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COMPETITION RULES
Only registered members are allowed to submit. Filmmakers who submit MUST VOTE on other films in that competition or their entry will be disqualified.
Multiple films can be submitted for an additional $10 USD per submission.
Submissions must conform to terms and conditions and DELIVERY RULES. Any film not conforming to these rules may result in disqualification.
JURY LEVEL
Only winners from the ENTRY level who complete a second film will be entered in the JURY Level.
Jury level voting is done by the FILMAKA JURY of industry professionals. Watch interviews with Filmaka Jury members below.
For each new competition theme, one 1st Place Jury Level Winner wins $3000 and one 2nd Place Jury Level Winner wins $2000. Both go on to be Finalists in the yearly Feature Film Competition. One additional Special Jury Prize wins no cash, but also qualifies as a Finalist in the yearly contest.
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WIN FUNDING FOR YOUR FEATURE FILM
Join a group of international filmmakers who have risen through the
ranks in rounds of competition to get the boost they needed to the
next rung in their career.
Pierre-Olivier
Thevenin was spotted in our
Feature Film Competition and hired to direct his first feature film,
Humains (co-produced by Filmaka).
Luis Bernal Salazar submitted a short which became the
Webby-Award-winning original series
The Ten Commandments of La Vida
Loca.
ONLY THREE ROUNDS OF COMPETITION LEFT!
In addition to other opportunities on our site, one director each year
is chosen as our FEATURE FILM COMPETITION Grand Prize Winner and
offered the chance for Filmaka founder Deepak Nayar produce their
feature script with him or her at the helm. How do you get there?
Process of elimination.
Every month, from over 100 submissions, 10 Peer to Peer Winners and 5
to 10 Filmaka Selections are chosen as Entry Level Winners. Each gets
$500 and the opportunity to make another film - a Jury Level
submission - for which they will receive $1000 funding. The Jury Level
films are judged by our FILMAKA JURY of world-class film
professionals. Three Jury Level Winners are chosen from each theme,
and at the end of the year, all 36 Jury Winners compete in the final
showdown.
But for now, let's just stick to this month's theme. It is...
THE OTHER SIDE
Remember when Luke Skywalker found out his father used to be a Jedi Knight - until Darth Vader went over to The Other Side? How about that TV psychic John Edward and how he talks to dead people who are on The Other Side? Or remember when you thought you bought the fullest, bushiest Christmas tree on the lot - until you got it home and saw the big hole in the branches on The Other Side?
Whether you're pondering moral choices or just shortsightedness, give us *your* interpretation of The Other Side in a 1 to 3 minute film. Be sure to give your clip an original name when you upload (not just "The Other Side") so we can tell it apart from all the other submissions.
Films must be uploaded to the site by SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 BY 24:00 HOURS! Be sure to read and follow the
DELIVERY RULES and
TERMS AND CONDITIONS before you submit.
Good luck crossing over!
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Meet Filmaka
Founder
Deepak Nayar |
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Nayar has a particular ability for nurturing new talent and has been
behind a number of successful directorial debuts. He produced the
Golden Globe- and BAFTA-nominated Bend It Like Beckham, and was
nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar for Buena Vista Social Club. |
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MEET
THE FEATURE FILM COMPETITION JURY |
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Thomas Augsberger Interview
Eden Rock Media, Inc./ Producer -
Judas Kiss, Strange Bedfellows, Incident at Loch Ness, Waiting, Mr. Brook
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Tim Delaney Interview
Founder of Leagas Delaney Ad Agency -
A renowned innovator in the London and international advertising worlds
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Colin Firth Interview
Actor
- The English Patient, Bridget Jones's Diary, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Love Actually, The Last
Legion
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Neil LaBute Interview
Writer/Director
- Nurse Betty, Possession,The Wicker Man
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John Madden Interview
Director
- Mrs. Brown, Shakespeare in Love, Proof
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Deepak Nayar Interview
Kintop Pictures Producer
- Lost Highway, Buena Vista Social Club, Bend it Like Beckham, Bride and Prejudice
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Zak Penn Interview
Writer/Director
- Last Action Hero, Behind Enemy Lines, X2, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men: The Last Stand
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Bill Pullman Interview
Actor
- Sleepless in Seattle, While You Were Sleeping, Independence Day, Lost Highway, The Grudge
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Paul Schrader Interview
Writer/Director - Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Affliction, Bringing Out the Dead, The Walker
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Wim Wenders Interview
Writer/Director/Producer -
Paris Texas, Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club
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JURY LEVEL WINNERS |
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Meet Matthew Collins
who has won twice in the Feature Competition Jury Round, for his films "Fragments" and
"A Parliament of Rooks"
See all of
the Finalists so far in this year's Feature Film Competition. |
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Meet Azi Rahman
who has won
in the Feature Competition
Jury Round, for his film "Code Red"
See all of
the Finalists so far in this year's Feature Film Competition. |
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Meet Mans Wide
who has won in the Feature Competition Jury Round, for his film "Wide
Willie"
See all of
the Finalists so far in this year's Feature Film Competition. |
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Meet Sergio Valdez
who has won in the Feature Competition Jury Round, for his film "Remember
The Beach?"
See all of
the Finalists so far in this year's Feature Film Competition. |
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Meet Daniel Barosa
who has won in the Feature Competition Jury Round, for his film "Need
Help from the Devil?"
See all of
the Finalists so far in this year's Feature Film Competition. |
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