Apostle Islands International Film Festival

The Apostle Islands International Film Festival (AIIFF) is seeking a wide range of films, any genre allowed.  Films must be submitted on DVD, (DVD-R, OR DVD (with mpg-2 encoding, playable in regular DVD player)) (2 copies.) If your submission is in a digital format (youtube, vimeo, private page) contact our Festival Director via the contact form first.

Entry Categories:

• Feature Films:  70 minutes or longer
  
  (Drama/Action/Comedy/Horror-Science fiction)
• Experimental Films: Minimum 5 minutes, innovative undefined subject matter
• Documentary: Minimum 30 minutes to Maximum 70 minutes.
  
  (History/Political/News/Controversy/Educational/Informational/Entertainment)
• Shorts: All Genres, 10 to 20 minutes in length.

Entries will not be returned; no refunds, public showings of entries will be limited to selection of entries qualifying for awards, and judged by the board of professional selection of committee members.

Selection and qualification of entries will be completed on or before May 15, 2015 or prior depending upon receipt of entries.

Eligibility Requirements

Any genre of film allowed. Your film must have been completed before January 1, 2015.

Films shown in other festivals, in limited noncommercial exhibition, or at cast/crew screenings are eligible. Programming preference is given to films without significant exposure in Wisconsin theatrical and broadcast markets prior to the Festival.

The Apostle Islands International Film Festival (AIIFF) does not insist upon any premiere status.

Rough cuts may be submitted as long as you are confident that you will have locked and finished your film in time for work with the Festival programming schedule. The more complete your work, the better it can be assessed and appreciated during the selection process. If you are considering submitting a rough cut, you should be confident that it is a fair representation of the final quality of your work. Decisions will be made on the version you submit; generally, later submissions of different cuts are not considered.

Please list directly on the DVD case (tape a note to the case, or some other equivalent method) which elements of your film are missing.

You can submit more than one film, as long as each work meets the applicable criteria. Each film must be on a separate DVD. Multiple entries can be mailed together in the same envelope.

Submissions in all categories must be received by the end of the day on May 1, 2015. Absolutely no late submissions will be considered after this date.

The Festival will not consider:

Commercials or advertisements. Industrial, medical, or institutional films. Video games. Stand-alone trailers. Films with prior substantial theatrical exhibition, commercial TV broadcast or webcast, or commercial video distribution in the Wisconsin market.

The AIIFF reserves the right to determine eligibility of any work submitted.

All films submitted must have a completion date before January 1, 2015.

Work that will not be completed in time for the Festival:

The Festival does not include “works in progress” in its final program.

One person should be designated as the contact for each entry. The Festival handles hundreds of submissions and can only successfully work with one contact per film. The contact need not be the director, but should be authorized to submit the work, supply information as described on the entry form, and speak on behalf of the film. All necessary rights and permissions for festival exhibition of each work submitted is the responsibility of the film production.

General Requirements

• Any Genre.
• Films with distribution are accepted. Send a press kit if you have distribution.
• Films must be presented in English. Dubbing or Subtitles are allowed for films not originally shot in English.
• All Submissions must be in NTSC format on DVD (Region 0) Or DVD-R. Send 2 copies of your Submission.
• Electronic copies of submissions MUST BE verified by our Festival Director FIRST.
• All Submissions must include a synopsis and a complete cast and crew list
• If submitting more than one film, please fill out a separate submission form for each.

Key Dates

Early Bird deadline: February 15, 2015 – Get up to 25% off the Submission Fees!

Regular Deadline: May 1, 2015

Selected Films will be notified by May 15, 2015.

Films will be screen June 19-21, 2015 in Red Cliff | Bayfield, WI at the Legendary Waters Resort & Casino

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