San Francisco, a world-renowned city for tourists is now the destination for the independent filmmaker. Every July, San Francisco hosts the Frozen Film Festival. Talented individuals from all over the world gather in the Bay Area to exhibit their creations; more importantly, to bond as a community. Founded in 2006, this nonprofit organization strives to be…
In recent times there certainly hasn’t been any shortage of filmmaking competitions with cash prizes. However this has largely been driven by marketing agencies and their big brand clients, who realised a while back that there’s a huge talent pool out there hungry for exposure. And the fact that it comes dirty cheap… well that’s a bonus really. So…
Winner to get $20,000 in production equipment and services to film movie in Montana. September 20, 2011 – Helena, Mont. – It’s not hard to get inspired by Montana’s one-of-a-kind locations-towering peaks, rolling plains and authentic Western communities; $20,000 might just be the boost a project needs to go from vision to reality. Montana Film Office’s recently…
The 40th anniversary celebrations continue for legendary rock band Queen as they invite talented videographers and film makers to create an original music video for their 1977 classic track “Sheer Heart Attack”. This will be the first original Queen video since “Under Pressure” in 1999 – so they will be looking for really fresh and innovative ideas, reminiscent…
Fancy yourself as the next Martin Scorsese or Tom Hooper? Well this may be the competition for you. Direct Line has teamed up with Raindance, founders of the Raindance Film Festival and the British Independent Film Awards, to launch 40 Seconds Straight – a film competition all about making complicated situations straightforward. The closing date…
As a general rule, we don’t do coverage of film festival calls for entry as there are just too many festivals out there, but in the case of The Trailer Festival, we’re going to make an exception as there is a great filmmaking upside to this event. The first Trailer Festival took place in June 2010 and…
Here’s an unusual twist on the “get a filmmaker to make us a commercial for free” fad that seems to be sweeping the marketing and PR business at the moment: create an infomercial for director Stephen Gyllenhaal’s next film! Here’s the lowdown from their press release: GRASSROOTS Director, Stephen Gyllenhaal is passionate about indie filmmaking…
Well, kind of. If you’re a US resident and have a short film which is 2-5 minutes long (or want to make one in time for the deadline), Time Warner Cable and IFC are running a short film contest, the grand prize for which is four nights in Park City in January for you and your lucky…
The President of HBO Documentary Films, Sheila Nevins, and founder of Cinetic Media, John Sloss, will headline the Filmmaker Conference at the 32nd Annual Independent Film Week, Sept. 19-23 in New York. The event is presented by IFP, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers. To capture the “Future of Film” theme, IFP…
Every Spring, San Francisco comes alive with fabulous films and the talented, creative minds who make the movies that touch hearts all over the world. The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) is the longest-running film festival in the United States, attracting more than 80,000 people each year. In fact, approximately 6,000 films have been…
