Presented by the California Film Institute, DocLands Documentary Film Festival brings compelling stories and the provocative insights behind them to Marin County, California, April 30 – May 3, 2020.

DocLands is a non-competitive, non-juried, inclusive festival that presents an overall Audience Choice award. It’s dedicated to building connections and partnerships that will invigorate the business and art of nonfiction filmmaking. Through public screenings, engaged conversations and grassroots networking events, DocLands aims to build an active, involved and fully supportive community around documentary film. Its organizational goals include gender equality and zero waste.

DocLands showcases documentary film in a variety of genres and with a diversity of content, while exploring three main programming strands and highlighting films that transcend the traditional definition of the documentary—films that break form in terms of creativity and entertainment.

WonderLands will lift our spirits through stories of joy, wonder and possibility.

The Great Outdoors will transport us outside to truly appreciate, explore and ultimately compel us to save and conserve our environment and the wilds of our one precious and precarious planet.

Art of Impact will engage and spark action by sharing stories that open our eyes to the global community and its disparate cultures, politics, personal narratives and biographies.

We believe truth can be found in documentary film.

Watch. Wonder. Get Involved.

 

CSIFFF 2019 will be held May. 28 - 31, 2019 with 3 full days of LIVE SCREENINGS at the plush and smoke-free Jumer's Casino in Rock Island, IL. Their fantastic viewing rooms and discounted room rates make for a great intimate festival experience. Quad Cities International Airport is minutes away, or visit CHICAGO on the weekend - Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International Airports are within a few hours drive!

CSIFFF celebrates the diversity of Americans and all human beings, so in addition to our general call for submissions, we are issuing a call for films with innovative, progressive and balanced stories from and concerning women, the LGBTQ community, seniors, and those of Latin, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Native American descent.

CSIFFF's RED CARPET AWARDS CEREMONY on Friday is an evening long event and a night to remember - with a four-course meal, table wines, film clips, photo ops, and awards throughout. You won't want to miss it!

CSIFFF is an International Film Festival that also celebrates the creative talent and diversity of the American Central States. We are dedicated to REAL INDIE FILMMAKERS - not the big studio spinoffs calling themselves as such. Central States Indie FanFilmFest is held in Rock Island, Illinois, which along with Davenport, Bettendorf and Moline make up the Quad Cities along the Mighty Mississippi River in America's heartland.

Although FILMS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD, additional categories are open for submissions from the following Central States: Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin.. 

We are very excited to meet you and to review your creative gem. We understand how precious each film is to its creators and will work with you and the growing Central States Film Community to cultivate your craft in the coming months and years. OUR PROMISE - to diligently endeavor to empower INDEPENDENT filmmakers and celebrate film CREATIVITY and DIVERSITY in the Central States and around the world!

http://chicagoindependentfilmfestival.com

The FILMMATIC Filmmaker Awards-Competiton is open to short and feature-length works. 

 

*14 Winners and up to 140 "Best of Category" Nominees will be announced Aug. 31, 2016.

MISSION STATEMENT 

The mission of Fingal Film Festival is to provide a quality venue, encouraging and promoting the works of local film community and National, International emerging filmmakers. The mission of the festival is "to enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film by redefining the film festival experience." We have one of the fastest youngest populations in Ireland, and geographically central to some of the leading media training colleges. It is part of The Fingal Film Festival's role is to engage with these colleges and play an integral part in their academic year, our aim in the next five years is to engage our festivals programmes to other internationally Media colleges .

 

EDUCATION - Utilizing the power of film to harness and direct the energy, vision and promise of Emerging New Film Makers / students. Whilst our predominant focus is to support and develop relationships with Fingal’s emerging film makers, the festival also offers a diverse culture screening schedule, with 70% of screenings coming from international emerging filmmakers’ creative works.

FILM MAKERS - Creating opportunities for filmmakers through  connections with industry professionals & one-on-one guidance. Offering encouragement to our local Film Makers , we provide two prestigious awards to assist in the building of local filmmakers’ portfolio of achievements. We strive to garnish talent by giving these emerging filmmakers access to some of the world’s leading Industry Professionals during the festival through training groups and workshops.

OUR PUBLIC - Connecting innovative voices in film and media with new and diverse audiences

AWARDS – Fingal Film Festival Winners of Arts & Culture Award in Community 2013

ABOUT US                                                                                                                                                                       The Fingal Film Festival was launched in 2012 it is a new entity that offers a platform encouraging and promoting the works of local film community and National, International emerging filmmakers to showcase their work in an environment where they have access to experienced industry professionals, We provide workshops. training programmes and screen Independent films from new emerging film makers nationally and internationally throughout the four day festival  event every year.

At least 70% of our festival schedule is dedicated to Foreign films, which broadens the film culture experience to all who attend the screenings in Fingal during the festivals duration,

The Fingal Film Festival is a team of people who work effortlessly to deliver a quality service to young emerging filmmakers, Over the years we have developed relationships with most of the media colleges on the perimeters of Fingal and have had contributions to the festival form part of the colleges’ curriculum. In 2013 we introduced an award specifically for students of these colleges. It is part of our strategy to roll this initiative out on a National scale in the coming years. Since we first opened our doors we have given festival contributors access to some of the Industries most prolific names, both nationally and internationally, which has been well received by all who attended.

We work effortlessly Offering encouragement to our local talent, we provide two prestigious awards to assist in the building of local filmmakers’ portfolio of achievements.

We are a festival that will give you access to some of the biggest leading names in the Industry, enabling you to gain knowledge from their many years of experience.

We are a festival that will give you access to many hours of international screenings, so you can learn from the techniques other filmmakers of different cultures and backgrounds are using to tell their story.

We are a festival that offers guidance all year around and have an open door policy, should you require advice or assistance.

We are a festival that provides all services at an affordable cost, making every event accessible. Our Industry professionals give generously of their time and we choose not to profit from their generosity.

Since we first opened our doors we have given festival contributors access to some of the Industries most prolific names, both nationally and internationally, which has been well received by all who attended.The Fingal Film Festival is another option for filmmakers who want a platform to have their voice heard. We form part of the festival landscape in Ireland, but continuously strive to be different, we have seven awards a year for best Feature Film, Best Documentary, best Animation , best student, best newcomer in fingal award , best short film, best international Film  all of these awards will be driven by the submissions in 2014. Contact: info@fingalfilmfest.com 

This year's dates for TAFF 2013 are April 19-20 2013.

We open for submissions Sept 1 2012 and close submissions Feb 1 2013.

10th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival
Call For Entries

SF DocFest seeks short and feature length documentaries for our 10th annual festival.
 
The fest takes place Oct 14-27, 2011 at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, the oldest art house theater west of the Mississippi.
 
SF DocFest screens about 60 films on two screens over two weeks to full houses of Bay Area indie film lovers.

Our films get great local and national press every year, and we are well known for throwing fabulous parties!

Submit your latest!
 
The regular deadline is July 29.
 
Entry Link: http://www.withoutabox.com/login/4319

www.sfindie.com

 

YEAR1

4 Distribution Comapnies

50 Movies from around the world

8 Industry panels

and much much more

Year 2

The SCFF will showcase and celebrate the best Connecticut independent films and films from around the world, that express originality and the unique view for which independent films are famous for. This is an exciting event that will bring thousands of people into the Manchester and greater Hartford area.

The Festival is open to all students and independent film makers worldwide. Think of it as an escape to the quaintest New England town highlighting the Autumn beauty with indie movies, shorts, documentaries, parties and panel discussions throughout the 4 day weekend! We are also offering a special category for Connecticut residents.

 

GlobalFest is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based, community and cultural organization committed to producing inclusive, world-class, multi-faceted arts and cultural events that celebrate and showcase cultural diversity and artistic excellence in communities locally and across the globe.

GlobalFest FilmFest: Exposed will feature revealing domestic and international independent documentary films from unique perspectives at the Plaza Theatre January 29th- 31st, 2010. The films programmed are intended to hopefully educate and inspire all of our audiences and provide insight into the best in art, culture and adventure.

The Taos Shortz Film Fest is dedicated to showing quality short films from around the world, by screening submissions and jury selections. Our mission is to provide indie filmmakers a venue
and public exposure of their work, as well as a place for filmmakers to network. TSFF also provides
an educational and cultural opportunity for the general public to see and discuss these films.

Texandance...FILM HAPPENS! again...

Krakow Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest events dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films. During 7 festival days viewers have an opportunity to watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad. Films are presented in competitions and in special sections like retrospectives, thematic cycles, archive screenings. Festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, open air screenings and meetings with the filmmakers. Every year Krakow Film Festival hosts about 600 Polish and international guests: directors, producers, film festival programmers and numerous audience from Krakow. http://www.kff.com.pl/en/