Filmaka hosts Monthly film competition, film festival and documentary competitions. We offer cash prizes to the winning films Judged by Thomas Augberger, Laura Bickford, Tim Delaney, Colin Firth, Werner Herzog, Dr Herbert Kloiber, Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lemberger, John Madden, Deepak Nayar, Zak Penn, Bill Pullman, Paul Schrader and Wim Wenders.
This months feature film contest is Hungry Man Heros Pitch your Idea comeptition. Filmaka's first movie enters production SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS Written and directed by Filmaka Member Jonathan Newman Produced BY Filmaka Founder Deepak Nayar.
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SUBMIT YOUR FILMAKA FILM TO FESTIVALS
If you submitted a film to our Feature Film Competition, you can still submit that film to a film festival! A few conditions do apply. First, please include the Filmaka animated logo at the front of your film, as all films on our site do. Secondly, make sure the festival doesn't demand exclusive rights for your film - Filmaka still retains the rights unless you hear otherwise from us. Films entered into Brand-sponsored competitions will require the permission of the brand and/or its agency. Please CONTACT Filmaka if you would like to request those clearances. Third, please notify us if you get in to a festival - we like to brag about you on our site and in our newsletter!
A great short can be your "calling card" as a director trying to break into the business. Take a look at some Feature Film Competition submissions below that went on to play at film festivals.
A great short can be your "calling card" as a director trying to break into the business. Take a look at some Feature Film Competition submissions below that went on to play at film festivals.
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DOWNLOAD OUR LOGO
You can download our 5-second animated logo in SD or HD. Please click the links below to download a .mov file. Edit this logo into your timeline before the first frame of your short.
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GET A FESTIVAL STRATEGY
Wondering about film festival politics, how to build a reputation for yourself and your film, and what kind of treatment to expect when you get into a festival? Try watching OFFICIAL REJECTION, a 2009 documentary about two guys trying to get their indie feature seen.
PLACES TO GET STARTED
A good place to look for festivals suitable for your short is WithoutABox.com. It's a website that has you fill out forms
describing your film once - and then submit that same info to as many participating film festivals as you want - without having to re-key all your info each time. It's free to get a filmmaker account with them, and they have a search engine that will show you lots of festivals that fit the film you have.
You can find literally hundreds of film festivals that accept shorts, plus dozens that accept only shorts. Be sure to read their submission guidelines to make sure they accept shorts that have appeared online. We checked out the websites of the festivals below to make sure they do.
