Film Submission Guidelines

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The Vegas Cinefest a is an International Film Festival competition.  Submissions are accepted until Mid August 2020 with FILMFREEWAY.

 

You will be notified by email of your submission acceptance within the 5 to 8 days of your submission. Winners in each category will be announced Mid August 2020. In August 2020 the best in each category will be screened at the Festival before a live audience on August Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd 2020.
 

There will be a RED CARPET with press coverage. Further information for your attendance will soon be available.

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Winners Award Certificates
Exposure with Online Screening on the Festival website.

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COMPLETED FILM PROJECT ENTRY GUIDELINES & RULES:

 

The INTERNATIONAL VEGAS CINE FEST Awards is open to anyone with completed projects.

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Projects may be shot in any format. Foreign projects must be subtitled in English. All project must have Title and production credits and proper contact info.

 

Submitted projects must be original works, owned entirely by filmmaker(s) or producer(s).

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To submit fill out the online submission forms

 

Projects are evaluated by our judges based on strength of concept, execution, characterization, dialogue, plot, marketability, and greatly on production quality. Judges decisions are final.

 

You will be notified within 7 to 10 days from your submission by email of your acceptance.

 

SUBMISSION FEE PAYMENT:Entry Fees are identical for ALL PROJECTS. Pay appropriate entry fee online

 

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Submission Entry Fees

Vegas Cinefest Film Festival proudly accepts entries on FilmFreeway,

 

the world's #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests.

 

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES:

 

 SCREENPLAY ENTRY GUIDELINES & RULES:

 

The International VEGAS CINEFEST Awards is open to anyone, with the following scripts.Submit your Short scripts up to 25 pages, Treatments up to 2 pages, TV spots up to 5 pages, Music Videos up to 10 pages.

 

See your ideas come to life on the silver screen! Now you don’t have to wait for Hollywood because we’re giving you a chance to have your short project produced. Follow the guidelines below and enter your short script now.

 

Submitted short scripts must be original works no longer than 25 pages, owned entirely by author(s) producer(s) or filmmaker(s) and cannot be currently under option, sold or produced.

 

Title page must include author’s name, address, phone number and EMAIL ADDRESS (we make notifications by email).

 

Short Scripts are evaluated by judges based on strength of concept, execution, characterization, dialogue, plot, marketability, and greatly on production feasibility, judges decisions are final.

 

Substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages will not be accepted.

 

ENTER SCRIPTS ONLINE:

 

To submit your SCRIPTS   Submit to "FILMFREEWAY" then email  a pdf of your script to:

 

VegasCinefest@gmail.com   (PDF format only).

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INFORMATION FOR ALL LENTHS OF COMPLETED VIDEOS:

 

COMPLETED SHORT FILMS    3 to 10 minutes

 

COMPLETED TV COMMERCIALS   30sec to 1 minute

 

COMPLETED MUSIC VIDEOS   up to 5 minutes  

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FEATURE FILMS   Must be 90 minutes minimum   

 

COMPLETED FEATURETTE FILMS    minimum 10 minutes and up to 40 minutes  

 

DOCUMENTARY FILMS   5 to 100 minutes, any subject. must be english or subtitled.

 

STUDENT FILMS    3 minutes to 10 minutes,    Must be in english, dubbed or subtitled.  Must be enrolled in any school at time of production, and be able to show proof of enrollment with student ID card if required.

 

ANIMATION FILMS   May be digital or cell animation. Must be in english or subtitled.

 

WEBISODES   Must be an internet webisode show or segment, minimum 1 miniute

, maximum 3 minutes

 

FOREIGN FEATURE FILM   Must be Shot on location outside of USA by a Foreign production company.  Must be subtitled or English dubbed.

 

REALITY SHOW PILOTMust be a made for TV REALITY SHOW EPISODE or COMPLETED REALITY PILOT.

Minimum 10 minutes, Maximum 30 minutes

 

FILM MUSIC SCORES    Music score must have been composed exclusively for visual media such as Film, Video, Docu, Film Short, Featurette, Etc.  Music Videos do NOT qualify as Film Score. May be submitted accompanied by or be part of Visual Media.  May also be submitted on it’s own as MP3.  Must be an original composition, and be submitted by the original composers.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA FILM   Content must be related to SOCIAL MEDIA subject matters.

Must be under 10 minutes.

 

LGBT FILMS     Content must be related to LGBT subject matters.

Must be under 40 minutes.

 

 

For any further Info, Please email:  vegascinefest@gmail.com

 

 

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