Palm Springs Shorts Film Festival

PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & FILM MARKET
June 23 – 29, 2009

• Call for Entries

Regular Deadline: March 27, 2009
Late Deadline: April 24, 2009
Online entry form

• Contact Info

For more information contact:
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival

1700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way,
Suite 3 Palm Springs,
California 92262 USA

Tel: (760) 322-2930
Fax: (760) 322-4087

Website: www.psfilmfest.org

E-mail: info@psfilmest.org

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• PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & FILM MARKET

• Now in its 15th year, the Palm Springs International Festival of
  Short Films has become known world-wide for the extraordinary community
  of filmmakers it attracts, and for the quality and scope of its
  programming. This celebrated event is the largest festival of its kind
  in America, showcasing over 320 short films each year from more than 40
  countries, with a library of more than 2,700 films available to film
  buyers, industry and press in the Film Market running concurrently with
  the Festival.

• Executive Director Darryl Macdonald said, "The Festival and its
  associated Film Market is ranked the largest in North America. It is
  also consistently noted as one of the most filmmaker friendly and
  finest organized short film festivals in the World. Over the course of
  the Festival’s first 14 years, 65 films from our line-up went on to
  become Academy Award nominees. Our Short Film Market, which runs during
  the Festival, encompasses over 2,700 new short films and viewing
  facilities for attending industry, press and filmmakers.

• Last year’s ShortFest drew more than 15,000 attendees, including
  over 500 filmmakers, press and industry buyers and representatives and
  is truly a world-class event. Each year over two-thirds of the films
  presented at the Festival are acquired by distributors, networks or
  online companies, or find sales agents. In addition to attracting the
  top North American and European distributors and sales agents of short
  films, agents, studio and specialty-channel representatives attend the
  Festival in search of the next generation of writers and directors.

• Competition: ShortFest is a competitive Film Festival. Films
  accepted are automatically eligible for the applicable competition
  category. A Jury comprised of filmmakers and industry representatives
  will screen all competition finalists, deliberate and announce the
  results at Awards Night on Sunday evening, June 28, 2009. Filmmakers
  not present will be notified in writing.

Winning films will be screened again for audiences on Monday, June
29, 2009. Prints and tapes will not be released from the festival until
the winning films have been announced.

• Awards: The Palm Springs ShortFest is one of the few qualifying
  festivals for the Best Short Film Awards of the Academy of Motion
  Picture Arts and Sciences.

The Festival includes twenty awards in six competitive categories,
with award cash or film production prizes in each category ( over
$100,000 worth of prizes, in all), as well as "Best of the Fest" and
"Future Filmmaker" awards. All first place winners in the Live Action
and Animation categories are automatically eligible for nomination
consideration by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Since
the Festival's inception, 65 short films featured at the event have
gone on to garner Academy Award nominations.

• Entry requirements:

Early Entry Fees – Postmarked by February 27, 2009:
Student: US $30.00, Non-student: US $40.00
Regular Entry Fees – Postmarked by March 27, 2009:
Student: US $40.00, Non-student US $50.00
Late Entry Fees – Postmarked by April 24, 2009:
Student: US $50.00, Non-student US$60.00

• Films must have been completed in 2008 or 2009.
• Films must be no more than 40 minutes in length including credits.
• Films shot in other formats must be available for projection in 35mm, Beta SP, Digibeta, Mini DV. NTSC/PAL OK for all.
• All non-English language films must have legible English language subtitles.
• The film must not have been viewed on the internet or national
broadcast, cable or satellite television prior to the Festival
screening.
• The film must not have had a public screening in Palm Springs prior to the Festival screening.
• Films accepted into the festival must arrive with with shipping and customs duties or taxes pre-paid, by June 8, 2009.

We encourage all interested filmmakers to apply and experience the
art of short cinema in our beautiful desert oasis. Entry forms are also
available at www.psfilmfest.org or by calling (760) 322-2930.

Online entry form:

Download Entry Form & Information PDF

• Information about the Festival and submission guidelines can be found on the Festival’s website at www.psfilmfest.org

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1700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way,
Suite 3 Palm Springs,
California 92262 USA

Tel: (760) 322-2930
Fax: (760) 322-4087
Website: www.psfilmfest.org

E-mail: info@psfilmest.org

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