
FLiCKERFEST, Australia’s premier international short film festival, will be held under the summer stars at the Bondi Pavilion on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach in January 2017. The Festival in 2017 will celebrate 26 years of screening the best short films from Australia and around the world in competitions and special showcases. Following the Festival in […]
International Film and Entertainment Festival Australia 2016 wants your film!
IFEFA endeavors to create synergies with its program to infuse and inspire new talent. We aim to nurture, encourage, inspire and intrigue the cinematic experiences of the diverse and multicultural communities of Australia and beyond. With a team of highly motivated professionals related to cinema, drama, performing & visual arts in Australia, IFEFA team […]
Queer Lisboa, 20 years of sensational eclecticity
The Queer Lisboa festival is one of the most important festivals in Europe for queer cinema and this year they celebrate their 20 birthday! Lisbon is one of Europe’s most beautiful, and liberal, cities and makes the perfect host for an equally forward-thinking film festival. Your film may be the perfect fit for Queer Lisboa. […]
Edinburgh Short Film Festival is Looking For Rising Stars
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival showcases the best British and international short films, shining a spotlight on high quality and new talent. For its 6th edition the short film festival is partnering up with the famous Shorts Shorts Film Festival, Japan’s biggest short film festival based in Tokyo. We wanted to find out why filmmakers should keep a […]
Cork Film Festival: Bold Ideas Well Told
We met with James Mullighan to find out more about the festival and what you should do to ensure your film gets selected for the big Irish party. What did he have for us? A stunning new screening location for 2016, tons of submission tips and a couple of nifty anecdotes, one including a rather epic […]
Encounters Widens The Lens For Its 22nd Edition
New stories. New perspectives. New viewpoints. Encounters is widening the lens in 2016. Located in the attractive Watershed complex in one of Britain’s cooles city Bristol, the festival begun as the one-off Short Encounters in 1995. Except it wasn’t quite the one-off – Short Encounters became Encounters and has kept growing and growing ever since. Still a showcase for […]
Daniel Sol from Hollyshorts, ‘The film festival environment cannot be matched online’
Hollyshorts is 12 years old and continues to offer a great experience to short filmmakers from all around the globe. We spoke with the festival back in 2014, when they were talking about entering into VOD. Since then, it’s been full steam ahead and the short film festival has gone from strength to strength. Here’s what […]
Sydney Film Festival On The Berlinale, The Netflix Impact and How To Get Selected
We met Jenny Neighbour at the European Film Market in Berlin to find more about what kind of films the festival is looking for and what filmmakers can do to increase their chances of selection before submitting. There’s more. Hold tight for her thoughts on the 66th Berlinale and the impact of Netflix on the Australian film festival scene too… […]
NYC Independent Film Festival: 100% Indie
New York City is undeniably one of the world’s most iconic cities. And we all know that it’s cinematic repertoire backs that up. The NYC Independent Film Festival is in the middle of this scene. Now approaching its 7th edition, the FFL partner festival has always kept its focus squarely on the freshest filmmaking talent, […]
ARTEMIS WOMEN IN ACTION FILM FESTIVAL, 2nd Edition
Let’s be honest here. The representation of women in film is still far far below acceptable levels, that’s why we’re already excited to see the return of the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival after their successful first edition. There’s an understanding among film buffs that sequels don’t always go so well. With film festivals, […]
How to Make Your Submission to ALL SPORTS FILM FEST a Slam Dunk
All Sports Film Fest’s director Pat Battistini talks about why there was a need for such a niche event and why shorts and competition films are indispensable in the wider film landscape. ‘This is Los Angeles, there are over 80 film festivals here a year!‘ And one of them is the All Sports Los Angeles Film […]
Glasgow’s Matt Lloyd: Festivals are no longer the Gatekeepers for Emerging Talents
It all started as a short film weekend within the prestigious Glasgow Film Festival. Since then the Glasgow Short Film Festival developed into the largest competitive short film festival in Scotland and a place to be for the short film industry. The BAFTA-qualifying festival is currently open for submissions on FilmFestivalLife and we were curious who […]