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2012 Directors Circle Festival
Of Shorts
Call For Entries
The 2012
Directors Circle Festival Of Shorts has officially opened
our call for entries and will accept submissions
internationally of short length films and feature and short
length scripts in any and all genres including Narrative,
documentary, horror, experimental,
Avant-garde, animation,
Religious/Spiritual, Gay/Lesbian and all genre of music
videos for our 2012 festival.
We will accept
all forms of religious, Christian, and spiritual films and
scripts including African, African American, Gay/Lesbian,
Black, Hispanic, Islamic, Latino, Native/Aboriginal and
student films from the United States and around the world.
Festival
horror categories for scripts and films will include Horror,
Thrillers, Science Fiction, Suspense, Grindhouse Horror,
Horror Documentary, Horror Animation, and student horror
films and scripts.
Our Film
Festival shall accept music videos from around the world of
cross-continent and cross-genre productions. We shall accept
music videos of all ranges from pop, punk, rock,
alt-country, country-western, folk, reggae, hip-hop to
electronica, jazz, blues, Zydeco, industrial, gothic,
karaoke, avant-garde, world music, and experimental.
The Directors
Circle Festival Of Shorts is internationally recognized as a
premiere showcase for creative, inspiring, and influential
films of all types.
Bold visions, adventurous ideas, skillfully crafted,
artistically inspired, projects are the kinds of films and
scripts we are looking for.
The Director's
Circle Scriptwriting Competition offers a $1,000.00 cash
award to our first place winner of the 2012 competition
among other prizes. The winning script will be forwarded to
agents and industry professionals for consideration.
ALL
competition winners, runners-up, and finalists will earn the
chance to have their scripts and films reviewed by
established production companies and agents in LA and NY.
Our unique
film festival reaches new heights internationally for
independent film festivals presenting our films in a way
unlike any other film festival in the world. Viewing
interactively online allows independent filmmakers and fans
to take pleasure in the films world wide on the go, from
work and from the comfort of their own homes. In the
technologically advanced world we live in, where
communication and convenience MUST be at the tips of our
fingers, we knew this was the next progressive step in film
festivals.
 Since
debuting our fest online we have gained even more
recognition among the film viewing public and filmmakers,
not to mention production houses and distributors because
they no longer have to travel to find the next film that
will make Hollywood sit up and take notice. Currently,
convenience is the name of the game, especially for the
independent film industry.
Our festival is presented in a video on demand system that
will allow users to watch the films while remaining
completely safe from download or reproduction.
Films in this festival cannot be downloaded, the films HAVE
NO EMBEDDING CODE and our HTML code if copied and pasted,
the films will not play, therefore they CANNOT be placed on
other websites. The only time and place they can be viewed
is in our festival. In short, we have gone to great lengths
to set this system up to protect the safety and security of
each filmmaker's film always keeping the filmmaker in mind.
Basically, it is just as secure as a brick and mortar
theater screening, only much better.
We made the
decision to screen films exclusively online because of two
reasons, first we understand that filmmakers around the
world pour not only all of their time and heart into their
work but also most of their money. Because of financial and
time constraints independent filmmakers most times find it
difficult to attend the screenings of their film. Now not
only can the filmmaker attend, but all of their friends and
family members can as well. In addition, the number of
attendees to the festival is literally limitless giving the
filmmaker much more exposure for their work.
In addition, you hear so much about the environment and
global warming it got us thinking. When you realize how much
power is used during the film fest – electricity for the
building, natural gas for heat and the gasoline the people
use to get to the fest it left one hell of a carbon
footprint. By doing the whole festival on line it actually
helps cut down on greenhouse gases.
Film and
script selections will be announced no later than October
27, 2012
Our
festival will take place November 14, 2012 to November 24,
2012
All
entrants will receive confirmation of receipt of entry via
email and all entrants will notification of acceptance or
non-acceptance to the festival.
All Films
Entered Must Be No Longer Than 50 Minutes in Total Run Time
No Film Will Be Considered That is Longer Than 50 Minutes
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