Festivals and Contests

Below is a list of Call for Entries for screenwriters and filmmakers.  If you would like to list a Call for Entries, please email your text in the format you see below to word@ifpmn.org.

SCREENWRITING CALLS FOR ENTRIES

Screenwriters Workshop
Script groups, public reading series, 2nd Tuesday readings, and Screenlabs.  All those who are serious about screenwriting and filmmaking to participate in this great, local organization for feedback on your screenplays. For more information call the SWW office at 612-659-8292, email mnsww@mac.com , or visit www.screenwritersworkshop.org. For more info on 2nd Tuesday readings, go to http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/2ndTues or contact Karen Frank at frank007@umn.edu.

FILMMAKING CALLS FOR ENTRIES

Videotect, the Architecture Minnesota video competition that debuted earlier this year with 24 entries, more than 20,000 online plays, and a capacity-crowd screening event at the Walker Art Center Cinema, returns this fall and winter with more prize money, more time to make the videos, and a fast-moving topic. Here are the basics:

Prizes: $2,000 Grand Prize, $2,000 Viewers' Choice Award, and four $500 Honorable Mentions. Topic: Sustainable transportation and its enhancement through quality design.
Length of videos: 30 to 120 seconds. Guidelines and registration.

Los Angeles Film FestivalDeadlines- Early: December 2, 2011, Regular: January 13th, 2012, Final: Short films/music videos: February 10, 2012, Feature-length narrative and documentary: February 23, 2012
Now in its 18th year, the Los Angeles Film Festival provides the movie-loving public with access to critically acclaimed filmmakers, film industry professionals and emerging talent. With films from around the globe--many making their world, North American or U.S. premieres--the Los Angeles Film Festival is a true celebration of film, set in the entertainment capital of the world. lafilmfest.com

The 35th Anniversary International Wildlife Film Festival
Deadline: January 31, 2012, Late Deadline: February 12
May 5-12, with previews April 28-May 4, the theme is "Challenge, Choice & Promise: Wildlife Film and Conservation in the 21st Century." More info>

True Independent Film Festival's Student Film Block
Deadline: February 15, 2012
Introducing the expanded call for entries for the 2nd annual Student Film Block, to be presented during Seattle's True Independent Film festival May 4th through May 12, 2012. New to the festival this year every student who submits a film will automatically get the option to have his or her short distributed on a 2 Disc DVD collection. This DVD and Blu-Ray collection will be pressed on a 100 run distro sold exclusively online. Filmmakers must be between the ages of 16 to 22 years old and have directed or produced a short film, music video, documentary or experimental film no longer than 25-30 minutes. To submit a film please vist:trueindependent.org

2012 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
Postmark Deadline: February 10, 2012
The Festival returns to St. Anthony Main Theatre in Minneapolis, April 12 - May 3, 2012. Presenting over 280 films to an audience that last year exceeded 40,000, this is the largest, most anticipated film event in the Upper Midwest, and one of the largest annual cultural events in the Twin Cities. The 2012 competition prizes and categories will be announced soon. All Minnesota made films will be eligible for competition selection and are exempt from submission fees. For additional submissions information and to begin the process, visit mspfilmsociety.org.

The Shamrock Film Festival is Accepting Short Films Submissions.
Deadline February 29, 2012
The fourth annual Shamrock Film Festival will be held March, 10th in Rosemount, MN. Enjoy viewing independent filmmakers short movies ranging from amateur to professional. This year it will be the Best of Show where you can see the top picks and applaud the winners. Judges will be on hand to tell the audience why the winners are the best of the best. Click here for submission details.

Doc Challenge  
Deadline, Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Now in its 7th year, the Doc Challenge takes place March 1-5, 2012 with registration now open to filmmakers worldwide. The premise is simple: filmmakers will push their skills to the limit by making a short (4-7 minute) documentary in just five days. Top films will make their world premiere at North America's largest documentary festival, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Click here for details. 

The Out Twin Cities Film Festival
Deadline: February 29th, 2012
2012 will represent the Twin Cities' 3rd annual celebration of local, national and international GLBTQ films and filmmakers on May 31st -- June 3rd. They are excited to bring the best of what cinema has to offer to Minneapolis/St, Paul and the surrounding region at the St. Anthony Main Theater alongside the Mississippi River. Their mission is to connect and celebrate the diversity of the community through the art of cinema by producing a provocative annual festival showcasing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer filmmakers and films.

Submission forms and guidelines are available at www.outtwincitiesfilmfest.com.

The Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant
Deadline, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
funds first time documentary makers for travel and accommodations at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, April 12-15, 2012. For four days, grant recipients will be given access to films, participate in master classes and be mentored by experienced filmmakers. Two filmmakers will be chosen for the grant, now in its fifth year. 


Aesthetica Short Film Festival Now Open for Entries!
Deadline, May 31, 2012
ASFF 2012 takes place in York, UK from November 8 - 11. The screenings will cover a wide variety of genres and filmic styles, including: drama, documentary, animation, comedy, music video, thriller, experimental and artists' film. The films will be showcased across 15 iconic locations in the city, from medieval halls to boutique cinemas and in addition to four days of screenings there will also be a series of master classes, workshops and networking with leading industry figures.

The winner will also receive approximately $775 among other prizes and screenings at a number of other UK festivals. he runner-up will receive approximately $390. A shortlist of finalists will be included on the ASFF Sampler DVD, which will be distributed with the December 2012 issue of Aesthetica Magazine, an international arts and culture publication. For more details and submission guidelines, please click on the title link.

PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Good Pitch NY
Deadline, February 1, 2012
The Good Pitch brings together filmmakers with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, brands and media around leading social issues - to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners, good for the films and good for society. In 4 years we've presented more than 90 projects, leveraged over $3.4m in production and outreach support, and forged more than 300 new partnerships. We're very proud that Sundance Film Festival 2012 will feature 6 Good Pitch alumni from the last 3 years

Hammer to Nail Short Film Contest
Deadline, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
If you have a completed short film (19-minutes-and-59-seconds or less!) that you want the world to see, submit it by February 1 to be considered for our first round of competition. The fee for entry is $30. Participating film festivals include: Hamptons International Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Northside Film Festival, andPhiladelphia Film Festival! Visit each festival's website for submission deadlines and other details.  

Working Films/The MacArthur Foundation
Reel Aging: Real Change
Deadline, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012
Working Films, with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, announces Reel Aging: Real Change, an initiative that will tie compelling documentary films and transmedia projects that explore aging to ongoing policy work and grassroots campaigns supporting older populations globally. This new initiative will bring together media makers and advocates of elder rights for a residency and collaborative campaign that will offer audiences a unique way to reflect on how the aging process affects multiple generations all at once, as we head towards a future we all face - growing older.

We are seeking applications from media makers for participation in Reel Aging: Real Change. All nonfiction projects that explore the aging experience are eligible to apply, and applicants may be at any stage of production or distribution, from new and completed projects to works-in-progress. We are extending the deadline until Friday, January 13. Online application up until 11:59pm on Friday, January 13, any materials sent through the mail or by express must be postmarked by Jan 13.

The Screenwriter's Workshop Script-to-Screen/Fresh Filmmaker Short Script Contest
Deadline, Sunday, January 15, 2012 (third and final round)
New this year: a two-step contest combining SWW's "Script-to-Screen" and IFP's "Fresh Filmmakers Production Grant" - Screenwriters' Workshop seeks from its members short screenplay entries over the coming months for the Script-to-Screen Challenge 2012. This challenge gives screenwriters the opportunity to write with production values in mind and have one winning short script shot by an IFP director & an IFP-MCTC crew with a budget of $3000 ($2000 from SWW and $1000 from IFP) during the summer of 2012.

Ashland Independent Film Festival  
Deadlines- Late: Dec. 9, Withoutabox: Dec 16    
April 12 - 16 2012. The Ashland Independent Film Festival is five days of the highest quality independent film in this historic town the Washington Post called "a dream you'll never want to leave." One of MovieMaker Magazine's "25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee."

The Jewish Community Center of St. Paul (St. Paul JCC) is looking for filmmakers of all experience levels for their 2012 "JCC Commercial Contest" beginning this December. Interested filmmakers must attend a short informational meeting on November 28th at 6pm (Or send a representative). Filming and editing will commence December 1, 2011, with final submissions due January 31, 2012.  First round voting begins February 1, 2012 at www.stpauljcc.org. For questions, or to register for the informational meeting, contact Benjie Kaplan  at 651-255-4733.

FILM INDEPENDENT'S DOCUMENTARY LAB
Deadline: December 2011
 Designed to help filmmakers who are currently in production or post-production on their feature-length documentary films, the Documentary Lab is an intensive seven-week program running in Los Angeles in March and April 2011. The Lab's focus is twofold: (1) provide creative feedback and story notes to the selected filmmakers; and (2) help filmmakers strategize the completion, distribution, and marketing of their film.

Additionally the program serves to advance the careers of the Lab Fellows by introducing them to film professionals who can advise them on both the craft and business of documentary filmmaking. More info>

Wisconsin Film Festival's Wisconsin Own Student category
December 31, 2011
Films of any length from student filmmakers with “Wisconsin ties.” The Festival will take place Wednesday, 18 April - Sunday, 22 April, 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival  
Late Deadline: November 30
Now accepting entries for the 15th annual Festival to be held April 12 - April 15, 2012 in Durham, NC. Films submitted will be eligible for the NEW DOCS competitive program. Full Frame exhibits nearly 100 feature-length and short documentary films in various categories during the four-day festival. In 2011, 66 films were selected for NEW DOCS from 1200 entries, nearly half of which were from international filmmakers.

Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School
Deadline: December 3
Attention, doc filmmakers: Werner Herzog is teaching a four-day film seminar in Los Angeles early next year. It's part of his Rogue Film School touring seminars and will take place in a hotel conference room January 20-23, 2012. The class will be limited to a maximum of 65 participants, making for an intimate atmosphere and there are no academic requirements. Per Rogue Film School's website, "The Rogue Film School will not teach anything technical related to film-making. For this purpose, please enroll at your local film school." All you have to do is fill out a brief written application and submit a short film (on DVD) that you have directed yourself. Go here for the application. During the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival where Herzog's "Into the Abyss" world premiered, the director shared a few essential lessons from the program.

Crash the Super Bowl
Deadline: November 21
Doritos' "Crash the Super Bowl" campaign is looking for the next amazing, action packed, cutting edge Doritos commercial made by YOU!  Voters will picked the best user-made videos to air on this years Super Bowl alongside the spot by "The Lonely Island".  There will be 5 (five) finalist prizes that consist of $25,000 and a trip to Indianapolis for a private Super Bowl XLVI party hosted by DORITOS® for all Finalists.  You may only submit videos during the contest entry period, which ends on 11/21/11.  For more info and guidelines, go here.

Annual National Girls & Women in Sport Day Film Festival
Deadline: November 15, 2011
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota is going to host its 2nd annual film festival in conjunction with the 26th Annual National Girls & Women in Sport Day on January 30, 2012. The Tucker Center is the first and only one of its kind in the world and is an interdisciplinary research center leading a pioneering effort to examine how sport and physical activity affect the lives of girls and women, their families, and communities.  We are looking for films that relate to (and celebrate!) women and girls in sport. Additional information is available here.

RE/MAX Results 2nd Annual Results.net City & Neighborhood Film Festival 
Deadline: October 31, 2011
RE/MAX Results is hosting their 2nd Annual Results.net Film Festival in which they ask film-makers to creatively show the heart and feel of their city and neighborhood. They want to know what makes it entertaining, comfortable, different. We're interested in seeing why people live where they do and what it is about their city or neighborhood that makes them so proud. An awards ceremony will be held in November at the RE/MAX Results Uptown office in Minneapolis. Cash prizes will be awarded for the 3 top-voted videos. Interested participants can visit www.results.net for full details and rules regarding the competition.

Minneapolis Underground Film Festival
Late Deadline: November 4
The 2011 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival is happy to announce our Call for Entry for the 4th annual underground film festival hosted at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. This December 2-4 MUFF will continue to showcase underground cinema's most provocative and original works along side a selection of cult, horror & exploitation classics and already awarded underground films. For more information on the 2011 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival call for entries or to keep up to date on the upcoming festival or our year-round activities, visit us online or on Facebook or Twitter.   

True/False Film Fest  
Late Deadline: Nov. 7  
The True/False Film Fest (March 1-4, 2012) is gearing up for its ninth year of celebrating non-fiction cinema and is seeking out documentaries from all over the globe. True/False is interested in championing fresh, exciting voices in documentary, as well as works that tiptoe, or perhaps demolish, the line separating fact and fiction. True/False takes place in Columbia, MO, USA, a smart and enthusiastic community that embraces the festival and all its components-screenings, panels, parties, parade, game show, etc.-in a major way. True/False brings in a filmmaker to represent each feature film in its program, covering travel, lodging and pass, and offering an unparalleled experience. To see what other filmmakers, including James Marsh (Man On Wire, Project Nim), Adam Curtis (The Power of Nightmares) and Laura Poitras (The Oath), have to say about the festival experience, check out our site. Submit films here.

Tribeca Film Institute Extended Submission Deadline! Due to an overwhelming response to our submissions, our site experienced some technical difficulties. To make sure everyone has the ability to complete their applications, we've extended the deadline for our filmmaker programs to Wednesday, October 26th. More info>

The Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival (a.k.a. POWFest) 
Deadlines- Regular: August 12, Late: September 9
POWFest is now accepting entries for its fifth annual festival scheduled to take place March 8 - 11, 2012. POWFest showcases the art and cinematic contribution of women filmmakers from around the world and seeks to present films that have been directed or co-directed by women; of any length, style, or genre. Detailed information about submitting films can be found at www.powfest.com.

National Public Health Week Film Festival
Deadline: September 1, 2011
We will consider any film that is 120 minutes in length or less, about a public health topic.

Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council
Deadline: September 1, 2011, 5 pm
Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council now accepting Project Support grant proposals.  Grants will provide limited financial support up to $3,000 but will not exceed 50% of a project's budget. For more information or to obtain an application and proposal guidelines, please contact David Jordan Harris, Rimon Executive Director, at 952-381-3449, rimon@sabesjcc.org. Or log on to www.rimonMN.org.

Magma, mostra di cinema breve - International Short Film Festival
Deadline: July 31, 2011
The 10th edition of Magma, mostra di cinema breve - International Short Film Festival will take place next winter in Acireale, Italy. For any other information and to fill in the entry form, please visit their website.

Montana CINE  
Regular Deadline: August 1, Late Deadline: August 15 (20% late fee)  
Montana CINE International Film Festival features films on a broad range of topics and issues that lead to diaologue on critical and contemporary issues, and help to complete a global snapshot of our world.  Films entered may relate to environmental issues, cultures, native and indigenous peoples, land use, water, socio-political issues, outdoor recreation, hunting and conservation, climate change, energy and in general, the world around us and our place within it. Films entered may be features or documentaries, shorts or long form; professional, amateur or student made.  They may be from any production year. Our mission - to promote awareness, knowledge and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people and nature through excellence in film, television and other media. Read more>

2011 Twin Cities American Indian Arts Festival For info and applications please visit: www.allmyrelationsarts.com/festival

Aesthetica Short Film Competition 2011   
Deadline: May 31
It's a fantastic opportunity to get your work broadcast to a wider audience and Aesthetica are keen to see entries from both new and established filmmakers who are driving short film forward. The winning film receives a fantastic prize package including: £500 prize money (apx. $800), Screenings at film festivals across the UK and more.  Read more>

The Free Range Film Festival is seeking your entries for this year's cinematic extravaganza on July 29-30. Deadline for submission is June 1.

Cinema and Civics wants to show your short film in Stevens Park this summer!For the third year in a row, Stevens Square's music and movies in the park series is offering the opportunity for local filmmakers to show their work to an audience of hundreds. We are looking for films that are 15 minutes or less in any genre to screen on Wednesday, July 20th. Hurry, submissions are due by Tuesday, May 31st. Please send submissions in DVD format to:Cinema and Civics, c/o SSCO, 1925 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403. For more information on Cinema and Civics visit  www.cinemaandcivics.org or email sarah@cinemaandcivics.org

The 2011 San Diego Asian Film Festival
Deadlines- Late: May 20, Extended:  June 1
This is your opportunity to be a part of one of the largest Pan-Asian film festivals in the nation. We welcome filmmakers from around the world to submit their work for competition in our 12th film festival celebration to be held October 20-28, 2011. Read more>

LA Shorts Fest
Final Deadline: May 14
15th LA Shorts Fest - the largest short film festival in the world. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences accredited. In past years, 37 participants have earned Academy Award nominations including 12 Oscar winning short films! The Festival annually attracts more than 7,000 moviegoers, filmmakers and entertainment professionals looking for the hottest new talent. Submit online www.LAshortsFest.com

Watertown Film Festival
Deadline:  May 11
The fifth annual Watertown Film Festival is seeking short films for this year's celebration.  We accept a wide variety of films.  The festival will take place June 4th at the Watertown Performing Arts Center.  Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. For more information go to our website, http://www.watertownfilmfestival.com/ or our Facebook page.

Out Twin Cities
Deadline: April 29
Accepting Short & Feature Length films. Festival Dates: June 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. Location: St. Anthony Main Theater. Out Twin Cities Film Festival is a local, national and international film festival. All submissions will require a GLBTQ story theme or a direct member from the production team to be Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer. More info>

Sound Unseen Duluth
Deadline: April 22
Attention Duluth filmmakers! Sound Unseen Duluth is holding an open CALL FOR ENTRIES! If you have made a short film and would like to have it played in this year's festival, please send us a message ASAP. Festival dates are June 8-12, 2011 and we need to fill about 15 short film slots by April 22nd! Send us an email at richard@soundunseen.com to submit. More info at our Facebook page.

Chicago Screenwriters Network Contest
Standard Deadline: March 31, Late Deadline: April 15
It's the contest run by writers for writers. Now in its third year, the CSN Contest offers a Grand Prize of $500, but more importantly, the chance to be read by Hollywood Production companies, agencies and managers.   In addition to the winning prize, top scripts in each genre - Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror and Family - also receive a cash prize and a chance at Hollywood companies. The contest is unique in that entrants are not competing against everyone in the northern hemisphere.  Those who don't live in the Midwest can't enter.  Changes of winning are good indeed. For more details see our website.

IFP Independent Filmmaker Labs 
Call for Entries: First Feature Directors with Documentary or Narrative Films in Post-Production
Narrative Deadline: April 8

IFP's Independent Filmmaker Labs are a year-long fellowship supporting independent filmmakers when they need it most: through the completion, marketing, and distribution of their first features. Labs provide community, mentorship, and film-specific strategies to help filmmakers reach their artistic goals, support the film's launch, and maximize exposure in the global marketplace. The program consists of three focused workshops in spring, fall and winter in New York City..

IFP seeks to ensure that at least half of participating projects have an inclusive range of voices in key positions. We especially encourage female and minority directors to apply, as well as filmmakers from outside NY & LA.
 
Open to all first time documentary and narrative feature directors with films in post-production. Applications open now! More information and application: www.ifp.org/Labs

Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, is now accepting project support grant proposals in its spring round of funding for arts-related projects, including film projects. Deadline is March 31. For more info, see www.rimonmn.org.

360 | 365 Short Film Contest
Deadline: March 31, 2011
360 | 365 invites you to submit to our latest shorts contest: Mini-Musicals! Create a mini-musical (three minutes or less) of any kind and submit your short film on Youtube by 5:00 p.m. (US ET) on March 31, 2011. $1000 first prize. 

KALIBER35 Munich Int'l Short Film Festival
Deadline: March 31st
The festival, which is run by the Munich Film Society, will then showcase the world's best
contemporary short films from June 16th through 22nd at the historical Gloria Palast in the heart of the Bavarian capitol. All filmmakers with a film in competition do not only have the chance to win the festival's prestigious award, but are also invited to attend a two-day master class with the Hollywood legend Roger Corman and visit the world famous beer gardens of Munich. Read more>

Brooklyn Film Festival
Categories:  Feature, Documentary, Short, Experimental, Animation 
Awards: $50,000 in services, products, and cash.
Final Deadline: March 15th, 2011 (posted by)
Film Festival Dates: June 3-12,  2011
Click here or more info or to submit online.

Creative Capital Grant
Inquiry Form available online until March 1
Creative Capital is now accepting Letters of Inquiry for grants in Film/Video and Visual Arts.  Please visit creative-capital.org/apply to read the grant guidelines and access the Inquiry Form. Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing innovative and adventurous projects. We support artists whose work is provocative, timely and relevant; who are deeply engaged with their forms, yet also boldly original; who create work that carries the potential to reshape the cultural landscape.

Rooftop Films
Without A Box: March 1
Rooftop Films is accepting submissions for their 2011 summer series. Rooftop Films engages diverse communities by showing independent movies outdoor, producing new films, coordinating youth media education and renting equipment at low cost to artists.  

The International Documentary Challenge returns to Hot Docs in 2011!
Now in it's 6th year, The International Documentary Challenge returns to the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto. This year's challenge takes place March 3-7, 2011 with registration now open. Hot Docs dates are April 28 - May 08, 2011. The Doc Challenge is a timed filmmaking competition where filmmakers have 5 days to make a short non-fiction film (4-7 minutes.) All of the registered participants make their films during the same time period (March 3-7, 2011) and are required send off the film by the deadline.

Videotect Competition
Deadline: February 25
Architecture Minnesota magazine announces Videotect, a video competition that invites people of all ages and backgrounds to assemble creative, thought-provoking commentary
on the skyway and its impact on urban life. If you have a camera, a computer, and a point of view, then you have a shot at big prize money and seeing your video shown on the big screen at the Walker Art Center Cinema. The deadline for early, discounted registration is February 4. All video submissions are due February 25. Read more>

Open Call for Video Shorts
Deadline is February 14th, 2011
The American Experience film, Stonewall Uprising, is looking for videos that tell stories about the gay rights movement happening today in communities around the nation. Submit your story for a chance to win $1000.

Garrett Scott Grant
Deadline: February 4, 2011
This grant funds two first-time documentary makers for travel and accommodations at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

 Hot Docs Forum Project
Deadline: January 21
Hot Docs is accepting project proposals for the upcoming Hot Docs Forum (HDF), May 4 & 5, taking place during the 2011 Hot Docs Festival, April 28 - May 8. Hot Docs Forum (previously the Toronto Documentary Forum) has earned a reputation as the most effective international documentary market in North America and an unparalleled source of the latest market intelligence.
 
Selected documentary producers publicly pitch their projects to over 150 key international broadcasters and financiers from Europe, Australia, Japan, the USA and Canada and to a gallery of accredited observers. For complete submission guidelines visit www.hotdocs.ca.

SHOTS Magazine
Submissions due February 1, 2011
SHOTS Magazine announces an international call for photographic work to be considered for publication in the Spring Issue, SHOTS 111. The theme for this issue is THE BODY. Please visit the SHOTS website for further information and guidelines. A well-established, independent, quarterly photography journal in its 24th year of publication, SHOTS Magazine reaches an international community of photographers, educators, galleries, museums, collectors and other fine art photography enthusiasts. Click here for guidelines.

Z-FEST Competitive Film Festival
Join in the excitement and register today! Save $50 by registering before December 31, 2010. Nothing is more exciting than showing your film on the big screen. 1st place $1000 cash.  Read more>

Clean Energy Resource Teams Green Video Shorts Contest
Deadline: January 7th at 5pm
Submit a digital short for a chance to win $500 or cool clean energy prizes! We will have an 18-day public voting period in January, and finalists will be screened at the CERTs 2011 Conference Reception on the evening of February 2nd, 2011!

St. Cloud Short Film Festival
Submission deadline is January 13th.
This will be the first St. Cloud Short Film Festival. The goal of the St Cloud Short Film Festival is to give those talented film makers a place to show their work and an event that everyone come enjoy. This year we will have individuals who work in the film industry judge and award the Judges Choice Award in each category and the Best of Show Award. Also we will have online voting to determine the Peoples Choice Awards in each category.

Hot Docs Film Submission Deadline Approaching
Submission deadline is January 14, 2011.
Hot Docs accepts Canadian and international documentaries of all lengths and subject matter. All Hot Docs screening programs are curated and all submissions will be fully considered by Hot Docs' programming team. For complete submission guidelines visit www.hotdocs.ca.
 
 Los Angeles Film Festival
 Regular Deadline: January 14, 2011
Final Deadlines: Short films and music videos: February 11, 2011, Feature-length narrative and documentary films: February 24, 2011
Select narrative features, documentary features, and short films participate in the Festival’s three competitive sections, the winners of which are chosen by special juries. In the Short Film Competition, awards are given for Best Animated or Experimental Short, Best Documentary Short, and Best Narrative Short. Click here or more info.