San Francisco International Film Festival
by Liz
(San Francisco, California)
Tommy Lau, courtesy of San Francisco Film Society
The longest-running film festival in the Americas, the San Francisco International Film Festival, recognized throughout the world for its eclectic, intelligent and adventurous programs and events, is accepting submissions to SFIFF55 (April 19–May 3, 2012). Works in all genres, forms and lengths are considered.
General Information for Entries
* All entries must have been completed on or after January 1, 2011.
* Features previously exhibited in the Bay Area, either theatrically, at another local festival or via television or Internet broadcast are not eligible to apply.
* Productions partially financed by television companies intended for theatrical presentation may be entered in non-television categories.
* Bay Area filmmakers are eligible for additional Bay Area awards given in recognition of the rich variety of work that has established Northern California as a center of independent production. Awards are presented to a documentary feature film and two short films. To qualify for a Bay Area award, entries must have been made by a filmmaker who is a current resident of the San Francisco Bay Area (the area from Monterey to Mendocino: postal zip codes 93901 to 95457).
* Rough cuts or works-in-progress are accepted and reviewed. However, filmmakers are urged to submit as close to the final cut as possible. The Festival will not accept new versions of an entry unless requested by the programming staff.
* All entrants will be notified of the Festival’s decision by March, 2012.
The Festival’s Golden Gate Awards recognize the best of international and Bay Area talent by honoring superior innovation in documentary, narrative, animation, experimental and television works.
Golden Gate Awards including a juried award for Best Documentary Feature with a $20,000 prize; Best Bay Area Documentary Feature with a $15,000 prize; and awards totaling $20,000 in other categories of documentaries, shorts and works for television.
New Directors Prize A juried cash award of $15,000 to the director of a first-time narrative feature at the Festival.
FIPRESCI Prize Awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics. SFIFF is only one of three festivals in the U.S. selected to present this prestigious award.
“I’m very happy to receive the FIPRESCI prize because it exemplifies what the festival is about, it’s for people who love cinema”—Sébastian Pilote, The Salesman
Audience Awards for Best Narrative and Best Documentary Features.
HOW TO ENTER Entry form and information: sffs.org or withoutabox.com.
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