Join us for our Women in Film Panel on May 9th at 7:15 PM! We have an incredible line-up of panelists including Jan Eliasberg, Jenifer Westphal, Danelle Eliav, and Afia Nathaniel!This year's panel takes place at the Helen Mills Theater. For more info and tickets visit our website: https://www.nycindieff.com/event/women-in-film-panel
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The 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest is presenting over 250 amazing indies!
This includes: TV PILOTS!
Get tickets to our TV Pilots session happening on May 7 at 8:30 pm!
For more info on all our selections visit our website!
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The 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival is happening May 5 - 12!
We have an INCREDIBLE line-up on Indie Films this year. From inspiring docs to experimental shorts to hilarious comedies! Truly something for every indie film lover!
Get tickets today!
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Special Announcement: the winner of Best Costumes and Best Production Design at our 2018 festival, Chimera (starring Oscar-nominee Kathleen Quinlan and Emmy-nominee Henry Ian Cusick), has secured a distribution deal and is set to release in April of this year!
We are so proud of the brilliant filmmakers involved and honored to have featured their work in our festival. Check out the trailer below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCevLHGirQ
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Submissions are closed for the 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest - Now it's time to get your passes!
You're not gonna want to miss this year's sure-to-be awesome line up of indies! We've already begun the selection process, and are excited to bring you a powerful range of stories. From heart-wrenching dramas to inspiring docs to visually stunning music videos - there's going to be something for every film lover!
https://filmfreeway.com/NYCIndieFF/tickets
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Special Announcement! For the 2019 festival, we are so excited to work with Footage Farm Ltd on both an excellent archive panel as well as prizes for our Feature Documentary and Short Documentary winners!
FOOTAGE FARM was created in 2001 with the simple goal of offering documentary producers and film-makers easy access to public domain material without the often high costs of license fees.
The prizes for our documentary winners are as follows:
-The winner of the best documentary fe...
ATTENTION NYC Indie Film Fest supporters - We hope you're just as excited as us for the upcoming 10th Annual Festival! Ten years is a big deal, and we're gonna celebrate accordingly! Wanna get your passes asap? Luckily for you, they're discounted! Head on over to FilmFreeway and purchase your passes. For any questions email us at info@nycindieff.com
https://filmfreeway.com/NYCIndieFF/tickets
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Missed our Late Deadline? No worries! Submit your film by January 31st to meet our (final) Extended Deadline!
https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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The 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest will be the best yet! We're looking forward to celebrating original filmmakers through an exciting week of panels and parties!
Curious what kind of panels we have to offer? Check out our Women in Film Panel from 2018 featuring four incredible panelists - Danielle Earle, Lauren Atkins, Naomi McDougall Jones, and Joanna Pickering.
Make sure to keep up with us on social to find out more info on 2019's panels and other festival news!
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We are so excited to announce that one of the short films featured in our 2018 festival, "Marguerite" directed by Marianne Farley, has been short-listed for an Academy Award!
Congrats to the filmmakers! We are honored to have featured your film in our festival!
Want to submit? Visit: https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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Tomorrow (November 30th) is our REGULAR DEADLINE!
Why submit to the 10th Annual Festival? Well, this year ShortsTV is offering to look at any accepted Short film for a US broadcast deal!
(NOTE: Must be narrative Live Action or Animation only. Art/experimental, documentary, TV pilot, or web series is NOT included in this offer).
Want to submit your film? Visit: https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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The NYC Independent Film Festival has screened a slew of films that have gone on to be acquired, distributed, and nominated across a host of reputable platforms.
When the Ocean Met the Sky screened in 2015 was acquired by The Orchard for distribution. Three of our 2016 submissions also went on to do great things. A Beautiful Now was released on Netflix, A Nearly Perfect Blue Sky was screened at Sundance in 2017 during their "Midnight Short Films" category, and Mile End w...
Submit by August 31, 2018 to be a part of our 10th Annual festival, happening May 5 through May 12 2019!
To submit visit: https://filmfreeway.com/nycindieff
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Reminder that the Earlybird Deadline to submit to our 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival is August 31st, 2018!
Visit our website for more: https://www.nycindieff.com/
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Let's be real: we are filmmakers not business people! The artsitic side of filmmaking may come easy to you but how about getting your film out there? Raising money? Aqcurining the rights to the perfect score? Don't worry we have you covered!
Visit our YouTube Channel for videos from our 2018 panels and presentations, including, 'Creating Your Own Work Panel', 'Music Licensing Panel' and 'Seed&Spark Presentation on Crowdfunding'!
Enjoy and good luck on your n...
Quick reminder that the Earlybird Deadline for the 10th Annual NYC Independent Film festival is August 31st, 2018!
To submit, visit: https://filmfreeway.com/nycindieff or https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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I am reaching out to people around the country and the world for their input and help. I want to curate an installation piece for the NYC Indie Film Festival, May 2 to 7, 2017. What we are looking for are open and honest talks about how you feel about your place in your community, the country and the world, please keep all videos less between 2 and 8 minutes length. All ideas and thoughts are welcome and will be shown unedited. There are no fees involved in submitting a video and all video...
Buy your VIP Full Festival Pass and don't miss a second of the 8th Annual Festival! The VIP Full Festival Pass guarantees entry into ALL Festival events including film screenings and industry panels.
The VIP Pass is your personal invitation to the exclusive Opening Party, Awards Ceremony, and Closing Party. For the first year, the Festival will be presenting an innovative installation of art/experimental films as well as a day-long Virtual Reality experience - secure your e...
New this year at the NYC Independent Film Festival is our Virtual Reality category! You can submit your presentations for consideration for our 2017 festival exclusively through our website or Filmfreeway until January 31st! Visit http://bit.ly/1Jcd2Q1 for all info.
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Staged for the fifth time, the New York City Independent Film Festival show cased this year from October 15-19 over 254 films from 38 countries covering feature films, documentaries and short films. Aimed at new, underground and experimental independent filmmakers the NYCIFF has established itself as a festival platform for domestic and foreign independent producers and directors. Panels of more than 100 judges selected from 1000 submissions 47 features, 132 short films and 75 supe...
