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African Diaspora Film Festival - Welcome to the world of the Contemporary African Diaspora Film Festival. In our reality, people from diverse races, nationalities and backgrounds come together to enjoy important cinematic works of creativity, intellectual expansion, identity, and equality. In this world there are no boundaries around people because they are embraced in a universal understanding of humanity. This is the element of commonality that weaves through this annual event of images from the African Diaspora.

Big Bear Los Angeles Film Festivals International and American - The Big Bear Lake Film Festival presents feature films, documentaries and digital movies from the mountains on top of Southern California!...

Brooklyn International Film Festival - The Festival supports all formats (35mm, 16mm, HD, DVD, Beta, DV, and CD.) The films are divided in five categories: Feature Length Film (Narrative), Documentary, Short Subject, Experimental Film, and Animation. A panel of journalists, film festival directors, and film related professionals grade each film to select the best in its category.

Chicago International Children's Film Festival - Featuring more than 200 international animated and live action movies for kids, it's the largest children's festival in North America.

Chicago Underground Film Festival - The Chicago Underground Film Festival exists to showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. Our mission is to promote films and videos that dissent radically in form, technique, or content from the "indie" mainstream and to present adventurous works that challenge and transcend commercial and audience expectations...if you suspect your film is "underground," it probably is.

Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Short Film Festival - Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film serves to honor and support independent and foreign films and their audiences. By distinguishing creative, quality films, the Chlotrudis Society seeks to encourage moviegoers to seek out and support non-mainstream film, to increase awareness of innovation in film, and to encourage discussion and exchange between those interested in independent film.

CINE Golden Eagle Award - The CINE Golden Eagle Award acknowledges high quality professional production in a variety of content categories, as well as in student and amateur works. Student productions are created not only in universities or graduate schools, but also in high schools, and even middle and elementary schools. Quality amateur productions, produced by individuals who are not affiliated with the media industry are also recognized.

CineVegas International Film Festival - The CineVegas International Film Festival is one of the most successful and fastest growing festivals in the world. CineVegas' featured segments of American Independents and morning conferences with celebrated writers, nine nights of sponsor events and a one-of-a-kind poolside opening night gala make CineVegas not just a festival, but a total entertainment experience.

Coney Island Film Festival - The Coney Island Film Festival is open to filmmakers working in ALL GENRES, SUBJECTS AND FORMATS. We are always interested in, although NOT exclusively looking for, Coney Island material, sideshow, freaks & oddities, performance art, burlesque, amusement park and carnival content.

Director's View Film Festival - The purpose of creating the festival is to give proper homage to directors, a group which has not adequately been appreciated by the public. The idea was to honor and present directors who have raised the artistic level of the medium and who have influenced those who have followed in their footsteps with a festival dedicated to their craft.

Edinburgh International Film Festival - The Edinburgh International Film Festival is now in its 56th year and since 1947 has become established as the true home of innovative and exciting cinema. The Festival has presented some of cinema's greatest moments and played host to the world's greatest moviemakers.

FilmFestivals.com - FilmFestivals Entertainment Group hosts the number one portal site for festivals and film news. Filmfestivals.com’s mission is to be the premiere online entertainment destination dedicated to showcasing film festivals around the world and fostering new film and filmmaking talent.

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival - Emerging Pictures will be presenting 10 of the feature films from the competition section of this year's Full Frame Documentary Festival in smaller cities around the country where such films are rarely seen on the big screen. This breakthrough is possible only because of the advent of digital projection.

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary festival. Each year, the festival presents a selection of over 100 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe. Through its industry programmes, the festival also provides a full range of professional development, market and networking opportunities for documentary professionals.

Independent Film Society of Boston - The Independent Film Society of Boston, a 501(c)3 non-profit, produces the annual Independent Film Festival of Boston. Our mission is to showcase emerging filmmakers, musicians and visual artists and provide attendees direct access in interactive environments to these artists.

IndieFilmmaker's Film Festival Directory - IndieFilmmaker's Film Festival Directory is the most current, accurate and comprehensive resource of film festivals in the world. From the beginning, one of our primary objectives was to solve the film festival submission debacle for independent filmmakers. As fellow filmmakers, we understand the value of alphabetical film festival links leaves a lot to be desired for filmmakers looking to submit their films.

Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee Celebrate Independent Films - KC Jubilee celebrates independent filmmaking because after the hard work, creativity and generosity of contributors, it's time to celebrate!...

Marco Island Film Festival - The annual Marco Island Film Festival showcases and promotes film projects developed by independent film makers while creating opportunities through education and awareness for students pursuing a career in the film industry.

Montreal international Festival of new Cinema and new Media (FCMM) - In keeping with its aim of promoting cinéma d’auteur, independent video, and creativity in new media, the FCMM is constantly on the lookout for new and original works. Innovation and exploration are the guiding principles of the FCMM’s programming.

New York International Independent Film and Video Festival - The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) is the largest film festival in the world. Founded in 1993 by Stuart Alson, NYIIFVF has been recognized by the film and entertainment industry as one of the leading film events on the festival calendar. Each festival, NYIIFVF exhibits over 300 films, world premieres, high quality documentaries, short films and animations from around the world.

Ojai Film Festival - The Ojai Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the art of the motion picture through the presentation of an annual, multi-day festival in which films and videos submitted by filmmakers throughout the world are publicly exhibited at several venues in and around the city of Ojai, California.

Philadelphia Film Festival - Formerly the Festival of World Cinema, the annual competitive festival organized by the Philadelphia Film Society offers "an enriching view of world culture and a diversity of filmmaking culminating in a region-wide celebration of cinema."

Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival - The SIDEWALK MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL was created to bring new films to a new audience. Since its debut in 1999, filmmakers from across the country and around the world have come to Birmingham to screen their work at Sidewalk and been thrilled to discover fresh, enthusiastic crowds eager to devour new independent cinema.

St. Louis International Film Festival - The St. Louis International Film Festival is an open invitational to features, documentaries and short subjects from all over the world, with special emphasis on American independents, world cinema and prize-winning short subjects.

Telluride Film Festival - Telluride IndieFest showcases the best *independent* films and screenplays in the world and does not require films to 'premiere' at its event.

The Chris Awards - We have been conducting competitions under the name of the Columbus International Film & Video Festival, aka "The Chris Awards" continuously for 51 years. The Chris Statuette is a highly respected award, and is proudly displayed in the offices of many of the leading film and video makers around the world.

Urbanworld Film Festival NYC - A premiere showcase for films by African American, Latino and Asian filmmakers, with competitive categories of feature film, short film, documentary film and screenplay.

Young Peoples Film and Video Festival - The Young Peoples Film & Video Festival is an annual opportunity for young Northwest film and video makers to have their work viewed by professional media artists and presented to the public. We hope the Festival encourages young people to use film and video to creatively express personal concerns, explore important social issues and share engaging stories about the world today.