Forty and Over Film Festival

Forty and Over Film Festival

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September 20 – 26, 2019

Our Film Festival is dedicated to writers or directors 40 years of age and over to showcase work that their experience brings to cinema. Filmmakers can take part in a festival that showcases their work to industry professionals in an arena that artists of their generation may have been overlooked. Located in the heart of the North Hollywood Arts District, our festival will take place at the Laemmle NoHo7 Theater which is the venue of many successful film festivals. North Hollywood is minutes from many Studios; Universal, Disney, Warner Brothers and CBS. The area is a hub of all that encompasses the Entertainment Industry!

Awards & Prizes

The Best Overall Film  will be awarded $500 from our Jury Panel of Industry Professionals.

Forty and Over Film Festival (hereafter: “FOFF”) competition is open to the United States and International entries to writers or directors 40 years of age and over only. All other participants (i.e. actors, crew, producers, etc.) can be of any age.  
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Films must be 20 minutes maximum in length.  3 minutes minimum length. This includes credits.  

March 15, 2019 Earlybird Deadline  I June 15, 2019 Regular Deadline I July 20, 2019 Late Deadline I August 5, 2019 Notification Date

 

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One month til Regular Deadline ends • May 14, 2019 at 08:39 AM
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Hey Everyone, so our regular deadline is a month away, so don't delay, get your film in before June 15th!  www.fortyandoverfilmfestival.com  Frank Festival Director

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Apr 25, 2019 at 02:55 AM

Hello Film Makers, due to an overwhelming number of requests for us to accept feature length films we have decided to do just that!  Below are the new deadline dates and fees for our upcoming...

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Regular Deadline June 20, 2019 • Mar 20, 2019 at 08:33 AM
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Hey Film Festival filmmakers, So we are now in our Regular Entry phase that ends June 20, 2019 and couldn't be more thrilled about the stories coming in from writers and directors 40 and over.......

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Early Deadline tomorrow March 15th • Mar 15, 2019 at 06:19 AM
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Hey Film Makers, Writers and Directors, So tomorrow is the Early Deadline for our Forty and Over Film Festival and just wanted to give a shoutout to everyone to get their films in before the fee...

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Loving all the entries! • Mar 03, 2019 at 07:50 PM
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Hey Film Makers, As our Early Deadline approaches on March 15th just wanted to say how happy we are with all the entries we are receiving thus far!  Such great storytelling and fantastic work on the...

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Storytellers over 40 • Feb 21, 2019 at 10:54 PM
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Hey filmmakers So recently I had a conversation with a long time cinematographer who asked me what specific types of films we wanted for our Forty and Over Film Festival... and since we are open to...

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Forty and Over Film Festival Open Call for Short Films • Feb 19, 2019 at 05:36 PM
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Hello Film Makers, The Forty and Over Film Festival is now accepting submissions for it first Annual Film Festival.  We are looking for short films written by or directed by storytellers 40 years of...

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